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PENSIONS TO SEAMEN.
918
/•enstons tliat may be granted for Specific Tnjtfriee.
Specific Injury.
Loss of two or mora limbs
Loss of an arm and an eye.
Loss of a leg and an eye.
Loss of roth hands or oi
Angers and thumbs.
Loss of both feet.
Loss of a hand and a foot.
Total loss of sight,
Total paralysis.
Lunacy.
Wounds, injuries or disease
resulting in disabled man
being permanently bedridden
Wounds of or Injuries to inter-
nal, thoracic or abdominal
organs, involving total per-
manent disabling effects.
Wounds of or inUu'ies to head
or brain involving total per-
manent disabling effects, or
Jacksonian epilepsy.
Very severe facial disfigure
mcnt.
Advanced cases of incurable
disease.
Amputation of leg at hip or
right arm at shoulder joint,.
*6vere facia! disfigurement.
Total loss of speech.
Short thigh amputation of lor;
with pelvic band or of left
arm at shou'd»r joint, or of
right arm above or through
elbow
Total deafness
Amputation of log above knee
i other than 3>, and through
k- ee or of left anti above or
through elbow, or of right
arm below elbow
Amputation of leg below knee
lirc'uding Symes' and Cho-
ptrt's ampsitation), or of left
arm below elbow
Loss of vision of one eye.
Loss of thumb or of four fin-
gers of right hand
Loss of thumb or of four fin-
gers of left hand, or of three
fingers of right band ..
Loss of two fingers of cither
hand
60 16 G
50 | 13 9
40 11
30 S3
NOTE.— In the case of left-handed men. certified to
? such, the compensation in respect of the left arm,
liand, Ac. will be as for a right arm, hand, &i\. and
vice versa.
Men discharged the service for disability con-
tracted in the Service, and not from want of proper
care on their own part:—
Under H years' ser- i Gratuities according to
vice /circumstances.
men. with 10 years' ]- 6d. a day for Life,
continuous service. J
Continuous Service )
men with 15 years' j> 8d. a day for Life,
service
r./
( 6d. to Sd. a day for Life, or
After 14 years' Service-! gratuities, atthe discretiou
( of the Minister of Pensions .
The allowance for Petty Time is given, in addition
to the above rates, and is doubled in the case of
Continuous Service men, after 15 years' service
under the conditions applicable in the case of Long
Service Pensions.
The allowances for Badges and Medal are also
given, as in the case of Long Service Pensions.
General Rules as to Pensions.
All Pensions are granted during good behaviour,
and may be forfeited by misconduct on the part of
the pensioner, to be iudged of by the Admiralty, or,
in the case of Disablement or Injury Pensions, ty
the Minister of Pensions.
All Pensioners (not discharged as wholly In-
capable) under 55 years of age may be called on
to serve in time of war or emergency.
Men are not allowed their Pensions for any period
during which they serve under a Foreign Flag or ro-
side out of His Majesty's dominions, except with
the special permission of the Admiralty.
Men discharged the service for Misconduct forfeit
all claims to pension, and men whose general
character has not been good can be awarded reduced
pensions.
Commutation of Pensions is not allowed.
Id all cases of injuries gratuities may be given
in lieu of Disablement Pensions, or in addition
to Sen-ice Pensions, at the discretion of the Minister
of Pensions.