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(10) Clerical action on open files.

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(127-131)

(11) Disposal of arrears should be controlled. (132-133)

(12) The Establishment Officer should delegate his authority to decide on

routine cases. (135)

(13) Transfer of staff should be planned. (136)

(14) There should be a decentralized Establishment Registry. (137)

(15) "Confidential" establishment files should be retained by the Establish-

ment Registry. (138)

(16) The Establishment Officer should approve the publication of gazette

notices on the recruitment of local staff. (139)

(17) The rental and grading of individual Government quarters should be

the responsibility of the Quartering Authority. (141)

(18) Requests for furniture in excess of scale authorized should be considered

by this Branch. (142)

(19) Claims for lost or broken furniture should be submitted direct by the

Controller of Stores. (143)

(20) Amend the "Particulars of Appointment Form" to save minute writing.

(144)

(21) Approval of Allowances and Leave. Simplified procedure. (146)

(22) Departments' notifications reporting arrival of officers should be pre-

pared in triplicate.

(148)

(23) Heads of Departments should notify Board of Examiners direct. (150)

(24) Letters of appointment from the Government to the officers recruited

by the Secretary of State are unnecessary. (152)

(25) A Staff Survey Section should be established. (155)

(26) New procedures for confidential Annual Reports. (157-172)

(27) The Chief Clerk should be authorized to appoint temporary staff in

certain cases. (174)

(28) Reduction in staff. (175)

CHAPTER IX.

CLERK OF COUNCILS

Present appointment.

177. As previously stated, the Deputy Colonial Secretary is also Clerk of Councils and in this work he is assisted by a Personal Assistant (P.A.D.C.S.), who is the appointed Deputy Clerk of Councils and by a Woman Confidential Assistant who is the appointed Executive Council Clerk.

Proposed appointment.

178. It was recommended in Chapter II that the Deputy Colonial Secretary should be relieved of his appointment as Clerk of Councils and that another officer be appointed to that post. It was also recommended that the post of Deputy Clerk of Councils be abolished.