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to

of the Straits Settlements had passed a resolution for the payment of per

of pensions Widows and Orphans resident

country with a gold

in a

standard from the Widows' and Orphans Pension Fund through the Crown Agents at the rate of 5% to the dol- lar, the difference between

the amounts so reckoned -

and those payable out of the Fund being made good by the Colonial Government,

and

currence-

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con.

and that subject to the

of the Un-official would be pre

members

you pared to approve the adop-

tion of a similar rule in

BongKong.

In reply I beg to in

that the Un-offi-

form you

cial members of the Legis. lative Council, to whom

the suggestion has been re- ferred, prefer to defer any

action in the matter until a specific

case arises, there

being