362 MAJOR W. HODSON. 



23. Eighthly, At the time of the sitting of the court a 

 number of claims were preferred by soldiers and others for 

 sums of money due to them on various accounts, and other 

 miscellaneous matters which appeared to bear unfavourably 

 on the accounts were mentioned before the court of inquiry. 



24. I shall notice these eight heads in order as briefly as 

 I can, but it is not easy in a case like this to be concise 

 and intelligible at the same time. 



25. First, then, with regard to the case of Feroze Khan, 

 duffadar, with the chief circumstances of which the Chief 

 Commissioner is familiar, I need only report that I have 

 carefully examined the various payments and repayments 

 in the case, and believe them to be correct and true 

 entries. 



26. Thus Lieutenant Hodson was to give Feroze Khan, 

 duffadar, (Company's rupees 150) Company's rupees one 

 hundred and fifty for his horse, or another of equal 

 value. 



27. On the 19th of December Lieutenant Hodson 

 advanced him (Company's rupees 150) one hundred and 

 fifty from his private account when he was proceeding to 

 Chuch to look for a horse. 



28. On returning from Chuch unsuccessful Feroze Khan 

 repaid this (Company's rupees 150) Company's rupees one 

 hundred and fifty into the chest, and the sum, instead of 

 being recredited to Lieutenant Hodson, was erroneously 

 credited to Feroze Khan as a deposit. 



29. On the 13th of January Lieutenant Hodson paid to 

 Azadgul Khan, duffadar, (Company's rupees 200) Company's 

 rupees two hundred from his private account for a horse 

 purchased from him, and which had previously been made 

 over to Feroze Khan in lieu of the 150-rupee horse taken 

 from him. 



30. Feroze Khan took his discharge from the 31st of 

 January, and was paid up in full on the 3rd of March, at 

 which time pay for January had not, however, been received. 

 Lieutenant Hodson on this occasion repurchased the 200- 

 rupee horse for the regiment, and advanced the money 



