PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER (TENTH REPORT OF THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1922 Session I, H-14

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1922. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER (TENTH REPORT OF THE).

Presented to both Hounes of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

CONTENTS. Report. Report— continued. PAGE PAGE Reduction in Classified Staff .. .. ..21 (epartmental Officers on Loan to other AdminisTemporary Employees .. .. .. .. 3 trations .. .. .. .. .. 9 Adjustment of Salaries and Variation of the Cost of Retirement of Principal Officers .. .. .. 10 Living .. .. .. .. .. 4 Conclusion .. .. .. .. .. 10 Salaries generally .. .. .. .. 5 Appointments to the Service .. .. .. 6 Tables. Period of Probation .. .. .. .. 6 Table I.—Public Service List, 31/3/22: General Political Rights of Public Servants .. .. 7 Summary of Classification by Departments (exBoard of Appeal .. .. .. ..7 eluding Officers in the Administrative Division) .. 11 Inquiries held undor the Public Service Act .. 7 Table II. —Public Service List, 31/3/22: General Defalcations in the Service .. .. ..7 Summary of Classification by Classos (excluding Examinations hold during the Year .. .. 7 Officers in tho Administrative Division) . . 12 Senior and Entrance Examinations .. . . 8 Table TlL—Showing Alterations in Staffs and Salaries Stores .. .. .. .. .. 8 of Departments between Classified List for 1921-22 Publications and Publicity Committee .. .. 8 and 31st March, 1922 .. .. .. 13 Suggestions for Improvements of Methods of Working 8 Table IV. —Temporary Employees other than WorkDepartmental Officers on Duty Abroad .. .. 9 men, &c., as at Ist April, 1922 .. .. 15

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To His Excellency the Right Honourable John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in. and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies. May it please Your Excellency : As Commissioner appointed under the Public Service Act, 19.1.2, I have the honour to submit the following report, as required by section 15 of the Act.

REPOET. Since the last report it has been the unpleasant duty of the Commissioners to pursue a policy of retrenchment. Many of the officers retrenched were eligible for a.nd were granted retiringallowances under the Public Service Superannuation Act. Others who were almost near the retiring-age, but who would not otherwise have been eligible for a pension, were provided for by amending legislation, which made provision for the granting of a retiring-allowance to an officer (a) whose age is not less than fifty-seven Years ; or (b) whose age is not less than, fifty-two years, if his length of service is not less than twenty-seven years ; or (c) whose length of service is not less than thirty-two years. The total reduction in the staff (classified and temporary, excluding workmen) during the year ended 31st March, 1922, was 1,093 officers, their annual salaries being £395,006. Reduction in Classified Staff. The number of permanent classified officers in the Service on the Ist April, 1921, was 7,353 ; total annual salaries, £2,088,229 : on the 31st March, 1922, was 6,781 ; total annual salaries, £1,804,483 : thus showing a reduction in classified staff during the year of 572, and in salaries of £283,746. Details of the reduction are shown in Table 111. The reduction, would have been, greater but for the necessity for the appointment of 144 additional officers to certain Departments, and the permanent appointment of 46 employees previously on the temporary staff. These additional appointments were principally in the following Departments : — Number of Salaries. Officers. £ Agriculture .. .. .. ..8 1,510 Education .. .. .. ..9 1,195 Land and Income Tax .. .. . . 8 695 Lands and Survey .. .. .. 9 825 Mental Hospitals .. .. ..35 6,492 Printing and Stationery .. . . .. 7 1,582 Prisons .. .. .. ..5 1,150 Health .'. .. .. ..57 1.0,090 Public Trust .. .. .. ..10 1,400 Public Works .. .. .. ..15 3,675 State Forest Service .. .. ..5 1,130

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The greatest increase was in the Mental Hospitals and Health Departments. In the Mental. Hospitals Department the increase is due to improved workingconditions of the staff, which previously was required to work long hours. In the Health Department the increase is, in the main, due to the expansion of the school dental services necessitating the appointment of a number of trainees, and to the fact that a number of Inspectors who were previously employed by local authorities were, by amending legislation, placed under the control of the Health Department, thus adding to the numerical strength of that Department. The salaries of the Inspectors are subsequently recoverable from the local authorities. Part of the reduction in the classified salaries was due to the operation of the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act, which resulted in a saving at the annual rate, under the first reduction, operating as from the Ist January, 1922, of £110,185. A rearrangement in connection with the charing staff, whereby the charwomen were transferred -from the permanent to the unclassified staff, also reduced the classified staff. The number affected was 113 ; annual salaries, £13,114. Temporary Employees. The position in regard to the temporary staff (excluding workmen, charwomen, &c.) in the Departments under the control of the Public Service Commissioner is as under :—-

1st April, 1921. Department. Number. aJjJ^fo,,. 1st April, 1922. Number. _ Total f . Remuneration. £ Agriculture .. .. .. .. .. 92 21,257 Audit 32 5,301 Coal Control .. .. .. •• .. 10 2,117 Defence .. .. .. .. ..218 44,180 Education .. .. .. .. .. 18 3,739 Government Insurance .. .. .. 8 1,960 Health .. .. .. •• .. 56 17,022 Immigration .. .. .. •• .. 2 422 Industries and Commerce .. •• .. 8 1,504 Internal Mairs .. .. .. .. 39 7,323 Justice .. .. .. •• .. 19 3,993 Labour 20 4,906 Land and Deeds .. .. .. .. 23 3,952 Land and Income Tax .. .. .. 2 481 Land for Settlements Lands and Survey .. .. .. .. 80 17,754 Marine .. " .. .. .. .. 9 1,873 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. 4 832 Mines .. .. .. .. .. 6 978 National Provident .. .. .. .. 15 2,147 Native .. .. .. .. .. 13 2,772 Native Trust .. .. .. .. .. 3 637 Pensions .. .. .. .. .. 66 15,067 Printing and Stationery .. .. .. 2 546 Prisons .. .. .. .. .. 1 260 Public Trust .. .. .. .. .. 60 12,408 Public Works .. .. .. .. 82 20,398 Stamp Duties .. .. .. .. 8 1,800 State Advances .. .. .. .. 12 2,615 State Fire Insurance ... .. .. .. 2 377 State Forest Service .. .. .. .. 2 481 Tourist .. .. .. .. .. 8 1,337 Treasury .. .. .. .. .. 27 6,670 Valuation .. .. .. .. .. 39 6,778 £ 56 13,609 13 2,117 64 14,152 9 1,969 2 371 39 11,235 2 325 5 981 35 6,502 5 993 5 1,740 8 998 2 449 1 285 35 7,272 8 1,410 3 496 2 135 9 1,147 7 1,250 33 7,868 2 514 2 595 17 2,954 63 16,310 1 218 6 1,231 4 803 6 737 7 1,724 14 2,235 986 £213,897 465 £102,637 (Shillings and pence are omitted from this table.)

