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and he will consequently be a loser to the extent.
service
of 2 months by the adoption of Rule 16 without the second paragraph. We are of opinion that evidently some such provision Officers
would.
work
or prefer to let their cases rest as at present.
Rule 19. Taking the case of an Officer on leave to which these Regulations entitle him, and
intends to retire at the end of his leave - he would under the
terms of the Despatch forfeit all claim to Pension, although
the year's leave would count.
Rather whether he has had the opportunity to know the office!
I quite fast as have the Secretary of State backed as service
if he returned for six months. As a peculiar case would not present itself to the writer of the Despatch, and as we presume it was not contemplated to deprive Officers of any privilege, we submit Rule 19 in the terms sent herewith. We may point, moreover, to the precedent in the case of Dr Murray's leave, whose last absence on leave counted in his pension as half resident service, whilst he obtained four months' extension of leave on half salary (not counted in pension service).