CO129-541-8 W. Russell-Brown- eligibility of Wei-hai-wei service to count towards pension 25-10-1932 - 21-3-1933 — Page 27

In any further communication on this subject, please quote

No.

K 13425/355/210

and address--

not to any person by name,

but to-

"The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

Sir,

it

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FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

2nd December, 1932.

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was

I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to state,

for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies,

that he notes with surprise from Colonial Office letter

No.92710/32 of the 17th ultimo that as Mr. W. Russell Brown, C.B.E.,

one of His Majesty's Consuls-General in China, now retired,

not transferred to the service of Wei-hai-wei but was seconded

for service there, he is regarded as not eligible, under the

Wei-hai-wei Pensions Ordinance in force at the time of his

secondment, for any superannuation award in respect of his

service in that territory.

2. As Sir P. Cunliffe Lister is aware, Consular officers

from the China Service have been seconded for service at We-

hai-wei since 1914 and with two exceptions their salaries have

been paid uninterruptedly from the Diplomatic and Consular Vote

so that their pension rights have not been affected by reason

of their services at Wei-hai-wei.

3. As regards the two exceptions, namely Mr. Russell

Brown who was employed in Wei-hai-wei from November 5th,1923,

to March 28th, 1927, and Mr. A. P. Blunt whose period of employment

in Wei-hai-wei extended from March 17th, 1919, to August 16th,

1924, the latter was paid entirely from Wei-hai-wei funds while

Mr. Russell Brown was paid from the Vote for the Diplomatic and

Consular Services up to August 16th, 1924, and from that date

until the termination of his services at Wei-hai-wei on March

the

28th,1927, from the funds of that territory.

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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