112 which was considered to afford a good standard for the measurement of the rate of mortality prevailing among a body of persons residing in a tropical climate but otherwise favourably situated, and the result was that the ratio of the actual number of deaths to the number allowed for was .69 among Asiatics and Eurasians, and .79 among Europeans in Ceylon; .66 in Jamaica; .90 in the Straits Settlements; and 1.06 in Trinidad. The actuaries accordingly framed a table on the combined Ceylon and Jamaica experience and recommended the adoption for the Straits Settlements and Trinidad of the Barbados Mutual Mortality Table and of Tables framed on it.
29. Pension
In this investigation the statistics of the Hongkong Fund were after careful consideration rejected as being too scanty to furnish any indication of the probable future experience