CO129-563-8 Prison Department- vacancy for superintendent 1-11-1937 - 6-4-1938 — Page 18

No. 679.

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836/2

Sir,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

1st November, 1937.

1164

(41) on 23052 C.R.

I have the honour to invite reference to

p.f Mr. N.L. Smith's despatch No.655 of 20th October, 1937,

regarding the impending retirement in January, 1938,

of Mr. J. W. Franks, O.B.E., Superintendent of Prisons,

and to request that consideration may now be given to

the appointment of an officer to fill the vacancy

which will be created by this retirement.

2.

Subject to your approval I propose to take

this opportunity of revising the salary of the post

of Superintendent of Prisons so as to bring it into

closer conformity with the revised salaries which are

now being offered in other branches of Government

Service. After consultation with the Financial

Secretary I have come to the conclusion that the

incremental scale of £950

£1,300 per annum should

be abandoned and that the post should be placed on a

fixed salary of £1,100 per annum with free quarters

reckoned for purposes of pension computation at £150

per annum.

3.

I have received an application from Mr. F. A.

Hopkins the Assistant Superintendent of Prisons asking

that he may be considered for appointment to the vacant

post.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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

&C.,

&C., &C.