the 2nd paragraph of Mr Severn's despatch.
The door was, however, left open to the pos-
sibility of the continuance of temporary allow-
ances so far as they may be required, to bring
the pensions calculated on the new tables up to
the level of those calculated on the old tables
plus the 25% temporary allowance.
7.
The tables at presentin use in Hong
Kong are identical with those until recently in
use in Malaya, Ceylon and certain of the West
Indian Colonies. The re-calculation of these
tables, on an 8% basis has already been carried
out by Mr T.E.Young and Sir G.H.Ryan, on behalf
of the Governments of Trinidad and Ceylon:
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or if
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the
(cf.desp.of 9/5/23 to the S. of S.on
59615/22 Straits)
that, if you decide not to proceed with the
question of an actuarial investigation
such an investigation should not disclose any
grounde for departing from the mortality tables
on which the Existing Tables are based
recomputation of existing pensions on the basis of
these new 8% Tables could be proceeded with without
delay, subject to the passing of the
necess
the
legislation substituting
Pension Tables for the
8. The expenses (amounting, to £212) incurred
(1.0. £312
5 >
(& the cost to the
other Govts. would be reduced accor- dingly)
445
in the preparation of the new Tables
were paid in equal shares by the Govern-
ments of Trinidad and Ceylon on the under
standing that if they should be adopted
by other Colonies and Protectorates they
should be asked to share the cost. As
I have indicated these tables have now
1
been adopted by the Straits Settlements
and the Federated Malay States, so that
if you decide to adopt them, the Hong
Kong share of the expense incurred in
their preparation would be about £43.
This sum would not,of course, include
the cost of printing supplies of the
new Tables. In this connection I have
to state that the type set up for print-
ing the tables for the Government of
Ceylon has been broken up. It might
however, be possible for you to make
arrangements with the Straits Settlements
Government for the supply of such copies
28 you may require from their type.
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