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(b) the payment of salaries of persons in

(c)

the service of the Government of the

Colony or pensions, gratuities and

allowances at rates prescribed by law,

of persons formerly in that service;

the payment of pensions, gratuities or

allowances, and the making of grants,

at rates prescribed by law or, where no

rates are so prescribed, at such rates as

the Secretary of State shall determine, to

or for the benefit of persons mentioned

in the foregoing paragraph, or their wives.

children and dependants whether such

persons are living or not, or, in special

cages, to or for the benefit of other

persons resident or previously resident

in the Colony, or their wives, children

and dependants whether such persons are

living or not;

(a) the making of grants to any fund or

association the purposes of which for the

time being include the assistance of any

persons mentioned in the preceding

paragraph;

(e) any other purposes of the Government of the

Colony:

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shell

authorise the application of the capital moneys of the

Exchange Fund established by the Currency Ordinance,

1935, except for purposes prescribed in that

Ordinance as amended by subsequent Ordinances or for

the redemption of Hong Kong currency.

(2)