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ENCLOSURE 2

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Attorney General's Office.

December 14th.,1997.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE 26 UP 1897.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance,

An Ordinance to further amena The Widows'

and Orphans' Pensions Ordinance, 1890."

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

contrary to the Governor's Instructions.

Sections 3 and 4 of this Orainance are draft-

ed at the suggestion of the Secretary of State. (see Des-

18624/47 patches No. 187 of 15 September 1897, and No.197 of 3th. Octo-

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ber 1897). Section 3 is designed to give to an officer,

ferred from the service of the Colony to other service un-

ner the Crown, an option of continuing to contribute to the

Hong-Kong Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund, after he has

left the Colony.

A similar privilege is allowed in British

Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad and is to be conceded also in

Ceylon.

Section 4 is designed to allow the families

of dismissed officers to retain a claim to some benefit

from