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The following summary illustrates how the temporary staff has been steadily reduced since 1919 : — Total Number Total Annual of Temporary Remuneration. Employees. £ Ist April, 1919 .. .. .. 2,089 284,160 Ist April, 1920 .. .. ..1,455 301,425 Ist April, 1921 .. .. .. 986 213,897 Ist April,'l922 .. .. .. 465 102,637 Ist August, 1922 .. .. .. 434* 92,322* * Excluding persons temporarily employed on electoral work. Adjustment ok Salaries and Variation of the Cost op Living. The following is a review of the adjustment in remuneration paid to officers to meet the variation in the cost of living since 1916 :■ — Up to £315 per annum : — From Ist April, 1916, bonus granted as under : — Per Annum. Married officers and widowers or widows with dependent £ s. d. children under fourteen years of age .. 15 0 0 Single officers and widowers or widows with no children dependent .. .. .. . . 7 10 0 Juveniles (under eighteen years of age) . . . . .. 3 0 0 From Ist April, 1917, bonus renewed as under :• — Married officers and widowers or widows with dependent children under fourteen years of age .. 15 0 0 Single officers and widowers or widows with no children dependent ... .. .. .. 7 10 0 Juveniles (under eighteen years of age) — If living at home .. .. .. ..300 If living away from home.. .. .. .. 710 0 From Ist October, 1918, bonus increased as under : — Married officers and widowers or widows Avith dependent children under fourteen years of age .. 30 0 0 Single officers and widowers or widows with no children dependent .. .. .. .. 15 0 0 Juveniles (under eighteen years of age) — If living at home . . .. .. ..600 If living away from home.. .. .. .. 15 0 0 From Ist April, 1919, a general regrading of the Service was carried out, and the amount previously paid by way of bonus was incorporated with salary. From Ist January, 1920, bonus granted as under : — Up to £500 per annum — Married officers and widowers and others with children or £ s. d. others entirely dependent on them .. .. 15 0 0 Single officers and widowers or widows without dependants 710 0 Ist April, 1920 : Bonus granted Ist January, 1920, dropped, and salaries of all officers increased as follows :— Per Annum. £ s. d. Officers receiving £145 and under . . .. .. 20 0 0 Officers receiving over £145 . . . . . . 50 0 0 When this latter adjustment in remuneration was made there was an understanding that the salary would be adjusted in the event of the cost of living falling. In January, 1922, the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act was passed, the following portion of the recital to which gives an indication of the reason for its introduction :— ' Whereas the rates of remuneration of certain persons employed, whether permanently or temporarily, in the Government Service . . . have from time to time since the first day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, been increased, firstly by way of a bonus or grant, and afterwards by way of an increase in the rates of salaries or wages, such increase of remuneration being given partly in respect of special services and partly on account of the increased cost of living due to

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conditions arising out of the war with Germany . . . And whereas the increased rates of remuneration continue to be paid notwithstanding that a state of war no longer exists, and notwithstanding also that the cost of living has decreased and is likely further to decrease : And whereas it is essential in the public interest, having regard to the decreasing amount of revenue derivable from the usual and ordinary sources, that such, increases as were made in the permanent charges on the public revenues by reason of the increased rates of remuneration aforesaid should be diminished The Act applies to practically every employee in receipt of remuneration from the Government, with the exception of His Excellency the Governor-General; the Judges of the Supreme Court; the Judge of the Court of Arbitration ; the High Commissioner for New Zealand ; any person employed by the Government or by any other authority for a specific limited term of office pursuant to a contract made out of New Zealand ; any person who is remunerated by fees or commission, and not by wages or salary ; and any person who at the time of the passing of the Act was on leave of absence prior to retirement. The Act provides for the reduction in remuneration to be made by three instalments, the first " cut " to take effect as from the Ist January, 1922, the rate of reduction being as follows : Over £1,250, 10 per cent. ; £1,001 to £1,250, 9 percent. ; £901 to £l ,000, 8 per cent, ; £801 to £900, 7 per cent. ; £501 to £800, £25 ; £321 to £500, £20 ; £191 to £320, £15 ; £190 and under, £10. The Act further provides that, except in the case of officers in receipt of a salary in excess of £800 per annum, in which, case only one " cut " was made, subsequent reductions should be applied on the Ist July, 1922, and the Ist January, 1923, as might be determined by the Minister of Finance and notified by notice published in the Gazette. In accordance with this provision a reduction in salaries was made from the Ist July, 1922, as follows : £191 to £800, £10 ; £190 and. under, £5. The Governor-General may from time to time make such regulations as are necessary for the purpose of carrying the Act into effect, in particular in the direction of providing for the adjustment of anomalies or for the relief of cakes of hardship. This latter provision is very necessary, as the effect of the operation of the Act has been to create many cases which would have been distinct anomalies had they been allowed to remain in effect. By regulations gazetted on the 16th June, 1922, a Board was established for the purposes of the adjustment of anomalies or hardship arising from the operation of the Act. This Board, which is known as the Adjustment Committee, consists of the following officers, viz. : The Public Service Commissioner, who is Chairman ; the Secretary to the Treasury ; the General Manager of Railways; and the Secretary, Post and Telegraph Department. An amendment published in the Gazette of the 3rd August, 1922, adds the Director of Education to the Committee when applications for relief affecting the Education service are being dealt with. The regulations provide that any person may apply to the Adjustment Committee for relief from the operations of the Act on the ground of anomaly or hardship, such applications being forwarded to the Public Service Commissioner, as Chairman of the Adjustment Committee, through the Permanent Head of his Department, who is required to furnish a report and recommendation in regard to each application. No application for relief under the regulations is considered by the Board in respect of any person in receipt as at the 31st December, 1921, of a salary at a rate exceeding £500 per annum ; and no application for relief is granted where the person received the full cost-of-living increase given to officers subsequent to the 31st March, 1920.. The regulations further provide that in the case of any workers who would be bound by an award under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, if they were employed by an employer bound by that award, the Adjustment Committee shall ascertain the rates of wages payable under that award to workers of the same class, and, in determining whether or not relief should be granted, and the extent of such relief, shall take those rates into consideration, together with all other relevant facts. Salaries generally. In. the last report the Commissioners expressed the opinion that the present maximum of the lowest class for clerical officers —£320, Class VII —was too high

