Extracted from Parliamentary Return No. 210 of 1832.
Bahamas
Lady Livingston - Widow of a Peer - Husband's Office: Governor - Pension £300
Antigua
Mrs Wegg - Husband's Office: Attorney General - Pension £150
Canada
Mrs Dunn - Husband's Office: Judge - Pension £250
Mrs Elmslie - Husband's Office: Chief Justice - Pension £200
Mrs Panet - Husband's Office: Speaker Assembly - Pension £270
Cape
Mrs Alexander - Husband's Office: Colonial Secretary - Pension £300
Mrs Sheridan - Husband's Office: Colonial Paymaster - Pension £300
Mrs Duckett - Husband's Office: Agriculture - Pension £150
Ceylon
By the rules of the Civil Service at Ceylon, the Subscribers are entitled to Pensions after 12 years service. The amount of Pension is regulated according to the rate of Salary.
Mrs Twiselton - Husband's Office: Archdeacon - Pension £300
Mrs Tolfrey - Husband's Office: Civil Servant - Pension £300
Mrs Lusignan - Husband's Office: Civil Servant - Pension £300
Mrs Scott - Husband's Office: Civil Servant - Pension £300
Mrs Atkinson - Husband's Office: Civil Servant - Pension £300
Demerara
Mrs Clements - Husband's Office: Not Stated - Pension £214
Mrs Rouskold - Husband's Office: Not Stated - Pension £142
Gibralter
Mrs William - Husband's Office: Prat. Master - Pension £100
Mrs Cocllia - Husband's Office: Chief Clerk - Pension £80
Mauritius
Mrs Wilson - Husband's Office: Civil Officer - Pension £50
Mrs Suffield - Husband's Office: Assistant Secretary - Pension £96
Mrs Mangeot - Husband's Office: [?om] Marine - Pension £52
Mrs Luff - Husband's Office: Paymaster General - Pension £50
Mrs Hartie - Husband's Office: Agent - Pension £80
Mrs Mallac - Husband's Office: Judge - Pension £96
Nova Scotia
Mrs Cox - Husband's Office: Physician - Pension £100
Mrs Ting - Husband's Office: Naval Officer - Pension £80
Mrs Hartley - Husband's Office: Navy - Nova Scotia £100
St Kitts
Mrs Woodley - Husband's Office: Attorney General - Pension £150
Sierra Leone
Mrs O'Meara - Husband's Office: Writer - Pension £100
New South Wales
Mrs Thompson - Husband's Office: Surgeon - Pension £30
Mrs King - Husband's Office: Governor - Pension £200
Mrs Jamison - Husband's Office: Surgeon - Pension £40
Mrs Bent - Husband's Office: Judge - Pension £200
Mrs Lewin - Husband's Office: Coroner - Pension £50
Mrs Mileham - Husband's Office: Surgeon - Pension £100
Mrs Macquarie - Husband's Office: Governor - Pension £400
Van Diemen's Land
Mrs Collins - Husband's Office: Governor - Colony: Van Diemen's Land - Pension £120
Mrs Luttrell - Husband's Office: Surgeon - Colony: Van Diemen's Land - Pension £50
(From the above, it appears that New South Wales pays more Widow's Pensions than any other colony; and that such Pensions amount to £1,020 per annum; which is much more than is paid out of the Revenues of any other Colony to this charge on their Funds.
There are 32 British Colonies; the whole amount of Widows' Pensions paid in which, is £5,530, of which New South Wales contributes a fraction less than one-fifth. Ed.)
Source: Widows Pensions in the Colonies (1833, August 14). The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838), p. 4 (AFTERNOON).
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