CO129-563-7 Prison Department- salary of provincial printing officer 30-6-1937 - 23-8-1937 — Page 7

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No. 444.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

30th June, 1937.

Sir,

4/33452/84

I have the honour to refer to despatch No.227

dated the 13th June, 1934, from Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister

(now Viscount Swinton) on the subject of the emoluments

of the Principal Printing Officer, Prison Department.

2.

Mr. A. B. Didsbury, who then held, and who still

holds this post, has put forward a case for an increase

in his emoluments on the ground that by accepting the

position, he thereby lost his prospects of promotion to

the post of Chief Warder, which is now filled by a man

seven years junior to him in service, who has already

attained his maximum of £535 per annum. Mr. Didsbury

also pleads in support of his case the increase in his

responsibilities because of the great increase in the

amount of printing done in the new Hong Kong Prison at

Stanley.

3.

On full consideration, I incline to the view

that the scale authorized in Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister's

despatch under reference is too short, and I favour the

substitution therefor of the scale £460-£530 by annual

increments of £10, that is, a seven year scale in place

of the existing two year scale with a maximum of £530

instead of £500. The revised maximum would still be less

than that of Chief Warder.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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

&C.,

&C., &C.