CO129-464 - Public Offices - 1920 — Page 179

Mr.

Grindle

I would reply that different Colonies

have adopted different methods of granting

relief to their pensioners, and that the S.

of S. has not interfered with the system each

or attempted to secure ungiformity.

prefers,or

Copy of our reply to C.A.

Corresp. to Gov. L.F. ( Gov. may adopt

the suggestion in the last sentence of Sir F.

Piggott's letter. )

A.E.C.

1.9.20

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ALL DOMMUNICATIONS

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE

OWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,

HE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE

OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.

TELEGRAMS, GROWN, LONDON' TELEPHONE, 7730 VICTORIA,

15,20

sir,

THE

AGENTS FOR T

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REC

C.O

42783

RED 30 AUG 20

4, MILLBANK,

WESTMINSTER,

LONDON, S.W. 1.

28th August 1920

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With reference to your letter No. 17604/20 of the 6th April concerning the pensions payable to Sir F. T. Piggott, I have the honour to transmit a copy of a letter from this pensioner concerning the increases of pensions recently authorised by the Government of Hong Kong, and to request instructions.

2. I may add that the increases have all been paid in accordance with the Scheme submitted by the Colonial Government. 3. With reference to the concluding paragraph of Sir

F. Piggott's letter, we have already informed him that his collective pensions approximated £1,000 per annum, and that as his Mauritius pension was paid at the current rate of the day, we should be unable to ascertain before the 31 et December whether the total of his collective pensione would exceed £1,000 per annum.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial office,

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Yes. Each tolong has to deal with

three classes of pensioner

natives, pensioners in

totre into account the applicability

its scheme to all these. the braking7 forces scheme for offices

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on its pensioners saliefscheme them must therefore the diversity: this was reconized from

the first : incidentally the fact that we have. left- each colony to decide for itself is our defence when the treanely I that Judia Iffice complain of our having forced their hands.

Your obedient Servant,

WL Pator

for Crown Agents.