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superannuation under the Police Acts.

Sir George Cave will be glad to be informed on the

point in question.

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Sir,

Your obedient Bervant

Bward Troup.

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sir,

I have to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State, that Police Constable Henry James Wood, who has completed 25 years' Metropolitan Police service, has applied that his service in other Forces prior to joining the Metropolitan Police may count se approved service for pension

purposes.

This officer joined the Bristol Constabulary on the 1st September 1880 and served until the 13th June, 1882, when he resigned to join the Hong Kong Police, which he did on the 5th September 1882. He remained in that Force until the 15th May, 1887, when he resigned to join the Amoy (China) Police in which he served from June 1887 until December 1891.

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He joined the Metropolitan Police on the 18th April 1892. The Police Act 1890 is not applicable in this case and the Treasury is the sole authority for administering the Superannuation Act of 1892, on which reste any claim that Wood may have.

I have therefore to ask that the Secretary of State will be good enough to submit the case to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for their consideration and decision. It will be observed that the officer only requires one year of his Colonial Service to be counted to entitle him to the maximum pension, he having completed 25 years' service in the Metropolitan Police.

1 sad,

sir.

Your obedient Servant,

($gd.) F. F. Wodehouse.

Under

Bretary of State,

Home Office, B.W.