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.The following is a summary of the regulations in regard to rent allowances and lodging allowances in the case of officers not entitled to free quarters.
(a)
An officer who occupies quarters supplied by Government pays rent for such quarters at the rate of
percent 6% or 7% of his salary according as the quarters are
unfurnished or furnished.
(b) Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allotted Government quarters for his sole occupancy.
(c) An unmarried officer residing in the quarters of an officer entitled to free quarters pays rent at the per cut rate of 3% of his salary.
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(d) When more than one officer occupies Government quarters the total rental charged is 6 or (as the case may be) of the salary of the highest paid officer only.
(e) An officer who refuses to occupy Government quarters when allotted to him forfeits his claim to Rent Allowance or Lodging Allowance.
If Government quarters are not available,an officer who rents a "tenement" with the permission of Government receives as rent allowance the difference beruu between 6% of his salary and the sum of the rent and
taxes payable in respect of the unfurnished tenement. For the purpose of this regulation the maximum rental inclusive of taxes wich is recognised by the Government in the case of an officer whose salary does not exceed £600 is $150 a month.
Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allowed a rent allowance as the sole tenant of a rented tenement.
Only one rent allowance is payable in respect of any tenement.
An officer who, with the permission of the Colonial Secretary, does not reside in Government quarters or in a tenement in respect of which a rent allowance is payable receives a lodging allowance as follows :
(a)
a maximum of
If married, 15% of his salary subject to $100 a month.
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(b) If unmarried,7% of his salary subject to a maximum of $50 a month.
The present rule as to superannuation is that, in the case of ill-health, an officer holding a pensionable appointment may be allowed to retire on a pension after ten full years' resident service; otherwise he must have attained the age of 55. For ten full years' resident service one seven-hundred-and-twentieth of the annual salary of the retiring officer for each completed month of service may be awarded, together with an addition of five sixtieths of such salary, provided that the total pension shall not exceed forty sixtieths of such salary. No pension may exceed £1,300 per annum. For pension purposes leave on full pay counts as full service, and leave on half pay as half service.
A deduction of 4 per cent. is made from the salaries of all members of the permanent Government Service as a contribution towards the provision of pensions for the widows and orphans of Government officers.