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of this arrangement were very clearly set out by Mr.

Hallifax but I wish by a concrete instance from the

1934 Estimates to show to this Council how obfuscation

rather than clarification results from it. The Per-

sonal Emoluments Vute for the Treasury has for 1934

tu bear:-

(1) The salary for the year of the sub-

stantive Treasurer who is on leave and

will remain on leave till the spring of

1934.

(ii) The salary of my Honourable friend the

Acting Treasurer.

(iii) The salary of two Class II Cadets who

are at the moment filling the posts of

Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Estate

Duty Commissioner either of whom ( or

both for that matter) may have to be

transferred for duty elsewhere when the

leave programme for 1934 is finally

settled and other Cadets on quite

different salaries taking their places.

(iv) The salary of a third Class II Cadet

formerly Assistant Estate Duty Commis-

sioner but now on leave, whose destina-

tion on return from leave cannot be

determined at present.

Lest we be accused of lack of foresight in

our programme of leaves and appointments, I must remind

Honourable Members that in small cadres like the Cadets

and the European Clerical Staff a single unforeseen

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