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- Leeward Islands gazette
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- Supplement to the Leeward Islands gazette
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- Leeward Islands (West Indies)
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- [Antigua
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- Jan 13, 1955
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Law Leeward Islands (Federation) Montserrat
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- Two pages per frame.
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- Supplements, issued with some numbers, contain departmental reports, Meteorological registers, ordinances, statutory rules and orders, etc., of Antigua, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands.
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- Weekly
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- Published by Authority, <27th March, 1941>-28th June, 1956.
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- Open access via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
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- Some issues called "extraordinary."
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- Occasionally issued with "Supplement to the Leeward Islands gazette."
- General Note:
- Vol. 18, no. 10 (13th March 1890); title from caption (viewed July 10, 2023).
- General Note:
- Vol. 84, no. 30 (28th June, 1956) (viewed July 10, 2023).
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VOL
Bublished by Authoricy.
.ULXXXIT. THURSDAY, 13ta JANUARY, 1953.
No. 8.
Notices.
“BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS.
A PROCLAMATION.
ALEC LOVELACE,
Administrator.
WHitREAS by section 6 of the
Public Holidays Act, 1954 (No.
19/1954) it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor trom time to
time with the advice of the Executive
Council of a Presidency, to issue a
Proclamation appointing a special day
or part of a day to be reserved as a
public holiday in such Presidency:
AND WHEREAS the Governor,
with the advice of the Executive
Council of the Presidency of Antigua,
considers it expedient that Monday
the 14th day of February, 1955,
should be reserved and kept as a
Publie Holiday in the Presidency:
NOW, THEREFORE, I do, with
the advice of the Executive Council
of the said Presidency of Antigua,
in exercise of the powers conferred
by the said section of the said Act,
appoint Monday the 14th day of
February, 1955, a special day to be
reserved as a public holiday in the
said Presidency of Antigua.
AND all Her Majesty’s loving sub-
jects in the said Presidency and all
others whom it may concern are
hereby required to take due notice
hereof and to give their ready
obedience accordingly.
GIVEN at the Administrator's Office,
Antigua, this llth day of
January, 1955, in the third year
of Her Majesty’s reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
It is notified for general informa-
tion that His Excellency has issued
an instrument appointing Mr. O. M.
BROWNE as Registrar of the Supreme
Court of the Windward Islands and
Leeward Islands in the Antigua
Circuit with effect from the 8th
January, 1955.
The Secretariat,
Antigua.
10th January, 1955.
Ref. No. 13/00282.
s fo
It is hereby notified for general
information that the Governor, under
section 4 of the Law Library Ordi-
nance, 1910 (No. 12 of 1910), has
been pleased to appoint the following
as members of the Antigua Law
Library Comiittee for a period of
two years with effect from the 6th
November, 1954:—
Hon. R. H. LocKHART
Hon. 8. T. CHRISTIAN, O.B.E.,
BvA., LL.M.
J. ROWAN HENRY, Ksq.
Administrator's Office,
Antigua.
31st December, 1954.
Ref. No, A. 18/89.
It is notified for general informa-
tion that under the provisions of
section 6 of the Sugar Export Cess
Regulations, 1948, the Governor-in-
Council has appointed the following
to be members of the Rehabilitation
Fund Committee for a term of two
years with effect from the 18th
November, 1954:—
Agricultnral Superintendent
(Chairman)
F. H. 8S. WARNEFORD, Esq.
J. M. Watson, Esq.,
Hon. E. E. WILLIAMS
Roy MENDES, Esq.
Hon. J. R. A. Mc DonaLp.
Administrator’s Office,
Antigua.
10th January, 1955.
Ref. No. A. 9/41.
The Administrator of Antigua pur-
suant to the powers delegated to him
by the Governor has been pleased
under gection 9 of the Medical Act,
1937 to appoint Mr. O. M. BROWNE,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Antigua,
to be Registrar for the purposes of
the said Act, with effect from 8th
January, 1955.
Administrator's Office,
Antigua.
llih January, 1955.
AL 47/118.
a =
The Administrator of Antigua
records with regret the death, on the
Sth January, 1955, of Mrs. MAUDH
GorRDON, Certificated Elementary
School Head Teacher, Grade I, of the
Education Department.
Ref. No. A,E, 226.
ET | CSET POE PC
No. 3.
Appointments and transfers ete.,
in the public service, with effect from
the dates stated, are published for
general information :—
CLARKE, I’. A., Junior Clerk, Admin-
istration, Antigua, confirmed in
appointment. Ist January, 1955
CocHRANH, W. S., Junior Olerk,
Peasant Development Organisation,
confirmed in appointment.
31st December, 1954
HIitu, i, Certificated Elemcutary
School Head Teacher Grade II,
to be certificated Hlementary School
Head Teacher Grade I, Education
Department, Antigua.
10th January, 1955
JAMES, M., Petty Officer, Class III,
Antigua Administration to be Petty
Officer, Class II, Secretariat, in
place of R. PELLE.
16th December, 1954,
KENDALL, T., Junior Clerk, Admin-
istration, Antigua, confirmed in
appointment. Ist January, 1955
CONFIRMATION OF ORDINANCES.
No. 4.
The Secretary of State for the
Colonies has informed the Governor
that the power of disallowance will
not be exercised in respect of the un-
dermentioned Ordinances:—
Antigua.
No. 10 of 1953, ‘‘The Births and
Deaths (Registration) (Amendment)
Ordinance, 1953.â€
Montserrat.
No. 10 of 1954 “ The Cotton Export
Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 1954.â€
“tome
8 ; THE LEEWARD ISLANDS GAZETTE.
St. Kitits-Nevis-Anguilla.
No. 9 of 1954, “The Minerals
(Vesting) Ordinance, 1954â€.
No. 5. .
The Governor has been pleased this
day to assent to the undermentioned
Ordinances:—
Virgin Isiands.
No. 12 of 1954, “The Prison Ordi-
nance, 1954â€. Dec. 30
No. 13 of 1954, “‘ The Harbours and
Wharves Ordinance, 1954.â€
Dec. 30
No. 6.
The following Statutory Rule and
Order is circulated with this Gazette
and forms part thereof:—
General Government.
No. 3 of 1955, ‘*The Pensions
(Amendment) Regulations, 1955.â€
7 pp. Price 9 cents.
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED for
general information that all former
licences for plumbers issued by the
former Water Board and City Com-
missioners shall expire on the 31st
December, 1954. Application may -
be made to the Public Works
Department for a new licence which
will require the applicant to enter
into a Bond with one Surety for the
sum of Two Hundred and Forty
Dollars ($240.00) in accordance with
Regulation 11 (2) (3) of the Water-
courses and Waterworks Regulations,
1954 (S. R. & O. 1954, No. 23).
Administrator’s Office,
Antigua.
29th December, 1954.
RAINFALL FIGURES.
Central Experiment Station,
Antigua.
1951. 1952. 1953. 1954. 1955,
Jan. 8 32 4.39 «6.64 «041,86
TRADE MARKS OFFICE,
ANTIQUA, 29th December, 1954.
TRINIDAD LEASEHOLDS
LIMITED of Trinidad House, 29/30
Old Burlington Street, London, W. 1.
have applied for Registration of one
Trade Mark consisting of the follow-
ing:—
SUPEROL
in Class 47 that is to say:—motor
fuels, lubricating oils and lubricating
greases.
The Applicants claim that they
have not used the said ‘Trade Mark in
respect of the said goods before the
date of their said Application.
Any person may within three
months from the date of the first
appearance of this Advertisement in
the Leeward Islands Gazette, give
notice in duplicate at the Trade
Marks Office, Antigua, of opposition
to registration of the said Trade Mark.
A. R. MEADE,
Ag. Registrar of Trade Marks.
(Regulation 12 (1) )
Town and Country Ordinance,
1948.
VILLA AREA (TOWN EXTEN-
SION) SCHEME.
Notice is hereby given that on the
21st day of December, 1954, approval
was givento the above-named scheme
by the Governor in-Council.
A certified copy of the Scheme as
approved and of the map therein
referred to has been deposited at
the office of the Central Housing and
Planning Authority, High Street, St.
John’s, Antigua and will be open for
inspection withont payment of fee
between the hours of 10 am. and
2 p.m. daily (except on Saturdays
when the hours will be 10 a.m. to
11.30 a.m.
Dated the 6th day of January, 1955.
P. R. A. PIPER,
Secretary & Executive Officer
Central Authority.
Ref. No. A. 65/7.
ANTIGUA,
, 13 January,
JAPANESE GOODS
It.is hereby notified that quotas
will be issued for the importation of
Japanese goods during the year 1955.
All licenses for 1954 will be cancelled
on 3lst December, 1954, and goods
arriving after this date will require
new licenses which will be entered
against the 1955 quotas. Written
applications for quotas for textiles
and other goods should be forwarded
to the Supply Officer not later, than
the 15th January, 1955.
W.TI. Liberalization Plan (Token
Import Scheme) All licenses under
this plan will be issued for a period
of six months only. The Canadian
part of the plan will function as
formerly, vouchers being issued by
the Canadian Department of ‘Trade
and Commerce. Allocations of cur-
rency under the American part of the
plan will be made by the Supply
Officer and applications for licenses
against allocations should be made
by merchants from time to time ag
required. Merchants and Importers
who wish to obtain allocations should
subinit written applications (sof appli-
cations for licenses) together with
Importers Licences granted by the
Chief Accountant not later than the
10th January, 1955.
