CO129-504-9 Pensions of government officers- improvement of terms 11-3-1927 - 21-11-1927 — Page 8

No/25.

30149

RECEIVED

119 APR 1927

COL. OFFL

2

7

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 16th March, 1927.

Com

Sir,

With reference to paragraph 6 of your circular

losed despatch dated 14th May, 1924, enclosing a copy of the

Pensions Report of the Committee on Pensions and Passage

Expenses of Colonial Officers and to paragraphs 31 and 32 of

that Report, I have the honour to submit for your

consideration a copy of a draft amendment to the Pension

Minute embodying provisions for the grant of a death gratuity.

It is difficult to estimate the cost of this concession but

it is believed that it is not likely to exceed $20,000 on

the average in any one year.

The Executive Council and the Finance

Committee of the Legislative Council agree to the terms of

the draft clause.

2.

It will be seen that it is proposed to

confine the grant to officers on the Fixed Establishment

whose service in this Colony for pension purposes is not

less than ten years and who actually leave dependents, but

that the application of the principle is extended to the case of officers dying within a year of retirement on

pension.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&c.,

&C.,

&c.

3.