CO129-563-8 Prison Department- vacancy for superintendent 1-11-1937 - 6-4-1938 — Page 13

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payable. In either case free quarters

would be provided and are valued for

pension purposes at £150 per annum.

Free passages are also provided for the

officer, his wife and family, subject to

a total maximum of five passages.

Officers serving in Hong Kong are

required to contribute to the Widows' and

at the volî d ཡ

Orphans' Pensions Scheme, four per

cent. of their salaries, unless exempt by

reason of their continuing to contribute

to another approved scheme. The pension

rate of the Colony is 1/600th of final

pensionable emoluments for each completed

month of pensionable service. The normal

retiring age is fifty-five and officers

may be called upon to retire with the approval

of the Secretary of State at the age of fifty.

I realise that before answering the

question whether you wish to be considered

for this appointment you would probably

like to know what the future organisation

puson

of present services in East Africa is going

to