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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAYY.
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Suez, were built. In the year 1843, the steam factory An East India Company trading post. was
formally handed over to the charge of Mr. Ardaseer Car-
setjee, who had been sent out two years before by the Court
of Directors as Chief Engineer and Inspector of Machinery,
with Mr. McLaren as his assistant, Captain Turner returning to
his duties as Mint Master and Dockyard Engineer. In 1857
Mr. Ardaseer Cursetjee retired on a pension of 400 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per
mensem, after having served in the builders' and engineers'
department for nearly thirty-six years. Mr. McLaren w^as
appointed to succeed him as Chief Engineer and Inspector of
Machinery, Mr. J. Mackinlay being nominated Assistant. They
carried on the duties of the steam department till February,
1862, when Mr. McLaren retired through ill-health, on a pension
equal to one-third of his salary. Mr. Mackinlay was then
appointed head of the department, and remained as such until
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the fourth to the seventh year inclusive, £250; from the end of the seventh year,
£300. Second ditto, for the first three years, £150; from the fourth to the
seventh year inclusive, £175 ; from the end of the seventh year, £200. Third
ditto, for the first three years, £100 ; from the fourth to the seventh year inclu
sive, £125 ; from the end of the seventh year, £150. With an additional allow
ance of 2<s. 6^. a day for such period as the steam is up, or the engines working,
or while employed repairing machinery in any factory An East India Company trading post. , mint, or workshop ashore,
or on board any other steamer than that to which he is attached, or while em
ployed in fitting the engines to any steam vessel. The chief engineer to be
allowed 1^. a day for each apprentice placed under his tuition, during the period
such lads are taught by him, on production of a certificate from the commanding
officer of the steam vessel. Pay is not to commence till the parties have arrived
in India.
" Outfit and Passage Money.—Engineers of all the three classes will be pro
vided with a passage to India at the expense of the East India Company at the
commencement of their engagement; and on their quitting India, at the ter
mination of their service, they will have a free passage home, provided their con
duct has been satisfactory to the Grovernment, of which a certificate must be pro
duced ; excepting in the case of any engineer who may give up his employment
before he shall have completed a period of five years' service, or who may have
been dismissed the Service. The following allowances will be made for an outfit,
viz. :—First Class engineers, £50; Second Class engineers, £35; Third Class
engineers, £20.
" Allotment of Family Money.—Engineers of either class may allot any
portion, not exceeding half of their salaries, for the benefit of their families in
England.
" Furlough.—An engineer of either class, after five years' actual service in
India as such, may be allowed a furlough, or leave of absence, not exceeding two
years on the whole, on account of his private affairs, receiving, during such leave
of absence, an allowance equal to one-third of his salary. An engineer who is
compelled to come to England upon medical certificate, although he may not
have served five years, will be granted an allowance of one-third of his salary
during such certified sickness, provided that his sickness do not occasion a longer
absence from India than two years in the whole; but the medical certificate must
be renewed every three months during such absence.
" Pension.—After ten years' actual service in India, the following pensions will
be granted to such engineers as shall have conducted themselves to the satisfac
tion of the Government abroad, and shall produce to the Court a certificate to
that effect, viz.:—A First Class engineer, 2s. 6d. per day; a Second Class engi
neer, 2^. ditto j a Third Class engineer, Is. 6d. ditto.