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The Government will decide, having regard to the ground

of termination of appointment, whether the Cadet shall

be sent home at the cost of public funds.

5. The leave and passage regulations at present in

force are set out in sections vii and viii of the

General Orders. a copy of which is enclosed for perusal

and return.

6. Pensions are governed by local legislation.

The normal age of retirement is 55 except in the case of

ill-health.

7. A deduction of 4 per cent is made from the

salaries of all members of the permanent service,

including Cadet Officers as a contribution towards the

provision of pensions for the widows and orphans of

public officers.

8.

The salaries of the Cadet Service of Hong Kong

are at present as follows: but no guarantee whatever

is given that they will remain unaltered.

£450 on appointment

£475 on passing the 2nd examination in Chinese.

£525 on passing the final examination,

and thence by three annual increments of £50, one

increment of £75, one of £100, and eleven further

increments of £50, to £1,400 per annum, with efficiency

bars at £675 and £1,100. Further promotion may be

made by selection to Class I appointments of which there

are at present seven, with salaries of £1,500 rising

to £1,800 by annual increments of £50.

Class I appointments are normally filled by the

appointment of Cadet Officers, but in no case are these

appointments necessarily confined to them. ( The present

establishment of the Cadet Service of Hong Kong is 38.)

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