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the 31st December, 1902, both inclusive, at

three shillings; those appointed on or after

the 1st January, 1903, at the current rate of

exchange."

General Order 179

(1) "Indian Police and Indian Gaol Warders

appointed before the 23rd June, 1895, draw pensions

in India at the rate of Rs.227 for every $100;

those appointed between that date and the 1st January,

1900, at the rate of Rs.200 for every $100; and

those appointed on or after the 1st January, 1900,

at the current rate of exchange.

(2) Subject to the foregoing rule, officers

living in any Asiatic country draw their pensions in

dollars at the market rate of exchange."

These General Orders, which had appeared as

General Orders 54(2) and (3) in the 1906 Edition, lapsed

at the time of the 1924 revision of General Orders and

were replaced by General Order 154.

These provisions no longer affect, of course, officers of the grades now normally recruited in the United Kingdom since they are all paid sterlin: selaries; but

there are stil retired officers of those grades who have

been in receipt of dollar salaries and are entitled to

pension on the basis of these privileged rates. Correspondence took place in 1912 with regard to the

exact nature of the rights of such officers, ending tith

Viscount Kilner's despatch No.427 of the 30th November,

1920. There is no questio.. of disturbing those established

rights.

4. What has given rise to difficulty is the advance, in recent years, of claims to the payment of leave and