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Enclosure 2.

C.0.119 1894

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Report by the Attorney General

nance At 28 of 1895.

cerdi -

Attorney General's affice,

18th December, 1895,

I have examined the accompanying

Ardinance entitled, "An Ordinance to

amand the Widows and

Arphans Pensions * Ardinance of 1890 and 1891 12:30 of 1890 "und. M. 18 6, 1891), and I ans of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor Instructions.

The subfirmed, Unworandum explains

the Ordinance:

The objcets of this amending bill are as follows :—

Section (D) To bring the definition of "Salary" into

Fine with the present practice.

Section (2) To provide for the payment of the same amount by officers on half pay leave as when on full pay in the Colony.

Section (2) To allow discretion as to the deductious for defraying the expenses of the administration of the fund.

Section (4) To allow of investments other than Bank

Deposits.

Section (5) To make a technical amendment of see. 18 remlered necessary by the repeal of section 16, by Ordhance 18 of 1891.

Section (6) To make clear how the amount of pension due to the widow of a contributer who leaves the service and ceases to contribute is to bo calen1ated, section (4) in Ordinance 18 of 1891 is somewhat ambiguous.

Section (7) To correct some innecuracies pointed out

in the C. O. Despatch, No. 206 of 8th December, 1894.

I. Meigh Goodman,

Altormy General