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a remuneration for an officer who might be performing only routine clerical duties, and pointed out that the existing class should be subdivided, new subdivisions being formed with the following maxima : £320, £270, £215, and £.160. A recommendation in this direction was made to Government, and in April last His Excellency the Governor-General, by Order in Council, revoked the existing scale of salaries for officers in Class VII, and substituted the following: — £ £ £ £ £ £ VII (a) .. .. 255 275 295 305 (b) .. . . 215 235 (c) . . . . 185 200 (d) .. ..75 90 105 130 150 170 Provision was made that under no circumstances should an officer be advanced beyond any subdivision of Class VII (d), and beyond the maxima of Classes VII (c) and VII (b), until he had given satisfactory proof to the Commissioner of his efficiency. The range of salaries was identical with that previously gazetted, with the exception that new steps at £170 and £185 were inserted, thus abolishing the automatic increase of £50, from £150 to £200, which was previously provided, and which in the case of junior officers is considered excessive. The representatives of the Public Service Association, have been advised that for the current year the Commissioner will raise no objection on technical grounds to any Clerical Division officer who was on a salary of £150, and who is dissatisfied with the increment which has been granted him, placing his case before the Public Service Board of Appeal. Appointments to the Service. The difficulty referred to in last year's report, of securing cadets for appointment to the Public Service, no longer obtains. It was therefore unnecessary to continue the special educational classes, and the Public Service College which, was established'in January, 1921, was accordingly closed at the end of June of this year. The following quotation from a report of the New South Wales Public Service Board in regard to recruiting the Service also applies to the New Zealand Public Service:— " There is no disputing the fact, too, that owing to ignorant and ill-considered public criticism of the Government Service it' has come to be regarded in many quarters that the Public Service does not offer a sufficiently attractive career to a youth of brains and. energy —that it is a place where brains and energy are not required and are not paid for, and, in fact, is the home--par excellence- - of incompetence and mediocrity. The Board strongly resent such an imputation, for they claim that the Service is an efficient one, that it is becoming more efficient year by year, and that in ii) capacity, industry, initiative, and character are the prime factors taken into consideration by the Board in selecting officers for promotion or for appointment to important positions. Furthermore, the Service, taken as a whole, is adequately remunerated. It is, of course, to be remembered that the number of positions in each Department of the Service demanding high professional and administrative qualifications is limited, and the Board, while agreeing that such positions, and those demanding initiative, business acumen, and rare powers of control, should be liberally valued, are not prepared to sanction the payment of inflated salaries for essentially routine work, even though it may be carried out by men classed in the Professional Division." Period of Probation. The practice adopted last year of extending the period of probation to a period of not less than two years has proved of advantage. The need for reducing expenditure also has impressed Permanent Heads arid controlling officers with the necessity of making a more rigid examination of the qualifications of probationers before recommending that their appointments be confirmed, with the result that there has been an increase in the number of annulments during the first period. The magnitude and multiplicity of the business operations of the various Departments of the Public Service, and the perfect service which the public expect and to which they are entitled, require that not only the greatest care be exercised in the selection of officers, but that their tenure of office shall depend entirely upon efficient and. "meritorous service. As was stated, by the Public Service Commission in 1912, it is better for the State and better for the individual that an officer's unsuitability for the Service should be discovered in the early stages of his career. Many young fellows start in a line that is not suited to them. If they remain in it

