[?]rogress—Or Something
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The number of persons in the 3 apua-New Guinea Public Ser vice at June 30 totalled 3,957. r ive years ago, total number of mblic servants in the Territory 1,918. That is, there has been in increase of over 2,000, or 100 )er cent., which is close to in edible. It is a good or bad hing, which ever way you lappen to look at it; and how r ou look at it, of course, de )ends on whether you are in it, ir out of it.
During the year, 473 new ►fficers joined. 230 resigned, in luding 55 women who left to be named. There are now 334 latives in the PS, all in the Auxiliary Division”. During the r ear ending June 30, 68 persons ormerly members of the Com nonwealth Public Service were Lbsorbed by the P-NG Public service.