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KEOSIVED -881939

Sir,

53908/39

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

21st January, 1939.

I have the honour to submit for your

consideration a scheme, particulars of which are

enclosed in tabular form for facility of reference,

for the proposed revision of titles and salary scales

of officers of the Lighthouse staff of the Harbour

Department.

2,

An examination of the titles at present

attached to posts in this service will show the need

for revision with a view to clearer differentiation

between the various grades. I have taken this

opportunity to propose a nomenclature which conforms

as far as possible to that used by Trinity House and

in order to avoid confusion I have throughout this

despatch made use of the revised titles.

3.

You will observe that no change has been made

in the salary scales of the Inspector of Lighthouses

and of the two Principal Lighthouse Keepers. It is

now the accepted policy of this Government that the

latter posts should ultimately be filled by locally

recruited officers on dollar salaries but, having

regard to the fact that in the normal course of events

there is no reason to expect a change in the existing

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,

&C., &C., &C.