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ex-Governor may, in the judgment of the Lords Commissioners of H.M.'s Treasury, be properly called upon to accept; it shall be competent to the said Lords Commissioners to declare, should he decline the same, that the pension of such ex-Governor shall be suspended until he shall attain the age of fifty-five years,
6. No public servant will be held to have an absolute right to compensation for past services, or to any pension under this Minute; and Government will retain power and authority to dismiss public servant without compensation.
(23)
17. If any person receiving a pension under this Minute should be appointed to fill any office in any public department, such pension shall cease to be paid for any period subsequent to such appointment, if the annual amount of the profits of the office to which he shall be appointed shall be equal to those of the office formerly held by him, and in case it shall not be equal to those of his former office, then no more of such pension shall be paid to him than what, with the salary of his new appointment, shall be equal to the profits of his former office.
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7. No pension will be granted to any public servant without the authority of Her Majesty's Government, in order to obtain which, certificates of service, age, good conduct, and of the ground of retirement, must be submitted to the Secretary of State.
of
8. No pension shall be granted to any public servant who shall be under fifty-five years of age, unless upon certificate from the head of the department to which he may belong, and from two medical practitioners that he is incapable, from infirmity of mind or body, to discharge the duties of his situation; nor unless he shall have discharged those duties with diligence and fidelity, to the satisfaction of the head of his department. And in case the officer claiming such pension shall be himself the head of a department, then such pension shall not be granted unless he shall have discharged the duties of his office with diligence and fidelity, to the satisfaction of the Governor, by whom the same shall be certified to the Secretary of State.
9. It will be competent to Her Majesty's Government, in cases of peculiar and extraordinary merit, to grant special and higher rates of pension than those laid down in this Minute, but not exceeding the full amount of the salary.
10. The above-mentioned rates are only to be granted in cases of decidedly faithful and meritorious service; but where the testimony as to fidelity, diligence and merit is in any respect defective, a deduction will be made from the apportioned rates.
Where there has been obvious negligence, irregularity, or misconduct, the grant of allowance will be altogether withheld.
11. The claim of a public servant to pension will be considered to have commenced from the date of his first permanent appointment to the fixed establishment of this Colony; service on the temporary establishment of this Colony will, however, be allowed to count for pension when such service shall have been continuous with a subsequent permanent appointment. In the case of public officers appointed from Home (except Cadets) their services will be reckoned from the date of the Secretary of State's Despatch notifying the appointment to the Governor.
12. Cadets appointed in pursuance of the regulations published in the Government Gazette of 12th October 1861, will date the commencement of their claims to pension from the period at which the Board of Examiners may declare them qualified for Government Interpreters.
13. The services in respect of which superannuation allowances are granted, ought in all cases to have been continuous; unless interrupted by reduction of office or other temporary suspension of employment not arising from misconduct, or voluntary resignation of the party.
14. The pension shall be computed upon the salary of the permanent office held by a public servant at the time of his retirement, provided he shall have held the same office for at least three years, and that the salary of the same shall not have been revised during that time: otherwise the pension shall be calculated upon the average annual amount of salary received by such person for three years next preceding the commencement of such pension.
15. In case of reduction or abolition of office, temporary allowances may be assigned agreeably to the special rates; on condition, however, that the parties receiving the same will be liable to be re-called into the service, and with the understanding that they are to be re-employed, as opportunity may occur, in preference to new applicants for office.
16. The period of service upon which the superannuation allowance of all officers appointed to the public service taking leave of absence in the regular manner with abatement of salary will be calculated, will be at the rate of one month for every two months of such leave.
18. Should the time of service not warrant the assignment of an annual allowance, a gratuity be granted after the rate of one month's salary for each year of service.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th May, 1862.
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Table shewing the RATES OF PENSION payable to the Public Officers of the Colony of Hongkong under the foregoing Minute.
