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Straits Settlements by providing in each class more increments and larger in amount.
8. I propose, in short, that the cadet service shall be classified as follows:-
Class I.
tendent of Police.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
| lar officia! at Singapore, viz., £540 per annum rising to £666 by four increments of £30. For the Assistant Government Marine Surveyors and the rem ining appointments in the Har bour Master's Departments, I accept the rates which Sir H. Blake proposes.
[October 20, 1902.
salary, converted into sterling at 38. is as much as £310 per annum.
2. The Director of the Observatory might bo placed on the same level as Class Jll of the cadet service. The importance of the Botanical £800 rising to £1,030 by two triennial incre- |
and Afforestation Department is increasing, and ments of 1100:-Colonial Treasurer, Registrar. 14. I am prepared to agree to the salary sug- I am not sure that the scale of salary which tir General, First Magistrate, Captain Superin-gested for the Headmaster of Queen's College, H. Blake proposes is sufficient to secure an
viz., 1660 per annum rising to £720 by two in-officer of high scientific attainments. crements of £30. I agree to the salary propos- ed for the Second Master, viz., Lā-80 per annum rising to £600 by increments of £30. The increments of the Senior Mastors might be carried up to a maximum salary of £180 per annum, and those of the Junior Masters to a maximum £360 per annum.
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Class II.
£600 rising to £540 by three trienniai incre- ments of £40:-* Registrar of the Supreme Court, * Postmaster General Inspector of Schools, * Second Magistrate, Assistant Colonial Secretary, Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Class III.
£420 rising to £54) by three triennial inore. ments of £40:- Assistant Registrar-General, * Depaty Registrar and Accountant. * Deputy Registrar and Appraiser, * Secretary to the Sanitary Board, *Assistant Postmaster-General, *Assistant Superintendent of Police.
(The appointments marked thus * are not at present held by cadets, but should for the futuro be generally given to cadets if any are qualified for them.]
9. I am aware that the majority of the posts in Class III have not, hitherto, been considered to belong to the cadet service. They are, how ever, posts which cadets can fairly be called upon to occupy, and the duties of which they will in all probability bo qualified to fulfil. On this point Sir Henry Blake, whom I have had the advantage of consulting, is inclined to agree. In future, therefore, a vacancy in ове of these posts should preferably be filled by the selection of a cadet, if a cadet can be found who is qualified to hold it,
10. The Director of Public Works should receive £1,000 rising to £1,200 per annum (triennial increments of £:0). The rest of the Department might be graded as follows:-
Assistant Director, £600 per annum rising to £720 by triennial increments of £60..
Executive Engineers and Superintendent of Accounts, 1480 per annum rising to £600 by triennial increments of £40.
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Assistant Engineers and Principal Land Surveyor, £360 per annum rising to £480 by triennial increments of £4,
Assistant (Junior)
Engineers (engaged locally), £270 per annum rising to £330 by triennial increments of £30.
11. I agree to the Principal Civil Medical Officer being given a salary of £800 per annum rising to £1,000 by triennial increments of £100, As there is only one grade of medical officer (Assistant Surgeon) and opportunities of promotioa are consequently very few, I think it will be best to place the salary of the Assistant Surgeons (including the Medical Officer of Health and the Health Officers of the "Port, if not allowed private practice), on
scale of £480 per annum rising to £720 by triennial increments of £4', so as to give them a wider range of increments. The sterling salary of the present l'o.t Health Offic r so long as he enjoys private practice, should only be £360.
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15. The Headmistress of the Belilios Public School might similarly he allowed increments of salary up to a maximum of £480 per annum, and the same scale should be granted to the Head of the Kowloon School, Mr. James would then, on the completion of his probation- ary period, be placed on a scale of £350 per an num rising to £480 by triennial increments of £30. The salary to be assigned to the Head- mistress of Kowloon School may remain on the scale proposed in your despatch No. 25 of 18th January last. The Master of the Belilios Re. formatory might be given the same salary as a Third Grade Master in the Straits Settlements, viz., £225 per annum rising to £285 by two triennial incements of £30; and his Assistant should receive a salary of £150 per annum rising to 200 by two triennial increments of £25.
16. The salary proposed for the Postmaster at Shanghai seems adequate, except that I am inclined to think that the increments attached to the post should continue up to a maximum of £189 a year, in view of the desirability of retaining in the appointment au experienced postal official. Similarly I am doubtful whether the maximum salary provided for the Account| aut and the Superintendent of the Money Order Office is quite enough and I incline to think that a fu ther increment of £25 should be given. The Examining Supervisors have, as you are aware, been appointed ou salaries of £2 per annum rising.to £245, but I do not object to their being placed on the scale now proposed, viz., £230 per annum rising to £280 by triennial increments of £25.
17. In agreeing to the salaries of the various postal appointments referred to in paragraph 7 of the despatch being fixed in sterling, I must not be understood to express any opinion as to whether or not these positions should hereafter be filled by officers selected from this country. No definito proposal to that effect has as yet been submitted.
18. As regards the Police appointments, I prop se to adopt for Hougkong rates similar mutatis mutandis to those which I have ap- aproved for the Straits Settlements, viz :—
The salary of the Veterinary Surgeon and Superintendent of the Vaccine Institute might b. placed on a scale of £480 per annum, rising to 1690 by triennial increu ents of £.0.
