§ Wing-Commander Jamesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how-many applications to retire in order to make room for younger men have been received during the past five years from members over 40 years of age in the services administered by his Department?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreNo information is available in the Colonial Office as to the number of applications which may have been made to Colonial Governments by officers in the Colonial Service for permission to retire, or as to the reasons which may have prompted such applications. Retirement on pension is, of course, subject to the provisions of the local pensions law of the Colony in which the officer is serving.