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Climate.
Clothing.
Cost of Living etc.
on a pension after ten years' continuous service;
otherwise he must have attained the age of 55.
For ten full years' service and upwards 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.
The winter climate of Hong Kong is usually
dry and bright, with a keen North wind when the
Monsoon is strong.
The summer climate is hot and somewhat
damp, but not actually unhealthy.
Winter clothing should be obtained from
home and should be such as could be worn on a
mild winter day at home. Many people feel the
cold of a Hong Kong winter almost as much as at
home. Summer clothing should be obtained in
the Colony where it is fairly cheap.
It is impossible to give a satisfactory
estimate of the cost of living in Hong Kong,
because so much depends upon the tastes and habits
of the individual. But the following information
is taken from a Handbook on conditions and cost of
living in Hong Kong compiled by the Colonial
Government from records up to 1925:-
"The