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HEAD 2.
CA DET SERVICE.
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There has been one retirement and one resignation,
and as no appointments to Hong Kong were offered at the
Civil Service examination held in London last August there is
e net reduction of two posts.
SENIOR CLERICAL AND ACCOUNTING STAFF,
HEADS 3 & 4
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AND JUNIOR CLERICAL SERVICE.
There is a net reduction in the former of one
Class IT post, of two each in Class III and Probationers and
of five stenographers; in the latter, of two Class III posts, one Class IV post, two Class V posts, and six Class VI posts.
HEAD 5. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
The steel cabinets are part of a regular programme of equipment for the Secretariat, the chief office of record
in the Colony, and the expenditure cannot be postponed without
detriment to the orderly preservation of the records.
HEAD 6.
SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS.
Provision is made for two female Inspectors of
Mui -t sai. A Police Officer has also been detailed for
this work which is directed by a Cadet Officer, an Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, under the general supervision of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Without an adequate
inspectorate staff it is impossible to ensure that there the law is being obeyed. It is considered more regular to pay
the press censor staff from personal emoluments than from the
general vote Other Miscellaneous Services, from which it
has been transferred.
HEAD.7.
TREASURY.
The Treasurer not being a Cadet fficer is now
provided for under this head, and the post of Deputy Treasurer
di sappears.
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