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payable. In either case free quarters
would be provided and are valued for
pension purposes at £150 per annum.
Free passages are also provided for the
officer, his wife and family, subject to
a total maximum of five passages.
Officers serving in Hong Kong are
required to contribute to the Widows' and
at the volî d ཡ
Orphans' Pensions Scheme, four per
cent. of their salaries, unless exempt by
reason of their continuing to contribute
to another approved scheme. The pension
rate of the Colony is 1/600th of final
pensionable emoluments for each completed
month of pensionable service. The normal
retiring age is fifty-five and officers
may be called upon to retire with the approval
of the Secretary of State at the age of fifty.
I realise that before answering the
question whether you wish to be considered
for this appointment you would probably
like to know what the future organisation
puson
of present services in East Africa is going
to