THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7Tu JULY, 1894.
No. 8.
577
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in cases of peculiar orCases of extraor extraordinary merit, in which special services have been rendered altogether in excess dinary merit. and beyond the usual scope of those which the Officer is paid to perform, to sanction the grant by the Governor in Council of pensions or retiring allowances at higher rates and on more favourable conditions than those which may for the time being be authorised by this Minute; but, in ordinary cases, the maximum pension or retiring allowance grautable to an Officer under this Minute, or to an Officer entitled to pension or retiring allowance also in respect of service not under this Government from all sources combined shall not exceed two-thirds of the highest salary drawn by such Officer at any time in the course of his service.
No. 9.
1. Pensions, gratuities, and allowances computed at the rates before-mentioned will Good conduct only be granted in cases of decidedly faithful and meritorious service.
2. Where the fidelity and diligence of the Officer fall short of the first degree of
merit, the computation may be made at lower rates.
3. Where the Officer has been guilty of gross negligence, irregularity, or misconduct, no grant will be made.
No. 10.
required.
entitles for
1. The service in respect of which pensions, retiring allowances or gratuities will be What service granted must be unbroken, except in cases where the service has been interrupted by entition abolition of office, or other temporary suspension of employment not arising from mis- conduct or voluntary resignation. Also service prior to a break of service may be allowed to count for pension together with service subsequent to such break if the whole intervening period has with the previous sanction of the Governor in Council been spent in some other employment under the Crown.
2. No service other than service on the fixed establishment on full or half pay will be taken into account in computing pensions or retiring allowances, except that, where the service on the fixed establishment has been immediately preceded by an unbroken period of service on the temporary establishment, or of service paid for out of an open vote or of both such services, such period will be taken into account. Provided always that of the period of service paid for out of an open vote not more than two-thirds shall be counted for the purpose of this clause. Leave of absence on half salary will only be counted at the rate of one month for every two months of such leave, provided that vacation leave, in cases where full salary is not available, shall be counted as though it were leave with full salary. But leave taken before the end of 1886, inclusive of vaca- tion leave taken (after June, 1876,) in conjunction with half pay leave will to the extent of one-sixth of an Officer's resident service be counted as full service for pension.
3. Service will be deemed to commence for pension purposes in the case of Cadets as well as of other Officers, at the date on which they commence to draw salary, provided that if a Cadet fails to pass the final examination in the native language within the prescribed period, the period by which the date of his passing his final examination is overdue will be deducted from his term of service when his claims to pension are considered. 4. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained a period not exceeding one year during which an Officer is absent on leave without salary such leave being granted on grounds of public policy may be counted for the purpose of this clause as service on full
pay.
No. 11.
pension purposes.
1. For the purpose of computing retiring allowances, the salary of the permanent How salary to be appointment held by the Officer at the date of retirement will be taken if he has held computed for such office or an office with the same salary for a period of three years immediately preceding such date; otherwise the average amount of the salary of the permanent appointments held by the Officer during the three years immediately preceding his
retirement will be taken.
2. For the purpose of this clause Salary includes personal allowance, allowance for house rent, estimated value of free quarters, rations, and any other unquestionable remuneration for personal service and any fees paid out of the Treasury by way of salary, but so that the amount to be allowed for house rent or for estimated value of free quarters shall not exceed one sixth, nor the amount to be allowed for fees one fourth of the whole of the other emoluments of the office.
No. 12.
1. In case of the abolition of the office of an Officer who is borne on the Fixed Abolition of oflies, Establishment of the Colony, a temporary pension may be granted to the Officer whose office is abolished, on the condition that he shall hold himself ready to be recalled to