Under Personnel—Foreign Staff it was noted that the total permanent clerical staff remained the same as for 1988, and that the inspectorial ros cry wid for m" showed an increase of five over the Budget strength for 1938 due to additions authorized during 1938. With regard to Chinese Staff, provision had been included for an Assistant Pharmacist in the Dis-pen sary, allowance for which was made in the budget for 1938 but the post was not filled. In other respects the personnel remained substantially the same as for last year.
Under Stock and Stores the following requirements marked "A" and amounting to $53,500 which had been included provisionally in the amended estimates were reduced by $18,000 the other items totalling $41,500, marked "B"—"Replacement of Losses" having been excised for consideration at a later date together with other emergency items which might be regarded as a charge against the Extraordinary Budget
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