CO129-568-10 Government Marine Surveyors- petition for increase in salary 30-12-1937 - 6-11-1939 — Page 11

A

(See encl. 5

to 1)

The suggestion in 6 that Hong Kong should

provide a larger number of senior grade posts in the

Marine Service was purely tentative and if the

Governor prefers the grading recently suggested by

Hong Kong in 1, then I think we may agree.

As far as the modification of the residential

allowances is concerned, this depends upon the

decision taken on the Anomalies Committee Report on

53723/38 and I suggest that no decision should be

taken on this file until the other question has been

decided. If it is decided to accept the

recommendations of the Report, then I see no objection

to the salaries proposed in 8. If, on the other hand,

as I have suggested, a modification of the Committee's

recommendation is agreed to, then Hong Kong will

presumably revert to the salaries originally proposed.

As far as paragraphs 4 and 6 of the despatch

are concerned, I see no objection to the Governor's

proposals.

This file rehionist

7. Reyes

26.x.38

See No Gari's min.

of

4/11/28

5'3725/38, accepting

'A' above.

corf.

Jpn.

1.6139

Goo.

62.83 to-day behind 53723/39 (Revision of Salaries)

Reminder to 8)

In (8) the For. submitted for approval what

were, in Oct. last, final proposals for

the

salay scales

in the Sost. Manine Surveyors Dept. It with however

be seen that these proposals

are based on the

Anomalis Committee's recommendations so

regards