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Colonial Governors' Pensions.

The grant of Pensions to Colonial Governors is regulated by the "Colonial Governors' (Pen- sions) Acts' of 1865 and 1872 and the "Pensions (Colonial Service) Act" of 1887; and also, as regards certain points, by section 12 of the "Superannuation Act, 1859 and by the Superannuation (Unhealthy Climates) Act,

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1876."

2. These Acts, with a Memorandum contain- ing a summary of their provisions, are printed in the Colonial Office Paper, Miscellaneous

No. 186.

3. The Acts require amendment in several respects, e.g. in order to adapt them to new conditions, such as the creation of Protectorates administered like Colonies, and to correct obvious and admitted errors which experience of the working of the Acts has brought to light. It is also desired to effect some alteration in the scheme of the Acts, which differs from that of the Acts under which Pensions are granted to permanent civil servants and has been found not altogether satisfactory in practice.

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4. The scheme of the Governors' Pensions Act, 1865, differs from that of the laws (Imperial and Colonial) regulating the pensions which may be granted to Civil Servants in that Go- vernors' pensions are not computed by taking fraction of the salary for each year's service, but Governments are divided into four classes and a fixed rate of pension is assigned to each class. This scheme was modified by the Act of 1872, but only to a limited extent.

5. The rates fixed by the Act of 1865 are as follows, but by the Act of 1872 an addition is made to the "reduced rate" in certain cases :—

Pension.

Class,

Salary,

Fall Rate.

Reduced Rate.

£

£

1

Not less than 5,000

1,000

£ 3. d. + 666 13

2

Not less than 2,800

750

500 0 0

3

Not less than 1,200

500

333 6 8

4

Other cases

250

166 13 4

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6. In other respects the scheme is framed on the ordinary lines. A Governor cannot be granted a Governor's pension unless he is either :-

(1) 60, years of age, or

(2) incapable from infirmity of mind or body, contracted while administering his Government and likely to be per- manent, of discharging the duties of any office in the public service. He must also have administered Governments or have been employed in such adminis- tration and in the permanent Civil Service (Imperial or Colonial) for a certain number of years.

7. The following table shows the number of years required in each case :—

For full Bata.

(1) 60 years of age-

(a) 18 years as Gov-

ernor or

(b) 10 years as Gov- ernor and 25 altogether as Governor and

Civil Servant,

(2) Incapable--

15 years as Gov.

ernor.

For reduced Rate.

(a) 12 years after 10 as

Governor or

(b) 8 years after 40) as Governor and 20 Gov- altogether as

ernor and Civil Ser- vant.

10 years as Governor.

8. When a Governor has previously been employed in the permanent Civil Service (Imperial or Colonial) but has not served long enough as a Governor to become quali fied for a Governor's pension, he may, if 60 years of age or incapable, be granted from Imperials funds, in respect of each year of his service as a Governor, an addition to his Civil Service pension of one-sixtieth† of the salary of his last permanent office (Imperial or Colonial); but his total pension from Imperial funds must not exceed £1,000 a year or two-thirds of the salary of his bighest permanent office, whichever is the greater.

9. Officers of the Army and Navy do not get any addition to the military or naval pension in respect of service as a Governor unless they have served long enough as Governor to become qualified for a Governor's pension; and any pension for which they may be qualified under the Governors' Pensions Acts is liable to reduc- tion by half the amount of any military or naval "half pay, salary, or other emolument.'

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• But see paragraphs 11 and 12 of this Memorandum with regard to section 12 of the Superannuation Act, 1859.

If the service as Governor was in an unhealthy climate, the fraction is one-fortieth under the Super- annuation (Unhealthy. Climates) Act 1876.

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