CO129-423 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [7-8] — Page 214

* Hereby rertify, that Police Constable Na: 75. Frederick {_dward } welyn Booki

has received Full Salary at the rate of $. Mo

EXTRACTS

FROM

Good conduct allowance

Knowledge of Chinese

Police Constable

$.

nil

2

per Annum as

bo...

up to the

16th July

.1915TM.

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

Loudon, at the rate of...

$ £ $5.

and from 28th secanten 1915 @ £ b o

Good conduct allowance at the rate of $

at currentnat of fuche per Amum al excluminée,

*pon 195 Hul to the dat, when he is tab by the war office. Knowledge of Chinese at the rate of S being the net amonut due to him after dedusting his contribution to the Widownin and Orphans' Fund

34

Colonial Treasurer.

Nork. Officers proceeding out Leave of absence are requested to observe, Hut they will not be enabled to revive Half Nalery

in England unless this wrtificate in duly hilled up and signed.

N. B.

Officers before returning to the Colony must apply to the Crown agents | at least three months prior to the expiration of their leave of absence for instrue-

tions as to their medical examination.

LEAVE REGULATIONS

OF

211

HONGKONG POLICE FORCE

Regulations approved by the Governor on the 33rd day of July, 1896, relating to of absence 19 Members of the Police Force of Hongkong, under Ordinance 11 of 1900. (New edition)

EUROPEANS,

Leare of the expiration of Fice Years' Service.

1 Any European Member of the Police Force may, after cach period of five years' ser- vice, ou 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.

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 leavé 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 n gard the time of service acquired before a pension is granted, and each period of two months on leave shail count as one month's service towards the computation of a peusion.

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 1 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 suitablo 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 health unsuitable for leave to be taken, th 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' service.

8. The period of time spent on leave will not count towards the calculation of time cons- rituting 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 Examination about 3 months before the expiration of his leave as to his fitness to return to a tropical climate.