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ENCLOSURE 2
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Attorney General's Office.
December 14th, 1897.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE 26 UP 1897.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance,
"An Ordinance to further amend The Widows'
and Orphans' Pensions Ordinance, 1890."
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not
contrary to the Governor's Instructions.
Sections 3 and 4 of this Ordinance are drafted
at the suggestion of the Secretary of State. (see Despatches No. 187 of 15 September 1897, and No. 197 of 3rd October 1897).
Section 3 is designed to give to an officer,
transferred from the service of the Colony to other service under the Crown, an option of continuing to contribute to the
Hong Kong Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund, after he has
left the Colony.
A similar privilege is allowed in British
Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad and is to be conceded also in
Ceylon.
Section 4 is designed to allow the families
of dismissed officers to retain a claim to some benefit
from