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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 75

Sir Harry Atkinsons Bill

Sir Harry Atkinsons Bill.

Canon Blackley's scheme was elaborated and adopted to the circumstances of this colony by Sir Harry Atkinson in his National Provident Association Bill of 1884, which provided that every person should pay to a State provident fund 2s 3d a week from sixteen to twenty-three years, or 3s a week from eighteen to twenty-three; or he might commute for a capital sum ranging from £36 3s 9d at sixteen years to £44 11s at twenty-three. These payments would secure him 15s a week sick pay till the age of sixty-five, and a pension of 10s a week upon attaining that age. A valuable addition to Canon Blackley's scheme was the provision of substantial benefits for widows and orphans out of additional premiums of 2s a week between the ages of twenty-three and twenty-eight. Employers were to stop premiums due by any employé out of wages due to him, and to be liable for any contributions in arrear which they had failed to collect. The details of the scheme were very carefully worked out, and the Bill ran to 154 clauses.