§ Colonel YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether all officers in the Colonial service who have retired on pension subsequent to 1st January, 1920, are entitled to be pensioned under the new rates brought into force in that year?
§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYI am not quite clear to what new rates my hon. and gallant Friend refers. If he means the increased scales of salary introduced in Tropical Africa and certain other Colonies and Protectorates, the reply is that if the emoluments attached to a post are increased, an officer who enjoys the benefit of the increase would usually, under the local pension law, have his pension calculated on the increased rate.