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they will be failures for life, but if they pass out of it early in life they will probably get into something else which will suit them, and perhaps be successful. Political Bights oe Public Servants. The matter of conferring full political rights on public servants is again the subject of discussion, and the Commissioners repeat the opinion expressed in the last report, that the prohibition from an active part in public politics makes for greater contentment in the Public Service, and enables officers more easily to render loyal and more efficient service. There is little doubt but that complete liberty of political action for all officers alike would inevitably result in frequent conflicts between the desires and interests of an officer as a citizen and his duty as an official, and that such conflicts could not but be inimical to the Service. Board op Appeal. There were two sittings of the Appeal Board for the year ended 31st March, 1922. The total number of appeals received was 150, of which 109 were promotion appeals, the remainder, 41, being classification appeals. Fourteen of the appeals were allowed ; 52 were not allowed ; 46 did not lie ; and 38 were withdrawn. In last year's report it was stated that " the Commissioners have no representation on the Board as at present constituted, and, as information as to the reasons actuating the Board in its finding is not usually given, the result at times is that decisions are arrived at which cannot be understood either by the Commissioners or the Department concerned. It is felt that until the Commissioners are given direct representation on the Board it will not be possible to secure a greater measure of satisfaction." This matter is again brought forward by the Commissioners as one of importance, the work of the past year further strengthening the previous view held. Inquiries held under the Public Service Act. During the year fifteen inquiries have been held into charges made against officers in terms of sections 52 and 54 of the Public Service Act. As the outcome of the inquiries eleven officers were dismissed, four of whom were subsequently reinstated on appeal; three officers were required to resign ; and eleven officers were penalized to a lesser extent in the direction of reduction in grading or salary, forfeiture of salary during period of suspension, transfer at own expense, or censure. Defalcations in the Service. The number of cases of dishonesty which have come to light within the past few years might almost be regarded as indicating a weakening of the moral fibre resulting from the Great War, more than as evidence of the inefficiency of the departmental methods for maintaining effective.control and audit. This condition is not peculiar to the Government Service, but, on the contrary, commercial institutions usually held up as patterns of effective organization and businesslike methods have afforded many instances during the past year of moral turpitude on the part of those responsible for dealing with money. There is also this further point, that under existing legislation it is the duty of the Controller and Auditor-General to institute prosecution in all cases where an officer is found to be short in his cash. The result is that in all cases of defalcations in the Service, whether the amount is small or large, and even where full restitution is made, a prosecution necessarily follows, while it is a well-known fact that in commercial houses such defalcations are very often hushed up. In view of the criticism at times levelled against the Public Service the Commissioners feel constrained to repeat their previous observations that the majority of officers to be found in the Public Service are of a fine type, welleducated, keen and intelligent, interested in their work, and anxious to conserve the interests of the State by every means within their power. Examinations held during the Year. The examinations conducted during the year under the Public Service Regulations have been the usual Entrance Examination, a special examination for Public Service Entrance, the Public Service Senior Examination, and examinations for admission of shorthand-typists and typists.

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Senior and Entrance Examinations. The Public Service Senior Examination held between the. 4th and 17th January last was conducted under regulations which came into force on the Ist April, 1915. The only candidates admitted were returned soldiers who had previously obtained partial success at the examination. Of twenty candidates who presented themselves, ten completed the examination. The examination held afforded a final opportunity for returned soldiers to complete the Public Service Senior Examination, the Matriculation Examination having now been substituted for the Senior Examination for the purposes of the Public Service Regulations. The Public Service Entrance Examination was conducted at fifty-four centres between the 21st and 28th November, 1921. The number of candidates entered was 1,152, as compared with 1,076 for the previous year. Of the total number who presented themselves, 632 passed the examination. A special examination for Public Service entrance was conducted in June, 1921. There were 248 candidates distributed over eighteen centres, and of the number who presented themselves for examination 1.30 were successful in passing. Both the ordinary and special examinations were open, to all candidates, both boys and girls, who expressed their intention of entering the Public Service if successful. Stores. Since the last report a Stores Control Board has been established, the necessary regulations being gazetted on. the sth May, 1922. The Board consists of : The Minister of Public Works, who is Chairman ; the General Manager, New Zealand Railways ; the Secretary to the Treasury ; the Under-Secretary, Department of Public Works ; and the Secretary, Post and Telegraph Department. The function of the Board is, generally, to control and supervise the matter of stores requirements for all Government Departments, and to take such action as may ensure that stores are purchased to the best advantage. To assist the Board, an Advisory Committee Avas set up, consisting of : The Controller of Stores, Railways Department; the Stores Manager, Public Works Department; and the Stores Manager, Post and Telegraph. Department. The regulations provide that the purchasing of stores should be undertaken by the Railways Department, Public Works Department, and the Post and Telegraph Department, according to the class of stores required. District Supplies and Tenders Committees were also set up to deal with local purchases as directed by the Board. It is expected that with careful management the Service will benefit considerably by improved purchasing on economical lines. Publications and Publicity Committee. Following on the recommendation of the Economy Committee, Government during the year set up a Publications and Publicity Committee, consisting of : The Public Service Commissioner, who is Chairman ; the Secretary to the Treasury ; the Government Printer ; the Under-Secretary, Department of Internal Affairs ; the Government Statistician ; and the General Manager, Tourist and Health Resorts Department. The Committee reviews all departmental publications and papers before beingprinted, the main object being to effect economy by reducing the volume of publications. It also deals with the preparation and issue of all State propaganda and advertising abroad. Suggestions for Improvements op Methods of Working. The Public Service Regulations indicate the Commissioner's desire to encourage suggestions having for their object increased efficiency and economy, and there is every reason for the conclusion that Heads of Departments are not lacking in the interest which should be taken to encourage the members of their staff to bring under notice improvements in methods which might result in economy coupled with increased efficiency.

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The following suggestions by officers were adopted during the year : —

Departmental Officers on Duty Abroad. The following officers proceeded abroad for the purposes stated :— Jacobsen, F. A., Apiary Instructor, Agriculture Department, Wellington : To visit Australia to make inquiries in connection with apicultural matters. Adams, Dr. C. E., Government Astronomer and Seismologist, Hector Observatory, Internal Affairs Department, Wellington: To visit Western Australia to observe total eclipse of the sun. Lewis, J. C, Registrar of Patents, Justice Department, Wellington : To visit London to attend the Empire Patent Conference. Paterson, Dr. A. G., School Medical Officer, Health Department, Wellington : To visit England and America to investigate and study matters in connection with child-welfare. Kissel, F. T. M., Electrical Engineer, Public Works Department, Wellington : To visit engineering workshops abroad. In addition the following officers have also been granted leave for the purpose of taking courses abroad : — McGillivray, R. (Agriculture Department) : Agricultural course, Reading, England. Baxter, Dr. R. H. (Health Department) : Medical course in connection with functional nervous disorders, England. Departmental Officers on Loan to other Administrations. The following officers were, on the 30th September, 1922, on leave of absence from the New Zealand Public Service to enable them to take up duty with the Administrations named :—

