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Attorney General's Office.

28th. August,1897.

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REPORT ON ORDINANCE 13 OF 1897.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance,

*An Ordinance to amend The Widows 'and Or-

phans' Pensions (Amendment) Ordinance No. 28 of 1895."

and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not

contrary to the Governor's Instructions.

The definition of "Salary" in Ordinance 30

of 1890 was found to be inadequate and was amended by sec-

tion 1 of Ordinance 28 of 1895. The amended definition made

"house allowance' a part of an officer's salary, but did not

include in the term "salary" the estimated value of free

quarters. Hence there arose the anomaly that an officer who

received an allowance for house rent contributed to the

Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund a percentage on such al-

lowance, whereas an officer occupying free quarters paid no

contribution in respect of the estimated value of such free

quarters. To remove this anomaly and to bring the definition

of "salary" in the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance i

to line with the definition of "salary" given in No.11 of