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JAMAICA, LAW 24 OF 1904.

The Pensions Law, 1904. Schedule B.

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18. Every officer who is transferred to or from the service of the Colony from or to the service of any other Colony or Protectorate or the Imperial Government, and whose aggregate service would have entitled him, had it been wholly in the Colony, to a pension under these Regulations, shall, on his ultimate retirement from service, if he has served for a period of at least three years in the Colony, be entitled to a pension which shall bear the same proportion to that to which he would have been entitled had the whole of his service been in the Colony, as the aggregate amount of the salary which he has drawn from the Colony bears to the total sum made up of such aggregate amount, and the aggregate amounts received from the other Governments under which he has served.

(B.)

Memorandum on Additions to Pension under Colonial Laws on Account of Service in Unhealthy Climates.

1. Prior to 1875 certain Colonies had pro- visions in their Pension Rules for special allowances in the calculation of pension in respect of service in an unhealthy climate.

(a) In the West African Colonies pensions were calculated on the basis of 1/40th instead of 1/60th of the officer's salary; practically as in the Superannuation Act, 1876.

(4) In Ceylon, Hong Kong, and the Straits, officers retiring after 10 years service received a pension of 15/60ths of their salary, with a further 1/60th for each further year of service up to the ordinary maximum of 2/3rds; that is, they were granted a bonus of five years' service.

2. In 1875, a Circular, dated the 14th of June, was sent to the Colonies, in which the Secretary of State said that he would be pre- pared, in dealing with the cases of officers in inter-tropical Colonies (with the exception of St. Helena), whose pensions were governed by the Imperial rules, to apply the scale then existing in Ceylon, Hong Kong, and the Straits (described above).

The following Colonies and Protectorates either then or at a later date adopted the five

years bonus system :—

British Honduras.

Mauritius.

Seychelles.

Windward Islands.

Leeward Islands.

Trinidad.

Turks and Caicos Islands. Fiji.

Federated Malay States.

3. The Imperial Act of 1876 at present applies

to the British Protectorates in East Africa, Uganda, Somaliland, and Central Africa.

4. In the West African Colonies and Protec- torates and in the East African Protectorates* the age for voluntary retirement is generally 50, and in the above-mentioned tropical Colonies which give five years addition, except Fiji, the age for voluntary retirement is 55, as is the case also in British Guiana. In other Crown Colonies the age is 60.

* See paragraph 2 on page 5 of African No. 839.

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5. As regards the pensions of Imperial Officers transferred to any tropical Colony in which the retiring age is less than 60, attention is drawn to the annexed Circulars of the 20th of August, 1889, and 24th November, 1902, which were written with the concurrence of the Treasury.

Colonial Office,

February, 1907.