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7. Every Probationer on arrival in Ceylon will be subject to any regulations as to Probationers (not inconsistent with this paper) which may from time to time be made by the local Government, including regulations as to examinations in native languages, riding, &c. A Probationer who has passed such examinations will be paid at the rate of £300 per annum until he obtains a substantive appointment. Should a Probationer remain three years, after passing his examinations, without obtaining a substantive appointment, his salary will be increased to £350.
years,
8. Any Probationer who may fail to pass the prescribed examinations within four or be found unfit for police duties, will be liable to removal from the service. Any Probationer so removed from the service will be granted a free passage to England, provided that he utilizes such passage within three months from the date of his removal.
9. Subject to the necessities of the service, leave of absence on half salary may be granted after a period of six years' resident service without any special grounds. It may be given before the expiration of that period in cases of serious indisposition, or of urgent private affairs. In the absence of special grounds, the leave in such case must not exceed one-sixth of the officer's resident service; on special grounds it may exceed that period by six months. In addition to the above, vacation leave on full pay may be granted, if no inconvenience or expense is caused thereby, not exceeding three months in any two years.
10. The present rule as to superannuation is that in the case of ill-health an officer may be allowed to retire on a pension after 10 full years' resident service; otherwise he must have attained the age of 55. For 10 full years' resident service fifteen- sixtieths of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointments for the three years prior to retirement may be awarded, to which one-sixtieth may be added for each additional year's service; but no addition will be made in respect of any service beyond 35 years.
For pension purposes absence on vacation leave counts as full service, and leave on half pay as half service.
11. A deduction of 4 per cent. will be made from the salaries of all Probationers from the date at which they qualify by passing the above-mentioned examinations, as a contribution towards the pensions of the widows and orphans of public officers.
12. The Government of Ceylon calculates the £1 sterling at 15 rupees for the purpose
of salary or pension in the Colony. This rate is, however, liable to alteration.
18. The Police Service of Ceylon has been classified as follows, but no guarantee
is given that the numbers and conditions of the appointments or the salaries attached to them will remain unaltered. Moreover, some of the posts included in these classes will not be exclusively confined to officers originally appointed as Probationers.
Assistant Superintendents.-Salary £850 rising by biennial increments of £25 a
year to £425 a year.
Superintendents.--Grade II. Salary £450 rising by annual increments of £25 to $500 a year. Officers must remain not less than eight years in this grade. Grade I. Salary £550 rising by annual increments of £50 to £700 a year.
One Senior Superintendent.--Salary £750 rising by annual increments of 850
to £900 a year.
Inspector-General.-£1,030 rising by annual increments of £50 to £1,200
■ year.
COLONIAL OFFICE,
April, 1911.
NOTE-Further information can be obtained on personal application at the Eastern Department of the Colonial Oflos.
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