Sessional_Paper_1904 — Page 122

No. 1904

8

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSION FUND, FOR THE YEAR 1903.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government,

THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND, HONGKONG, 1st February, 1904.

SIR, We have the honour to submit the following report on the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund for the year 1903.

2. The amount to the credit of the Fund on the 31st December last was $163,162.46, including $8,496.77 for interest, as per statement appended.

3. The average monthly contributions amount now to about $2,100.

4. On the 31st December, 1902, the number of contributors on the books was 415, and on the 31st December, 1903, 435, of whom 178 are bachelors, 250 are married men, and 7 are widowers.

5. During the period under review 117 officers joined the Fund, 50 left and 6 died.

6. The total number of children on the books is 347.

7. There are in the list 21 pensioners, whose pensions aggregate $2,281.92

as follows:-

per annum,

Mrs. Beavin,

Moosdeen,

19

Moore,

Chan Tai,.....

.$ 14.45

03.67

239.85

54.85

12

29

Alarakia,

195.54

""

Chu Tsau,

81.62

·

12

Wong Yau Hiu,

5.12

Lo Lai Shi,.

113.26

??

Wildey,

247.63

Ho Yau Tsoi,

187.81

>>

Gutierrez,

230.19

""

Robertson,

163.73

Cheung Hon Shi,.

17.86

2)

Freire,

41.99

Duncan,

215.68

"}

"

Wong Fung Shi,........

99.40

Hood,

45.04

Leung Wong Shi,.

34.08

"}

Sun Au-Yung Shi,......

99.46

"

Ku Yui Kyau,

94.03

Miss Jalikar Madar,

30.91

$2,281.92

8. The causes of withdrawals are given as 44 resignations and 6 dismissals from Government Service, and the remarks in our special report apply to these.

9. Of the 6 subscribers who died, 3 were Chinese of the ages of 24, 27 and 57, respectively; as these men died in China no cause of death can be assigned.

10. One of the Europeans whose death was not reported till January, ought possibly not to appear in the accounts for 1903. He died in England and no cause

is known.