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CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: EUROPEAN CONTINGENT.
The Conditions of Service in the European
Contingent in pages 160 - 163 of P.R.B. are cancelled and
the following substituted:-
1.
No married man will be enlisted, and no
married quarters will be provided until an officer reaches
the rank of Police Sergeant or attains the age of thirty.
A deduction of 4 per cent. will be made from the salaries
of all European Police from the date on which they join the
Force as a contribution towards the Widows and Orphans
Pension Fund.
2.
Under present arrangements, which may, however
be varied from time to time, sterling salaries are converted
into dollars at the rates approved by the Government for the
permanent and pensionable staff and no claim can be entertained
in respect of any fluctuation in the value of the dollar.
3.
A bounty of £25 is paid on enlistment in
England.
4.
Half pay will be drawn from the date of
embarkation and full pay from the date of arrival in the Colony.
5. (i)
An officer's engagement is for a period of
five years, at the expiry of which he is entitled to a
passage, second class by steamer and third class by railway, in England to London, Scotland to Edinburgh, Ireland to Dublin or Belfast, and if his services have been satisfactory to half pay during the voyage.
(ii)
Such period of engagement may include a probationary period, which shall not exceed six months, and should the person thus engaged be found during his
probationary period to be unsatisfactory the Inspector
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