been
granted and has invariably for other purposes been counted
as resident service. It would
scarcely be just, therefore, to deprive Officers of the advantage already obtained and
for this
reason the word "hereafter" has
been added to the first line of
this Rule.
As
regards
the
second Paragraph the position of
officers
would, under it, be
other than at present with "Vacation Leave counting as full service and ordinary Leave as half-service", half service, which is clearly not contemplated by the Secretary.
In illustration of the
present practice
we may
state that an Officer
enjoyed
and
may
321
now on leave
4 months full-service Vacation Leave during the first
four years of a residential period of service
and was
permitted to leave the Colony at the expiration of it with four months full
years
service Vacation Leave for the
last 2 years residence and 12
months ordinary leave counting as half-service for Pension. This Vacation and ordinary
Leave during
years
counts
therefore under present arrangements
14 months
for
Pension
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