CO129-562-6 Revision of salaries 8-1-1937 - 17-11-1937 — Page 3

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retention

is prepared to agree to the reduction of the

present rules regarding retirement on the

grounds of ill-health, in view of the Governor's

are

opinion that these is sufficiently generous.

Note that a Bill to amend the rule regarding the

payment of death gratuities is to be introduced

into the Legislative Council.

To No.2.

In our despatch (No.6 on the 1936 file)

In

we made certain comments on the revised salary

scales which the Governor had forwarded.

this despatch the Governor agrees (1) that the

commencing salary in the medical and legal

services should be £700 a year instead of £760,

as in his first revised schedule. This was

already agreed to in the telegrams at 13 and 14

on the 1936 file, (2) the payment of residential

allowances has been revised to bring greater

uniformity.

First Schedule.

Residential allowance

Starts

Revised Schedule.

(1) Administrative

5th year

(2) Public Works

4th year

(3) Medical, 3rd year

(4) Legal, 3rd year

(5) Educational, 3rd year

(6) Police, 9th year

Administrative

5th year

Public Works 4th year

Medical, 4th year

Legal, 4th year

Educational, 4th year

Police, 9th year

(7) Audit, 3rd year

Audit, 3rd year

Cadets of the Administrative Service

and Probationers of the Police Service receive

free

their quarters during the period of their

probation and I think we may agree to the

Governor's

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