CO129-503-11 Leave and passage- lodging and rent allowance for European officers 6-1-1927 - 26-10-1927 — Page 96

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(e) An officer may at the discretion of the

Governor be permitted to commute half pay leave to full

pay leave of half the period; provided that any period

of combined vacation and commuted leave shall not

exceed ten months.

Extensions of leave may, however, in special

circumstances, be granted by the Secretary of State on

such conditions as he may approve.

2. Free passages after four and a half years' resident service are at present granted to officers and

their families when proceeding on leave, but this rule

is liable to revision at the end of 1923.

3.

Officers attached to an educational

institution are not entitled to vacation leave under

the rule stated above in paragraph 1 (a). When in the Colony they enjoy the ordinary vacations of the institution to which they are attached. When taking long leave outside the Colony they may be allowed to draw full pay during the first three months of their leave unless a school vacation has immediately preceded the grant of leave, in which case full pay may be drawn during two months only. The remainder of the leave in either case is on half salary, and half pay only can be drawn during any school vacation falling within the period of an extension of leave.

4. 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 full years' resident service; otherwise he must have attained the age of 55.

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