CO129-347 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [4-6] — Page 220

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2. John Grand

I hereby certify, that.....s 3.2

has received Full Salary at the rate of £15.0..

Good conduct allowance...

Knowledge of Chinese

Police Sergeant

per Annum as.

up to the... Ma...

1908.

Half Salary will be drawn whilst on leave through the Crown Agents for the Colonies,

London, at the rate of..

8.£6.9.

Good conduct allowance at the rate ofS.

Knowledge of Chinese at themte of S.

per annum

per Annumatexchange

of Dollar.

---to-the

being the net amount due to him after deducting his contribution to the Widows and Orphans' Fund.

Colonial Treasurer.

Note Officers proceeding on leave of absence are runested to olsserve, that they will not be embled to rewise Hall Salary

in Euglaud unless this certifiente is duly fill up anal signed.

EXTRACTS

FROM

LEAVE REGULATIONS

OF

HONGKONG POLICE FORCE

217

Regulations approved by the Governor on the 23rd day of July, 1896, relating to of absence to Members of the Police Force of Hongkong, under Ordinance 11 of 1900. (New cdition)

EUROPEANS.

Leave at the expiration of Five Years' Service,

1. Any European Member of the Police Force may, after each period of five years' ser- vice, on claiming his return passage, under § 16 of Ordinance 11 of 1900, apply through the Captain Superintendent of Police to His Excellency the Governor for permission to return to the service within a period not exceeding nine months.

2. Should this application be approved, the applicant will receive half pay, during his absence, and a certificate entitling him to a return passage to the Colony within the period specified: subject to his passing a satisfactory Medical Examination about three months before the expiration of his leave as to his fitness to return to a tropical climate.

3. The Applicant shall enter into a bond for the refund of the half pay, or the difference between his pension and half pay as the case may be, drawn after his leaving the Colony, in case he does not return at the period specified.

4. This period may nevertheless be extended by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on such ground as may to him be satisfactory, and such extension shall be deemed to be leave originally granted within the meaning of the above Sections 1, 2, and 3, anything therein con- tained to the contrary notwithstanding.

5. Such leave shall enable the applicant to count his previous service as regard the time of service acquired before a peusion is granted, and each period of two months on leave shall count as one month's service towards the computation of a pension.

6. On the Applicant's return to the Colony, he shall be reinstated in his relative position. in the Force, and he will be sworn in for a further period of five years' service under §§ 8 and 13 of Ordinance 11 of 1900.

7. If at the expiration of five years' service leave is refused on the ground that the Applicant's service cannot then be spared, he shall be allowed leave at the earliest suitable date, and the time clapsing between the expiration of the above mentioned five years' service and the date of his going on leave, shall be calculated towards the period of five years' service to be served by him on his return from such leave. If the time of year at which a period of five years' service expires is on consideration of health unsuitable for leave to be taken, the Applicant may, by permission, go on leave at any time within six months from such expiration of service, and this interval shall count towards his next period of five years' servico.

S. The period of time spent on leave will not count towards the calculation of time cons- tituting any term of five years' service for bonus or passage.

Note: Under Section 2 he is entitled to a return passage, 2nd. class, per Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Mail Steamer at the cost of the Colony, subject to his passing a satisfactory Medical Ex- amination about 3 months before the expiration of his leave as to his fitness to return to a tropical climate. He is also entitled to 2nd class return passage as above for his wife and family, not exceeding four in number.