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Name. Department. Sucsjostion. Suggestion. Miggosuon. G. C. Holder Mental Hospitals Quotation form with advice to unsuccessful tenderer attached. Improved method of black-lettering books. Improved shooter. Suggestion re stamping company licenses. Increasing fees for checking plans deposited in Land Registry. Subscription to Journal. Improvement in detail of procedure of Native-land surveys. Code for preparing returns of infectious diseases. G. W. Green H. W. Morrison . . G. Tinney W. C. Leversedge .. Printing and Stationery.. Printing and Stationery.. Stamp Duties Lands J. G. Anderson W. J. Johnson Agriculture Lands W. Taylor Health

Administration. Name. Department from which loaned. Samoa Cordery, H. S., Leaper, H. B., Stevens, A. 0. Beaglehole, E. W. Greening, Miss L. C. .. Ritchie, Dr. T. R., Buchanan. J. W., Walker, Miss V. M. McKay, C. G. R., Clark, L. H. V. Tyndall, A., Sutherland, A. S., Crawford, J., Lofley, W. G., Rogers, J., Neilson, D. I. M. Lewis, A. P., McCurdy, D. A. .. Reid, E. A. .. McMahon-Box, J. P. . . Morris, G.N. Luckman, A. A. Granger, P., Wright, W. Steere, H. C. .. Herd, T. R Sandford, F. T. Toms, E. Valentine, G. M., Mackenzie, A. Chapman, J. H. Customs. Education. External Affairs. Health. Cook Islands Internal Affairs. Public Works. High Commissioner's Office Treasury. Agriculture. Customs. Justice. Prisons. Agriculture. Audit. Customs. Internal Affairs. Treasury. Agriculture. Customs. Fijian Government League of Nations

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Retirement of Principal Officers. A number of important changes has occurred in Departments owing to the retirement of administrative and departmental heads. Colonel R. J. Collins, C.M.G., 1.5.0., Controller and Auditor-General, retired on the 31st December, 1921. He was succeeded by Colonel G. F. C. Campbell, C.M.G., Secretary to the Treasury, who was in turn succeeded by Colonel J. J. Esson, C.M.G., Assistant Secretary. Mr. P. Muter, Actuary and Deputy Commissioner, Government Insurance Department, retired on the 31st January, 1.922, after having completed forty-two years' service. He was succeeded by Mr. A. T. Traversi, Assistant Actuary, who also became Actuary of the combined Departments —Government Insurance and National Provident and Friendly Societies. Mr. G, C. B. Jordan, Under-Secretary for Justice (also Under-Secretary, Native Department, and Secretary for the Cook Islands), retired on superannuation on the 31st December, 1921, after having completed thirty-six years' service. He was succeeded by Mr. C. E. Matthews, Inspector-General of Prisons. Mr. T. N. Brodrick, 0.8. E., 1.5.0., Under-Secretary, Lands and Survey Department, retired on superannuation on the 18th June, 1922, after having completed forty-five years' service. He was replaced by Mr. J. B. Thompson, Chief Drainage Engineer. Mr. M. F. Marks, Government Printer, retired on superannuation on the 31st May, 1922, after having completed forty-three years' service, and was succeeded by Mr. W. A. G. Skinner, Superintendent. The Service also suffered a further loss in the death of Mr. P. C. Corliss, Commissioner of Stamp Duties. He was succeeded by Mr. D. G. Clark, 0.8. E., Commissioner of Taxes,, the Stamp Duties and Land and Deeds Department being amalgamated with the Land and Income Tax Department, under the title of " Inland Revenue Department." Mr. C. R. C. Robieson, General Manager, State Fire Insurance Department, retired on superannuation on the 30th April, 1922. His retirement was due to the amalgamation of the State Fire Insurance Department with the Government Insurance Department, the Commissioner of which, Mr. J. H. Richardson, C.M.G., became General Manager, State Fire Insurance Department. Conclusion. In conclusion the Commissioners wish to record their appreciation of the great assistance which, has been rendered by Permanent Heads and other principal officers during the past year, which, owing to the necessity for rigid economy and retrenchment, has been an exceedingly trying one. The Commissioners feel sure that this loyal co-operation, without which their work would be even more difficult than it is, will continue to be extended to them. All of which is humbly submitted for Your Excellency's gracious consideration. W. R. Morris, Commissioner. P. Verschaffelt, Assistant Commissioner. Office of the Public Service Commissioner, 2nd October, 1922.

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TABLES.

Note.--In the printing of these tables, shillings and pence are omitted from the totals.

Table I.—Public Service List, 31/3/22.—General Summary of Classification by Departments

