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dependents other than the above.

6.

If any officer to whom a passage has been

granted under this Circular resigns the Government service

or retires from the Government service otherwise than

upon Medical Certificate or having reached the age limit,

within two years of his return from furlough, he shall

be liable to refund to the Government the difference

between the cost of a return passage or passages and

a single passage or passages.

7. Free or assisted passages to England and back

may be provided for the wife and children of an officer

when they are not accompanied on the voyage by the officer:

(a) when the officer, after having served four years

since his last return from long leave, is detained

in the Straits Settlements by the exigencies of

the Government service; or

(b) when a Government Medical Officer certifies that

it is necessary upon medical grounds that the wife

or one of the children should proceed to England

without delay,

8. In every case where the privilege is conceded,

the passage will be taken by the Government and will be

paid by the usual direct route. If the officer's plans

involve a departure from the usual direct route, or pre-

clude his making use of the passage which would ordinarily

be procured by the Government, he may be granted such sum

towards the cost of his passage or passages as the Gover-

nor, in the circumstances of the case, may think fit.

9. The provisions of this Circular are applicable

mutatis mutandis, to officers proceeding on furlough to

Australasia, Canada or the Union of South Africa, and may

be extended to such other cases as may appear to the

Governor to merit similar consideration,

10. This circular applies to officers taking

furlough on or after the 12th August, 1918. In the onêë

of officers who were on furlough on that date, or whose