CO129-581-4 Harbour Department- staffing 21-1-1939 - 17-10-1939 — Page 34

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Enclosure No.1

PARTICULARS OF THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY HARBOUR MASTER NOW VACANT IN THE HARBOUR DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG.

1. Duties or Office and

qualifications required or their peri ormanice.

2. Salary. (See also under 5)

3. Conversion of salary into local currency.

4. Contribution under Widows'

& Orphans' Pensions Ordinance.

5. Allowances, quarters and

other circumstances affect- ing the value or the office, including grant or free or assisted passages to the officer and his family on first appointment and on leave,

6. Nature, number and amount or

securities required, and mode of giving them.

7.

Whether house accommodation is available or readily procurable, whether furni- ture, etc., should be brought from England, and any other particulars of a like nature likely to be userul Ior the in- formacion of candidates.

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General management of the Harbour Iiuan- cial and administrative, marine magis trate Registrar of Shipping. Superintendent, Mercantile Marine Oriice. Application of all mercantile marine conventions or Laws, Director 01 Air Services (in absence of Harbour Master).

Having held either a Commission rank ili the Royal Navy or Royal Naval Reserve.

Flat rate of £1,250

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see porn.

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Salary is paid in local currency while the oicer is serving in the Colony, at a rate or exchange fixed from time to time uy Government. This rate is at present 1/3d- Hong Kong $1.00 so long as the Treasury rate of une dollar, based on the average monthly rate of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corpora- tion, remains at or below that rate.

All abatement of 4% is made from salary under the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Ordinance.

If Government quarters are provided, a ren or 12% of salary is charged in case of unrurnished quarters and 15% in case of partially furnished quarters.

First Class "A" passage.

Nil

Not at present.

8. Whether Iree medical

attendance and medicines are provided.

Free medical advice is available to orricers and their wives and families at Goverment hospitals; and oriicers, their wives and children may obtain free medical attendance in their own homes it unable to go to a Government hospital. Free medicines are supplied, wich certain exceptions. Officers,

their wives and chiluren obtain reduced rees when inmates of Government hospital.

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