CO129-534-2 Correspondence and reports of Salarie's Report Anomalies Committee 22-1-1931 - 13-7-1932 — Page 24

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The leave of Indian staff will be dealt

with in the revision of the General Orders of this

Government now in progress.

The remainder of this section does not,

I think, call for special comment, except perhaps in the matter of paragraph 53 where a waiver of overpayment

to certain Chinese School-masters is recommended. It

will be seen that refunds in these cases would absorb

two months or more of salary at the corrected rate and

I would ask approval to remit them.

3. In the second section of the report, the

recommendations in paragraphs 89 to 96 for the application

of the Chinese New Year Bonus do no more than give

practical shape to the general suggestions of the Salaries

Commissioners as set out in paragraph 26 of their report

and endorsed by Sir C. Clementi in the second enclosure

to his despatch No.37 of the 22nd January, 1930, but

before sanctioning the Committee's scheme I am obtaining

the revised estimates of cost recommended in paragraph

96 of their report. If, as is anticipated, the cost falls

within the provision made in the budget for 1931 I propose

to implement this section of the Salaries Report

accordingly.

4.

The Committee's recommendations in

paragraphs 87 and 88 regarding payment for overtime are completely new, as indicated in the closing paragraph (86)

of the first section of their report. I consider, however, that they are more equitable than those contained in the Salaries Report and they should certainly be more

workable. The following points call for comment.

First, it is recommended that the lower-

paid staff of the Post Office although eligible for a

New