CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917 — Page 121

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Admiralty,

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20th November, 1917.

Rod. C.A, 21st Lovember, 1917.

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Gentlemen,

In reply to your letters of the 14th September, Hos. F/Nigeria/112 and 1/Hong kong/2712, I am commanded by my

Lords Commissionera of the admiralty to inform you that in

their opinion the bonus of 5/6d., a day each which has been

paid toCommanders 7,8, Rising and B.R.H. Taylour,R.N., with their Full Fay from the 4th August last should be regarded as part of their Laval Pay for the purpose indicated in your

letters.

As you have already been informed, the arrears of the

bonus to the 3rd August have been paid to the officers in

lump sume of over 200 each.

introduced

Had it not been for the changes recently endeesseted the

bonus would not have been paid until discharge at the end of

the far and would thenhave been issued not as a gratuity but

as arrears of pay. That the arrears of bonus were to be so

regarded is clear from the reasury ruling that the pa

were to be chargeable to Income Tax instead of being

therefrom as they would have been if treated as grathties.

notwithstanding this ruling, it appears to my Lords to be very doubtful whether, if the egulations had remained

uncharged and the payment of the accumulated bonus had been

deferred to the end of the war, an equivalent deduction from

Civil Pay could then have been insisted upon. Such a course

might conveivably have resulted in an Ufficer being reandmną

to refund the whole of his Civil Pay since the ourb

War.

It is therefore considered that the aircr

justify application to the

con Agents

the Colonies,

bank,

reasury for the r

officers from any deductions from their i vi

of the

/ payments actually made on account of bonus t Ventlemen, Your obedient se

I am.

3d.