12. Just as the Fijians will not accept a common roll, so they will not accept that recruitment for the public service should be solely on a basis of merit regardless of race. The Indians are probably abler and certainly have more graduates than the Fijians. On this basis they would soon dominate the Administration. This the Fijians will not accept. In the long run, it will probably be necessary to have some rule — as in Cyprus now or in India in the old days — under which government jobs would be divided in some such proportion as Indians 45 per cent, Fijians 45 per cent, Europeans and others 10 per cent in each grade of each department. For the time being there is no need to be so precise and we can probably continue on the present basis on promotion according to merit subject to a public assurance that neither community will get more than 45 per cent of the jobs in any grade or department. It will be some time before the Fijians can hope to provide suitable candidates to fill their quota and meanwhile Europeans will have to fill their places. Later on it will from time to time become necessary as good Fijians come forward to pass over Europeans who are marginally better qualified. This will raise problems of compensation and it is for consideration how far these would be covered under the terms of the new White Paper as applied in Fiji.