21 APRIL 1923, Page 22

Most of the interest in private industrial pensions schemes in

this country is naturally in abeyance at the moment owing to the rapid strides to favour of insurance by industries and the early prospect of a Government Bill dealing with the subject being brought in. But for this the book might have been of considerable help in deciding on the best method to be adopted. The most interesting suggestion the author has to make is an annual purchase of fully-paid annuities operative at the age of sixty-five and handed over to the workman at the end of each year of service,