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Lt governor to be about £675.
If the Treasury she thinks that these justify items in this
Considerations in reckoning the Pension, there would still
alone remain the special considerations of the abolition of Caine's appointment
and the useful services which were rendered. The Treasury are likely to grant a pension in the first instance
Perhaps therefore £800 may not be an excessive sum to suggest to the Treasury. (I would add that the Civil Servants in Hong Kong came under the Imperial Superannuation Act by an agreement made in 1841 by which they have paid the superannuation contributions specified).
6 Dec.
Mr. Iming
Did Lt. Col. Caine, in laying his increased superannuation, specify
on what account he found the increase? In this case it was not increased,
inasmuch as we (or rather the Treasury) understand that superannuation is attached as of right to a Lieut. Governor's salary?
I do not myself understand how the calculation of £675 is made for a Lt. Governor's salary? As Caine was the Col. Sec. up to 1857 : and Lieut. Gov. only since that time, i.e. for 5 years or rather less -
Do you agree that it should be calculated on the whole of his offices in succession?
Dec 8.
Mr. Merivale.
I do not think that this office had anything to do with Col. Caine's
Superannuation prior to 1857, the Hong Kong contributions were paid by the Imperial Treasury and the contributions were