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ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE COUT OF WIVES PAGSAGNS
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In East Africa the assistance granted towards the
cost of passages for an officer's family takes the form
of a lump sum approxi ately equivalent to half the cost of a
single passage on the outward voyage and half the cost of e
single pussage on the homeward voyage by the class by
which the officer is entitled to travel.
Under the Colonial Administrative Service Unification
Scaeme the proposul was that "the grant of a lump sum
quivalent to one full passage should be adopted as the
standard minimum assistance to be granted towards the cost
of family passages on first appointment, leave (including
sick leave) and retirement". This is a question which
Falls within the scope of the Committee appointed in 1932
(see Circular despatch of 27th March,1933) to examine the
general question of leave, length of tours, and passes,
in the Colonial Service us a whole. It is not possible
at this stage to anticipate the Committee's final
recommendations but it is unuerstood to be likely that they
will propose that an officer holuing a post in a unified
service, or one of similar status, should receive the same
assistance towarus the cost of his wife's passages as he
hi salf receives
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viz: a free passage once each way uuring
each tour by the class by which he is entitled to travel.
This recommenuation would be based on the
assumption that married officers will for the most part
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and that it is in the interests of & contented
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