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# Minute of His Excellency the Governor.
1. The manifest advantages of having Government pensioners amongst the natives in this Colony and its neighbourhood are so great, that, wherever the law allows it, I prefer to pension Chinese, instead of giving them lump sums, as the latter practice needlessly severs their useful and loyal connection with this Government.
2. Let Police Constable CHAN-NAM therefore be placed on the pension list, in accordance with the provisions of Section XII of Ordinance No. 9 of 1862, and after the usual report of the Auditor General has been approved.
10th September, 1878.
J. POPE HENNESSY.
## Section XII of Ordinance No. 9 of 1862.
"Whenever any Inspector, Sergeant, or Constable shall have completed the full term of service of ten years in the Police Force, he shall be entitled in addition to the Bonus or Passage Money mentioned in Section X, to an Annual Pension of Fifteen Sixtieths of the Annual Pay of his Rank, and also for every full and complete year's service after ten years, to an addition to the Annual Pension of One Sixtieth, in respect of each additional year of such service; and such Pension shall be computed upon the amount of the Annual Pay enjoyed by the person retiring at the time of his retirement, provided he shall have been in the receipt of the same for at least three years; otherwise the Pension shall be calculated upon the average amount of pay received by such person for the three years next preceding the commencement of such Pension: Provided always, that His Excellency the Governor shall and may grant Superannuation Allowance or a fixed sum by way of compensation to any Inspector, Sergeant, or Constable of the Force, who shall be disabled for further service by reason of Wounds or Injuries received in the actual execution of his duty.
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## Extracts from a Petition from the Chinese Members of the Police Force dated 23rd November, 1878.
"...the time so earnestly, affectionately looked forward to), the particular Village or City (6 66 as the case may be, where they have existing the graves and tablets of their deceased 'progenitors. That the objection to residing permanently in strange places is not a "sentiment entertained simply towards foreign-(that is other than Chinese) soil, they "would most respectfully, but none the less earnestly, assure His Excellency. To a "native of Kwang Tung, Fuk Kin is almost none the less foreign than is Australia."
"7. The Petitioners are well aware that it is not with any idea of economy that His "Excellency has decided in the manner that he has done, but the petitioners with a "view to strengthen as much as possible the case they now submit may be further "considered, would respectfully point out that by permitting commutation of pensions. "the gain to the Government of Hongkong is great, whilst the loss to those commuting them is none the less considerable. As a proof of this, they would submit the "hypothetical case of a man remaining a third class land constable for the whole of his "two terms of enlistment. He would join in the ordinary course of affairs at an age "under twenty-five. At thirty-five he would be entitled to an annual pension of $27, "which amount, drawn until he completed his sixtieth year (no unusual age for such a man as would be admitted into the Hongkong Police Force), would amount to $675. "Commuted, the sum would be comparatively insignificant, namely $135."
"8. But a sum of ready money is of great importance to the petitioners. With it "they are enabled to purchase land (by Chinese Custom in perpetuity) and not only "transmit to their posterity substantial results of earnest labours carried on under a "paternal considerate Government, but often, by means of what cannot be considered more than a small capital, attain to such comparative affluence, as to be in a position to enable their offspring to reach official honours that, upon such a pittance as "monthly pension, they could not even dream of.”
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## POLICE PENSIONERS, 31ST DECEMBER, 1881.
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Number Date when Pension granted British Chinese Totals 2 1867 $448.00 $148.00 20 1872 $907.50 $907.50 0 1873 $295.80 $995.80 1874 $384.00 $81.57 $509.09 $44.12 1875 $46.50 $46.50 1 1876 $60.00 $92.33 1 $32.39 2 1877 $415.00 $1,245.85 18 $830.85 1 1878 $118.32 31 $1,581.30 $1,529.84 $30.22 1 2 1879 $240.00 $186.59 $655.59 4 $129.00 11 1880 $240.00 3 $145.70 $506.52 17 $120.82 1881 $253.33 $55.80 $802.31 $493.18 12 22 123 $2,098.05 $4,035.73 $805.55 $6,939.93Page 217 appears three times at top, three times at bottom, indicating page metadata.
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Minute of His Excellency the Governor.
1. The manifest advantages of having Government pensioners amongst the natives in this Colony and its neighbourhood are so great, that, wherever the law allows it, I prefer to pension Chinese, instead of giving them lump sums, as the latter practice needlessly severs their useful and loyal connection with this Government.
