FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
25th October 1932.
£149.10s. Od.
I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to state
for the information of the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, that in awarding a pension to Mr. W. Russell Brown,
C.B.E., A.M., one of His Majesty's Consuls General in China,
His Majesty's Treasury informed this Department that such
award was based on Mr. Brown's Imperial Service only and
that the question of his eligibility for an award of
superannuation in respect of his service under the Government
of Wei-hai-wei for the period from August 17th 1924 to
March 28th 1927 inclusive should be raised with your
department.
2. While Mr. Brown's Imperial Service entitles him
to a full pension, the lump sum payment awarded by the Treasury
falls short by one hundred and forty nine pounds ten shillings
of the amount to which he would have been entitled had the
whole of his service been under the Foreign Office.
3.
In this connection I am to refer to the letter from
this Department K 3907/1067/210 of March 22nd 1924 transmitting
Fo.
3478/241 Secmbl
a list of officers appointed from the Consular Service in
China to posts in Wei-hai-wei and to associated correspondence
of that year and to request that Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister
The Under-Secretary of State,
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