VIREOL
OOP I.
Service
Sir John Carrington's Pension.
C. O. 27437
Reco
23rd March, 1896, to 31st March, 1898 730 days.
Half-pay leave 402 days.
Half pay on voyage 52 days.
23rd March to 13th May 284
Total service on half pay - 454 days. Deducting 337 days or say 7 months 14 days from period of service leaves 64 months.
Under rule 17 of Pension Minute
$13,500 * 720 * 3/8 $440 per annum.
If time on voyage to Hongkong be counted as full service.
Service 72 months 9 days.
Deduct half of half-pay leave (408 days) say 6 months 18 days. Difference 65 months 27 days, rounded to 66 months.
Calculation: 66 months
2.85/720 * $13,500 = $3,437.50 per annum, rounded to $3,438, but original kept the number.
$13,500 * 17/3/8 = $446
(Sd.) A. M. Thomson,
Treasurer,
30th May, 1903.