CO129-547-10 Memorandum on revision of salaries 1-1-1934 - 31-12-1936 — Page 19

ORDINARY CIVIL DEPARTMENTS.

5. Police Customs and Treasury.

Candidates for appointment to these

Departments are not expected to have the same

qualifications as candidates for appointment to the

Administrative Service, and they do not attend a

In the existing

University course of instruction.

system recognition is given to these factors by fixing

the initial salary of the "ordinary civil" scale at

a lower figure than that of the Administrative scale,

the increments in both cases being the same. It is

considered, however, that a lower initial salary

than £350 a year would probably be inadequate in some

dependencies to enable officers to maintain themselves

in a manner suitable to their position in the Service,

and might seriously affect the standard of candidates

offering themselves for appointment. It is, therefore,

proposed that the initial salary of the "Ordinary

Civil" scale should not be reduced below that figure,

but that the distinction between the "ordinary civil"

and the Administrative scales should be marked by a

somewhat reduced rate of incremental increase.

Under the existing system the point at which

the first promotion bar in the "Ordinar, Civil" scale

is fixed varies in different dependencies and in

different departments. The most generally accepted

point for the bar is at present £720; but some increase

is desirable in this respect in order to compensate

officers partially for the reduction in prospective

pension. On the other hand, it has to be borne in

mind that the reduction made in the initial scale of

salary in these departments is much less than the

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