CO129-558-8 Revision of salaries 19-8-1936 - 11-2-1937 — Page 84

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be reached not automatically but by

promotion. By a suitable number I mean

a number which on the one hand will bear

a reasonable relation to the duties assigned

to senior officers, and on the other hand

will be sufficient to ensure that fully

efficient officers will be able to pass to

the higher scale without undue delay at the

maximum of the lower.

(a) Probation. I suggest that all

officers should be appointed in the first

instance on probation, and should be

eligible for confirmation (subject to the

passing of prescribed tests) after a fixed

time. I leave it to your discretion whether

this time should be two years (as in East

Africa) or three (as in West Africa).

(e) Super-scale posts. I leave it to you

to make proposals for any revision of the

salaries of super-scale posts. I note, however,

that several heads of departments are on

incremental

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