C. McA. STEVENS,
Collector of Cusioms
& Supply Officer.
29th December, 1054.
REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
Sr. IKITTs,
6TH JANUARY, 1955.
In accordance with section 22 of
the Unrepresented Estates Act (Hed.
Acts of the Leeward Islands, Cap. 23)
I will sell by public auction at the
Registrar’s Office at 2 o’clock in the
afternoon on Thursday the 10th
February, 1955 sundry articles of
honsehold goods and shoemakers tools
being the personal property belong-
ing to the estate of GEORGE HAMIL-
TON WEEKES, deceased, late of
Basseterre.
H. 8S. L. MoOsgiy,
Administrator of Estates,
Ref. No. 36/00004.
Printed at the Government Printing Office, Leeward Islunds, by E, M. BLACKMAN,
Government Printer.—By Authority.
1955,
[Price 25 cents including Supplement.]
Supplement to the Leeward Islands Gazette
Of Thursday, the 13th of January, 1955.
ADDRESS by His Excellency the Governor
to the eneral Legislative Council—5th
January, 1955.
Honourable Members of the General Legislative Couneil.
The past few weeks have seen the announcement of three
major developments—further constitutional advance in Antigua
and St. Kitts-Nevis and Anguilla; the ‘de-federation †of the
Leeward Islands; and one further step towards the Federation
of the British West Indies as a result of resolutions in several
West Indian legislatures. These developments are of course
closely linked with one another. As was stated in the
Report of the British Caribbean Standing Closer Association
Committee of 19:9, “the main underlying purpose of our task
is to seek the shortest path towards a real political independence
for the British peoples of the region, within the framework of
the British Commonwealth—what is meant in fact by
‘Dominion Status’â€â€™. Under the form of British West Indian
Federation which is proposed, the Unit Legislatures will
retain considerable powers; and it is obvious that steps should
be taken as far as is practicable to ensure that the Unit
Governments step forward with the proposed Federal Govern-
ment on the last steps of the path to this political independence.
And so the announcement of constitutional reform in Antigua
and in St. Kitts-Nevis and Anguilla comes at an appropriate
time.
The ‘‘de-federation†of the Leeward Islands is also
closely linked with British Caribbean Federation. We do not
want, and indeed we could not support in man-power or in
money, 2 triple tiered form of constitution—with Presidential
Legislatures, a Federal Legislature for the Leeward Islands,
and a Federal Legislature for the British Caribbean. If, as we
now all hope, British Caribbean Federation is to become
a reality in the near future, it is obvious that the Federal
Government of the Leeward Islands must vanish.
Might I add here that I deeply regret that the Presidential
Governments have not been consulted in advance in regard to
the new method of apportionment of the Federal or central
services’ contribution? It was not until a few days before
Christmas that I was informed of the views of Her Majesty’s
(sovernment on this subject. As the new method of contribu-
tion was linked with the ‘ de-federationâ€â€™ proposals, and as it
was obviously desirable to announce the ‘‘de-federationâ€â€™ of
the Leeward Islands without delay, the new method of
apportionment had to be announced in what was, I am afraid, -
a somewhat arbitrary manner.
May I now say a few words about two of these proposed
changes ?
I hope that the proposed constitutional changes will find
general acceptance. I do not suppose that everyone will be
pleased or satisfied. But I think that many will agree that the
work done by the Chairman of Committees in Antigua and
by the Members in St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla has warranted the
introduction of a ministerial system of government so that the
representatives of the electorate should be responsible, through
the Executive Council, to the public for policy decisions
affecting their Presidencies. It is true that the proposals do
not exactly follow the form adopted in some other places
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which are on the threshold of political independence. But
this is not because the people of Antigua and St. Kitts are in
any way politically oe the peoples of ease territories.
We know that this i are
proud of it. It is ae because we must all move most
carefully in setting up the constituiional pattern for the future
lest we overburden our islands with a panoply of government
that they will not ke able to afford. It will take time—and
it will need trial and experiment—before you can be sure of
the most efficient and the most economical form of government
for islands which are too small in area to be able to follow
automatically the constitutional pattern of the United Kingdom
or other larger countries. We must remember that, apart
from the George Cross Island of Malta, the Presidencies of
Antigua and St. Kitts-Nevis und Anguilla are the smallest
units in the Commonwealth to progress so far along the road
to political independence within the Commonwealth, and in
terms of population they are by far the smallest units to reach
this stage.
And now a word about the ‘de-federationâ€â€™ of the
Leeward Islands. Historically, I deeply regret having been
concerned in the abolition of a Federation and of a Legislature
which have been in existence since 1871. But on ‘practical
grounds I personally have no regrets. Constitutional advance
in each of the Presidencies has naturally accentuated the basic
differences of eae) and outlook between the Presidencies;
and we find today that this Council experiences increasing
difficulty in legislating for the Colony asa whole, since the
Presidencies often have sound local reasons which call for
separate and not for a uniform approach to legislation.
We have experienced, as a foretaste of British Caribbean
Federation, the greatest difficulty in convening meetings of
this Council and of the Federal [xecutive Council, since so
many members of both bodies are also serving on regional
bodies for the British Caribbean asa whole. These practical
difficulties will increase as the concept of British West Indian
unity grows and prospers. And lastly, we have taken during
the “past four yeare all possible legislative and administrative
steps towards ‘“de-defederationâ€â€™; we have abolished «a large
number of Federal posts; we have transferred from the
Federal to the Presidential budgets many items of expenditure
which should properly be met Presidentially; and we have
together taken steps to enable the Presidential Legislatures
instead of this Council to enact legislation on a number of
important matters, such as education and prisons. I think
that [ can fairly say that there has a no decrease in
efficiency as a result of the action which has already been taken.
And so [ foresee nothing but good emerging from the
abolition of the Federation. To the man in the street the
changes will be small. The Presidencies will become separate
Colonies. The Federal Executive Council and the General
Legislative Council will vanish. There will be no Federal
budget as such, and there will be some saving in expenditure,
though it is impossible to estimate the amount accurately
since some Presidential Administrations may have to strengthen
their staffs in order to deal with the increased volume of work
which will fall upon them.
But certain common services will remain for the present—
and will have to be financed by the four new Colonies on the
new basis which is to come into force this year. These
common services will remain at least until we can see the
precise pattern of the proposed British Caribbean Federation.
The Leeward Islands will still have a Governor for the four
Colonies, assisted as elsewhere by a Chief Secretary and an
Economic a 1 Financia) Adviser. There will still be one
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Principal Auditor for the group. There will still be a single
Leeward Islands Police Force to facilitate transfers of personnel,
to provide skilled direction, and to enable the needs of the
smaller Presideucies to be met. And there will still be provi-
sion for legal advice—and for legal drafting in the case of the
British Virgin Islands.
T do not think, therefore, that Montserrat and the British
Virgin Islands need have any cause to fear that they will not
receive the same assistance from the centre as they have
received in the past. Indeed it is essential for all four Presi-
dencies that these common services should remain if their own
Administrations are not to be swamped with far more work
than they can carry. Ido not think that the public in the
Presidencies always realise the considerable amount of help
which the Presidential Governments receive unobstrusively
from federal officers—work which just could not be performed
by Presidential Administrations without major increases in staff.
I personally believe that the new system will be found to
promoie greater economy and, greater efficiency as well as
being a logical—and indeed an inevitable—change in the light
of present conditions. As is stated in the Press Release, it
will take a little time to pass the necessary legislation which
will give effect to the change, particularly as an Act of the
Imperial Pxrliament is required; but we have already prepared
and sent ti London a list of the legislative steps which are
needed; and I can assure you that action will be taken as
speedily as possible.
Injthe meantime this Counci] and the Federal Government
must continue to perform their functions. Thus, this Council
has before it to-day an exceptionally heavy agenda of legisla-
tion. But this legislation can be considered in the knowledge
that its enactment will not be a waste of time, since the
Federal Acts passed by this Council will automatically be
applied to the Presidencies when “ de-federation †takes place.
So the work done by this Council will save work which would
otherwise have to be performed later on in the separate territorial
Legislatures.
May T now turn for a moment to some of the major
events of the past year? I do not propose to give a full
account of the progress made in each Presidency. You will
doubtless be given a detailed survey at the budget sessions of
your Presidential Legislatures.
In general I feel it right to say that, although a vast
amount of work still remains undone, I personally have been
greatly heartened by the progress made throughout the Colony
during the past year.
In the development field we have seen the opening of the
first motor road in the British Virgin Islands, and the first
airfield in Montserrat. We have seen new water supplies in
Antigua, Nevis and Anguilla. We have seen extensive public
health programmes carried out, particularly in St. Kitts. We
have seen the fine new school at Gingerland in Nevis, and the
massive Police Station at Basseterre in St. Kitts. We have seen
further wonderful progress made by the Housing Authorities in
Antigua and St. Kitts. We have seen the birth of the Peasant
Development Organisation in Antigua—an organisation which,
if it operates successfully, will be of major importance to the
economy of the Island. We have seen livestock development
going aheal in the British Virgin Islands, in Montserrat, in
Antigua, in Nevis, and in Anguilla. We have seen a greater
realisation that part of the wealth of these islands lies in the
waters around them—in the exploitation of our fisheries. We
have scen—and in many cases we have already benefitted from—
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a continuance of the hard and skilful work of our Geologist,
whose reports and advice on our water supply problems have
been invaluable.