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(excluding Officers in Admin. :sTRAT.r Department. Number of Officers Salary, Year ending 31/3/22. Salary, Year ending' 31/3/23. Scale Increase. Agriculture (On loan) (On leave without pay) 488 2 3 107 7 288 6 81 288 1 2 5 1 £ 153,679 £ 157,593 £ 3,914 Audit Crown Law Customs (On loan) 29,356 3,754 80,540 30,926 3,789 83,886 1,570 35 3,346 Defence Education (On loan) (On leave without pay) External Affairs (On loan) Government Insurance — Life and Accident State Fire Insurance National Provident and Friendly Societies Public Service Superannuation Health (On loan) .. .. •. Immigration Industries and Commerce Inland Revenue — Land and Deeds .. ... Land and Income Tax Stamp Duties Internal Affairs (On loan) (On leave without pay) Justice (includes Patents) (On loan) 17,043 88,082 17,797 90,292 754 2,210 1*367 1,394 **27 132 96 37 9 322 3 11 20 36,376 20,749 8,509 2,490 88,218 38,372 22,051 9,000 2,000 90,646 1,995 1,302 491 110 2,428 2,728 6,661 2,830 0,750 io2 89 137 128 80 402 7 1 218 1 103 2 626 177 1 686 6 80 68 13 94 6 299 183 2 1 18 526 608 7 49 89 125 74 2 99 30,423 26,710 16,832 96,141 32,755 28,905 18,075 99,921 2,332 2,195 1,243 3,780 56,391 59,385 2,994 Labour Land for Settlements Lands and Survey Marine (On leave without pay) Mental Hospitals (New appointments, 1/4/22) . . Mines Native Native Trust Pensions Police Printing and Stationery* Prisons (New appointments, 1/4/22) (On loan) Public Service Commissioner's Office Public Trust Public Works (On loan) State Advances State Forests Tourist 25,647 1,197 161,385 55,989 26,843 1,197 169,383 57,645 1,196 7,998 1,656 157,738 26,650 17,548 ! 3,060 17,584 1,740 79,844 51,549 158,550 960 26,925 18,404 3,272 19,176 1,795 80,709 52,484 510 812 275 856 212 1,592 55 864 935 5,739 130,808 182,024 5', 918 139,207 187,020 179 8,399 4,996 11,778 27,847 30,497 ! 17/ 20 12,589 28,752 31,103 18,853 811 905 606 933 Treasury (On loan) Valuation 31,886 32,990 1*104 Totals (Appointed 1/4/22) (On leave without pay) On loan 6,781 8 7 31 1,804,483 1,869,785 1,470 65,302 Totals, 31/3/22 Totals, 1/4/22 .. ... 6,781 6,789 1,804,483 1,871,255 Native Schools Vacant, 1/4/22 257 I 18 51,509 I Totals .. 257 51,509 I * Not Including one lieeeworker.

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Table II.—Public Service List, 31/3/22.—General Summary of Classification by Classes

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(excluding ( 'FF1CERS IN DM IN II ITRATIV 'IVISION Class (excluding Administrative). Number of Officers. Total Salary, Classification 31/3/22. Salary, 31/3/23. Scale Increase. Professional — Over scale Over scale (on loan) A .. A (on loan) B .. 0 .. C (on loan) D .. I) (on leave without pay) E .. E (on leave without pay) F .. Clerical— Spocial I .. II .. 11 (on loan) III .. III (on loan) IV .. IV (on loan) .. V .. V (on loan) VI .. VI (on loan) VI (on leave without pav) VII(£255-£305) VII (on loan) VII(£215-235) VII (on leave without pay) Vli: (£185-£200) VII (on loan) VII(£75-£170) General — I (£330 and over) I (on loan) II (£185-£329) II (appointed 1/4/22) II (on loan) II (on leave without pay) III (under £185) .. Ill (appointed 1/4/22) Educational — I (£330 and over) II (£185-£329) 11 (mi leave without pay) £ £ 39,935 40,271 £ 336 48 1 81 2 85 119 1 153 1 39 1 47 53,515 54,265 47,095 47,825 55,943 57,202 59,800 61,355 750 730 1,259 1,555 11,030 li,835 805 7,305 8,170 865 28 58 65 1 57 2 141 1 272 2 383 4 1 576 7 251 2 256 2 771 19,982 19,982 34,525 34,900 33,335 33,925 26,660 27,160 59,005 59,980 99,365 101,535 122,050 124,790 375 590 500 975 2,170 2,740 156,215 164.145 7,930 52,560 56,625 4.065 38,775 47,735 8,960 77,110 91,795 14,685 412 1 2,179 4 7 1 723 4 158,216 160,411 548,924 556,839 970 2,195 7,914 91,945 97,617 500 5*672 15 22 I 5,445 5,495 5,745 5,925 50 180 Totals Appointed 1/4/22 On loan On leave without pay 6,781. 8 31 7 1,804,483 1,869,785 1,470 65,302 Totals, 31/3/22 Totals, 31/3/23 6,781 6,789 1,804,483 1,871,255 Native Schools Vacant. 1/4/22 .. 257 18 51,509 Totals .. 257 51,509 Note. —One pieceworker not includi id in above return.

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Table III.—Showing Alterations in Staffs and Salaries of Departments between Classified List for 1921-22 and 31st March, 1922.

