CO129-322 - Acting Governor May - 1904 [1-5] — Page 111

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and

of

subsequent amending ordinances

am

also enclosed

and their return at

your convenience

requested.

I

am now to

request you to proceed

as

you proposed in

your letter

of

the

16th of September last taking into consideration

the further information supplied, and to

now

also

advise the Secretary of State

what rule should be

adopted for the commutation of widow's pensions under section

23 of the ordinance as

the section as it

stands

seems hardly

satisfactory.

In Lyttelton proposes to inform the Governor

of Hongkong that as regards

the proposal

namely

to allow officers who

leave the Service

altogether

to withdraw from

the

Fund, he does not

consider

that any

refund of

their

contributions should

be allowed

in such

cases

unless

in

another

colony the amendment an ordinance allowing

of

such refunds

dictated

on

the ground

that it was desirable

to prevent the possibility

of any civil servant

leaving

a

widow

altogether unprovided

for.

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and of subsequent amending ordinances am also enclosed and their return at your convenience requested. I am now to request you to proceed as you proposed in your letter of the 16th of September last taking into consideration the further information supplied, and to now also advise the Secretary of State what rule should be adopted for the commutation of widow's pensions under section 23 of the ordinance as the section as it stands seems hardly satisfactory. In Lyttelton proposes to inform the Governor of Hongkong that as regards the proposal namely to allow officers who leave the Service altogether to withdraw from the Fund, he does not consider that any refund of their contributions should be allowed in such cases unless in another colony the amendment an ordinance allowing of such refunds dictated on the ground that it was desirable to prevent the possibility of any civil servant leaving a widow altogether unprovided for. Section 13 of
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and of subsequent amending ordinances am also enclosed and their return at your conviccnice requested. I aqur now to request you to proceed as you proposed in your letter of the 16th of September last taking into conson the further information supplied, and t now ask alos to you advise the Sofs водо تی منه what rule should be adopted for the commutation of widow's pensions under section 23 of the ordurance as the section as it slands seemoo satisfactory haroly In Lyttelton proposes to inform the Governor 110 of Hongkong that as regards the proposal mamed to allow / officers who leave the Service altogether to with drauf from the Fund he does not Consider refund of that any their contributions should be allowed cases sunclar suice in case in such اریم another colong the amendment an ordmance allowing of such refunds divicted wany Ory the ground that it was desirable to prevent the possibility Excivil servant of any leaving a widow altogether unprovided for. Section 13 of
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and

of

subsequent amending ordinances

am

also enclosed

and their return at

your conviccnice

requested.

I

aqur now to

request you to proceed

as

you proposed in

your letter

of

the

16th of September last taking into conson

the further information supplied, and t

now

ask

alos to

you advise the Sofs

водо

تی منه

what rule should be

adopted for the commutation of widow's pensions under section

23 of the ordurance as

the section as it

slands

seemoo

satisfactory

haroly

In Lyttelton proposes to inform the Governor

110

of Hongkong that as regards

the proposal

mamed

to allow / officers who

leave the Service

altogether

to with drauf from

the

Fund he does not

Consider

refund of

that any

their

contributions should

be allowed

cases

sunclar

suice in

case

in such

اریم

another

colong the amendment an ordmance allowing

of

such refunds

divicted

wany

Ory

the ground

that it was desirable

to prevent the possibility

Excivil servant

of any leaving

a

widow

altogether unprovided

for.

Section 13 of

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