CO129-283 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [5-6] — Page 385

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LEAVE at the end of six years;

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each Master is entitled

to twelve months leave, of which the first two months and the vacation months February and August are t

The dollar is FULL pay, the remainder at Helf Pay. reckoned at 3/- while the Master is on leave ur on

pension in England.

PENSION at the age of 55, or after 10 years' service, if the Medical Board certify retirement necessary on account of mental or physical disability, the Master can retire on pension at the following rate, one-six- tieth of salary for every year's service Full Pay, with five-sixtieths added for Foreign Service.

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4 of the salary is by WIDOW'S AND ORPHANS SUND: Ordinance deducted as a contribution to the support

of this "und.

House rent

COST OF LIVING. Pood and clothing are not doar in Hong Kong rs dompared with England, though they have risen in price during the last ten years. rent is very high but bachelors can lodge with private families or form Hesses with friends, when the cost of living should be moderate.

PRIVATE PUPILS. Assistant Masters may, with the con- sent of the Governing Body, take private pupils. There is a fairly stondy demand for tutors in Hong Kong amongst Germans and the families of Naval end Military Officers, elso in connexion with the Oxford

Local Examinations.

PROMOTION to the second grade when opportunity may offer will be considered on the personal merits of the Masters in the First Grade.

PRES Second Class Passage by Mail or first class by int mediate P & Q.or other steamer, provided by the

Government.

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