65. Mr. David Adamsasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is satisfied that the salaries paid in the Seychelles Isles to public officers are such as secure suitable appointees; and whether then; has been, in recent time, any reduction in the salaries paid to such State employés?
Mr. M. MacDonaldAfter a comprehensive inquiry into the finances of the Colony in 1933, the public service was thoroughly reorganised, and in the course of this the salaries of certain offices were reduced. A salary levy imposed in 1931, however, was removed in 1936. It is difficult to say at any given moment whether all the salaries in a particular Colony are adequate to secure suitable candidates, but I am not aware of any post in Seychelles at the moment for which it has been impossible to secure an adequately qualified candidate.