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Classified List, 1921-22. Increase. Decrease. x» m « c i.u By New Entrants. By Transfer from other _ ■ A^TL t0 Appointments from Outside the | Temporary Employees By Reduction By Transfer to By Retire - By Dismissal Net Increase or Afc 31gt March 1922 PrrSllKnfro Lnclassified Positions. Service. made Permanent. Total Inrrpa<»p under By Reduction other ment on (including Cases Promotion, &c. Total Increase. Public Expenditure i D Salary. Departments or By Death. Superannua- By Resignation, where bervices Total Decrease. . Departments. t T °tal Department). To fill As Additions To fill As Additions To fill As Additions Adjustment Act. to dispensed with). Departments. S Classified Vacancies. to Staff. Vacancies. to Staff. Vacancies. to Staff. O Salaries. , ; o # ............... . . I . . . ! . . I . ® • I • ® ai "S <3 "c| ai "S jj 'S S ? «' "S i ® ij® Total -O ,Q 3 P E3 P -2 P — -Cf ! p P ,0 j fl P 3 P ~ Classiflpri 2 goP.ogoPoSogoPoPog o p o £ o fi o S o g © g 2 So S 2 «£ p p g p ; a p S p £ p S I s S s S p a p p s g p ; £ pSpSp Sp® p £ £ "J 5° Salaries. fc fc fe | ■< }z;|<5 R <5 i I ' I I . fc s?r «; I <; R ft | < ft j || fc | ft f fc | < | R ,| | £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1 £ £ I £ £ I £ £ £ £ £ I £ £ ! £ Agriculture .. .. 503 168,806 . 18 1,384 2 512 3 290 12 2,697 4 670 2 415 4 840 27 6,808 4SS .8,415 4 120 10 3,010 2 690 10 4,146 16 4,379 4 1,175 42 21,935 - 15 — 15,126 488 153,679 Agriculture. Audit .. .. 110 33,116 7 265 5 425 2 170 1 1 860 110 1,745 .... 1 100 .. 4 1,755 5 1,020 .. 10 4,620 - 3 - 3,760 107 29,356 Audit. Crown Law .. .. 7 4,040 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 285 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 285 .. — 285 7 3,754 Crown Law. Customs .. .. 302 i 88,842 12 305 3 914 2 298 5 900 3 255 1 245 .. .. 14 2,917 294 4,755 2 25 13 2,550 4 1,575 8 1,604 3 710 28 11,219 - 14 - 8,302 288 80,540 Customs. Defence .. .. 117 25,914 1 24 2 560 .. 4 340 1 6 924 95 1,265 1 20 23 4,157 .. .. 1 320 13 2,916 5 1,117 42 9,795 - 36 — 8,871 81 17,043 Defence. Education .. .. 322 105,776 7 291 3 474 2 250 11 2,920 8 1,035 1 |120 1 160 26 5,250 296 4,860 2 125 11 3,594 1 650 7 3,475 25 6,185 16 4,055 60 22,944 - 34 - 17,694 288 88,082 Education. External Affairs .. 5 1,332 .. .. 3 582 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 582 5 80 .. .. 1 215 .. .. .. ! 2 252 .. .. 3 547 .. + 35 5 1,367 External Affairs. Government Insurance— Government InsuranceLife and Accident 132 41,311 12 280 2 229 5 1,125 12 1,020 19 2,654 135 2,144 .. .. 6 1,149 .. .. 4 2,020 5 875 4 1,400 19 7,588 .. — 4,934 132 36,376 Life and Accident. State Fire Insurance 101 22,979 5 95 1 124 2 227 1 85 3 430 7 1 961 100 1,360 .. 2 240 10 1,591 12 3,191 — 5 — 2,230 96 20,749 State Fire Insurance. National Provident and 42 10,924 1 . 25 1 100 .. .. 3 255 4 380 37 535 1 50 2 355 .. .. 1 575 4 640 2 640 9 2,795 — 5 - 2,415 37 8,509 National Provident & Friendly Societies Friendly Societies Public Service Super- 9 2,600 i 1 25 .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 9 135 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 135 .. — 110 9 2,490 Public Service Superannuation annuation. Health .. .. 281 90,086 13 470 4 1,006 16 2,945 23 5,275 37 3,730 .. .. 20 6,360 100 19,786 335 5,749 2 230 6 1,610 .. .. 2 455 41 10,795 , 11 2,815 59 21,654 + 41 - 1,868 322 88,218 Health. Immigration.. .. 13 3,328 1 25 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 12 180 .. .. 1 230 1 215 2 625 — 2 — 600 11 2,728 Immigration. Industries and Commerce ,33 10,356 1 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 27 470 .. .. 8 1,879 .. 5 1,355 .. .. 13 3,704 — 13 — 3,695 20 6,661 Industries and Com'ce. Inland Revenue — Inland Revenue— Land and Deeds 154 36,870 24 1,095 3 649 1 150 4 340 8 2,234 146 2,000 1 55 9 1,430 1 850 3 1,680 4 720 8 1,946 25 1 8,681 - 17 — 6,447 137 30,423 Land and Deeds. Land and Income Tax 135 31,955 2 30 3 245 8 695 1 85 .. .. 12 1,055 140 1,935 .. .. 5 1,230 1 150 5 1,725 5 750 3 510 19 6,300 - 7 - 5,245 128 26.710 Land and Income Tax. Stamp Duties .. 88 21,072 8 544 5 875 2 200 5 425 12 2,044 82 1,115 1 8 4 999 1 550 7 1,565 8 2,047 20 6,284 - 8 - 4,240 80 16,832 Stamp Duties. Internal Affairs .. 539 122,257 15 287 4 685 10 2,245 4 345 3 255 .. 1 85 22 3,902 509 6,976 1 20 126 16,384 3 717 16 4,500 38 6,363 9 1,390 192 36,350 -170 - 32,448 369 89,809 Interna] Affairs. Relieving Staff .. 42 9,915 1 12 2 302 12 2,415 2 170 16 2,899 42 375 .. .. 21 4,508 2 624 2 975 25 6,482 - 9 — 3,583 33 6,332 Relieving Staff. Justice (includ. Patents) 221 62,395 11 290 12 2,980 .. 10 1,084 .. .. 1 245 .. .. 23 4,599 219 3,375 .. .. 2 315 .. 2 800 10 1,858 12 4,255 26 10,603\— 3 - 6.004 218 56,391 Justice (includ. Patents) Labour .. .. 126 34,079 4 90 .. .. 5 1,326 1 85 2 170 8 1,671 120 1,865 3 49 1 100 .. .. 1 255 8 1,800 21 1 6,034 31 10,103 - 23 - 8,432 103 25,647 Labour. Land for Settlements .. 4 1,593 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 77 .. .. 1 100 .. .. 1 218 2 395 — 2 — 395 2 1,197 Land for Settlements. Lands and Survey .. 648 184,779 15 654 15 2,738 3 505 19 2,590 7 655 6 1,630 2 170 52 8,942 642 9,765 7 210 8 2,925 6 2,290 21 8,216 29 5,860 10 3,070 74 32,336 - 22 - 23,394 626 161,385 Lands and Survey. Marine .. .. 190 65,418 8 170 2 571 1 215 10 2,040 13 2,996 178 \ 3,155 1 12 4 1,270 3 1,105 6 3,075 7 1,718 6 2,090 26 12,425 - 13 - 9,429 177 55,989 Marine. Mental Hospitals .. 633 157,022 126 1,765 .. .. 4 1,005 117 20,401 35 6,492 3 560 .. .. 159 30,223 633 9,390 7 105 5 1,025 3 725 3 955 85 15,037 10 2,270 106 29,507 + 53 + 716 686 157,738 Mental Hospitals. Mines .. .. 96 33,004 3 83 5 1,143 .. ..1 470 1 85 7 1,781 86 1,569 3 65 5 1,612 8 2,314 10 2,575 23 8,135 - 16 - 6,354 80 26,650 Mines. Native .. .. 66 1 19,054 1 45 3 339 .. .. 2 160 1 100 6 644 67 1,020 .. .. 1 230 1 270 2 630 4 2,150 + 2 - 1,506 68 17,548 Native. Native Trust .. 10 2,510 .. .. 1 90 1 550 .. .. 1 85 3 725 12 175 .. 175 + 3 + 550 13 3,060 Native Trust. Pensions .. .. 88 19,665 3 111 1 154 6 580 9 819 .. : 1 240 .. .. 17 1,904 95 1,205 .. .. 2 505 1 255 1 410 4 500 3 1,110 11 3,985 + 6 — 2,081 94 17,584 Pensions. Police .. .. 5 1,775 .. 1 85 .. .. 1 215 .. .. 2 300 6 105 .. .. 1 230 .. - 1 335 + 1 - 35 6 1,740 Police. Printing and Stationery* 316 89,025 8 94 1 106 1 295 3 830 3 628 .. .. 4 954 12 2,907 309 4,405 .. .. 2 739 2 595 15 4,565 10 1,783 .. .. 29 12,087 - 17 — 9,180 299 79,844 Printing and Stationery. Prisons .. .. 202 60,119 20 360 1 250 .. .. 22 5,675 5 1,150 28 7,435 190 3,059 .. .. 4 1,140 3 960 4 1,225 22 5,765 14 3,855 47 16,004 — 19 - 8,569 183 51,549 Prisons. Public Service Commis- 25 7,231 .. 21 335 .. .. 7 1,157 .. . .* 7 1,492 — 7 — 1,492 18 5,739 Public Service Commissioner's sioner's. Public Trust.. .. 625 162,255 16 825 3 489 2 245 4 426 5 405 .. 5 995 19 3,385 568 8,373 2 100 35 8,311 3 1,075 6 1,835 48 9,548 26 5,590 118 34,832 - 99 - 31,447 526 130,808 Public Trust. Public Works .. 679 216,291 15 360 5 940 4 1,160 5 855 7 1,905 1 275 8 1,770 30 7,265 602 I 10,420 7 427 9 2,597 4 1.052 27 9,157 30 8,023 31 9,855 101 41.531 - 71 — 34,266 608 182,024 Public Works. State Advances .. 55 14,390 2 25 1 114 1 150 .. .. 2 170 4 459 55 800 3 56 2 925 2 510 6 780 10 3,071 — 6 '— 2,612 49 11,778 State Advances* State Forest.. .. 80 27,286 1 15 2 346 4 1,209 5 1,395 5 1,130 16 4,095 89 1,565 2 655 4 984 1 330 7 3,534 + -9 -|- 561 89 27,847 State Forest. Tourist .. .. 159 39,699 3 32 1 400 1 130 3 850 5 1,412 147 2,205 1 41 11 2,364 1 220 5 892 11 2,020 11 2,872 39 10,614 - 34 - 9,202 125 30,497 Tourist. Treasury .. .. 76 21,127 1 12 .. 4 606 3 255 2 170 9 1,043 78 1,175 2 40 7 1,775 .. .. »2 930 2 330 .. 11 4,250 — 2 — 3,207 74 17,920 Treasury. Valuation .. .. 114 38,033 3 49 1 100 .... 1 85 1 270 3 504 103 1,765 :. .. 3 404 .. .. 5 2,110 5 752 5 1,620 18 6,651 — 15 — 6,147 99 31,886 Valuation. Totals .. 7,353 2,088,229 369 10,146 89 17,772 92 18,121 310 53,547 144 20,385 18 4,030 46 11,604 699 135,606 7,091 110,185 51 1,758 350 68,597 34 11,334 165 60,393477 100,936 245 66,149 1,271 419,352 -572 -283,746 6,781 1,804,483 Totals. I I | ___! I ! ; I I * Not including one pieceworker. This return does not include officers of the Administrative division, thirty-one officers on loan, seven on leave without pay, and Native-school teachers (257, £51,509).

