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COLONIAL OFFICE.
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Referring to Colonial Office memorandum
No.53526/35 of the 3rd September, on the subject of
the retirement from the Public Service of Mr. J.C. Kaye,
formerly Chief Clerk, of the Shanghai Post Office, we
gather from the enclosures to that memorandum that the
gratuity and reduced pension, which we have paid to
Mr. Kaye from Hong Kong funds, is in respect of his
combined services under the Colonial and Imperial Governments
and that Colonial funds are to be re-imbursed at a later
date by the General Post Office in respect of the Imperial
portion of such gratuity and pension. In this connection
you may remember that Colonial Office letter No.54826/1923
of the 21st December, 1923, stated that in cases where a
retired Colonial Officer is in receipt of a pension from Imperial as well as from Colonial funds, such pension should be issued to the recipient separately by the Imperial
authorities.
The procedure thus laid down has been generally adhered to by us since that date, and has since been confirmed by the views expressed in Colonial Office letter No.25249/27 of the 28th July, 1927, and in correspondence enclosed with Colonial Office letter No.6074 E.A. of the
on 6084EA1st February, 1930.
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