On the debit side, all of the Islands have suffered to a
greater or lesser degree from drought which has brought much
hardship and suffering in its wake. And we still have many
pressing needs which are as yet not met, though some of them
are now receiving active attention—the ‘‘ Beasley’? Report on
the Montserrat Cotton Industry, the “ Frampton’ Report on
Nevis, the Educational Centre in St..Kitts, the electricity
supplies for Plymouth and Road Town, the St. John’s Mixed
School and the St. John’s Health Centre in Antigua,
All in all, I think that we can say that the past year
has been one of progress throughout the Colony, though we
still have a long way to go in our drive to raise the economies
of these Islands and to improve the living conditions of their
peoples.
[t is the fervent hope of us all that the tempo of develop-
ment will be maintained in 1955 and the coming years. But
this tempo can only be maintained if we can ve assured of three
things—of money, of co-operation between the Adininisrration
and the representatives of the electorate, and of goodwill and
hard work by the Civil Service.
We are hopeful that the new Development and Welfare
Act to be introduced into Parliament in the near future will
provide the money—or a part of the mioney—to enable us to
continue the many and vreat works financed by Her Majesty’s
Government under the Acts of 1940 and 19-46.
We have seen in at least three Presidencies the steady
development of co-operation between the Administration and
the ‘“ Members †or “Chairmen of Committees â€â€”co-op ration
which in my view has been the major factor in speeding up the
tempo of development in every field. [It has not been easy to
build up this co-operation between the elected members on the
one hand, coming to a strange and new task, and the senior
government officers on the other, facing a startling change in
their position as a result of constitutional development. But I
am indeed happy to have seen how all of them have faced up
to the difficulties and have worked on the whole with such
accord and with so little friction. I hope that this co operation
will continue and grow even stronger under the Ministerial
systems in Antigua and St. Kitts. I hope that we shall see
this co-operation develop in Montserrat after the elections in
March. And I hope that the ‘‘ Members â€â€™ in the British Virgin
Islands will continue the good work started by the Chairmen of
Committees under their old Council.
Tam sure that I am right in saying that the operation of
the “* Membership †and the ‘ Committee †systems has brought
with it a greater realisation of the vital need for an adequate, an
efficient and a contented Civil Service. Although we have
certninly not yet reached the point where those three adjectives
can be applied, to the full, [ hope that you—the Members of
this Honourable Council—and many civil servants will agree
that some progress has been made. A revision of salaries has
taken pluce and, although it would be idle to pretend that the
salaries satisfy all civil servants or that we can obtain all the
specialists we require for the salaries which we offer, at least
a proper structure of salaries has been established and many
anomalies removed. Four days ago—for the first time in the
history of this Colony —a code of General Orders was introduced
which will enable every civil servant to know and understand
exactly what obligations and privileges are his. In Antigua in
particular, there has been an extenaive overhaul of the structure
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and frnections of government departments which will, we hope,
make for greater efficiency and greater service to the public.
The offices of all the Presidential Administrations have been
overhauled, and [ hope and believe that the public are now
receiving slightly quicker replies to their letters than was always
the case. Large numbers of officers have been sent on training
courses in the United Kingdom, in Canada and in other West
Tndian territories; and, although [ ain sorry to detect at times a
tendency to seek a training course in order to get a holiday
overseas at government expense, a considerable number of civil
servants have obviously derived much benefit from this training
and are able to serve the public better.
A start bas been made. But we have still a long way to
go before it can be said that our Civil Service here has reached
the level of efficiency which we and they would like. After
all—-for the vast majority of the civil servants in this Colony—
progress and development are of personal concern to them
as people of the Colony. And-so I hope that we shall see,
particularly under the coming Ministerial system, on the one
hand a sympathetic and co-operative approach to civil servants
from the Ministers, and on the other a still greater drive by
civil servants to improve their standards, to co-operate with the
Ministers or “* Members’, and to work with a will, remembering
that they are working for their country and not only for
themselves.
And s0 I feel that there are grounds for optimism for the
future. We should have the money for further development;
we should without difficulty be able to develop and expand
the co-operation which has been built up between the elected
members and the Administrations; and, if we continue to do all
in our power to improve the machinery of government and to
assist the Civil Service with its problems, we should be assured
that we shall go forward together—with each person, be he
politician or civil servant, working for the good of his country.
In a very short time from now we will receive added
impetus from the visit of Her Royal Highness The Princess
Margaret. It is indeed disappointing that she is unable to visit
all of our islands, but time did not permit. And go it rests with
Antigua and St. Kitts to show—as I know they will do— what
a wonderful welcome can be given to the sister of our Queen.
With this impetus, and with the urge for progress which
animates these Islands, | feel that I can with confidence say that
the coming year will bring further progress to the Leeward
Islands, and I wish you all in your separate territories the best
of good fortune in 1955.
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REPLY of the Unofficial Members of the General Legislative Council to the
Address of His Excellency the Governor delivered at the Budget
Session of the Council held on the 5th January, 1955.
Your Excellency,
We, the unofficial Members of the General Legislative Council, welcome the recent announce-
ments made with respect to constitutional reform in Antigua and St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla and defedera-
tion of the Leeward Islands Colony.
In respect to constitutional reform, it is 1 matter for concern that the proposals make no
definite provision for encouragement and promotion of the party system of government which has been
recognised as the foundation of the British Parliamentary system, and express the hope that active steps
will be taken to correct this deficiency.
We hope that in the not too distant future it will be possible to introduce similar reform in the
‘other two Presidencies of the colony.
In s0 far as defederation is concerned, we welcome the move as a ineans of facilitating entry
of these territories as constituent units into the greater federation of the British West Indies. We are
gratified that the London plan for British Caribbean Federation has found general acceptance in the
Legislatures of the area, and express the hope that during 1955 we shall see culmination of the years of
effort in this direction. We also hope that satisfactory arrangements will be found for the political and
economic future of the Virgin Islands.
We are grateful for your announcement that proper steps will be taken to provide essential
services for Montserrat and the Virgin Islands after defederation.
We join with Your Excellency in recording appreciation of the development programme in the
various presidencies with respect to water supplies, public he:lth, school building programme, roads,
electricity, livestock, fisheries and peasant’ development, and hope that this programme will be
accelerated during the present year.
We share Your Excellency’s hope that the new Development and Welfare Act to be introduced
into Parliament in the near future will provide the monies to finance the capital works that are so
essential to our development.
We welcome the Frampton Report in regard to Nevis and hope that Government will not
be slow to implement the recommendations contained therein, seeing that they are aimed at helping to
lift that island out of its economic stagnation.
The Beasley Report in respect to Montserrat is one which we hope will give impetus to the
urge for development in that island which stands sorely in need of something to relieve its pressing
economic and other ills.
We take this opportunity to draw attention to the growing tendency for the reduction in the
price of sugar and trust that this Government will pay its full part in any representation which
might be required to ensure that the economic position of these islands is not adversely affected.
In so far as air communications are concerned, we do hope that early steps will be taken to
ensure extension of scheduled air services to Nevis, Anguilla and the Virgin [slands, development of a
proper airfield in Montserrat and also implementation of the recommendations made by an expert in
1952 to improve the airstrip at St. Kitts for the purpose of handling increased traffic and taking larger
aircraft.
We look forward with pride to the visit of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret, secure
in the knowledge that the visit will go far towards strengthening the ties that bind us to the Royal
family. The links that bind the peoples of these islands to the Commonwealth will be greatly reinforced
by this gracious visit and we are sure that the whole hearted co-operation of our pcople will ensure for
Her Royal Highness a very warm welcome.
ANTIGUA.
Printed at the Government Printing Office, Leeward Islands, by FE. M, BLAGKMAN,
Government Printer.—By Authority,
1955.
LEEWARD ISLANDS.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
——
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDEKS.
1955, No. 3.
Tue Pensions (AMENDMENT) RecuLations, 1954, Daryp DECEMBER
18, 1954, MADE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL WITH THE SANCTION
OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION
(2) oF secTION 3 oF THE PENsIons Act, 1947 (No. 12/1947).
1. Crratron. ‘These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions
(Amendment) Regulations, 1955, and shall be read as one with the
Pensions Regulations, 1947, contained in the First Schedule to the
‘Pensions Act, 1947, as amended, hereinafter called the Principal
Regulations.
2. SuBsTiruTion or ReeuiaTioN 6 oF THE PRtNcipaL ReGu-
LATIONS. The following regulation shall be substituted for regulation
6 of the Principal Regulations:—
“6, MarriaGe Gratuities. Wherea female officer having
held a pensionable office in the Colony for not less than five
years and having been confirmed in the pensionable office, retires
from the service of the Colony either—
(a) because of her intention to marry (which intention
shall be notified to the Governor at the time of retirement)
and marries within three months of her retirement; or
(6) within six months after her marriage,
and is not eligible for the grant of any pension or otherwise
eligible for gratuity under this Part of these Regulations, she
may be granted on production of satisfactory evidence of her
marriage, a gratuity not exceeding one-twelfth of a month’s
‘pensionable emoluments for each completed month of pensionable
service in the Colony or one year’s pensionable emoluments
whichever shall be the less.â€â€™.
