CO129-535-6 Leave and passage regulations 2-6-1931 - 30-3-1932 — Page 32

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School Mistresses, and 'Second' in the case of other officers.

(3) If on account of the actual length of any tour of

resident service such an officer becomes eligible for the

grant of more than such cost of the passages of which he is

able to avail himself at the expiration of such a tour, the

balance may be placed to account for the benefit of the officer

in respect of his future passages under this order.

(4) In the event of such an officer being granted leave

to his country of domicile before he has become eligible for the grant of the full cost to Government of his passage, a

proportion of such cost will be paid by Government at the rate

or combination of rates applicable to his case.

(5) If such an officer to whom the cost or a proportion of the cost of a return passage, or of retum passages for himself and his family if he is married, has been granted leaves the Service within a period of two years from the date of his retum to the Colony, he may, unless allowed to retire

on grounds of age or ill-health, be required to refund half the amount of the grant.

(6) A married officer may be granted, in respect of each tour of his resident service, the full cost or the appropriate proportion of the cost to Government of the passages of the same kind, as for himself, of his wife, his sons who have not attained the age of 16, and his unmarried dependent daughters, but so that the cost to Government does not exceed four full- fare passages besides his own passage.

(7) If any such member of an officer's family proceeds home in advance of him, the officer may be granted in the first instance the full cost to Government of a passage to his country of domicile, on the understanding that adjustment, including any refund by the officer appearing thereon, will be made when he is next granted leave to such country and when

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