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the same exclusions, five first class and about fifteen
second class posts; there are, therefore, some thirty.
officers to fill twenty posts, the excess of ten being on
leave or secondment. (The present first class posts
are those given in Hong Kong Government's General Order 91. A revised list is given in the succeeding paragraph; the
Treasurer's post can no longer be included in the list but
unquestionably that of the Chairman of the Urban Council
should be added).
8.
Taking all the various factors into consideration
I recommend the deletion from the schedule of the eight
posts named in paragraph 2 above and the retention instead
of a cadre of six senior administrative officers as at
present. There should also continue to be a list of "Class
I" posts which would normally be occupied by officers in
the senior cadre and which would carry acting allowances
when filled by Administrative officers on the time-scale.
These posts would be
Superintendent of Imports and Exports:
Chairman, Urban Council:
Director of Education:
Postmaster General:
active
Ata, I
Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary: A
First Magistrate.
My reasons for excluding from this list the last two posts
mentioned in paragraph 2 of this despatch are, as regards
the Chief Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, that it
is ordinarily of no greater responsibility than several
other administrative posts while the available officer most
eligible to act in it is often not very highly placed in
the time-scale list and, as regards the Senior Assistant
Colonial Treasurer, that there appears to be little prospect
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