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HONGKONG.
No. 1900
REPORT ON THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSION FUND FOR THE YEAR 1899.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor,
THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND,
HONGKONG, 20th January, 1900.
SIR, We have the honour to submit the following report on the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund for the year 1899.
The amount to the credit of the Fund on the 31st December, 1899, was $69,085.86, and in addition there is a sum of $1,921.53 due by Government for interest up to that date, making a total credit of $71,007.39 as per statement appended.
The average monthly contributions amount now to about $960.
There are at present on the books 246 contributors, of whom 94 are bachelors, 138 are married, and 7 are widowers.
The total number of children on the books is 236.
There are in the list nine pensioners whose pensions aggregate $731.72 per annum as follows :-
Mrs. BEAVIN,.
Mrs. MooSDEEN,..
Mrs. LEUNG CHI WAN,
Mrs. MOORE,
Mrs. CHAN TA1,.-
Mrs. ALARAKIA,,
Mrs. CHU TSAN, ....
Mrs. WONG YAN HUI,
Mrs. CHOW HING SHI,
$ 14.45
63.67
30.09
239.85
54.85
195.54
81.62
5.12
46.53
During the period under review 51 contributors joined the service, 34 left, and 2 died.
The average age of the three classes of contributors is as follows:---
Bachelors, Married Men, Widowers,
.26 Years.
..36
.47 19
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretary,
Your obedient Servants,
A. M. THOMSON,
Chairman.
A. W. BREWIN, FRANCIS W. CLARK, C. W. DUGGAN, E. H. D'AQUINO,
Directors.
Sc.,
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