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in paragraph 1 (a). When in the Colony they enjoy the ordinary vacations of the institution to which they are attached. When proceeding home on long leave or on retirement, they may, how- ever, be granted vacation leave up to a maximum period of five months. Such vacation leave, which will not ordinarily be granted except towards or at the end of a school term, will be calculated in the manner described, but at the rate of one twelfth of resident service which includes vacations.
3. After a period of four years' resident service an officer will, if proceeding on leave, be granted a free return passage, or, if retiring on pension, a single passage to his port of destination in the United Kingdom; provided that in the latter case he sails within six months from the date of ceasing to perform the duties of his office.
If before he has completed four years' resident service, an officer is permitted to go on leave or to retire on pension, the Government will contribute the proportion of the cost of his return or single passage which the period of resident service bears to four years. This rule may be relaxed in the case of an officer who is permitted to take leave or retire on pension on the ground of ill-health, who is required to take leave at a particular time to suit the con- venience of Government.
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If any member of an officer's family proceeds home in advance of him, a passage home will be provided in the first instance, on the understanding that the officer will repay :-
(a) Such proportion of the cost as is payable by him in respect of his own passage if he proceeds on leave or retires on pension before the completion of four years' resident service; (b) The whole of such cost if he leaves the service except on pension before the completion of four years' resident service.
Any such grant of a massage home will preclude any further grant in respect of a passage to or from the Colony for the same member of the family until the officer himself shall have proceeded on leave.
LEAVE TO OFFICERS ON TEMPORARY ESTABLISHMENT.
4. The above regulations as to leave of absence apply only to officers on the permanent establishment. An officer on the temporary establishment (whether on agreement or otherwise) is not entitled to any leave of absence unless it is so stated speci- fically in his agreement. Sick leave may, however, be granted in accordance with the General Orders, and vacation leave may be allowed in exceptional circumstances.
GOVERNMENT QUARTERS AND RENT ALLOWANCES.
5. The following is a summary of the regulations in regard to rent allowances and lodging allowances in the case of officers not entitled to free quarters.
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(a) An officer who occupies quarters supplied by Govern- ment pays rent for such quarters at the rate of 6 per cent. or 7 per cent. of his salary according as the quarters are unfurnished or furnished.
(b) Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allotted Government quarters for his sole occupancy.
(c) An officer not entitled to free quarters residing with an officer entitled to free quarters in such quarters shall pay rent at the rate of 3 per cent. of his salary.
(d) When more than one officer occupies Government quarters the total rental charged is 6 per cent. or 7 per cent. (as the case may be) of the salary of the highest paid officer only.
(e) An officer who refuses to occupy Government quarters when allotted to him forfeits his claim to rent allowance or lodging allowance.
6. If Government quarters are not available, an officer who rents a tenement with the permission of Government receives as rent allowance the difference between 6 per cent. of his salary and the sum of the rent and taxes payable in respect of the unfurnished tenement. For the purpose of this regulation the maximum rental inclusive of taxes which is recognised by the Government in the case of an officer whose salary does not exceed £600 is $150 a month.
Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allowed a rent allow- ance as the sole tenant of a rented tenement.
Only one rent allowance is payable in respect of any tenement. An officer who, with the permission of the Colonial Secretary, does not reside in Government quarters or in a tenement in respect of which a rent allowance is payable receives a lodging allowance as follows:-
(a) If married, 15 per cent. of his salary subject to maximum of $100 a month.
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(b) If unmarried, 7 per cent. of his salary subject to a maximum of $50 a month.
PENSIONS.
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7. The present rule as to superannuation is that, in the case of ill-health, an officer holding a pensionable appointment may be allowed to retire on a pension after ten years' continuous service, otherwise he must have attained the age of 55. For ten years' service and upwards one seven-hundred-and-twentieth of the annual salary of the retiring officer for each completed month of service may be awarded, together with an addition of five sixtieths of such salary, provided that the total pension shall not exceed forty sixtieths of such salary. No pension may exceed £1,300 per annum. For pension purposes leave on full pay counts as full service, and leave on half pay as half service.
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