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in accordance with the recommendation contained in

Enclosure No.2 to Sir Cecil Clementi's despatch No.37

of 22nd January, 1930. I propose that Mr. King, if appoint-

ed, should be placed on that scale. Through an oversight

the commencing salary of the post is shown as £1,500 in the final Ex draft Estimates for 1935.

4.

At the meeting of Legislative Council on

27th September, 1934, in the course of his speech on the

Estimates for 1935 the Hon. Mr. W.H. Bell, with the support

of the Unofficial Members of Council, referred to this

question of salary, and asked for reconsideration of the

matter. In effect his proposal was that the salary of the

Inspector General of Police should be placed on an equality

with that of other technical officers such as the Director

of Medical and Sanitary Services and the Director of Public

Works. I enclose a copy of the part of his speech dealing

with this question.

5.

After careful consideration I am of the

opinion that a case has not been made out for raising the

pay of this post to that of Class I, namely, £1,500 to

£1,800. Such a maximum would appear to be in excess of the

salary drawn by any head of the Police in the Crown Colonies

including Malaya and Ceylon and for this reason I consider

that the scale approved in 1930 must be regarded as adequate;

moreover, Mr. King, in common with other members of the

commissioned staff of the Police recruited prior to 1924,

was appointed under conditions which showed the post of

Head of the Police Force, then known as Captain Superintendent,