CO129-541-8 W. Russell-Brown- eligibility of Wei-hai-wei service to count towards pension 25-10-1932 - 21-3-1933 — Page 15

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr. Parkinson.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

The Treasury letter of

the 16th of February, 1924,

rejecting the proposal for pension

contributions (which would have

avoided the present difficulty)

directed that as charges matured

for the pensions of officers

appointed to Wei-hai-Wei from the

Consular Service the proportion of

them that would be payable from

Wei-hai-Wei funds should after the

retrocession of that territory be

a charge on the Colonial Services

Vote.

is

Your view, as I understand

it, is that this direction limits

any payments from the Vote to the pay-

amounts

mente which, but for rendition,

would have been made under the

Wei-hai-Wei Pensions Ordinance.

That that view was not taken at the

time