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Circular No. 28.
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PASSAGES.
1. After a period of four and a half years' resident service an officer of the class which is ordinarily domiciled in the United Kingdom who proceeds on furlough will be granted return passages to port of destination and back for himself, his wife, his sons under the age of sixteen years, and his unmarried daughters.
2. An officer who retires from the service on pension will similarly be granted single passages to port of destination: provided that he sails within a period of six months from the date of retirement.
3. These passages will be first class passages by mail steamer in the case of officers whose salary exceeds £300 per annum and first class passages by inter- mediate steamer or second class passages by mail steamer in the case of officers whose salary does not exceed £800 per annum: provided that if appropriate passages are not available this rule may be varied in the discretion of the Governor.
4. If an officer is permitted to go on long leave or to retire on pension before he has completed four and a half years' resident service since his last return from furlough, the Government will contribute towards the cost of his passages a sum which bears a like proportion to the total cost of such passages as the period of his resident service bears to four and a half years: provided that this rule may be relaxed in the case of an officer who is required to take leave or to retire on pension on the ground of ill health.
5. If an officer who has completed four and a half years' resident service is detained in the Colony owing to the exigencies of the Service passages will be pro- vided separately for his wife and children if he so desires.
6. If an officer's wife and children proceed home under medical certificate unaccompanied by such officer and before he has completed four and a half years' resident service, half the cost of their return passages will be provided by the Government, subject to a guarantee for the repayment of the cost in the event of the officer leaving the service before he has completed four and a half years' resident
service.
7. If an officer to whom passages have been granted leaves the Service within a period of two years from the date of his return to the Colony he will, unless he is retired under a medical certificate, be required to refund to the Government half the sum expended by it upon his returu passages.
8. Six months' notice of intention to apply for passages should be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary and all passages will be booked by the Harbour Master. They will be by the shortest route to destination and they will be taken in such steamers as the Governor may direct.
9. If an officer wishes to make private arrangements for his passages, such officer will, upon production of his passage tickets, receive a sum equivalent to the actual cost to the Government of such Government passages as he may be entitled
to.