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determined in great measure in the light of

purely local circumstances - raised general

considerations on which guidance should be

available to Governors. With this purpose in

view some observations on Public Service

Commissions were included in a paper on the

Colonial service which was discussed át. the

Conference of African Governors in November

last. A copy of the relevant section of this

memorandum is enclosed. The conclusions which

were reached by the Conference and with which

I agree are æt out in the accompanying extract

from the minutes of the Conference.

3. Some of the recommendations of the Salaries

Commission involve the assignment to a Public

Services Commission of wider functions than were

suggested in that Memorandum. While, therefore,

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I do not or course wish to suggest that the views

expressed in the lemorendum should be taken as

precluding the assignment of such wider functions

I feel sure you will agree that it is advisable

that those recommendations should be examined

further in the light of the Memorandum. The points

which I invite your consideration are discussed in

the following comments on the recommendations of

the Salaries Commission:-

(a) Paragraphs 171 (last sentence) and 173(v) und (vi).

Apart from the recommendation in paragraph 173 (v)

and (vi), as to which see below, it is not clear to

what extent it is proposed that the Public

Services Commission should be concerned with the

interpretation and application of conditions

of service. These matters are generally

regarded as functions of the authority which

determines the conditions of service, that is,

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