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Rh Major 777 922 Captain 520 560 Lieutenant 333 363 Cornet 289 309 Surgeon as Captain, Assistant-Surgeon as Lieutenant. Veterinary Surgeon 341

NATIVE INFANTRY.

Colonel (not a General on the Staff) 1280 1280 Lieutenant-Colonel 820 1020 Major 635 780 Captain 371 411 Lieutenant 224 254 Ensign 180 200 Surgeon as Captain, and Assistant-Surgeon as Lieutenant.

The situation of officers in the Company's service being looked upon as a sort of exile for life, care has been taken to make it palatable to them by numerous privileges and advantages which, are not accorded to the Queen's officers; though it may be remarked, en passant, that the exile of the latter is very little, if at all, shorter than that of the former, and their duties are quite as onerous in the field. This, or some other cause, has unhappily created an unpleasant feeling between the two services, which, though it never entails any positive detriment on the interests of the Company, produces a want of unanimity and good fellowship that frequently mars the pleasures of social harmony.

Amongst these advantages may be enumerated situations on the general staff, with salaries ranging from 2000 to 40,000 rupees per annum; and these not only of a military, but a civil nature, as revenue-collectors, magistrates, superintendents of police, political agents, &c. The military staff situations include those of adjutant, auditor, quartermaster, surveyor, paymaster, judge-advocate, commissary-general, brigade-major, aide-de-camp, barrack master, secretary to the military board, clothing agent, superintendent of studs, &c., which are all filled