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It is considered desirable to have a European in this office to deal with European masters and agents entering and clearing
their ships. The officer in question is a Probationer on the scale $1200 to $1560 per annum. There is also a European clerk in the Government Marine Surveyor's Officc the work of which has increased considerably. The stenographer is considered necc ssary for the handling of the confidential work of the head office, in addition to taking notes of meetings ctc. Government does not consider it possible to reduce
the Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff in the Harbour Department below this establishment of five, without undue sacrifice of
cfficiency.
Paragraph 4. Government finds itself unable to agree
As a result of the appointment of the
with the Commissioners.
two additional boarding officers there has been a great improvement in the matter of overloading of ships. To jettison this work just when it is beginning to have a good effect would be unwise. Nevertheless in order to meet the views of the Commission so far
as possible, on the occurrence of a vacancy in any of the seven posts it will be left unfilled, until it can be seen whether or not an appreciable decline in efficiency results.
Paragraph 5, The table attached to the Report shows that during the period 1921 - 1929, revenuo, in respect of junks and boats, reached its maximum in 1924 with $176,175, when there were five junk inspectors, and that in 1929 when there were seven inspectors it had dropped to $166,333. In the former year however there were 16,770 boats paying licence fees and 4365 junks (exclusive of foreign trading junks which pay a reduced fee based on the number of trips to Hong Kong).
1929
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