CO129-453 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [1-3] — Page 51

OAS

12225

Ma 48

"I Kong

1919

་

Hongkong mergenter

No 1332

For Sir E. Stubbs

DRAFT.

MINUTE.

9)

Downing Street,

23ape 192.

Sir with reference to frol Amery's

despatch me q2 of

of March 13

then jaks

Mr.Ay. Harding

Mr.

Mr.

Collins 13

Mr. Grindle.

Sir H. Lambert.

Sir H. Read.

Sir G. Fiddes.

Col. Amery.

Lord Milner.

for conson.

See

mmutes

20 Ten

00/16713/20

Young. 7 may

752.

my

Enfez

as you are no doubt aware, „idovs'

kna orphans' lension Funds

in Ceylon

and lauritius. The Ceylon Fund was closedi

to new members in 1906.

Widows' and Orphans' tension Scheme S

exist in Ceylon, The Straits Lettlements, The Federated walay States, Hong Kong,

Jamaica, Trinidad, british Guiana (closed in 1900 to new members), the west African

Colonies (a combined scheme for Nigeria, the

Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and the Garbia),

and Fiji.

2. In addition widows' ana Urphans'

jension Schemes for the rotectorates in

Bastern Africa and for Halta are contemplated,

and lension Tables for a new widows" and Urphans' Fenion Fund for British Guiana are

in course of preparation.

3.

2 onjon

Funda

The Jerion Tables of all there and Schemes are based in the assumption that 6 compound interest is allowed by Government on the balances of total receipts over tolal

expenditure,

4.