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the 31st December, 1902, both inclusive, at
three shillings; those appointed on or after
the 1st January, 1903, at the current rate of
exchange."
General Order 179
(1) "Indian Police and Indian Gaol Warders
appointed before the 23rd June, 1895, draw pensions
in India at the rate of Rs.227 for every $100;
those appointed between that date and the 1st January,
1900, at the rate of Rs.200 for every $100; and
those appointed on or after the 1st January, 1900,
at the current rate of exchange.
(2) Subject to the foregoing rule, officers
living in any Asiatic country draw their pensions in
dollars at the market rate of exchange."
These General Orders, which had appeared as
General Orders 54(2) and (3) in the 1906 Edition, lapsed
at the time of the 1924 revision of General Orders and
were replaced by General Order 154.
These provisions no longer affect, of course, officers of the grades now normally recruited in the United Kingdom since they are all paid sterlin: selaries; but
there are stil retired officers of those grades who have
been in receipt of dollar salaries and are entitled to
pension on the basis of these privileged rates. Correspondence took place in 1912 with regard to the
exact nature of the rights of such officers, ending tith
Viscount Kilner's despatch No.427 of the 30th November,
1920. There is no questio.. of disturbing those established
rights.
4. What has given rise to difficulty is the advance, in recent years, of claims to the payment of leave and