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The permanent establishment is increased by one Office Attendant. This post, normal increments and increases in salaries of officers resulting from the Salaries Revision of Professional, Administrative and Super-scale officers account for the increase of $27,220 in the Personal Emoluments vote.

Under Other Charges, increases of $1,000 in Publications, and $1,100 in Travelling expenses are necessary to meet increased activities.

HEAD 17 — MARINE DEPARTMENT

Estimate 1957/58

Revised estimate 1956/57

Approved estimate 1956/57

$14,005,540

8,223,000

10,111,840

Actual expenditure 1955/56

8,766,747

1956/57 1957/58

Difference

Permanent staff

Supernumerary staff

Net increase

854

2

865

+ 11

1

10

The net increase of 11 in the permanent establishment consists of 25 new posts less 14 existing posts deleted, as follows:-

1 Clerk

New posts

1 Surveyor of Ships

1 Assistant Marine Officer

1 Foreman Class I

3 Launch Engineers Class I*

2 Launch Engineers Class III

2 Coxswains Class I

3 Leading Seamen

Existing posts deleted

1 Launch Engineer Class IV*

2 Stokers Class II

2 Coxswains Class II

9 Seamen Class II

11 Seamen Class I

Supernumerary Staff

1 Superintendent of Lights*

1 Principal Lighthouse-keeper 1 Lighthouse-keeper

26

16

* Approved by Special Warrant during the year.

The additional clerical post is created to cope with the additional work in the Registry of Shipping Office. One Surveyor of Ships and one Assistant Marine Officer are provided to allow for more intensive survey work on repairs done under contract in private yards: the increase of launch crews follows from the expansion of the fleet. These changes together with normal increments, account for the increase of $159,490 in the vote for personal emoluments.

Under Other Charges Annually Recurrent, increases have proved necessary for most of the items, notably for maintenance, minor improvements, and stores for craft and mooring buoys; this has been necessitated by a general rise in cost of labour, material and manufactured goods. The net increase in the Other Charges Annually Recurrent votes is $264,290.

The Special Expenditure items have this year been re-arranged into departmental groups for clarity. Civil Aviation Department is to be provided with one 46 ft. Crash Tender launch, $700,000. Among the other provisions, there are two 78 ft. Thornycroft fast patrol launches, $935,000 each, for Commerce and Industry Department in substitution for one 58 ft. Thornycroft fast launch and one 30 ft. Harbour launch provided for this year; one embarkation lighter for Fenwick Street Pier, $100,000, to replace the existing old lighter; one 78 ft. Thornycroft fast patrol launch, $935,000, for Police Department, in substitution for one 70 ft. launch provided for this year; and one stores motor lighter, $400,000, for Prisons Department. The major revisions in the programme were approved during the year.

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