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Table IV.—Temporary Employees other than Workmen, etc-., as at 1st April, 1922.

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Department. CQ _ u a 1 V fa r-B _ * .1 -_) CO".2 ill III & CO 1 B d • s a i2 n . to « « «» 2 E S S_ »! 2 1 S 11 S a rB 2 •§ Oll-i _§ 9 h a a» r I * co I 0_ 11 i gi 1 co< £ to i 1 3 £ _ -4 a $ " I o I J I ill 11 i i s i 1 CO i r3 _ I Agriculture Education Government Insurance— Life and Accident .. National Provident and Friondly Societies Health Immigration Industries and Com6 4 2 2 . .. 19 1 17 1 1 2 0 2 2 3 2 2 i .. , : '_ - I 8 I 1 i 1 1 2 I 8 1 8 12 i merce Inland Revenue— Land and Deeds Land and Income-tax Stamp Duties Internal Affairs Justico (including Patents) Labour Land for Settlements.. Lands and Survey Marine Mental Hospitals Minos Native Printing and Stationery Prisons •.. Public Trust Public Works State Advances State Forests Tourist 2 id 2 2 4 1 1 4 1 1 5 11 3 2 1 6 4 .. ! i 2 i i 2 5 19 1 2 6 1 2 1 1 .. I 2 1 .. 8 i 3 .. 2 i 2 i '2 :: .. j .. .. 1 .. * • 1 * * *! io 1 3 2 l l 2 .. .. 1 i .. i .. .. 2 1 i 9 5 1 1 1 1 5 8 .. i 5 2 .. i 1 K is * * i 2 I .. 1 14 .. 15 i i 3 Treasury Valuation War Departments — Audit Defence Pensions i .. 2 i I 42 32 13 21 1 13 21 i 1 2 2 Totals 156 54 I 54 I 70 21 1 6 6 1 30 18 7 6 18 8 4 10 45