CO129-546-7 Leave and passage regulations 3-1-1934 - 26-11-1935 — Page 28

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Dependency and another; but they were able to indicate

certain fundamental considerations which are of general

application in all Dependencies, and on this basis to

prepare a scheme which, while providing a common general

framework for all Dependencies, is adaptable in detail

to the varying local circumstances of each. Their

report thus represents an exhaustive and reasoned study

of an important aspect of Colonial Civil Service

organisation, snä also marks a further step towards the

extension of the policy of unification.

I feel sure

that you will agree with me that in both respects it

will prove of material and lasting value to the whole

Colonial Service.

3.

It will be observed that the Committee

limited their en uiry, and the application of their

recommendations, to members of unified branches of the

Colonial Service and officers holding posts of

corresponding status. It does not follow that they

considered their proposals necessarily unsuitable for

officers who do not fall within this category: the

effect is merely to leave for separate consideration

the question whether, and if so to what extent, these

proposals should be applied to all or any such officers,

although the Committee indicated their view that the

fact that particular classes of officer are recruited

from outside a colony would be an important factor in

dealing with the matter.

The Committee contemplate that all officers

included in the category to which their recommendations

are directed should be troated alike in the matter of

leave