HONGKONG.
131
No. 2
1901
REPORT ON THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSION FUND, FOR THE YEAR 1900.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of
His Excellency the Governor.
THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND, HONGKONG, 24th January, 1901.
SIR,--We have the honour to submit the following report on the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund, for the year 1900.
The amount to the credit of the Fund on the 31st December last was $88,793.24 which included $4,625.96 for interest paid by Government for the past year, as per Statement appended.
The average monthly contributions amount now to about $1,200.
On the 31st December, 1899, the number of contributors on the books was 246, and on the 31st December, 1900, 318 (being an increase of 72), of whom 139 are bachelors, 171 are married men, and 8 are widowers.
During the period under review, 111 Officers joined the Fund, 36 left, and 4 died.
The total number of children on the books is 271.
There are in the list 14 pensioners, whose pensions aggregate $1,341.94 per annum as follows:-
Mrs. Beavin,
Moosdeen,
Leung Chi-wan,
Moore,
Chan Tai,
$ 14.45
63.67
30.09
239.85
54.85
195.54
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Wong Yan Hin,
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Chow Hung Shi,
Lo Lai Shi,
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Ho Yow Tsoi,
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Miss Jenny Madar,
Jalikar Madar,
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A. W. BREWIN,
FRANCIS W. CLARK,
Directors.
E. H. D'AQUINO,
E. CORNEWALL LEWIS,
The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretary,
$C.,
&c.,
81.62
5.12
46.53
113.26
247.63
187.51
30.91
30.91
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servants,
A. M. THOMSON, Chairman.
&c.
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