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within two months-in the case of an officer serving on 
agreement. 
100. An officer may be granted, in addition to the 
cost of his own passage, an allowance towards the cost 
of the passage tickets of his wife and (or) family 
between the United Kingdom and East Africa. The 
officer may also, if he wishes, travel by a lower class 
than that by which he is privileged to travel and apply 
the saving towards the cost of his family’s passages. 
The grant will be made only once in respect of 
passages in each direction during a tour of service, 
and officers to whom a grant is made will be required 
to sign an agreement that they will refund any portion 
of the grant which is not actually expended on passage 
tickets. 
In the case of the homeward journey the grant is 
conditional on the officer completing a minimum tour 
of service, unless sent home earlier for medical reasons 
or on public grounds. 
“ Family "” means an officer's children who are 
unmarried, under 21 years of age, and dependent on 
their parents for subsistence. It does mot include 
nurses, the husband of a female officer, or relations 
other than children. 
101. Free passages to East Africa will not be 
granted to wives or children under Regulation 111. 
102. A tour of residential service shall be from 20 
to 30* months, at the discretion of the Governor, but 
an officer may be detained beyond 301 months if, in 
the opinion of the Governor, the exigencies of the 
Service require it, and if a favourable medical report 
on the officer’s health has been obtained. 
Subject to the necessities of the Service, European 
officers may, after every tour of residential service. 
* In Somaliland, 12 to 15 months. 
1 In Somaliland. 15 montha