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SCHEDULE.

RULES

for calculating

pensions to widows and orphan children of officers.

SYNOPSIS OF RULES.

A.-OFFICER WHO COMMENCED TO CONTRIBUTE WHILE A BACHELOR

OR WHILE A WIDOWER WITHOUT ANY CHILD OF

PENSIONABLE AGE.

I. FIRST WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PENSION.

(A) Pension in consideration of the contributions paid before

marriage.

(B) Pension in consideration of the annual contribution cur-

rent at the date of marriage.

(c) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution while the contributor is married to his first wife.

II. SECOND, AND SUBSEQUENT, WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PENSION.

(A) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution while the contributor is a widower.

(B) Variations of pension consequent on the re-marriage of the

contributor.

(c) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution while the contributor is married to his second, or subsequent, wife.

B. OFFICER WHO COMMENCED TO CONTRIBUTE WHILE MARRIED.

III. FIRST WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PENSION.

(A) Pension in consideration of the annual contribution cur-

rent at the date of commencement of the contribution.

(B) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrementa from, the current annual contribution while the contributor is married to his first wife.

IV. SECOND, AND SUBSEQUENT, WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PENSION,

(A) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution while the contributor is a widower.

(B) Variations of pension consequent on the re-marriage of the

contributor.

(c) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution while the contributor is married to his second, or subsequent, wife.

C.-OFFICER WHO COMMENCED TO CONTRIBUTE WHILE A WIDOWER WITH A CHILD OR CHILDREN OF PENSIONABLE AGE.

V. SECOND, AND SUBSEQUENT, WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PENSION.

D.--PENSIONS TO ORPHAN CHILDREN,

E. OFFICER TRANSFERRED TO THE SERVICE OF ANOTHER COLONY,

F.-CALCULATION OF QUANTITIES (OR TABULAR RESULTS) FOR AGES NOT GIVEN IN THE TABLES.

A TO C.-CALCULATION OF REGISTERED PENSIONS. The calculation of the amount of the pension that will or may become payable at the death of a contributor should not be delayed

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until such death has netually occurred but a register should be kept in which full particulars respecting each contributor should he entered, and in this register should be recorded against every married and widower contributor the amount of the pension which would become payable should he die immediately, leaving a widow or orphans en- titled to such pension. The amount of the pension per annum so entered in the register against a contributor, or in other words, his registered pension" should be calculated (and re-calculated as often as may be necessary) in accordance with the following rules:

A.-OFFICER WHO COMMENCED TO CONTRIBUTE WHILE A BACHELOR OR WHILE A WIDOWER WITHOUT ANY CHILD OF

PENSIONABLE AGE,

NOTE-1. In this section (A)

(a) "First wife" in the case of an officer who commenced to con- tribute while a widower without any child of pensionable

age means the first wife married by such officer after his commencing to contribute.

(b)"Marriage" in the case of an officer who commenced to cou- tribute while a widower without any child of pensionable age means the first marriage of such officer after his com- mencing to contribute.

2. No registered pension is to be recorded unless and until the con- tributor marries.

I. FIRST WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PENSION.

NOTE. The registered pension to be recorded on marriage is found by adding together the two amounts calculated in accordance with the following Rules I (a)

and I (b), respectively.

(A) Pension in consideration of the contributions paid before

marriage.

RULE I (0) Accumulate the contributions at 8 per cunt, compound interest, with yearly rests at each 31st December, and mul tiply the result by the quantity found from Table A corresponding to the respective ages next birthday of the husband and wife at the date of marriage.

The product gives the registered pension on account of the contributions paid before marriage.

(B) Pension in consideration of the annual contribution cur-

rent at the date of marriage,

NOTA. The amount of the current annual contribution is obtained by multi- plying by 12 the amount of the last monthly contribution.

RULE (Turn to the section of Table B which contains in the heading the age of the husband at the date of completion of his period of contribution; and multiply the amount of the current annnal con- tribution by the quantity found from that section corresponding to the res- pective ages next birthday of the bus- band and wife at the date of marriage.

The product gives the registered pension on account of the annual con- tribution current at the date of marriage,

Example

of the application of Rules I (a) and I (4).

Officer born on ......

.31st July, 1878, Officer commenced to contribute on .................... 1st April, 1904. Officer married on....

.....30th June, 1908.

Aunual contribution, 18 April, 1904, to

31st December, 1906 Annual contribution, 1st January, 1907,

to date of marriage

.$ 20.

$ 30.

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