CO129-572-13 Proposed reorganisation of control over purchase and maintenance of Government stores 4-3-1938 - 28-4-1938 — Page 2

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make certain recommendations se reorganization of control over stores

The principle of the establishment of a

Central Store, which would be responsible for the

purchase of stores for all departments, has already

been approved, and the building of the Store has been

commenced. The Governor proposes that, as the

system of central purchase has proved successful,

the stores work should be removed in entirety from

the control of the P.W.D. and placed under the

supervision of a Controller of Stores who would be

under the direct supervision of the Financial

Secretary and in a position somewhat analogous to the

Accountant-General under the present financial

reconstruction; that the present Superintendent of

Accounts should be appointed to the new post at a

salary of £930-£1050, with a residential allowance

of £50 and a personal allowance of £100 a year.

Il present Sufer, This would mean little advancement for Mr. Anderson,

even on the maximum of the new scale, while the

personal allowance would enable a smaller salary to

be paid to his ultimate successor, whose work, the

Governor anticipates, will be less onerous than that

of the officer responsible for the initiation of the

new system.

The Governor's proposals for the establishment

of a separate branch for central purchasing of

stores seem to me to be reasonable, and I suggest

that we may approve. With regard to the salary of

the new post, there will be little extra expenditure

and there may even be some slight economy when

Mr. Anderson retires. I suggest that we may approve

the salary and the appointment of Mr. Anderson to the

new