No. 80. 78.
No.
Hongkong.
Sir,
C. O. 129:79.
7 APR 04!
Government House,
Hongkong, 2nd March, 1904.
261
I have the honour to inform you that Messrs. L. A. M. Johnston, Postmaster-General, and E. A. Irving, Inspector of Schools, have asked to be informed as to the rate of leave-pay and pension to which they are or will be entitled as Members of this Service, while resident in England.
2. General Orders 47 (amended) and 54 (amended) state that Officers not on Sterling Salaries appointed between 1st July, 1897, and 31st December, 1902, draw leave-pay and pension at the rate of 1s. 8d. to the dollar; while those appointed previously to July 1897, draw leave-pay at 4s. and pension at ...
3. I am of opinion that these rules should not be literally interpreted in connection with the cases of the two Officers mentioned, both of whom were transferred to this Colony on promotion from the Straits Settlements and Malay States respectively within the period ending in December, 1902. It was understood by them at the time of their transfer that their service in Hongkong would count for pension continuously with their service in the Straits Settlements and Malay States; and as they received their first appointments there long previous to 1897, they claim to be entitled to the same leave and pension privileges as Officers in the Hongkong Service.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,