2. Let Police Constable CHAN-NAM therefore be placed on the pension list, in accordance with the provisions of Section XII of Ordinance No. 9 of 1862, and after the usual report of the Auditor General has been approved.
10th September, 1878.
J. POPE HENNESSY.
Section XII of Ordinance No. 9 of 1862. "Whenever any Inspector, Sergeant, or Constable shall have completed the full term of service of ten years in the Police Force, he shall be entitled in addition to the Bonus or Passage Money mentioned in Section X, to an Annual Pension of Fifteen Sixtieths of the Annual Pay of his Rank, and also for every full and complete year's service after ten years, to an addition to the Annual Pension of One Sixtieth, in respect of each additional year of such service; and such Pension shall be computed upon the amount of the Annual Pay enjoyed by the person retiring at the time of his retirement, provided he shall have been in the receipt of the same for at least three years; other- wise the Pension shall be calculated upon the average amount of pay received by such person for the three years next preceding the commencement of such Pension: Provided always, that His Excellency the Governor shall and may grant Superannuation Allowance or a fixed sum by way of compensation to any Inspector, Sergeant, or Constable of the Force, who shall be disabled for further service by reason of Wounds or Injuries received in the actual execution of his duty.
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Extracts from a Petition from the Chinese Members of the Police Force dated 23rd November, 1878.
"the time so earnestly, affectionately looked forward to), the particular Village or City
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as the case may be, where they have existing the graves and tablets of their deceased 'progenitors. That the objection to residing permanently in strange places is not a "sentiment entertained simply towards foreign-(that is other than Chinese) soil, they "would most respectfully, but none the less earnestly, assure His Excellency. To a "native of Kwang Tung, Fuk Kin is almost none the less foreign than is Australia."
"7. The Petitioners are well aware that it is not with any idea of economy that His "Excellency has decided in the manner that he has done, but the petitioners with a "view to strengthen as much as possible the case they now submit may be further "considered, would respectfully point out that by permitting commutation of pensions. "the gain to the Government of Hongkong is great, whilst the loss to those commat- ting them is none the less considerable. As a proof of this, they would submit the "hypothetical case of a man remaining a third class land constable for the whole of his "two terms of enlistment. He would join in the ordinary course of affairs at an age "under twenty-five. At thirty-five he would be entitled to an annual pension of $27, "which amount, drawn until he completed his sixtieth year (no unusual age for such a man as would be admitted into the Hongkong Police Force), would amount to $675. "Commuted, the sum would be comparatively insignificant, namely $135."
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"8. But a sum of ready money is of great importance to the petitioners. "they are enabled to purchase land (by Chinese Custom in perpetuity) and not only "transmit to their posterity substantial results of earnest labours carried on under a "paternal considerate Government, but often, by means of what cannot be considered more than a small capital, attain to such comparative affluence, as to be in a position to enable their offspring to reach official honours that, upon such a pittance as "monthly pension, they could not even dream of.”
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“2. It was with feelings of the deepest concern that the petitioners learned of the "decision of His Excellency the Governor in the case of CHAN-NAM ex P.C. 470 as
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6. With the Chinese the place of the a man's nativity amounts to nothing. The "fact of his father being born, for instance, in Chik Tai would make a Chinese (in bis estimation at least) born in England none the less a native of the province men- ❝tioned, and he would, though from the date of his birth resident in Great Britain, still "look forward to his bones finding a final resting place in the spot where were to be found the graves of his ancestors. Hence it is, that while feeling the utmost gratitude. "to the Government of Hongkong, for favours bestowed, the petitioners can never relinguish the hope of some day reaching, (however remote their poverty may make
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Number.
Date when Pension granted.
British.
Chinese.
Totals.
2
1867.
$448.00
$148.00
20
1872,
$907.50
907.50
0
1873,
295.80
995.80
1874,
384.00
81.57
509.09
وو
44.12
"
1875,
46.50
46.50
1
1876,
60.00
92.33
1
$32.39
2
1877,
415.00
1,245.85
18
830.85
1
1878,
118.32
31
1,581.30
1,529.84
*
30.22
1
2
1879,
240.00
186.59
655.59
4
129.00
4
11
1880,
240.00
3
145.70
506.52
17
120.82
"
1881,
253.33
55.80
802.31
"
493.18
12
22
123
$2,098.05
$4,035.73
$805.55
$6,939.93
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