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66 29. It being intended by the scheme to place lieutenants
in command of fourth-rates, the command allowance of that
class of vessels at 400 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a month is proper; but should
the command of a vessel of the fourth-rate be given to a com
mander, his allowance ought to be raised to the former amount,
viz., 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a month."
It will be seen by Paragraph 28 of the preceding that Captain
Oliver, in his zeal for economy, proposed that the Court should
cut down the allowances of commanding officers to a point
below that at which they had been placed by the Court more
than ten years before. When it is considered that officers of
the Indian Navy were paid at a rate much lower than that re
ceived by their brethren of the Army, or even the branch pilots
at Calcutta, and, therefore, might legitimately have asked for an
increase, it cannot be a subject of wonder that Captain Oliver's
interference in a sense opposed to the interests of those whose
just claims he ought to have been foremost to defend, rendered
him an object of dislike and distrust to the officers of the
Service.
As regards the payment of 900 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. to the captains of all
vessels called first-rates, no such class existed, and, therefore,
the order remainder unfulfilled. The command allowance for
the eighteen-gun sloops had always been 800 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per men
sem, by whomsoever it was held, but now that they were classed
as third-rates, the steam frigates alone being called second-rates,
the officer in charge, if a commander, was to receive 600 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ,
and, if a lieutenant, 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .* 5
# The following order was published in the Marine Department:—
" November 13. Consequent on the augmentation of the Indian Navy, the
following promotions are made, to have effect from the 11th of October, 1841:—
Commanders W. Lowe and Stafford B. Haines to be captains, on augmentation.
Lieutenants Frederick T. Powell and Greorge Robinson to be commanders, vice
Lowe and Haines promoted. Richard Ethersey, James A. Young, Henry A.
Ormsby and G-. B. Kempthorne to be commanders, consequent on the augmenta
tion. Midshipmen An experienced sailor, but not a commissioned officer. Henry W. Grounds and Andrew Nesbitt to be lieutenants,
vice Powell and Robinson, promoted. John Roberts, Albany M. Grrieve, Frederick
E. Manners, and G-eorge W. Leeds, to be lieutenants, vice Ethersey, Young,
Ormsby, and Kempthorne, promoted. Samuel B. King, and Edward C. Zouch.
to be lieutenants on the augmentation."
In the year 1843, the commissions of the undermentioned midshipmen An experienced sailor, but not a commissioned officer. , were
antedated as follows, by a General Order, dated Bombay Castle, March 2, issued
in pursuance of the orders of the Hon. Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. . Mr. J. Sheppard,
vice Wyburd, struck off the list; October 16, 1837. Mr. M. W. Lynch, vice
Rogers, promoted; December 13, 1837. Mr. J. F. Jones, vice Harvey, deceased ;
December 16, 1837. Mr. H. H. Hewett, vice Clendon, deceased; April, 16,1838.
Mr.-J. S. Grieve, vice Sawyer, retired; January 21, 1839. Mr. A. E. Ball, vice
Lloyd, retired; February 13, 1839. Mr. J. Stephens, vice Harris, retired;
April 9, 1839. Mr. W. C. Barker, vice Powell, retired ; April 10, 1839. Mr.
A. McDonald, vice Denton, retired; July 1, 1839. Mr. W. Christopher, vice
Swan, retired ; July 1, 1839. Mr. W. Fell, vice Prentice, retired ; July 1,1839.
Mr. W. E. Campbell, vice Sharp, retired; July 8, 1839. Mr. A. H. Gardner,
vice Warden, retired ; July 9, 1839. Mr. H. A. Drought, vice Rogers, retired ;
July 15, 1839. Mr. J. S. Draper, vice Pruen, retired; July 18, 1839. Mr. J.