3. AMENDMENT oF ReEcuLATION 9 (3) (6) or THE PRINCIPAL
Recurations. Sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph (3) of regulation 9
of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the deletion of the
words “one half only of any†in the first and second lines and the
words ‘‘one half only of†in the fourth and fifth lines thereof,
2
4, AMENDMENT OF Rre@uLaTiIon 19 oF THE PRINCTPAL REGULA-
tions. Regulation 19 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended
as follows:—
(a) by the deletion of the words “ one half of†in ties.
(1) thereof; and
(b) by the substitution of the word “Governor†for the
words “Governor in Council†in paragraph (1) and paragraph
(3) (a) thereof.
5. Supstirvrion or Rre@urations 23 anp 24 or THE PRINCIPAL
Reautations. The following regulations shall be substituted for
regulations 23 and 24 of the Principal Regulations:—
‘“©23. Orricers INJurED or Contractina DisrasEs IN THE
DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES. (1) This Regulation shall apply
to an officer who while in the service of the Colony either—
(a) is permanently injured in the actual discharge of
his duty by some injury specifically attributable to the
nature of his duty which is not wholly or mainly due to,
or seriously ag ggravated by, his own serious and culpable
negligence or misconduct; or
(4) contracts a disease to which he is _ specifically
exposed by the nature of his duty, not being a disease
wholly or mainly due to, or seriously aggravated by, his own
serious and culpable negligence or misconduct.
(2) In this regulation, unless the contrary intention appears,
references to an officer being injured and to the date on which an
injury is sustained shall respectively be construed as including
references to him contracting such a disease as is mentioned in
paragraph (1) of this regulation and to the date on which such
disease is contracted.
8) Where an officer to whom this regulation applies is
$ pp
holding a pensionable office in which he has been confirmed: —
(a) he may, if his retirement is necessitated or
materially accelerated by his injury and he has been in the
public service for less than ten years, be granted, in /iew of
any gratuity under regulation 5 or regulation 12 of these
regulations, a pension under regulations 4, 9, 10 or 11, as
the case may be, as if the words “for ten years or more â€
were omitted from the said regulation 4;
(b) he may be granted on retirement: an additional
pension, at the annual rate of the proportion of his actual
pensionable emolunients at the date of his injury appropri-
ate to his ease ns shown in the following tab
When hi
support: is:—
slightly impaired—tive sixtioths
impaired —ton sixtieth
materially impaiced—fifteen sixticths;
totally “destroyed —twenty sixtieths:
capneity to contribute to his own
Provided that the amount of the additional pension
he reduced to such an extent as the Governor shall
think reasonable where the injury is not the eause or the
sole cause of retirement
(4) (a) Where an officer to whom this regulation applies is
not holding a pensionable office, or is holding a pensionable
office in whieh he has uot been confirmed, he may be granted on
retirement a pension of the same qniount as the additional
pponsion which might be granted to der paragraph. (3) of
this rezulation if his office were a pensionable office and he b
heen confirmed therein.
) ‘The provisions of regulation 24 shall not apply to
pension granted tinder this paragrapl
(5) (a) Tf, for the purpose of assessing: the amount of any
aulditional pension or pension to be granted nnder sib-parapraph
(4) of paragraph (3) or under paragraph (1) of this regulation to
any officer to whom this regulation applies, tho degree of
permanent impairment of his capacity to contribute to his
Support is in doubt, he may be granted a provisional award to
have effect until stich time as the degree of permanent impair-
ment can be determined,
(8) The provisions of regulation 24 shall not apply to
an award made inder this paragraph:
(6) If au officer proceeding by a route approved by the
Governor to or from the Colony, or from one Island in the Colony
to another, at the commencemient or termination of his serview in
the Colony, or of » period of leave therefrom. is permanently
injured as the result of damage to the vessel, aireralt or vehicle
in which he is travelling, and the Governor is satisfied that such
damage or act is attributable to eireumstanees arising out of any
war in which Her Majesty way be engaged, such officer shall be
. .
deemed for tho purpose of this raglation to have een injured in
the circumstances described in paragraph: (1) of this regulation,
(7) An officer who is permanently injured w
by air in. pursuance of official instruction ¢ injury
not wholly or mainly due to, or seriously aggravated hy, his awn
and euipable negligence or misconduet, shall be deemed
for the purposes of this regulation to have been injured in the
ircumstances deseribed in paragraph (1) of this regulatis
Provided that in siteh w ease the rates of pension prescribed
in paragraph (3) of this regulation shall he seven and a half
sixticths, fifteon sixtieths, twenty-two and a half sixtieths and
thirty sixtieths respectively.
(8) Neither sub-paragraph (J) of paragraph (8) nor para
graph (4) of this regulation shall apply in the ease of an officer
selected for appointment: to the service of the Colony on or after
the coming into force of the Act who, in consequence of his
injury, is entitled to compensation cinder Workmen's
Compensation Act or any Act amending or replacing that Act.
(0) Neither paragraph (3) nor paragraph (4) of this
regulation sholl apply in the ease of an officer iho in consequence
of his injury ig entifled under the Colonial Superannuation
Scheme to benefits corresponding. to the benefits granted under
(10) (a) Where the Goes
been oF will be recovered by an of ‘
‘or pension may be grant
ph (8) oF under paragraph (4) of
nor may take those dam to
h ‘suditional pension or pension in such
withhold
nnor is satistied that damages have
ser in respeet of an injury for
i under,
account against su
manner and fo such extent ashe may think fit and
or reduce the aulditional pension or pension aecordinzly.
(0) For the purpose of this paragraph an officer shall be
deemed to recover damaxes whether they are paid in
pursuance of x judgment or onder of the Court or by way of
Settlement or compromise of his clain and whether oF not
proceedings are instituted to enforce that claim.
24, Garvey axb Renceen Pxsstos. (1) Any officer
to whom a pension is granted under the Act may, at his option
exerciseable is in this regulation provider, he paid in few of such
pension a pension at the rate of three fourtls of such pension
together with a gratuity equal to twelve and a half times the
ramount of the reduet‘on so made in the pension:
Provided that in the application of this rewulation to eases
where the limitetion, preserihed by subsection (2) of section 9 of
the Act operates, the words “auch pension†shall mean the
aunount of pension which the officer might have drawn from the
funds of the Colony if he bad not exercised his option under this
regulation.
(2) The option referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation
shill be exereiseable not later than the day immediately preceeding
the date of such officer's retirement:
Provided that the Governor may, if it nppears to him im all
the cireumstanees equitable s0 to do, allow him to excreise the
option at any time between the date of his retirement and the date
of award of pension under the Act.
(8) If an officer has exercised the option his decision shall
be irrevocable after the date of his retirement.
(4) Itan officer who has not exercised the option ies after
the date of retirement but before a pension has been awarded under
the Act, it shall be lawful for the Governor to grant « gratuity and &
reduced pension as provided in paragraph (1) of this regulation,
as if the officer hal exercised the option before his death,
(5) The date of the exereise of the option by an officer shall
be deemed t0 be the date of the receipt of his written notification
addressed either to the Colonial Sceretary in the Colony or to. the
Crown Agents for Oversea Governments sind Administrations, or, in
the case of un officer whose service has been wholly under 0
Government of a Presidency, t
of that Presideney.
6. Awesutenr oF RecoLatios 25 or Tug Priyctat Reavna-
sioxs, Regulation £5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended
ss follows
(a) by. the substitutiom of the following paragraph for
paragraph (1) thereof:
(1) An officer holding # now-pensionable office who is not
cligible for pension (other than a pension under regulation 23)
for otherwise sligible for yratnity from the funds of the
Colony may if he his teen in the public service for not less
UUhun seven yeurs and retired from the service in one of the
cases mentioned iu section 6 of the Actother than that mentioned
in paragraph (g) thereof may be granted if the Governor
thinks fit, « compassionate gratuity not exceeding one pound
or one week's pay, whichever is the greater, for each year of
his service in. the Colony which would be pensionable service
if he were eligible for pension uncer these Regula:
(6) by the substitarion of the word “Governor†for the
words“ Governor in Council †in paragraph (2) thereof
ATION 28 oF Tux Prixerpan Reavis:
nenvied
7. AMENDwENT ov Rev
ross, Regulation 28 of the Priveipal Regulations is hereby
nis follows:—
(a) by re-nuinbering the regulation as “28 (1)â€, and
(A) by the addition of the following as paragraph (2)
thereof —
“ (2) Ths power vert in the Governor in Cowell by
paragraph (1). of this regulation may, in the case of a
able office which is wholly under the Government
sidency, be exercised by the officer for the time bein
istering the Government of that Presideney with the
udviee of the Executive Couneil of sucit Presideney
8, Minor Awexpanvts to THe Paiscrrar Ruguiations. TI
idimwnts specified in the sevond column of the Schedule to these
ments to the Principal Regulations,
1s of those regulations specified in the
Regulations, being mivor an
shall he made in the provisi
first column of that Schedule,
Ravocatiox. The Pensions (Amendment No, 8) Regulations
(8. B&O, 1949 No, 86) aud the Pensions (Amendment)
Regulations, 1952 (8. R. & 0. 1952 No. 26) are hereby revoked,
Made by the Governor in Council this 18th day of December,
1954.
