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WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS. [30 of 1890. ) 1337

37. Every pension shall commence from the day of the death ment
Commence
of
of the contributor, or mother, or step-mother whose death causes pension.
such pension to become payable ( upon proof of such death to ( ibid. 32.]
the satisfaction of the directors ) and shall accrue daily , and
shall be paid monthly by the Colonial Treasurer clear of any
deduction , until such pension shall cease to be payable. The
Colonial Treasurer may demand a receipt for each payment in
such form as the directors may determine, and such receipts
shall be exempt from stamp duty .
38. No pension to the family ofany one contributor, however Maximum
such pension may be allotted, shallexceed a gross}yearly total panico :
[Ibid. 34.]
of fifteen hundred dollars.

39. No pension shall be either increased or abated on the Climate.
ground that the person entitled to receive such pension resides [[Ibid.35. ]
in a climate more or less healthy than that of Hongkong.
40. All pensions, whether accruing or to accrue, shall be Pensions may
from time to time subject to re-adjustment according to the adjusted.
financial condition of the fund as determined according to the ( ibid .39.]
provisions of section 12. Such re-adjustment shall bemadeby
the directors and approved by the Governor in Council. Notice
thereof shall forth with be sent to all contributors and pensioners .
41. This ordinance shall come into operation on the 1st day Commence
ment of
of January, 1891, provided always that the abatement on the ordinance.
salaries of the officers mentioned in schedule A shall remain in
abeyance until the approval by the Secretary of State of an
increase to their salaries in 1890 of at least 14 per cent. shall
have been signified .