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No. 2
97
HONGKONG.
REPORT ON THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND FOR THE YEAR 1896.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of
His Excellency the Governor,
THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND,
HONGKONG, 25th January, 1897.
SIR,- We have the honour to submit the following Report on the Widows and Orphans' Fund for 1896.
A Statement of Accounts of the Fund to 31st December is appended.
On that date, the Funds were disposed of as follows:--
On Fixed Deposit, Hongkong and Shanghai Bauk,
Current Account
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Total,.........
.$32,900.00
105.12
$33,005.12
The average monthly contributions amount now to about $675.
During the period under review, 34 officers joined the Fund, 11 contributors left and 4 died.
There are now 6 pensioners, viz.:-
Mrs. MooSDEEN,
$ 63.67 per annum, from 7th January, 1892.
Mrs. BEAVIN,.
$ 14.45
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3rd June, 1894.
LEUNG CHE Wan,
.$ 30.09
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23rd January, 1896.
CHAN TAI,
Mrs. MOFFATT,
Mrs. MOORE,
$ 54.85 .$163.10 $119.92
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17th February, 1896.
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14th June, 1896.
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22nd July, 1896.
5 children of the late S. MOORE, $119.93
Two officers (Dr. MARQUES and J. R. BRASS) retired from the Service and half the amount of their contribution was refunded.
There are at present in the books 168 contributors.
Of these, 58 are bachelors, 105 are married and 5 are widowers. There are 255 children in the books.
The average age of the three classes of contributors (as far as it has been possible to calculate) is as follows:-
Bachelors........
Married men Widowers
..28 years.
..A fraction under 37 years.
...51 years and 4 months.
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servants,
A. M. THOMSON, Chairman.
A. W. BREWIN,
F. MACHADO,
J. G. DA ROCHA, FRANCIS W. CLARK,
Directors.
The Honourable
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
&c.,
&c.,
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