CO129-559-9 European Sanitary inspectors- salary scales 11-6-1936 - 22-7-1936 — Page 14

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23 JUNIOR.

CONFIDENTIAL.

Government House,

71 14

Hong Kong, 4th June, 1936.

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Sir,

I have the honour to invite your attention to

Sir William Peel's confidential despatch of 21st April, 1932,

in which he reported that certain recommendations for the

creation of a through time-scale for European Overseers in

the Public Works Department and European Revenue Officers in the Imports and Exports Department had been put into effect

from 1st January, 1932. The despatch goes on to say "As

regards the Sanitary Inspectors, the Head of that department has represented that these officers have at present opportunities

of promotion to Class I even before reaching the maximum of Class II, and that a through scale would thus be a diminution

and not an improvement of their prospects. No action will therefore be taken with regard to this branch of the service".

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Apart from two Chief Inspectors (£600 - £700 by

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325 amually) and five Senior Sanitary Inspectors (£475 £575 by £20 annually), the personnel of the European Sanitary Inspectorate at present consists of seventeen Class I Inspectors (£370 - 8430 by £15 annually) and thirty Class II Inspectors £260 - £350 by five annual increments of £10 and two of £20). At the present time, no less than seventeen of the thirty Class

II Inspectors are on their maximum and four more will reach

their maximum during the course of this year. At the end of

1936, seven officers who are qualified for promotion will have

been on their maximum for three years or more. In 1929, there

were four promotions from Class II to Class I; in 1930, 3; in

1931, 3; but in 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935, there was only one promotion each year and it is improbable that there will be more than one during 1936.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

W.G.A. ORNSBY-GORE, P.C., M.P.,

&c.,

&C.,

&C.

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