CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
THE GOVERNMENT’S INTENTIONS. [Br Telegraph.] [I'XtOM OtJB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, March 17. A Cabinet minute has been circulated among the heads of the various Government departments, dealing with the question of promotion and pay of the officers in the future. Several of the Ministers profess ignorance on the subject, but Sir Julius Vogel has kindly supplied me with the effect of the minute. It is that, in the case of vacancies occurring, the offices are to be filled up at a leas rate of salary, so as to gradually reduce the cost of the Service. According to the salary attaching to the vacant office, a certain percentage is to be taken off in the case of officers promoted to it, or, when practicable, instead of promotions, amalgamations are to be made, and in all cases the filling of such vacancies is to come before the Cabinet. I understand that one of the provisons is to limit future salaries to £6OO per annum, in cases of heads of departments drawing more than that amount.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 8121, 18 March 1887, Page 5
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176CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 8121, 18 March 1887, Page 5
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