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f. (in paragraph 6) that in regard to filling the

post of Deputy first consideration should be given to

officers in other branches of the Service.

In regard to (a) and (b) and (e) the

proposals amount to recommendations e incre

For

ncreases the

scales of salaries recommended by the Salaries

Commission. I gather that the recommendations of

were considered to be generous and

that Commission have been generally accepted and

A

approved, and in the absence of special grounds for

varying them (e.g. increases in the responsibilities

devolving on the various officers of the Branch) I

can see no reason for sanctioning a departure from the

recommendations of the Commission. In this

connection it is noteworthy that the argument used

in paragraph 4 of (1) for the increase in the salary

of the Superintendent is not new; by which I mean that

it was of equal validity at the time the Salaries

Commission sat, and was, I imagine, considered by that

Commission.

? Despatch approving proposals (c) and (f)

and pointing out that (a) (b) (d) and (e) involve

increasing the scales of salaries recommended by the

Salaries Commission and enquiring whether there are any

circumstances, such as increased responsibility on the

in prismul aicumstanar officers concerned which would justify such a course

course,

at the same time noting that the proposal to increase

the salary of the Superintendent is contingent on an

improvement in the financial position of the Colony.

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position of the Colony, though sound, is not