entering the Civil Service
Mr. Labouchere to Sir John Bowring,
of
of the
Nr.113 of 5th Sept 1857.
Colony to contribute
from
their
Lord Stanley
Salaries to the Superannuation
Fund.
4. These deductions, both
and
voluntary compulsory, regularly paid into the
were
Commissariat chest, and carried to the credit of the
of
Imperial Government, until
1857
when the whole system of abatements was abolished.
by the 20 and 21 Vic. Cap. 37. which repealed the 27th Superannuation Act.
5.
Section
of
the
If I rightly understand
the correspondence which has
to Sir John Bowring,
S23 of 21 4 April 1858.
Ld. Lytton to Sir John Bowring,
1.24 29th March 1859.
Ld Carnarvon to Sir John Bowring
Circular, 3rd May 1859.
Ld Carnarvon to Sir John Bowring Circular, 31 May 1859.
Duke of Newcastle to officer
Administering Government,
N. 387 5th July 1859.
Ld Stanley's to
Sir John Bowring,
his
on
Cately
495
been received here
this subject, this Colony
is
now called upon to provide
from the
its local resources
for
fulfilment of the obligations contracted by the Imperial Government with such of the Civil Servants here as have contributed to the Superannuation Fund (I believe 15 in number). while the amount
contributed
by them in consideration of the promised pension is to be retained by the Imperial Treasury
6.
In
justification of this course
I observe that two reasons
are
advanced by Sir Charles Trevelyan
211° July 1858. in his letter to Mr. Merivale.