CO129-453 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [1-3] — Page 48

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DRAFT.

HONG KONG.

ivo. 92.

Governor Sir E. Stubbs.

MINUTE.

Mr.

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Sir,

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Mr. Grindle.

Mr. Colluis 5

Sir H. Lambert ~

Sir H. Read.

Sir G. Fiddes.

Col. Amery,

Lord Milner.

1. Harding

and that on

and very much obliged to

for this fift. the Straits H., I hope he will fargenee

modification of some of the fessions to which to mos

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I have the honour to inform you

that I have had under my consideration l'r. Severn'a despatch No.8 of the 8th of January

1919, proposing that the pensions payable

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under the Hong Kong Widows' and Orphans Pension Ordinance 1908 should be increased by 50 per

cent as from the 1st of January 1919, and that a valuation should be made of the "Fund" by a local firm of Chartered Accountants.

2. Kr. Severn commences by stating tiat certain representations have been made to him regarding the present position of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund of Hong Kong ;

and he encloses Hong Kong Pat19 of 1908, which he states contains the previous correspondence, and invites especial attention to the views of the Civil Service expressed

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on pages 12 and 13 of that print.

Hong Kong