CO129-283 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [5-6] — Page 20

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Instructions referred to on page 1.

If this Paper of Particulare and the Certificates connected with it, be not sent in original, the copies must be duly attested.

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Head 1 of Paper--In the ease of an Officer serving on the West Coast of Africa, a statement is to be added whether he i

a native of that Coast. (Colouial Regulations, § 430.)

Head 3.-State the description of Allowance for which the Application is recommended, viz., Supernuunation, Compensation Compassionate Allowance, or Gratuity, and its amount. In the case of Persons claiming au addition to their Pousiou in respect of Professional or other special qualifications, this should be stated, and a reference should be given to the authority under which the claim is made.

Head 5.-If the service has been interrupted by one or more breaks, the word "broken" should be added before or after th number of years and mouths, and the causes, dates, and circumstances of the break or breaks should be stated unde heading 9.

Head 6.- the person retiring has been in receipt of the same Salary, or in the class from which he retires, for the # months immediately before the date of his retirement, the actual annual rate of Salary or Wages at that date should b inserted, preceded by the word "actual" In other cases the average annual amount of Salary or Wages for the months next prece ling the date of retirement should be inserted, preceded by the word "average," but if the wh period of service is less than three years, then the average for the whole period of service should be inserted. Head 7.--A separate statement should be inserted of the averago Annual Value, for the 36 mouths immediately precedin

retirement, of each Emolument (exclusive of salary or wages) which is claimed to be included in the calculation the Pension or Gratuity.

Whenever the value of a House or House Allowance, so ascertained, exceeds one-sixth of the salary and oile emoluments which count for Pension purposes, it is to be reduced to one-sixth of that amount, so that it shall exceed one-seventh of the whole.

Fees which au Officer is allowed to retain for his own use will be taken into account for Pension purposes, wil regular salary, at the annual average of the net receipts of the 36 months next preceding the Officer's retiremen These net receipts are to be ascertained by deducting from the gross amount of Fees such Office Expenses, &c., an Officer may have had to defray from his own resources, in performing the services for which he was remmerated Fees. No deduction, however, from the Fees should be made in respect of Office Expenses provided from Publi Funds, for the due discharge of those duties to which a Fixed Salary is annexed. Papers of “ Particulars" whe forwarded to the Colonial Department should be accompanied by formal Declarations from the retiring Officers, showing the amount received by them for Fees, and the amount defrayed as above for Office Expenses, &c., in each of the thre years immediately preceding the retirement. It will be the duty of the Colonial Governments concerned to satisi themselves of the accuracy of such statements before forwarding them to the Colonial Office. In the case of Office receiving Fixed Salaries and Fees, the Fees will not in ordinary circumstances be allowed to comt for Pension par poses to the extent of more than one quarter of the Salaries, and Fees will not in any case be allowed to count fa Pension purposes during any period in which the whole time of the Officer receiving them was not given to the Publ Sorvice.

Head 8.-In cases of infirmity, if the Applicant is below the ordinary age for retirement, a Medical Certificate is to w

furnished showing that he is disqualified by infirmity of mind or body for discharging the duties of his situation, a that such infirmity is likely to be permanent.

In case of ton years' service or more, this Certificate should be signed by two Officers, of whom at least one should

if possible, be a Salaried Officer of the Government,

Head 9.-As to "broken" service, see Head 5.

If the Applicaut has had any "acting" service, the details must be fully given, with a statement whether or not during the "acting" service, he was connected with the permanent Civil Service of the Colony.

Head 11.1f, in special circumstances, a professional Civil Officer has been allowed to have "private practice" witho

forfeiting his claim to Peusion, the facts are to be fully stated.

Head 14.-If the Applicant is liable to any deduction from his service under Clause 102 of the Colonial Regulations, t

facts should be fully stated,

Head 19.—The length of servico and other particulars of the computation are to be given. When an average of Salary

&c., is taken, the mode of calculating it (whether by months, &c.) is to be explained.

This is to certify that we have examined

Mr. Yip Ling Mui; he is suffering from general tuberculosis and in our opinion is quite unfit to act as interpreter,or

indeed to do any work.

Government Civil Hospital.

23rd. April,1898.

(Sd.) J.M. ATKINSON,

P. C.M. 0.

(Sd.) J. BELL.