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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 49.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 29TH NOVEMBER, 1862.
VOL. VIII.
PROCLAMATION.
No. 119.
W. T. MERCER,
By His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through His Grace The DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, K.G., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance, namely:--
No. 10 of 1862, entitled,-" An Ordinance to provide for the payment of Pensions to the Civil
Servants of the Government of Hongkong":-
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and con- firmed, as aforesaid.
;
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
• Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 24th Day of November, 1862.
No. 120.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Minute by His Excellency the Governor respecting Pensions to the Public Servants of this Colony framed under the provisions of Ordinance No. 10 of 1862, the confirmation of which is notified in the foregoing Proclamation, is published for general information.
By Order of the Acting Governor,
Colonial Secretary's Oflice, Hongkong, 24th November, 1862.
MINUTE.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1. Under instructions from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct that the following Rules respecting Pensions to the Public Servants of this Colony be published for general information.
2. Subject to the exceptions and provisions hereinafter contained all Public Servants holding Offices named in the Civil List Ordinance, or Offices described in the Annual Estimates as the Fixed Establishment of the Colony, and drawing Salaries of Thirty Pounds a Year and upwards shall be entitled to Pensions as follows:-
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To any person who shall have served Ten Years and upwards and under Eleven Years an Annual Allowance of Fifteen-sixtieths of the Annual Salary of his Office.
For Eleven Years and under Twelve Years an Annual Allowance of Sixteen-sixtieths of such Salary.