A. 1, Prss,
Cler’ of the Council
Laid before the General Legislative Council this Sth day of
January, 1955. ones
Clerk of the Council.
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SOHEDULE, ReneLamos 1.
Regulations Amindnente,
For, the words “Governor in
Count†there ball be substituted
the word “'Guecraor™.
For a
word“ empolyed ™
here hall he substituted the Ward
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.ULXXXIT. THURSDAY, 13ta JANUARY, 1953.
No. 8.
Notices.
“BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS.
A PROCLAMATION.
ALEC LOVELACE,
Administrator.
WHitREAS by section 6 of the
Public Holidays Act, 1954 (No.
19/1954) it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor trom time to
time with the advice of the Executive
Council of a Presidency, to issue a
Proclamation appointing a special day
or part of a day to be reserved as a
public holiday in such Presidency:
AND WHEREAS the Governor,
with the advice of the Executive
Council of the Presidency of Antigua,
considers it expedient that Monday
the 14th day of February, 1955,
should be reserved and kept as a
Publie Holiday in the Presidency:
NOW, THEREFORE, I do, with
the advice of the Executive Council
of the said Presidency of Antigua,
in exercise of the powers conferred
by the said section of the said Act,
appoint Monday the 14th day of
February, 1955, a special day to be
reserved as a public holiday in the
said Presidency of Antigua.
AND all Her Majesty’s loving sub-
jects in the said Presidency and all
others whom it may concern are
hereby required to take due notice
hereof and to give their ready
obedience accordingly.
GIVEN at the Administrator's Office,
Antigua, this llth day of
January, 1955, in the third year
of Her Majesty’s reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
It is notified for general informa-
tion that His Excellency has issued
an instrument appointing Mr. O. M.
BROWNE as Registrar of the Supreme
Court of the Windward Islands and
Leeward Islands in the Antigua
Circuit with effect from the 8th
January, 1955.
The Secretariat,
Antigua.
10th January, 1955.
Ref. No. 13/00282.
s fo
It is hereby notified for general
information that the Governor, under
section 4 of the Law Library Ordi-
nance, 1910 (No. 12 of 1910), has
been pleased to appoint the following
as members of the Antigua Law
Library Comiittee for a period of
two years with effect from the 6th
November, 1954:—
Hon. R. H. LocKHART
Hon. 8. T. CHRISTIAN, O.B.E.,
BvA., LL.M.
J. ROWAN HENRY, Ksq.
Administrator's Office,
Antigua.
31st December, 1954.
Ref. No, A. 18/89.
It is notified for general informa-
tion that under the provisions of
section 6 of the Sugar Export Cess
Regulations, 1948, the Governor-in-
Council has appointed the following
to be members of the Rehabilitation
Fund Committee for a term of two
years with effect from the 18th
November, 1954:—
Agricultnral Superintendent
(Chairman)
F. H. 8S. WARNEFORD, Esq.
J. M. Watson, Esq.,
Hon. E. E. WILLIAMS
Roy MENDES, Esq.
Hon. J. R. A. Mc DonaLp.
Administrator’s Office,
Antigua.
10th January, 1955.
Ref. No. A. 9/41.
The Administrator of Antigua pur-
suant to the powers delegated to him
by the Governor has been pleased
under gection 9 of the Medical Act,
1937 to appoint Mr. O. M. BROWNE,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Antigua,
to be Registrar for the purposes of
the said Act, with effect from 8th
January, 1955.
Administrator's Office,
Antigua.
llih January, 1955.
AL 47/118.
a =
The Administrator of Antigua
records with regret the death, on the
Sth January, 1955, of Mrs. MAUDH
GorRDON, Certificated Elementary
School Head Teacher, Grade I, of the
Education Department.
Ref. No. A,E, 226.
ET | CSET POE PC
No. 3.
Appointments and transfers ete.,
in the public service, with effect from
the dates stated, are published for
general information :—
CLARKE, I’. A., Junior Clerk, Admin-
istration, Antigua, confirmed in
appointment. Ist January, 1955
CocHRANH, W. S., Junior Olerk,
Peasant Development Organisation,
confirmed in appointment.
31st December, 1954
HIitu, i, Certificated Elemcutary
School Head Teacher Grade II,
to be certificated Hlementary School
Head Teacher Grade I, Education
Department, Antigua.
10th January, 1955
JAMES, M., Petty Officer, Class III,
Antigua Administration to be Petty
Officer, Class II, Secretariat, in
place of R. PELLE.
16th December, 1954,
KENDALL, T., Junior Clerk, Admin-
istration, Antigua, confirmed in
appointment. Ist January, 1955
CONFIRMATION OF ORDINANCES.
No. 4.
The Secretary of State for the
Colonies has informed the Governor
that the power of disallowance will
not be exercised in respect of the un-
dermentioned Ordinances:—
Antigua.
No. 10 of 1953, ‘‘The Births and
Deaths (Registration) (Amendment)
Ordinance, 1953.â€
Montserrat.
No. 10 of 1954 “ The Cotton Export
Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 1954.â€
“tome
8 ; THE LEEWARD ISLANDS GAZETTE.
St. Kitits-Nevis-Anguilla.
No. 9 of 1954, “The Minerals
(Vesting) Ordinance, 1954â€.
No. 5. .
The Governor has been pleased this
day to assent to the undermentioned
Ordinances:—
Virgin Isiands.
No. 12 of 1954, “The Prison Ordi-
nance, 1954â€. Dec. 30
No. 13 of 1954, “‘ The Harbours and
Wharves Ordinance, 1954.â€
Dec. 30
No. 6.
The following Statutory Rule and
Order is circulated with this Gazette
and forms part thereof:—
General Government.
No. 3 of 1955, ‘*The Pensions
(Amendment) Regulations, 1955.â€
7 pp. Price 9 cents.
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED for
general information that all former
licences for plumbers issued by the
former Water Board and City Com-
missioners shall expire on the 31st
December, 1954. Application may -
be made to the Public Works
Department for a new licence which
will require the applicant to enter
into a Bond with one Surety for the
sum of Two Hundred and Forty
Dollars ($240.00) in accordance with
Regulation 11 (2) (3) of the Water-
courses and Waterworks Regulations,
1954 (S. R. & O. 1954, No. 23).
Administrator’s Office,
Antigua.
29th December, 1954.
RAINFALL FIGURES.
Central Experiment Station,
Antigua.
1951. 1952. 1953. 1954. 1955,
Jan. 8 32 4.39 «6.64 «041,86
TRADE MARKS OFFICE,
ANTIQUA, 29th December, 1954.
TRINIDAD LEASEHOLDS
LIMITED of Trinidad House, 29/30
Old Burlington Street, London, W. 1.
have applied for Registration of one
Trade Mark consisting of the follow-
ing:—
SUPEROL
in Class 47 that is to say:—motor
fuels, lubricating oils and lubricating
greases.
The Applicants claim that they
have not used the said ‘Trade Mark in
respect of the said goods before the
date of their said Application.
Any person may within three
months from the date of the first
appearance of this Advertisement in
the Leeward Islands Gazette, give
notice in duplicate at the Trade
Marks Office, Antigua, of opposition
to registration of the said Trade Mark.
A. R. MEADE,
Ag. Registrar of Trade Marks.
(Regulation 12 (1) )
Town and Country Ordinance,
1948.
VILLA AREA (TOWN EXTEN-
SION) SCHEME.
Notice is hereby given that on the
21st day of December, 1954, approval
was givento the above-named scheme
by the Governor in-Council.
A certified copy of the Scheme as
approved and of the map therein
referred to has been deposited at
the office of the Central Housing and
Planning Authority, High Street, St.
John’s, Antigua and will be open for
inspection withont payment of fee
between the hours of 10 am. and
2 p.m. daily (except on Saturdays
when the hours will be 10 a.m. to
11.30 a.m.
Dated the 6th day of January, 1955.
P. R. A. PIPER,
Secretary & Executive Officer
Central Authority.
Ref. No. A. 65/7.
ANTIGUA,
, 13 January,
JAPANESE GOODS
It.is hereby notified that quotas
will be issued for the importation of
Japanese goods during the year 1955.
All licenses for 1954 will be cancelled
on 3lst December, 1954, and goods
arriving after this date will require
new licenses which will be entered
against the 1955 quotas. Written
applications for quotas for textiles
and other goods should be forwarded
to the Supply Officer not later, than
the 15th January, 1955.
W.TI. Liberalization Plan (Token
Import Scheme) All licenses under
this plan will be issued for a period
of six months only. The Canadian
part of the plan will function as
formerly, vouchers being issued by
the Canadian Department of ‘Trade
and Commerce. Allocations of cur-
rency under the American part of the
plan will be made by the Supply
Officer and applications for licenses
against allocations should be made
by merchants from time to time ag
required. Merchants and Importers
who wish to obtain allocations should
subinit written applications (sof appli-
cations for licenses) together with
Importers Licences granted by the
Chief Accountant not later than the
10th January, 1955.
C. McA. STEVENS,
Collector of Cusioms
& Supply Officer.
29th December, 1054.
REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
Sr. IKITTs,
6TH JANUARY, 1955.
In accordance with section 22 of
the Unrepresented Estates Act (Hed.
Acts of the Leeward Islands, Cap. 23)
I will sell by public auction at the
Registrar’s Office at 2 o’clock in the
afternoon on Thursday the 10th
February, 1955 sundry articles of
honsehold goods and shoemakers tools
being the personal property belong-
ing to the estate of GEORGE HAMIL-
TON WEEKES, deceased, late of
Basseterre.
H. 8S. L. MoOsgiy,
Administrator of Estates,
Ref. No. 36/00004.
Printed at the Government Printing Office, Leeward Islunds, by E, M. BLACKMAN,
Government Printer.—By Authority.
1955,
[Price 25 cents including Supplement.]
Supplement to the Leeward Islands Gazette
Of Thursday, the 13th of January, 1955.
ADDRESS by His Excellency the Governor
to the eneral Legislative Council—5th
January, 1955.
Honourable Members of the General Legislative Couneil.
The past few weeks have seen the announcement of three
major developments—further constitutional advance in Antigua
and St. Kitts-Nevis and Anguilla; the ‘de-federation †of the
Leeward Islands; and one further step towards the Federation
of the British West Indies as a result of resolutions in several
West Indian legislatures. These developments are of course
closely linked with one another. As was stated in the
Report of the British Caribbean Standing Closer Association
Committee of 19:9, “the main underlying purpose of our task
is to seek the shortest path towards a real political independence
for the British peoples of the region, within the framework of
the British Commonwealth—what is meant in fact by
‘Dominion Status’â€â€™. Under the form of British West Indian
Federation which is proposed, the Unit Legislatures will
retain considerable powers; and it is obvious that steps should
be taken as far as is practicable to ensure that the Unit
Governments step forward with the proposed Federal Govern-
ment on the last steps of the path to this political independence.
And so the announcement of constitutional reform in Antigua
and in St. Kitts-Nevis and Anguilla comes at an appropriate
time.
The ‘‘de-federation†of the Leeward Islands is also
closely linked with British Caribbean Federation. We do not
want, and indeed we could not support in man-power or in
money, 2 triple tiered form of constitution—with Presidential
Legislatures, a Federal Legislature for the Leeward Islands,
and a Federal Legislature for the British Caribbean. If, as we
now all hope, British Caribbean Federation is to become
a reality in the near future, it is obvious that the Federal
Government of the Leeward Islands must vanish.
Might I add here that I deeply regret that the Presidential
Governments have not been consulted in advance in regard to
the new method of apportionment of the Federal or central
services’ contribution? It was not until a few days before
Christmas that I was informed of the views of Her Majesty’s
(sovernment on this subject. As the new method of contribu-
tion was linked with the ‘ de-federationâ€â€™ proposals, and as it
was obviously desirable to announce the ‘‘de-federationâ€â€™ of
the Leeward Islands without delay, the new method of
apportionment had to be announced in what was, I am afraid, -
a somewhat arbitrary manner.
May I now say a few words about two of these proposed
changes ?
I hope that the proposed constitutional changes will find
general acceptance. I do not suppose that everyone will be
pleased or satisfied. But I think that many will agree that the
work done by the Chairman of Committees in Antigua and
by the Members in St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla has warranted the
introduction of a ministerial system of government so that the
representatives of the electorate should be responsible, through
the Executive Council, to the public for policy decisions
affecting their Presidencies. It is true that the proposals do
not exactly follow the form adopted in some other places
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which are on the threshold of political independence. But
this is not because the people of Antigua and St. Kitts are in
any way politically oe the peoples of ease territories.
We know that this i are
proud of it. It is ae because we must all move most
carefully in setting up the constituiional pattern for the future
lest we overburden our islands with a panoply of government
that they will not ke able to afford. It will take time—and
it will need trial and experiment—before you can be sure of
the most efficient and the most economical form of government
for islands which are too small in area to be able to follow
automatically the constitutional pattern of the United Kingdom
or other larger countries. We must remember that, apart
from the George Cross Island of Malta, the Presidencies of
Antigua and St. Kitts-Nevis und Anguilla are the smallest
units in the Commonwealth to progress so far along the road
to political independence within the Commonwealth, and in
terms of population they are by far the smallest units to reach
this stage.
And now a word about the ‘de-federationâ€â€™ of the
Leeward Islands. Historically, I deeply regret having been
concerned in the abolition of a Federation and of a Legislature
which have been in existence since 1871. But on ‘practical
grounds I personally have no regrets. Constitutional advance
in each of the Presidencies has naturally accentuated the basic
differences of eae) and outlook between the Presidencies;
and we find today that this Council experiences increasing
difficulty in legislating for the Colony asa whole, since the
Presidencies often have sound local reasons which call for
separate and not for a uniform approach to legislation.
We have experienced, as a foretaste of British Caribbean
Federation, the greatest difficulty in convening meetings of
this Council and of the Federal [xecutive Council, since so
many members of both bodies are also serving on regional
bodies for the British Caribbean asa whole. These practical
difficulties will increase as the concept of British West Indian
unity grows and prospers. And lastly, we have taken during
the “past four yeare all possible legislative and administrative
steps towards ‘“de-defederationâ€â€™; we have abolished «a large
number of Federal posts; we have transferred from the
Federal to the Presidential budgets many items of expenditure
which should properly be met Presidentially; and we have
together taken steps to enable the Presidential Legislatures
instead of this Council to enact legislation on a number of
important matters, such as education and prisons. I think
that [ can fairly say that there has a no decrease in
efficiency as a result of the action which has already been taken.
And so [ foresee nothing but good emerging from the
abolition of the Federation. To the man in the street the
changes will be small. The Presidencies will become separate
Colonies. The Federal Executive Council and the General
Legislative Council will vanish. There will be no Federal
budget as such, and there will be some saving in expenditure,
though it is impossible to estimate the amount accurately
since some Presidential Administrations may have to strengthen
their staffs in order to deal with the increased volume of work
which will fall upon them.
But certain common services will remain for the present—
and will have to be financed by the four new Colonies on the
new basis which is to come into force this year. These
common services will remain at least until we can see the
precise pattern of the proposed British Caribbean Federation.
The Leeward Islands will still have a Governor for the four
Colonies, assisted as elsewhere by a Chief Secretary and an
Economic a 1 Financia) Adviser. There will still be one
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Principal Auditor for the group. There will still be a single
Leeward Islands Police Force to facilitate transfers of personnel,
to provide skilled direction, and to enable the needs of the
smaller Presideucies to be met. And there will still be provi-
sion for legal advice—and for legal drafting in the case of the
British Virgin Islands.
T do not think, therefore, that Montserrat and the British
Virgin Islands need have any cause to fear that they will not
receive the same assistance from the centre as they have
received in the past. Indeed it is essential for all four Presi-
dencies that these common services should remain if their own
Administrations are not to be swamped with far more work
than they can carry. Ido not think that the public in the
Presidencies always realise the considerable amount of help
which the Presidential Governments receive unobstrusively
from federal officers—work which just could not be performed
by Presidential Administrations without major increases in staff.
I personally believe that the new system will be found to
promoie greater economy and, greater efficiency as well as
being a logical—and indeed an inevitable—change in the light
of present conditions. As is stated in the Press Release, it
will take a little time to pass the necessary legislation which
will give effect to the change, particularly as an Act of the
Imperial Pxrliament is required; but we have already prepared
and sent ti London a list of the legislative steps which are
needed; and I can assure you that action will be taken as
speedily as possible.
Injthe meantime this Counci] and the Federal Government
must continue to perform their functions. Thus, this Council
has before it to-day an exceptionally heavy agenda of legisla-
tion. But this legislation can be considered in the knowledge
that its enactment will not be a waste of time, since the
Federal Acts passed by this Council will automatically be
applied to the Presidencies when “ de-federation †takes place.
So the work done by this Council will save work which would
otherwise have to be performed later on in the separate territorial
Legislatures.
May T now turn for a moment to some of the major
events of the past year? I do not propose to give a full
account of the progress made in each Presidency. You will
doubtless be given a detailed survey at the budget sessions of
your Presidential Legislatures.
In general I feel it right to say that, although a vast
amount of work still remains undone, I personally have been
greatly heartened by the progress made throughout the Colony
during the past year.
In the development field we have seen the opening of the
first motor road in the British Virgin Islands, and the first
airfield in Montserrat. We have seen new water supplies in
Antigua, Nevis and Anguilla. We have seen extensive public
health programmes carried out, particularly in St. Kitts. We
have seen the fine new school at Gingerland in Nevis, and the
massive Police Station at Basseterre in St. Kitts. We have seen
further wonderful progress made by the Housing Authorities in
Antigua and St. Kitts. We have seen the birth of the Peasant
Development Organisation in Antigua—an organisation which,
if it operates successfully, will be of major importance to the
economy of the Island. We have seen livestock development
going aheal in the British Virgin Islands, in Montserrat, in
Antigua, in Nevis, and in Anguilla. We have seen a greater
realisation that part of the wealth of these islands lies in the
waters around them—in the exploitation of our fisheries. We
have scen—and in many cases we have already benefitted from—
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a continuance of the hard and skilful work of our Geologist,
whose reports and advice on our water supply problems have
been invaluable.
