CO129-534-3 Report of Retrenchment Commission 4-5-1931 - 19-2-1932 — Page 165

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with singular success), for which a higher rato of salary

than the usual would have to be paid owing to the employment

boing strictly temporary. On the completion of the work

the staff would roturn to England. The danger horo is that

this strictly temporary staff on its spocial salary tends

to got itself transforrod on to the permanent establishmont,

carrying with it its special rate of salary. This has

happonod in the past.

14.

Alphabetically the first of the sub departments is the

Architectural. Tho work of this dopartmont is the maintenance of all Govornment buildings and the construction of largo noz

onos On maintenanco work two onginoors and sovon ovoraGOT# aro ongagod. The greator part of this work as rogerds tho timo it takes is of a finicky and trivial naturo, such as repairs to door knobs, etc. To omploy qualified Buzopoan onginoors on such work is oxtravagant. Ono ongincor is required to supervise the maintenance work generally but the othor should be dispensed with. It would scom logical that the maintenance branch of the Architectural office should take over the caro of Government furnituro, at present done by tho Storos branch of the Accounts and Storos sub department, but tho Commissioners did not go fully into this question. Tho Govornnont should consider which would be the most economical. 15. On the constructional side of tho sub dopartacnt thoro aro six onginoora ( oxcluding the Executive Engineer), and four ovoISCOIS.

Boaring in mind what has boon said above on

the omploymont of staff for major now works, and the fact that there will bo vory littlo now work of any sort undertakon in the course of the next for years, this staff is too largo. It should be reduced by throo onginocrs and two ovcrsoors. however, tho now Govornmont Civil Hospital and Gool exc

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