Chief Justices who have not previously served in any other Office in the Colony, 3/4 Judges of Court of Summary Jurisdiction and Colonial Chaplains who have not previously served in any other Office in the Colony. 2/3 Portions of the Annual Salary of the Office All other Officers returned in the Civil List, or described as Fixed Establishment in the Annual Estimates, and who are in receipt of Salaries of £30 a year and upwards. After 10 years' service, 5/12 After 7 years' service, After 10 years service, 8/12 11/12 13/12 17/12 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 27Page 224
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ex-Governor may, in the judgment of the Lords Commissioners of H. M.'s Treasury, be properly called upon to accept; it shall be competent to the said Lords Commissioners to declare, should he decline the same, that the pension of such ex-Governor shall be suspended until he shall attain the age of fifty-five years,
6. No public servant will be held to have an absolute right to compensation for past services, or to any pension under this Minute; and Government will retain power and authority to dismiss public servant without compensation.
( 23 )
17. If any person receiving a pension under this Minute should be appointed to fill any office in any public department, such pension shall cease to be paid for any period subsequent to such ap- pointment, if the annual amount of the profits of the office to which he shall be appointed shall be equal to those of the office formerly held by him, and in case it shall not be equal to those of his former office, then no more of such pension shall be paid to him than what, with the salary of his new appointment, shall be equal to the profits of his former office.
any
may
7. No pension will be granted to any public servant without the authority of Her Majesty's Government, in order to obtain which, certificates of service, age, good conduct, and of the ground of retirement, must be submitted to the Secretary of State.
of
8. No pension shall be granted to any public servant who shall be under fifty-five years
age, unless upon certificate from the head of the department to which he may belong, and from two medical practitioners that he is incapable, from infirmity of mind or body, to discharge the duties of his situa tion; nor unless he shall have discharged those duties with diligence and fidelity, to the satisfaction of the head of his department. And in case the officer claiming such pension shall be himself the head of a department, then such pension shall not be granted unless he shall have discharged the duties of his office with diligence and fidelity, to the satisfaction of the Governor, by whom the same shall be certified to the Secretary of State.
9. It will be competent to Her Majesty's Government, in cases of peculiar and extraordinary merit, to grant special and higher rates of pension than those laid down in this Minute, but not exceeding the full amount of the salary.
10. The above-mentioned rates are only to be granted in cases of decidedly faithful and meritorious service; but where the testimony as to fidelity, diligence and merit is in any respect defective, a deduction will be made from the apportioned rates.
Where there has been obvious negligence, irregu- larity, or misconduct, the grant of allowance will be altogether withheld.
11. The claim of a public servant to pension will be considered to have commenced from the date of his first permanent appointment to the fixed establishment of this Colony; service on the tempo. rary establishment of this Colony will, however, be allowed to count for pension when such service shall have been continuous with a subsequent permanent appointment. In the case of public officers apppointed from Home (except Cadets) their services will be reckoned from the date of the Secretary of State's Despatch notifying the appointment to the Governor.
12. Cadets appointed in pursuance of the regulations published in the Government Gazette of 12th October 1861, will date the commencement of their claims to pension from the period at which the Board of Examiners may declare them qualified for Government Interpreters.
13. The services in respect of which superannuation allowances are granted, ought in all cases to have been continuous; unless interrupted by reduction of office or other temporary suspension of employment not arising from misconduct, or voluntary resignation of the party.
14. The pension shall be computed upon the salary of the permanent office held by a public servant at the time of his retirement, provided he shall have held the same office for at least three years, and that the salary of the same shall not have been revised during that time: otherwise the pension shall be calculated upon the average annual amount of salary received by such person for three years next preceding the commencement of such pension.
15. In case of reduction or abolition of office, temporary allowances may be assigned agreeably to the special rates; on condition, however, that the parties receiving the same will be liable to be re-called into the service, and with the understanding that they are to be re-employed, as opportunity may occur, in preference to new applicants for office.
16. The period of service upon which the superannuation allowance of all officers appointed to the public service taking leave of absence in the regular manner with abatement of salary will be calculated, will be at the rate of one month for every two months of such leave.
18. Should the time of service not warrant the assignment of an annual allowance, a gratuity be granted after the rate of one month's salary for each year of service.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th May, 1862.
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Table shewing the RATES OF PENSION payable to the Public Officers of the Colony of Hongkong under the foregoing Minute.
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