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for deepening the passage over the bar are completed, by which
this great seaport of Scinde and the Punjaub will attain a com-
inercial position not inferior to Bombay itself.
On leaving Kurracliee for Bombay, Sir Frederick Maitland
addressed the following letter to Captain Oliver, expatiating
on the services of the Indian Navy squadron stationed at the
rS mouths of the Indus
" Bombay Castle, February 27, 1839.
" The Hon. the Governor in Council has much pleasure in
publishing to the Indian Navy, the following letter from his
Excellency the Naval Commander-in-chief
u To Captain Oliver, R.N., Superintendent of the Indian
Navy, Bombay. ^ .
" gi r9 —l have the honour to transmit, for your information,
the disposition of the Hon. Company^s vessels of war lately
serving under my command, as well as copies of the orders I
left with their commanders, on quitting Kurrachee on the 10th
instant, and in doing so it is a pleasing part of my duty to
assure you that nothing could exceed the zeal and activity of
Captain Pepper (who, I regret to say, will, on account of the ill
state of his health, be obliged to return to Bombay in the
6 Semiramis') and of every officer in the Hon. Company's service
with whom I have had the good fortune to communicate. Lieu
tenant J. W.Young, commanding the Hon. Company's schooner
' Constance,' performed every service committed to his charge
in a manner which merits my high approbation, particularly in
his taking the schooner in shore on the 2nd instant, and
placing her in a position for covering the landing of the troops
on the Manora Point. Lieutenant J. Frushard, commanding
the Hon. Company's brig 4 Euphrates,' to whom I entrusted the
superintendence of landing the troops, baggage, stores, &c., at
the town of Kurrachee, was most indefatigable in his exertions,
and performed that duty much to my satisfaction. Of Lieu
tenant Jenkins, who the Bombay Government kindly lent to
the 4 Wellesley,' as a pilot for the coast, and as interpreter, I
cannot speak in too high terms in both capacities, but I am
particularly indebted to him for carrying on all our communi
cations with the authorities at Kurrachee, as well as with the
Governor of the fort at the entrance of the harbour, all of
which services w r ere performed in a manner that proved both
zeal and intelligence on his part.
" F. Maitland , Rear-Admiral
Commander-in-Chief.
" 4 Wellesley ' at sea, Feb. 13, 1839."
On the 5th of March, the Hon. Company's brig 6 Taptee'
arrived at Bombay from the Indus, having on board Sir Henry
Fane, Commander-in-chief in India, who, after the fall of