On the debit side, all of the Islands have suffered to a
greater or lesser degree from drought which has brought much
hardship and suffering in its wake. And we still have many
pressing needs which are as yet not met, though some of them
are now receiving active attention—the ‘‘ Beasley’? Report on
the Montserrat Cotton Industry, the “ Frampton’ Report on
Nevis, the Educational Centre in St..Kitts, the electricity
supplies for Plymouth and Road Town, the St. John’s Mixed
School and the St. John’s Health Centre in Antigua,
All in all, I think that we can say that the past year
has been one of progress throughout the Colony, though we
still have a long way to go in our drive to raise the economies
of these Islands and to improve the living conditions of their
peoples.
[t is the fervent hope of us all that the tempo of develop-
ment will be maintained in 1955 and the coming years. But
this tempo can only be maintained if we can ve assured of three
things—of money, of co-operation between the Adininisrration
and the representatives of the electorate, and of goodwill and
hard work by the Civil Service.
We are hopeful that the new Development and Welfare
Act to be introduced into Parliament in the near future will
provide the money—or a part of the mioney—to enable us to
continue the many and vreat works financed by Her Majesty’s
Government under the Acts of 1940 and 19-46.
We have seen in at least three Presidencies the steady
development of co-operation between the Administration and
the ‘“ Members †or “Chairmen of Committees â€â€”co-op ration
which in my view has been the major factor in speeding up the
tempo of development in every field. [It has not been easy to
build up this co-operation between the elected members on the
one hand, coming to a strange and new task, and the senior
government officers on the other, facing a startling change in
their position as a result of constitutional development. But I
am indeed happy to have seen how all of them have faced up
to the difficulties and have worked on the whole with such
accord and with so little friction. I hope that this co operation
will continue and grow even stronger under the Ministerial
systems in Antigua and St. Kitts. I hope that we shall see
this co-operation develop in Montserrat after the elections in
March. And I hope that the ‘‘ Members â€â€™ in the British Virgin
Islands will continue the good work started by the Chairmen of
Committees under their old Council.
Tam sure that I am right in saying that the operation of
the “* Membership †and the ‘ Committee †systems has brought
with it a greater realisation of the vital need for an adequate, an
efficient and a contented Civil Service. Although we have
certninly not yet reached the point where those three adjectives
can be applied, to the full, [ hope that you—the Members of
this Honourable Council—and many civil servants will agree
that some progress has been made. A revision of salaries has
taken pluce and, although it would be idle to pretend that the
salaries satisfy all civil servants or that we can obtain all the
specialists we require for the salaries which we offer, at least
a proper structure of salaries has been established and many
anomalies removed. Four days ago—for the first time in the
history of this Colony —a code of General Orders was introduced
which will enable every civil servant to know and understand
exactly what obligations and privileges are his. In Antigua in
particular, there has been an extenaive overhaul of the structure
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and frnections of government departments which will, we hope,
make for greater efficiency and greater service to the public.
The offices of all the Presidential Administrations have been
overhauled, and [ hope and believe that the public are now
receiving slightly quicker replies to their letters than was always
the case. Large numbers of officers have been sent on training
courses in the United Kingdom, in Canada and in other West
Tndian territories; and, although [ ain sorry to detect at times a
tendency to seek a training course in order to get a holiday
overseas at government expense, a considerable number of civil
servants have obviously derived much benefit from this training
and are able to serve the public better.
A start bas been made. But we have still a long way to
go before it can be said that our Civil Service here has reached
the level of efficiency which we and they would like. After
all—-for the vast majority of the civil servants in this Colony—
progress and development are of personal concern to them
as people of the Colony. And-so I hope that we shall see,
particularly under the coming Ministerial system, on the one
hand a sympathetic and co-operative approach to civil servants
from the Ministers, and on the other a still greater drive by
civil servants to improve their standards, to co-operate with the
Ministers or “* Members’, and to work with a will, remembering
that they are working for their country and not only for
themselves.
And s0 I feel that there are grounds for optimism for the
future. We should have the money for further development;
we should without difficulty be able to develop and expand
the co-operation which has been built up between the elected
members and the Administrations; and, if we continue to do all
in our power to improve the machinery of government and to
assist the Civil Service with its problems, we should be assured
that we shall go forward together—with each person, be he
politician or civil servant, working for the good of his country.
In a very short time from now we will receive added
impetus from the visit of Her Royal Highness The Princess
Margaret. It is indeed disappointing that she is unable to visit
all of our islands, but time did not permit. And go it rests with
Antigua and St. Kitts to show—as I know they will do— what
a wonderful welcome can be given to the sister of our Queen.
With this impetus, and with the urge for progress which
animates these Islands, | feel that I can with confidence say that
the coming year will bring further progress to the Leeward
Islands, and I wish you all in your separate territories the best
of good fortune in 1955.
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REPLY of the Unofficial Members of the General Legislative Council to the
Address of His Excellency the Governor delivered at the Budget
Session of the Council held on the 5th January, 1955.
Your Excellency,
We, the unofficial Members of the General Legislative Council, welcome the recent announce-
ments made with respect to constitutional reform in Antigua and St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla and defedera-
tion of the Leeward Islands Colony.
In respect to constitutional reform, it is 1 matter for concern that the proposals make no
definite provision for encouragement and promotion of the party system of government which has been
recognised as the foundation of the British Parliamentary system, and express the hope that active steps
will be taken to correct this deficiency.
We hope that in the not too distant future it will be possible to introduce similar reform in the
‘other two Presidencies of the colony.
In s0 far as defederation is concerned, we welcome the move as a ineans of facilitating entry
of these territories as constituent units into the greater federation of the British West Indies. We are
gratified that the London plan for British Caribbean Federation has found general acceptance in the
Legislatures of the area, and express the hope that during 1955 we shall see culmination of the years of
effort in this direction. We also hope that satisfactory arrangements will be found for the political and
economic future of the Virgin Islands.
We are grateful for your announcement that proper steps will be taken to provide essential
services for Montserrat and the Virgin Islands after defederation.
We join with Your Excellency in recording appreciation of the development programme in the
various presidencies with respect to water supplies, public he:lth, school building programme, roads,
electricity, livestock, fisheries and peasant’ development, and hope that this programme will be
accelerated during the present year.
We share Your Excellency’s hope that the new Development and Welfare Act to be introduced
into Parliament in the near future will provide the monies to finance the capital works that are so
essential to our development.
We welcome the Frampton Report in regard to Nevis and hope that Government will not
be slow to implement the recommendations contained therein, seeing that they are aimed at helping to
lift that island out of its economic stagnation.
The Beasley Report in respect to Montserrat is one which we hope will give impetus to the
urge for development in that island which stands sorely in need of something to relieve its pressing
economic and other ills.
We take this opportunity to draw attention to the growing tendency for the reduction in the
price of sugar and trust that this Government will pay its full part in any representation which
might be required to ensure that the economic position of these islands is not adversely affected.
In so far as air communications are concerned, we do hope that early steps will be taken to
ensure extension of scheduled air services to Nevis, Anguilla and the Virgin [slands, development of a
proper airfield in Montserrat and also implementation of the recommendations made by an expert in
1952 to improve the airstrip at St. Kitts for the purpose of handling increased traffic and taking larger
aircraft.
We look forward with pride to the visit of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret, secure
in the knowledge that the visit will go far towards strengthening the ties that bind us to the Royal
family. The links that bind the peoples of these islands to the Commonwealth will be greatly reinforced
by this gracious visit and we are sure that the whole hearted co-operation of our pcople will ensure for
Her Royal Highness a very warm welcome.
ANTIGUA.
Printed at the Government Printing Office, Leeward Islands, by FE. M, BLAGKMAN,
Government Printer.—By Authority,
1955.
LEEWARD ISLANDS.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
——
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDEKS.
1955, No. 3.
Tue Pensions (AMENDMENT) RecuLations, 1954, Daryp DECEMBER
18, 1954, MADE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL WITH THE SANCTION
OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION
(2) oF secTION 3 oF THE PENsIons Act, 1947 (No. 12/1947).
1. Crratron. ‘These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions
(Amendment) Regulations, 1955, and shall be read as one with the
Pensions Regulations, 1947, contained in the First Schedule to the
‘Pensions Act, 1947, as amended, hereinafter called the Principal
Regulations.
2. SuBsTiruTion or ReeuiaTioN 6 oF THE PRtNcipaL ReGu-
LATIONS. The following regulation shall be substituted for regulation
6 of the Principal Regulations:—
“6, MarriaGe Gratuities. Wherea female officer having
held a pensionable office in the Colony for not less than five
years and having been confirmed in the pensionable office, retires
from the service of the Colony either—
(a) because of her intention to marry (which intention
shall be notified to the Governor at the time of retirement)
and marries within three months of her retirement; or
(6) within six months after her marriage,
and is not eligible for the grant of any pension or otherwise
eligible for gratuity under this Part of these Regulations, she
may be granted on production of satisfactory evidence of her
marriage, a gratuity not exceeding one-twelfth of a month’s
‘pensionable emoluments for each completed month of pensionable
service in the Colony or one year’s pensionable emoluments
whichever shall be the less.â€â€™.
