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the 5th. September, 1876, to read:- "Cadets, appointed in
"pursuance of the regulations published in the Government
"Gazette of the 12th. October, 1861, will date the com-
"-mencement of their claims to pension from the date of
*their respective appointments, provided that they pass
"satisfactorily the half-yearly examinations, as well as
"the final examination within 3 years from the date of
"arrival in the Colony": and paragraph 11 of the same
minute recites that "in the case of public Officers
appointed from home, their services will be reckoned from
the date of commencing to receive Colonial Pay". Finally
in paragraph 12 (3) of the Pension Minute as it stands
today (page 169 of Hongkong Civil List for 1910) it is
stated that:- "Service will be deemed to commence for
"pension purposes, in the case of Cadets as well as of
"other Officers, at the date on which they commence to
"draw salary, provided that if a Cadet fails to pass the
"final examination in the native language within the
"prescribed period, the period by which the date of his
"passing his final examination is overdue will be deducted
*from his term of service when his claims to pension are
"considered".
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