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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Sir G. Grindle.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
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should not normally be placed in
the pension cable extablestement of
they have reached an age
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forty-five years
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date of first appointment
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(Signed) PARSFIELD.
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My Lord,
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 15th January, 1930.
P.₤21232.
With reference to paragraph 3 of my open des-
patch No.31 of the 15th of January, 1930, I have the honour
to refer Your Lordship to my confidential despatch of the
16th of July, 1926, regarding Mr. H. K. Holmes, Crown
Solicitor, as an example of the departure of this Government
from its own rule as to the pensionable status of officers
joining its Service over the age of thirty-five.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD PASSFIELD,
&c.,
&C.,
&c.
Governor, &c.
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No 31.
RECEIVED
17 FEB 1930
OFFICE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 15th January, 1930.
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Aned
My Lord,
1.
I have the honour to address Your Lordship on
the subject of the pensionable status of officers in the
service of this Government who were appointed after attaining
the age of thirty-five.
2.
Since the year 1900 it has been, generally
speaking, the rule in the Colony that such officers shall be regarded as being on the temporary establishment and,
therefore, ineligible for pension under the ordinary rules, (though eligible for a retiring allowance of ths of full pension after 15 years) presumably on the ground that to grant full pension including tropical allowance for less than
full normal service would constitute an unfair charge on
public funds.
3.
The rule has, however, not always been rigidly
observed even locally and it has been necessary to depart
from it with some frequency in the case of officers over
thirty-five appointed from home who se letters of appointment
have been couched in the usual terms as regards confirmation
to the permanent establishment. The resultant inequality
of treatment naturally causes dissatisfaction among the
officers adversely affected, and in certain cases this
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD PASSFIELD,
&C.,
&C.,
&C.
Government
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