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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 223.-It is hereby notified for general information that grants will be made by Government in the event of the death or disablement of officers of ships on the Hong- kong register by reason of piratical attacks, provided that in no case will a grant be made unless Government is satisfied that the Piracy Regulations have been properly observed.
In the event of death the equivalent of two years' actual pay will be credited to the estate of the deceased, and in case of disablement an allowance equivalent to the actual rate of wages of the injured officer will be paid so long as he is certified by a Govern- ment Medical Officer to be unfit to perform his duties, up to a maximum period of one
year.
This undertaking on the part of Government is not intended to relieve Shipping Companies of their responsibilities in the matter of the insurance of their officers but is intended to supplement such arrangements as may be made by the Companies.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
25th April, 1924.
(Extract from the Hongkong Government Gazelle No.19 of the 25th April, 1924.)
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