In the case
of
Service under Rulers of
4
twelve months in the Colony be entitled to a pension at the rate of one seven-hundred-and-twentieth of the amount of his annual salary at the date of such retirement for each calendar month of his service in the Colony and in every such case there may be added at the discretion of the Governor in Council in computing the period of the retiring Officer's service in the Colony a number of months not exceeding :-
•
(a) One-third of the aggregate of his service elsewhere
than in the Colony; nor
(b) two-thirds of his service in the department or Colony from which he was so transferred; nor (c) in any case eighty-four months.
Protected (3)-For the purposes of these Regulations service under any of Native States the Rulers of the Protected Native States of the Malay Peninsula
shall be deemed to be section under the Crown.
to count as service under the Crown. Allowance to officers who have served fifteen years on the temporary establish. ment.
ded
4/3Jmay be granted to sucks,
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Officer whore salary does not exceed #240
a gratuit may granted 1(3)
Lue
Der
/conduct required,
Mode rating and place of payment of pensions.
10. In the case of an officer who is not qualified for a pen- sion or gratuity under this Minute but has continuously served on the Temporary Establishment of the Colony for fifteen years or upwards and is at the date of his retirement in receipt of a salary exceeding $240 per annum a monthly allowance may be granted to such Officer not exceeding three-fourths of the pension to which he would have been entitled had he been employed on the Fixed Establishment or in lieu of such allowance there may be paid to him with the approval of the Secretary of State a capital sum equal to the amount of sixty of such monthly payments but no such capital sum shall be paid in any case of retirement on the ground of ill-health-
11. (1)Pensions gratuities and allowances computed at the rates before-mentioned will only be granted in cases of decidedly faithful and meritorious service.
(2)- Where the fidelity and diligence of the Officer fall short of the first degree of merit the computation may be made at lower rates.
(3)-Where the Offieer has been guilty of gross negligence irregularity or misconduct no grant will be made.
12. Pensions will be paid monthly at the Colonial Treasury, but pensioners residing in India or the United Kingdom may receive payment if they so desire through the Government of India or the Crown Agents for the Colony, In the latter case the rate of exchange will be the rate which was in force for payment of pensions and half-pay through the Crown Agents at the date of the acceptance by the pensioner of the permanent post which he occupies at the date of his retirement.
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My Lord,
C. O. 19702
PECQ
RLC? 3 AUG
318
Government House
HongKong, 13th June 1882.
In Your Lordships
N.441 afst
despatch N. 44 of 21st April, 1881, it is
stated that "the Climate addition
Climate addition of
five years
in the
computation of
" pensions and the regulations respecting
be Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley
or Majesty's Principal Eboretary of State for the Colonies,
For
to
to
fe
leave
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