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Service they should be under the orders and at the charge of
that Government.
7. I leave it to your Excellency's Grovernment, in communi
cation with that of Bombay, to determine how many officers of
different classes are required for the Bombay Marine The navy of the East India Company. , all of
whom, excepting such as are employed afloat, or have been
placed in suitable shore appointments, will have been now dis
charged with gratuities proportioned to their length of service,
in accordance with the instructions conveyed in my despatch,
No. 77, of the 30th of August, 1861. If there should be a
sufficient number of volunteers from among the present officers
of the Indian Navy, fit to command and officer any vessels of
the Bengal Marine, which may be required from time to time,
they should have the preference over all other candidates, upon
the conditions which will be laid down in a subsequent part of
this despatch. All officers, both of the Bengal and Bombay
Marines, should be employed upon the clear understanding that
their service is only temporary, and does not entitle them to
pensions, for I agree with your Excellency's Government, that,
as private enterprise extends in India, it may become expedient
still further to reduce the number of vessels in the Service of
the Government.
44 8. I have next to consider the manner in which the officers
of the Indian Navy should be dealt with, who, from no fault of
their own, will be deprived of their professional prospects. I
have already, in a former Despatch, expressed the high sense
which is entertained by Her Majesty's Government of the
gallant and meritorious services of the Indian Navy; and now
that political and financial considerations have rendered it
necessary to abolish that Service, it is my desire to consider the
interests of the officers in the most liberal spirit.
" 9. I have, therefore, somewhat modified in their favour the
scale of pensions which was recommended by your Excellency's
Government. The revised scale will be found in Enclosure
No. 2 # to this Despatch, and it should be brought into operation
* "No. 2. Scale of pensions, gratuities, &c., for the officers of different ranks
now belonging to the Indian Navy upon abolition of the Service.—Captains,
eight on the list. Captains of seven years' standing in that rank, and all officers
•who have completed either thirty years according to the old, or twenty.six years'
actual service in India according to the new, furlough regulations, without refer
ence to their rank, to have the option of retiring upon a pension of £450 per
annum, retaining their right to succeed to the senior list pension of £800 per
annum in their turn, or upon a pension of £550, giving up their right of succeed
ing to the senior list pension. Captains of less standing, or of shorter actual
service in India than the above, to have the option of retiring on a pension of
£400, with a right to succeed to the senior list pension of £800 per annum in
their turn, or on a pension of £450, without further prospect.—Commanders,
sixteen on the list. Commanders, whose appointment to the Service bears date
prior to the year 1831, to retire upon a pension of £450, with nothing further in
prospect. Commanders, whose appointment to the Service bears date subsequent
to the year 1831, to retire upon a pension of £400. All commanders, on thus
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