3. AMENDMENT oF ReEcuLATION 9 (3) (6) or THE PRINCIPAL
Recurations. Sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph (3) of regulation 9
of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the deletion of the
words “one half only of any†in the first and second lines and the
words ‘‘one half only of†in the fourth and fifth lines thereof,
2
4, AMENDMENT OF Rre@uLaTiIon 19 oF THE PRINCTPAL REGULA-
tions. Regulation 19 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended
as follows:—
(a) by the deletion of the words “ one half of†in ties.
(1) thereof; and
(b) by the substitution of the word “Governor†for the
words “Governor in Council†in paragraph (1) and paragraph
(3) (a) thereof.
5. Supstirvrion or Rre@urations 23 anp 24 or THE PRINCIPAL
Reautations. The following regulations shall be substituted for
regulations 23 and 24 of the Principal Regulations:—
‘“©23. Orricers INJurED or Contractina DisrasEs IN THE
DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES. (1) This Regulation shall apply
to an officer who while in the service of the Colony either—
(a) is permanently injured in the actual discharge of
his duty by some injury specifically attributable to the
nature of his duty which is not wholly or mainly due to,
or seriously ag ggravated by, his own serious and culpable
negligence or misconduct; or
(4) contracts a disease to which he is _ specifically
exposed by the nature of his duty, not being a disease
wholly or mainly due to, or seriously aggravated by, his own
serious and culpable negligence or misconduct.
(2) In this regulation, unless the contrary intention appears,
references to an officer being injured and to the date on which an
injury is sustained shall respectively be construed as including
references to him contracting such a disease as is mentioned in
paragraph (1) of this regulation and to the date on which such
disease is contracted.
8) Where an officer to whom this regulation applies is
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holding a pensionable office in which he has been confirmed: —
(a) he may, if his retirement is necessitated or
materially accelerated by his injury and he has been in the
public service for less than ten years, be granted, in /iew of
any gratuity under regulation 5 or regulation 12 of these
regulations, a pension under regulations 4, 9, 10 or 11, as
the case may be, as if the words “for ten years or more â€
were omitted from the said regulation 4;
(b) he may be granted on retirement: an additional
pension, at the annual rate of the proportion of his actual
pensionable emolunients at the date of his injury appropri-
ate to his ease ns shown in the following tab
When hi
support: is:—
slightly impaired—tive sixtioths
impaired —ton sixtieth
materially impaiced—fifteen sixticths;
totally “destroyed —twenty sixtieths:
capneity to contribute to his own
Provided that the amount of the additional pension
he reduced to such an extent as the Governor shall
think reasonable where the injury is not the eause or the
sole cause of retirement
(4) (a) Where an officer to whom this regulation applies is
not holding a pensionable office, or is holding a pensionable
office in whieh he has uot been confirmed, he may be granted on
retirement a pension of the same qniount as the additional
pponsion which might be granted to der paragraph. (3) of
this rezulation if his office were a pensionable office and he b
heen confirmed therein.
) ‘The provisions of regulation 24 shall not apply to
pension granted tinder this paragrapl
(5) (a) Tf, for the purpose of assessing: the amount of any
aulditional pension or pension to be granted nnder sib-parapraph
(4) of paragraph (3) or under paragraph (1) of this regulation to
any officer to whom this regulation applies, tho degree of
permanent impairment of his capacity to contribute to his
Support is in doubt, he may be granted a provisional award to
have effect until stich time as the degree of permanent impair-
ment can be determined,
(8) The provisions of regulation 24 shall not apply to
an award made inder this paragraph:
(6) If au officer proceeding by a route approved by the
Governor to or from the Colony, or from one Island in the Colony
to another, at the commencemient or termination of his serview in
the Colony, or of » period of leave therefrom. is permanently
injured as the result of damage to the vessel, aireralt or vehicle
in which he is travelling, and the Governor is satisfied that such
damage or act is attributable to eireumstanees arising out of any
war in which Her Majesty way be engaged, such officer shall be
. .
deemed for tho purpose of this raglation to have een injured in
the circumstances described in paragraph: (1) of this regulation,
(7) An officer who is permanently injured w
by air in. pursuance of official instruction ¢ injury
not wholly or mainly due to, or seriously aggravated hy, his awn
and euipable negligence or misconduet, shall be deemed
for the purposes of this regulation to have been injured in the
ircumstances deseribed in paragraph (1) of this regulatis
Provided that in siteh w ease the rates of pension prescribed
in paragraph (3) of this regulation shall he seven and a half
sixticths, fifteon sixtieths, twenty-two and a half sixtieths and
thirty sixtieths respectively.
(8) Neither sub-paragraph (J) of paragraph (8) nor para
graph (4) of this regulation shall apply in the ease of an officer
selected for appointment: to the service of the Colony on or after
the coming into force of the Act who, in consequence of his
injury, is entitled to compensation cinder Workmen's
Compensation Act or any Act amending or replacing that Act.
(0) Neither paragraph (3) nor paragraph (4) of this
regulation sholl apply in the ease of an officer iho in consequence
of his injury ig entifled under the Colonial Superannuation
Scheme to benefits corresponding. to the benefits granted under
(10) (a) Where the Goes
been oF will be recovered by an of ‘
‘or pension may be grant
ph (8) oF under paragraph (4) of
nor may take those dam to
h ‘suditional pension or pension in such
withhold
nnor is satistied that damages have
ser in respeet of an injury for
i under,
account against su
manner and fo such extent ashe may think fit and
or reduce the aulditional pension or pension aecordinzly.
(0) For the purpose of this paragraph an officer shall be
deemed to recover damaxes whether they are paid in
pursuance of x judgment or onder of the Court or by way of
Settlement or compromise of his clain and whether oF not
proceedings are instituted to enforce that claim.
24, Garvey axb Renceen Pxsstos. (1) Any officer
to whom a pension is granted under the Act may, at his option
exerciseable is in this regulation provider, he paid in few of such
pension a pension at the rate of three fourtls of such pension
together with a gratuity equal to twelve and a half times the
ramount of the reduet‘on so made in the pension:
Provided that in the application of this rewulation to eases
where the limitetion, preserihed by subsection (2) of section 9 of
the Act operates, the words “auch pension†shall mean the
aunount of pension which the officer might have drawn from the
funds of the Colony if he bad not exercised his option under this
regulation.
(2) The option referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation
shill be exereiseable not later than the day immediately preceeding
the date of such officer's retirement:
Provided that the Governor may, if it nppears to him im all
the cireumstanees equitable s0 to do, allow him to excreise the
option at any time between the date of his retirement and the date
of award of pension under the Act.
(8) If an officer has exercised the option his decision shall
be irrevocable after the date of his retirement.
(4) Itan officer who has not exercised the option ies after
the date of retirement but before a pension has been awarded under
the Act, it shall be lawful for the Governor to grant « gratuity and &
reduced pension as provided in paragraph (1) of this regulation,
as if the officer hal exercised the option before his death,
(5) The date of the exereise of the option by an officer shall
be deemed t0 be the date of the receipt of his written notification
addressed either to the Colonial Sceretary in the Colony or to. the
Crown Agents for Oversea Governments sind Administrations, or, in
the case of un officer whose service has been wholly under 0
Government of a Presidency, t
of that Presideney.
6. Awesutenr oF RecoLatios 25 or Tug Priyctat Reavna-
sioxs, Regulation £5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended
ss follows
(a) by. the substitutiom of the following paragraph for
paragraph (1) thereof:
(1) An officer holding # now-pensionable office who is not
cligible for pension (other than a pension under regulation 23)
for otherwise sligible for yratnity from the funds of the
Colony may if he his teen in the public service for not less
UUhun seven yeurs and retired from the service in one of the
cases mentioned iu section 6 of the Actother than that mentioned
in paragraph (g) thereof may be granted if the Governor
thinks fit, « compassionate gratuity not exceeding one pound
or one week's pay, whichever is the greater, for each year of
his service in. the Colony which would be pensionable service
if he were eligible for pension uncer these Regula:
(6) by the substitarion of the word “Governor†for the
words“ Governor in Council †in paragraph (2) thereof
ATION 28 oF Tux Prixerpan Reavis:
nenvied
7. AMENDwENT ov Rev
ross, Regulation 28 of the Priveipal Regulations is hereby
nis follows:—
(a) by re-nuinbering the regulation as “28 (1)â€, and
(A) by the addition of the following as paragraph (2)
thereof —
“ (2) Ths power vert in the Governor in Cowell by
paragraph (1). of this regulation may, in the case of a
able office which is wholly under the Government
sidency, be exercised by the officer for the time bein
istering the Government of that Presideney with the
udviee of the Executive Couneil of sucit Presideney
8, Minor Awexpanvts to THe Paiscrrar Ruguiations. TI
idimwnts specified in the sevond column of the Schedule to these
ments to the Principal Regulations,
1s of those regulations specified in the
Regulations, being mivor an
shall he made in the provisi
first column of that Schedule,
Ravocatiox. The Pensions (Amendment No, 8) Regulations
(8. B&O, 1949 No, 86) aud the Pensions (Amendment)
Regulations, 1952 (8. R. & 0. 1952 No. 26) are hereby revoked,
Made by the Governor in Council this 18th day of December,
1954.
A. 1, Prss,
Cler’ of the Council
Laid before the General Legislative Council this Sth day of
January, 1955. ones
Clerk of the Council.
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