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2. The smallness of

would be practicable

the service may

be

to motitute

a Widows

considered

au

objection

and Orphans pension

fund for the bolony

of Hong Kong, ou

somewhat amilar

lines to that

reovided for by the Straits Settlements,

Ordinancing

no

to which I enclose

copy for your information bamwonah, to gether with

the actuarial tables

(drawn up for Ceylon

the first instances on which the pensiono

are calculated

The

to any such scheme,

matter

but the pront

at

least worthy of

attention, in view of

the large

number

of applications for

compassionate allowances

which have prom time to time

been

A

made to the

to the government

Widows

by the

and

families of

deceased

offian who have

been left

in'.

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