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for the first year, to be advanced on the execution of the contract; on every succeeding year on the 1st of January, and ten per cent. on the 15th of June each year. The calculation of the advances to be made by the military auditor-general from the returns in the adjutant-general's office, dated the 1st of Jan. 1807, and the 1st of January every year after. If any alteration shall be made in the clothing of the army, or any part thereof, at the expiration of the first, second, or third year, the difference of expense shall be settled by arbitration; one arbitrator to be appointed by the military board, one by the contractor, and a third to be chosen by both; and the difference of expense so adjusted, shall be brought to the

debit or credit of the contractor, as the case may require.

THOS. HILL,

Fort William, Jan. 17, 1807. Extract from the proceedings of the hon. the governor-general in council in the political department, under date the 12th of Jan. 1807.

between the sepoys and the followers of the ambassador."

Ordered, that the preceding extract be sent to the military depatt ment, for the purpose of being published in general orders.

(A true extract)

(Signed) N. B. EDMONSTONE,

Sec to the Govt.

(A true copy)

THOS. HILL,

Acting Sec. Mil. Dept.

Fort William, Jan. 15, 1807. viation from the spirit of the regu With a view to prevent any delations of the 30th of Nov. 1792,

and of the 19th of Dec. 1796, and

the 12th of April, 1804, by which officers in the military branch of the service are indulged with permission to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope, and eventually to Europe, or to St. Helena, and eventually to Acting sec. Mil. Dept. Europe, in cases of certified sickness, without forfeiting the personal allowances of their rank, in the event of their remaining at those places as prescribed by the regulations; and in conformity to the principle prescribed by the orders of the hon. the court of directors, by which officers holding staff appointments, or other employments out of the line of their regimental duty, are required to relinquish such appointments, on their quit ting the presidency to which they belong, with the permission of government and the commander-inchief, to proceed to Europe; the governor-general in council deems it to be proper to notify, in public orders, that when officers holding staff appointments, the command of independent or irregular corps, or other employments of the line of their regimental duty, shall embark, under the permission of government," to proceed to the Cape, and eventually to Europe," or to

"On the occasion of the departure of the Persian ambassador, and of the consequent dissolution of his excellency's guard of honour, the governor-general in council deems it an act of justice to record the sense which he entertains of the meritorious conduct of capt. H. B. Kelly, in the command of his excellency's guard. In discharging the duties of which command capt. Kelly has manifested a degree of vigilance, prudence, and attention, highly creditable to his character as an officer, and eminently conducive to the preservation of good order, under circumstances which rendered the exertion of those qualities peculiarly necessary for the preservation and accommodation of dispute

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Fort William, Feb. 12, 1807. The governor-general in council is pleased to direct, that the following regulations of government, of the 11th Oct. 1785, be re-published in general orders.

"The paymaster-general is, after the close of every year's books, to furnish accounts current to any person who may have received, by the order of the board, or otherwise, advances on account of military charges, and have neglected settling them previous to the balancing of the military books."

The governor-general in council also deems it proper to direct, that the account current of every officer, agent, or contractor, who may have received advances of cash, by order of government, or otherwise, shall be adjusted by the military paymaster-general, immediately after the military books of the past year shall have been balanced, when the military paymaster - general shall proceed to recover the balances that may appear to be due on these accounts respectively. In cases, however, when it may be necessary to transfer the balance of the past year's accounts of an officer in charge of a department, of an agent or contractor, to the accounts of the following year, such balance shall always be considered as an advance of cash made to the agent, or other person, for the current ex

penses of his department, and acknowledged by a receipt under his signature accordingly; and the paymaster-general, on his part, will grant a certificate to the officer, agent, or contractor, stating that his accounts have been adjusted up to the 30th April of the past year, and that there are not any demands against him on the books of the pay-office, by which means all retrospect to the accounts of former will be rendered unnecessary. years THO. HILL, Acting Sec. Mil. Dept.

Fort William, Feb. 19, 1807. The hon. the governor-general in council is pleased to direct, that the adjutants of all effective corps of European artillery and infantry, on the establishment of this presidency, be allowed horse allowance in garrison and cantonments, as well as in the field, from this date.

THOS. HILL, Acting Sec. Mil. Dept.

Fort William, Feb. 26, 1807. The hon. the governor-general in council, in order to facilitate the adjustment of claims for clothing, has been pleased to establish the following regulations, which are to have effect from the 1st day of Jan. 1807. In all cases of casualty arising from death, discharge, transfer to other corps, or to the non-effective establishment of any European non-commissioned officer or private, or of any native officer or soldier of cavalry, infantry, pioneers, or artillery lascars, to whom clothing may be due, the officer commanding the corps in which such casualty occurs, shall draw from the paymaster of the station, in separate abstracts for each year, accompanied by a roll of the names and rank of the persons to whom

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clothing is due, the value of such clothing, according to the contract rates, which he shall pay to the officers or soldiers discharged or removed, or to the heirs of deceased soldiers, on their receipts prior to their quitting the corps. Duplicates

of such abstracts and rolls shall accompany the monthly returns of corps to the adjutant-general's office, and a general roll of payments for the preceding year shall be annually transmitted from each corps and department, on the 1st of January, to the same office. The paymasters of stations shall enter all payments clothing to European or native corps, on a separate account; copy of which, accompanied by the abstracts as vouchers, they shall regularly transmit to the military paymas ier-general, who will carry the whole to the annual debit of the off-reckon ing fund for the years specified in the abstracts. In no case are native troops to be allowed to quit the corps, to which they may be attached, until the claims shall have been adjusted.

