the Straits Settlements,
2
In his statement
featuring the calculations appended to
the paper of particulars,
it seems to me
that O'Brien appears to have misread Section
10 subsection 2 of the Hong Kong Pension
rules.
of the grant
December 1891 which
under certain conditions
allows half-pay leave
to count as
full time
for pension. The
words "after June 1876
I understand to
in that clause apply
only
to the inclusion
of
vacation leave
taken in conjunction
with half-pay leave
and, if not, as
O'Brien seems to
have assumed, to qualify the whole
clause
3 Mr. B.B. Smith's gross
Hong Kong service
was
16 years 6 months 19 days and his total half
leave
pay was 1 month, leaving
a resident
service of 14 years 5 months 19 days
The half-pay leave
is therefore well
within one sixth
of the
resident service
and no deduction
should be made in