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Passages.
Salary on voyage.
Leave.
Pensions.
with another Government officer rent at
the rate of 6% or 7% will be charged on
the salary of the highest paid officer.
An officer is provided with a free
First Class passage on first appointment. If
his agreement is not renewed upon its expiration
a return passage will be provided.
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An officer will receive half-pay at
£1 $10 for the period of the voyage to Hong
Kong and if his service is not continued after
the expiration of his agreement he will receive half-pay (at current rate) for the
period of the voyage home.
An educational officer on a three
years' agreement is not ordinarily eligible for leave apart from school vacation but after four years resident service is eligible for
8 months leave on full pay and a free return
passage.
The present rule as to superannuation
is that, an officer holding a pensionable
appointment may be allowed to retire on the
ground of ill-health after 10 full years'
service; otherwise he must have attained the
age of 55. For 10 full years' service a pension equal to 15/60ths. of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointment for the three years preceding
retirement may be awarded, to which 1/60th
may be added for each additional year's service
up to a total maximum pension of 40/60ths.
Climate.