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"The right hon. lord Lake havWilliam, for the purpose of returning taken his departure from Fort ing to Europe, feels himself now called upon to perform the last act of public duty his situation of commander-in-chief in India, by recording his final testimony of the character and conduct of the army of India, and of all the officers and soldiers who have served under his command. In attempting the disfeels it difficult either to do justice charge of that duty, his lordship to them, or to his own feelings, under the mixed sensations of pride and regret, inseparable from the occasion of contemplating their merits, and of bidding adieu to officers and men, collectively and individually, endeared to him by habits of intercourse, and the mutual exertion of the spirit of professional enterprize during the long period of six years, for the most part passed amidst the vicissitudes of climate, and the laborious duties of the field, in the service of their king and country. The merits and the services of the army, and of all the officers and troops engaged in the late arduous war in India, have been so repeatedly and so emphatically expressed and recorded by the supreme government of the British possessions in Asia; and the gratitude and applause of the com† K 2

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mander-in-chief have been so frequently called forth to express his admiration of the gallant spirit of enterprize and exertion of the officers, the steady discipline and undaunted valour of the troops, that the commander-in-chief feels any endeavour of his to add to their reputation, would only tend to lessen its estimation, in proportion as the attempt must fall short of the praise which it deserves. It therefore only remains for his lordship to express once more his most sincere and hearty thanks for the distinguished honour which he has derived from the gallant exertions and splendid successes of the British army in India, and to record that testimony which his personal observation and experience, during the period of six years, entitles him to pronounce, that the approbation which has been bestowed on them has been most eminently deserved, and that they have established a just and undoubted claim to the best rewards which can be bestowed on them by a grateful government. The commander-in-chief feels, that to ascribe any peculiar merit to the conduct by which the officers and soldiers, his countrymen, have been actuated beyond what might attach to their distinguished valour and noble perseverance, during a long and arduous war, would be felt only as a negative compliment; but he finds it difficult to do justice to the merits of our native soldiers, who have encountered every danger with the most exemplary valour, who have submitted to every hardship and privation with the utmost fortitude and perseverance, and who, to promote the cause in which they were engaged, have, on many occasions, made a cheerful and ready sacrifice of every habit and prejudice which they have been

taught to regard as most dear and inviolable. If any weight can attach to his success, or any influence be derived from the acknowledged national benefits that have been justly ascribed to the fortitude and valour of the British army in India, during the period of his command, the commander-in-chief will esteem it the greatest honour, and the highest gratification of his life, to employ that weight and influence in promoting the interests and exalting the character of that gallant army, to which he now subscribes his affectionate FAREWEL. The remainder of his days will be enlivened by the recollection of those public services which obtained for him the approbation of his king and country; and his lordship will never cease to cherish the affectionate remembrance of the companions of his glory, and the promoters of his success, during the eventful period of his long command in India.”

THOS. HILL, Acting Sec. Mil. Dept.

MARCH.

Fort William, March 16, 1807. Lieutenant-colonel R. H. Colebrooke, surveyor-general, is directed to proceed on duty by water to the upper provinces, for the purpose of completing certain surveys according to instructions, which will be transmitted to him by the secretary to the government. Lieutenant White, at present employed in surveying the country on the Delhi frontier, is directed to discontinue that duty on the 1st of June next, after which period the allowances of every description now drawn by that officer for surveying, &c. are to cease.

R. PARRY,
Sec. to Covt. Mil. Dept.

Fort

Fort William, Public Department,
March 25, 1807.

The following clause of the first decennial loan published in the Calcutta gazette of the 21st June, 1798, is re-published for general information.

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Secondly. That the principal shall be paid at the expiration of the above-mentioned term of ten years, at the option of the lender, his executors, administrators, or assigns, either in cash at the presidency, or by bills, to be drawn by the governor-general in council, on the honorable court of directors, at the same rate of exchange of two shillings and sixpence the sicca rupee, payable fifteen months after date; but reserving to the honorable court an option of postponing payment of the bills so to be drawn for the principal for one or two years longer, upon paying interest thereon half yearly, to be calculated at the rate of five per cent. per annum, from and after the expiration of the term of fifteen months from the date of the bills to the day of payment, provided that persons who may be desirous of receiving payment of the principal in Bengal, shall signify such desire in writing, to the accountantgeneral, twelve months previous to the expiration of the term of the loan; and provided also, that the governor-general in council shall, in this latter case, have an option of postponing payment of the principal, for one or two years after the expiration of the term of the loan, upon paying interest thereon annually, at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, to the day of payment."

The public are hereby informed, that the governor-general in council will not avail himself of the option reserved in the foregoing

clause of postponing payment of the principal of the loan for one or two years. The promissary notes will be discharged at the expiration of the term of ten years from their respective dates, either in cash at the general treasury, or by bills on the honorable court of directors, and the holders of these obligations, who may be desirous of receiving payment of the principal in Bengal, are accordingly required to signify such desire to the accountant-general in writing, agreeably to the conditions of the loan. Published by order of the honorable the governor-general in council. THOS. BROWN,

Chief Sec. to the Govt.

APRIL.

Fort William, April 2, 1807. The permission given to Mr. Thomas White, assistant-surgeon, in general orders of the 8th Sept. last, to proceed to sea for the recovery of his health, is extended six months, from the 15th ultimo. R. PARRY,

Sec. to Govt.

Fort William, April 2, 1807. The governor-general in council having determined to carry into effect the orders of the honourable the court of directors (contained in their general letter, dated 20th April, 1803) respecting the formation of the retired list, and the consolidation of the off-reckoning funds of the three presidencies of Fort William, Fort St. George, and Bombay, from the 1st of January, 1803, is pleased to direct, that a proportion of the surplus offreckonings of the official year 1802-3, or from 1st of May to 31st December 1802, shall be immediately distributed among the colonels and other officers entitled

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