The salaries proposed for the European Nurses should, as at the Et aits Settlements, begin at 110 per annum, and ise by incre- ments of £20 to £150. The same rates should be adopted for the Wardmasters and the Matron of the Venereal Ward.
12. I agree to the salary p oposed for the Apothecary and Analyst, and as you have been informed an Assistant Apothecary has beon appointed on the terms prposed in your despatch No. 107 of 21st March, viz., £250 a year rising to £275 if he is placed on the permanent establishment at the end of three years, with a further increment of £25 after three years' service on the permanent establish- ment.
13 I agree to the Harbour Master's salary being fixed at £780 per annum rising to £90) by two triennial increments of £60; and I think that the Assistant Harbour Master might be given the same salary as the Deputy Master Attendant, Singapore, viz., £48) per annum rising to £540 by two increments of £30. Similarly, the Government Marine Surveyor's salary should correspond with that of the simi-
Que Chief Inspector, £300 per annum rising to £360 y triennial incr, ments of £30.
Uno Chief Inspector, £240 per annum rising to £300 by similar increments.
First Class ILspectors, £220 per annum rising to £240 after three yea s' service in that grade.
Second Class Insp ctors, 180 a year. Third Class Inspectors, £170 a year. Sergeants, £140 per annum rising by triennial inecrements of £10 to £160.
Lance Sergeants, £120 per annum rising after three years service in that grade to £130.
Constables, £100 per annum rising to £120 by triennial increments of £10.
These rates have been promised to candidates for the post of Constable, who are being selected by the Crown Agents in accordance with the Colonial Secretary's letter of the 6th February last.
You are aware that the Armourer Sergeant has been engaged on a salary of £225 a year.
19. I accept the salary proposed for the Assistant Superintendent of the Gaol. In order to assimilate the remaining salaries to those in the Straits Settlements the Chief Warder should be given £240 a year, rising to £300 by triennial increments of £30; the Principal Warders £168 rising to £24 by triennial increments of LC; the Warders £96, rising to £144 by four annual increments of £12 20. The salary of the Land Officer should begin at 1600 per annum and rise to £7×0, in order to compensate for the few opportunties for promotion which are likely to fall to the holder of the post. Moreover the existing
23. I would allow the First Assistant in the Observatory and the Assistant Superintendent in the Botanical and Afforestation Department, a further increment of £3) to a maximum salary of £360 per annum.
23, The salaries of the Sanitary Officers seem to me to be rather low, in view of the impor- tance of well-qualified and experienced men for this work; and I would suggest that any rate the sterling rates might be not less than the existing dollar salaries converted at 3s. the dollar.
24. I do not see any objection to the other salaries proposed by Sir Henry Blake,
25. It is of importance that the introduction of the sterling scheme should not be delayed; and I shall therefore be glad if any represen. tations that you may wish to make with a view to the reconsideration of any part of the pro- posals contained in this despatch can be made at the earliest possible date. If, however, you are of opinion t' at the scheme may be accepted with the amendments which I have proposed, I would suggest that the scheme, as amended, should be published forthwith; and that officers who are now serving on dollar salaries should be given a period of six months, during which they may elect to come under its provisions. period should be extended in the case of officers on leave by so much time as is necessary to permit of the scheme being communicated to them from the Colonial Secretary's Office.-I have, etc.,
This
J. CHAMBERLAIN, THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERN- MENT TO THE BECRETARY OF STATE.
Government House,
Hongkong. 4th September, 1902. SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 171 of the 13th Juneon the subject of the introduction of sterling salaries into the Government service of this Colony, and I forward herewith the enclosed copies of the sterling scheme which has been revised in accordance with the instructions son'ained in your despatch.
2. This scheme is now being promulgated in th Colony under cover of a Circular, copy of which is enclosed.
3. Copies of the Circular and of the schedule of sterling salaries and instructions enclosed are are ou leave of being sent to officers who absence with a request that if they desire to join the scheme they will send their accep- tances to the Crown Agents for the Colonies who will be communicated with at the same time and asked to pay such officers at the new
rates.
4. With regard to the scheme itself I have to make the following remarks:-
In the scheme of sterling salaries forwarded in Sir H. Blake's despatch of the 11th of December last the remark "No quarters was sot against the Principal Civil Medical Officer and all the "Assistant Surgeons in the Medical Department, although the Principal Civil Medical Officer and Dr. Bell have quarters at the Government Civil Hospital and Dr. Thomson draws a house allowance of $720 per annum.
t appears that the reason was that it was intended that these officers when they came on the s'erling basis should pay rent for the quarters they enjoy. This principle has not, however, been adopted in this Colony.
5. In addition to the quarters occupied by Drs. Atkinson and Bell there will be, when the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children is completed, a third set of quarters available attached to that Hospital. It will depend in the future, as it has in the past, on the nature of the duties-whether in immediate connection with one or other these hospitals or otherwise -that a Medical Officer is engaged on, whether he will have free quarters allocated to him or not.
6. I suggest therefore that the salaries as fixed by you be left as they stand, and that the
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