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than in the past. Other main sources of revenue were payments amounting to $1,385,446 under the rent advance scheme, $296,795 and $885,188 from cottage area rents and permit fees respectively, and $148,987 collected in fees for sites in licensed areas.

CHAPTER 10

ORGANIZATION AND STAFF OF THE RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS

DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND GRADES

139. The department had an overall establishment of 5,134 officers as at 31st March, 1968 and is divided into four divisions, the duties of which are broadly as follows:

(a) Estates and Areas, headed by an Assistant Commissioner assisted by an Administrative Officer and a Senior Resettlement Officer, is responsible for the management and administration of the domestic estates and factories and cottage resettlement areas; (b) Operations, headed by an Assistant Commissioner, who is also responsible for the general administration of the department, comprises two sub-divisions;

(i) Clearance, under an Administrative Officer and Senior Reset- tlement Officer, which is responsible for the clearance of squatters and other eligible persons into resettlement accom- modation;

(ii) Squatter Control, headed by an Administrative Officer and Senior Resettlement Officer, which is responsible for the control of existing 'tolerated' unlawful structures and preven- tion of new ones, for resiting operations and the administra- tion of resite and licensed arcas, and for processing tenants of dangerous tenements under the rent advance scheme; (c) Works, headed by a Maintenance Surveyor seconded from the Public Works Department, is responsible for maintenance work in resettlement estates and factories, cottage and licensed/resite areas, and the preparation of plans for cultivation clearance; (d) Headquarters, under the Secretary and Treasury Accountant, is

responsible for the internal administration of the department.

The departmental structure is shown at Appendix 8.

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