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a proportion of one-third in the grades of captains and com
manders, of one-sixth in that of lieutenants, and of one-tenth in
those of mates and midshipmen, there will remain effective, four
captains, eight commanders, forty lieutenants, sixty-four mates
and midshipmen, total, one hundred and sixteen ; so that besides
the officers employed in the ships and boats already mentioned,
there will generally be a few of each grade available for other
duty.
64 23. And here it will be proper that we should state, with
reference to the concluding paragraph of the Governor's Minute
of the 24th of December, respecting what are termed 4 shore
appointments,' that it is desirable that the posts of assistant to
the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, of assistant-secretary
to the Military Board in the Naval Department, and of draughts
man, should be filled by officers on the effective list, holding
either the rank of commander or of lieutenant; and with the
exception of those three posts, it must be a rule that officers
accepting a shore appointment must be removed altogether from
the effective list of the Indian Navy.
"24. The situation of 4 Master-Attend ant' is now reserved as
an appointment for a captain of the Indian Navy, on certain
conditions,^ one of which being that he shall first resign the
active service; and the office of 6 Indian Naval Storekeeper'
should also be reserved for one of the captains of that Service,
upon the same terms and conditions, but we do not propose to
disturb the present tenure of Captain Simpson.
"26. You will make the requisite promotions consequent
upon the increase of establishment authorized upon this letter,
and we shall furnish you with an adequate supply of young
gentlemen as volunteers.
"28. In conclusion we would remark, in reference to the
command allowances of the new ratings under Captain Oliver's
scheme of August, 1839, which has already been adverted to,
that in our despatch of the 31st of December, 1829, we approved
of a scale, whereby we allowed to a captain of a first rate, 900
rupees a month; second do., 800 rupees ; commander third do.,
600 rupees ; fourth do., 500 rupees. Captain Oliver's scheme
makes no allusion to first-rate vessels, and reduces the command
allowance of third-rates to 500 rupees per month; but it is our
wish that the senior officer in the Persian Gulf should continue
in the receipt of the first-rate allowance; that when the com
mand of a second-rate be given to a commander, the allowance
be reduced from 800 rupees to 700 rupees a month, and that the
allowance of a third-rate vessel, when commanded by an officer
holding the rank of commander, should remain as before at
600 rupees a month.
* Salary Rs. 15,000 per annum. Pension—The retired to whicli the regulations
would have entitled him at the time he resigned the active service.