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and Gratuities granted or to be granted by order of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, or in conformity with the provisions contained in the Minutes of Government. relating thereto, hereafter to be used.

MINUTE,

BY THE Governor.

1. Under instructions from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to direct that the following regulations respecting allowances for passages to Europe, to the Public Servants of this Colony be published for general.inform- ation.

2. Any Public Officer who shall have resided in the Colony for six years shall be entitled, when proceeding to Europe, to an allowance for himself and his family, not exceeding five in all, of one third of the passage money both going and coming. And for every succeeding six years' residence completed by such Officer a similar allowance shall be made.

3. Any Officer who, in consequence of ill health or other cause, may proceed to Europe before completing a residence of six-years, shall not be entitled to any allowance for passage, but on his return to the Colony his previous residence, if necessary, will be allowed to count toward an allowance, on his next returning to Europe.

4. Every payment in virtue of this Minute must be made in the Colony, that for the homeward passage before starting, and that for the return passage to Hongkong on arrival.

By His Excellency's Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1862.

MINUTE,

BY THE GOVErnor.

W. H. ALEXANDER,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

1. Under instructions from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, His Excellency the Governor in pleased to direct that the following Rules respecting Pensions to the Public Servants of this Colony be published for general information.

2. Subject to the exceptions hereinafter contained all Public Servants holding Offices named in the Civil List Ordinance, or Offices described in the Annual Estimates as the Fixed Establishment of the Colony, and drawing Salaries of Thirty Pounds a Year and upwards shall be entitled to Pensions as follows:-

To any person who shall have served Ten Years and upwards and under Eleven Years an Annual Allowance of Fifteen-sixtieths of the Annual Salary of his Office.

For Eleven Years and under Twelve Years an Annual Allowance of Sixteen-sixtieths of such Salary.

And in like manner a further additiou to the Annual Allowance of One-sixtieth in respect of each additional Year of such Service until the completion of a period of Service of Thirty-five Years when the Annual Allowance of Forty-sixtieths may be granted, and no addition shall be made in respect of any Service beyond Thirty-five Years.

3. The Chief Justice,-provided he shall not have served in any other Office in the Colony, shall be entitled to a Pension after Seven Years' Service; at which time an Allowance of Three Years' additional Service shall be made to him; such Pension to increase at the rate of Two Years' Service for each additional Year he serves until an Allowance of Ten Years' Service