to
of the Straits Settlements had passed a resolution for the payment of per
of pensions Widows and Orphans resident
country with a gold
in a
standard from the Widows' and Orphans Pension Fund through the Crown Agents at the rate of 5% to the dol- lar, the difference between
the amounts so reckoned -
and those payable out of the Fund being made good by the Colonial Government,
and
currence-
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con.
and that subject to the
of the Un-official would be pre
members
you pared to approve the adop-
tion of a similar rule in
BongKong.
In reply I beg to in
that the Un-offi-
form you
cial members of the Legis. lative Council, to whom
the suggestion has been re- ferred, prefer to defer any
action in the matter until a specific
case arises, there
being