should be compelled to contribute to
the Widows' Fund
getting
the rise
conditions
but that the
European officers", there getting the
35 per cent rise, should be left to
join
not
a-
they felt disposed.
(On these lines the Ord. in 1881/90-1 was based).
The officers referred to in parr. 45 of disp..
belonged
who were
we
to have
again
ar
the lists within, and
two at least of them now wish
to continue their subscriptions
I Machado to the fund. These two have
already
18049
in
Though his of them
to the European set, in
increases at
that they received the 35 per cent rate,
and
"Therefore
ould not properly be compelled to contribute to the fund.
Certain other officers (in 1807/41)
belonging to the 20
set
protested against being
made
to contribute, and the Secretary of State left it to the Governor's discretion if he
saw fit, to Exempt there. or other officers, if he had
reason
that they to be satisfied had made provision for their families.
or
that their families
would not derive
appreciable
benefit from the fund-
were natives
I gather that the Governor did probably
see fit to exempt there,
as some of
their names
appear
in paid 4 of
18049
that
doubtless discovered that they were mistaken in the assumption made in their Memorial in
that the amount.
8802192
benefit
to be received by their families depends
on
the
age at which they began to contribute
& ? Reply to the above effect, referring adding in say that of the officers 4207035%
adding in
increases
the S. of S. was not thinking so much of
the amount
of the rise, but of
the
Enclosed lists who wish
to be excused from contributing, Messrs. Jones, Mangens, Livere, (all European officers) had increases for 35% & Bard who
scale, must be exempted, different but that the S. of State
Non-
European,
reason for
the others;
no sufficient
Exempting any of
reply adding with reference to W. M. Jones minute annexed to Enc. I that the obligation to contribute to the fund was not intended to be confined to those who received increase of pay under the 1890 scheme, but should certainly be applied
to those who have received
increase.
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