CO129-490 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 302

The ordinary It maler

Tth rules regarding

due to ispunio

of duty.

the

retirement

sceived white in discharge

reared the

accordingly sawed

ordinary pension in soy of his length of

pence to 15 the, which addy is allowed

60

under the miles when

materially unfaired.

A

man's capacity is

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21/12/25 Abtahacht

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21/12

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ALL

COMMUNICATIONS

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,

CROWN

AGENTS FOR

0.0.

56519

17 DEC 25

WESTMINSTER,

LONDON, S.W. 1.

16th December, 1925.

THE DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.

FOLLOWING REFERENCE.................

P/Pensions/I.

4. MILLBANK,

TELEGRAMS, CROWN, LONDON.

TELEPHONE. 7780 VICTORIA.

Sir,

La

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Referring to your letter No. 3794/25 of the

8th September, regarding the contention of Mr. A. Pattison,

late Lance Sergeant, Hongkong Police, that his pension

should be regarded as a war disability pension for the

purposes of Income Tax, I have the honour to state that

we have been informed by the Departmental Claims Branch

of the Inland Revenue Department that Mr. Pattison's

pension has not previously been exempted under Section

16 of the Finance Act 1919, so far as they can

ascertain.

Jane Inspecti

2. The Departmental Claims Branch has now asked

us to ascertain the precise circumstances under which

this pension was granted in order to enable the case

to be fully considered.

nder Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Wat wichbart

for CROWN AGENTS.

JVP

Foreign Jan Hug