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HONGKONG.

No. 1906

2

REPORT ON THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS' PENSION FUND, FOR THE YEAR 1904.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS' FUND, HONGKONG, 28th January, 1905.

SIR, We have the honour to submit the following report on the Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund, for the year 1904.

The amount to the credit of the Fund on the 31st December last was $196,525.75, including $10,383.32 for interest, as per statement appended.

The average monthly contributions amount now to about $2,300.

On the 31st December, 1903, the number of contributors on the books was 435, and on the 31st December, 1904, 449, of whom 169 are bachelors, 269 are married men, and 11 are widowers.

During the year, 68 officers joined the Fund, 54 left, and 6 died.

The total number of children on the books is 369.

There are in the list 27 pensioners, whose pensions aggregate $3,238.83 per

as follows:

annum,

Mrs. Beavin,....

11

Moosdeen,

Moore,

Chan Tai,.

Alarakia,

95 Chu Tsan,

Wong Yan Lin,.......

$ 14.45

63.67

239.85

54.85

195.54

81.62

17

5.12

77

""

Chow Hung Shi's children,

23 26

Lo Lai Shi,

113.26

"}

Madar's daughter,

30.91

Wildey,

247.63

Ho Yow Tsoi,

187.51

77

Gutierrez,

236.19

"3

Robertson...

163.78

19

""

Cheung Hon Shi,

17.86

""

Freire,

41.99

Duncan,.

215.68

""

Hood,

45.04

Leung Wong Shi,..

34.08

"}

Sun Au Yung Shi,

99.46

}

Ku Yin Kyau,

94.03

22

Wong Fung Shi,

99.40

Dixon,

249.00

"}

Rocha,

181.02

}}

"

Gidley, Seymour, Ng So,.

213.80

243.36

46.47

$3,238.83