(4.) The pension for service shall not begin until ten years of completed service.
(5.) Amount of Pension a certain Percentage on mean Salary of preceding year.
(5.) The amount of pension shall be a certain percentage on the salary during the year preceding that on which she is pensioned.
Applications of the foregoing Principles.
(1.) Annual rise of Wages till the maximum of efficiency.
(1.) That the wages of Nurses shall rise annually, for a definite number of years, attaining their maximum, on an average, at the age forty-five, when the Nurses are found to be most efficient.
(2.) After five years’ Service Pension for Disability.
(2.) That, after five years’ service, the Nurse shall, in the case of ABSOLUTE DISABILITY, become entitled to a pension during the period of her disability.
(3.) Pension on a Scale graduated on the Wages.
(3.) The pension will be on a scale graduated on the wages. It will be twenty per cent. of the annual wages in the year of service, 5–6, and the rate to be granted will rise progressively two per cent. per annum, until the rate on the wages becomes seventy per cent.