Journal of a Cavalry Officer; Including the Memorable Sikh Campaign of 1845-1846Humbley, W. W. W. (William Wellington Waterloo)
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Journal of a Cavalry Officer; Including the Memorable Sikh Campaign of 1845-1846
Humbley, W. W. W. (William Wellington Waterloo)
India -- Description and travel; Sikh War, 1845-1846
Not exceeding three, is 500 rupees, or £50
Exceeding three 300 " 30
A certain sum is also granted to enable widows and children, on
landing, to reach their homes, which is called "travelling expenses."
Officers, if so disposed, may pay so much monthly: that is to say,
Rupees £ _s._
Commander-in-Chief 30 or 3 0
General Officer 20 " 2 0
Adjutant-General 12 " 1 4
Deputy ditto 10 " 1 0
Ditto Assistant ditto 8 " 16
Brigade-Major 6 " 12
Lieutenant-Colonel, if commanding 10 " 1 0
Ditto, if not 8 " 16
Major, if commanding 8 " 16
Do. if not 6 " 12
Captain, Paymaster, or Surgeon 4 " 8
Lieutenant, or Assistant Surgeon 2 " 4
Cornet, Second Lieutenant, or Ensign 1 " 2
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 105: A Crore is 100 lakhs, or 10,000,000 rupees.]
[Footnote 106: Vide "A Discourse on the Studies of the University of
Cambridge," by Professor Sedgwick, M.A., F.R.S., etc., Vice-Master of
Trinity College, Cambridge.]
[Footnote 107: Atlas for India, July, 1849.]
[Footnote 108: "Guddee" means a "cushion." Let the reader place a
cushion for the back, and one on each side, and he will have the Hindoo
"Guddee" or throne.]
[Footnote 109: Wilson's Mill's History of India, vol. ix. p. 185.]
[Footnote 110: Ibid, vol. ix. p. 186.]
[Footnote 111: Whilst correcting the press this College has been
abolished, and is replaced by a Board of Examiners at Calcutta,
consisting of a president, and as many members as the Government may
think fit to appoint.]
APPENDIX.
I.
[Page 39.]
THE TREATY WITH LAHORE OF 1809.
_Treaty between the British Government and the Rajah of Lahore_, (25th
of April, 1809.)
WHEREAS certain differences which had arisen between the British
Government and the Rajah of Lahore have been happily and amicably
adjusted; and both parties being anxious to maintain relations of
perfect amity and concord, the following articles of treaty, which
shall be binding on the heirs and successors of the two parties, have
been concluded by the Rajah Runjeet Singh in person, and by the agency
of C.T. Metcalfe, Esquire, on the part of the British Government.
Article 1.--Perpetual friendship shall subsist between the British
Government and the State of Lahore: the latter shall be considered,
with respect to the former, to be on the footing of the most favoured
powers, and the British Government will have no concern with the
territories and subjects of the Rajah to the northward of the river
Sutlej.
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