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complication, which led to misconstruction in two in- 

 stances. 



61. The Company's rupees 46,415.5.11 was disbursed as 

 follows : — 



Pay of the cavalry for May, June, and August Rs. 24,713 5 8 

 Ditto, infantry ditto, . 15,900 9 6 



European oflScers and establishments ... * 5,801 6 9 



Total . . . Rs. 46,415 5 11 



* European oflBcers, Lieutenants Hardinge and Hodson Es. 2125 1 



Doctor Dalzel . . . , . . . 141 12 6 



Establishments ....... 574 8 



Arrears to furlough men ..... 2960 1 3 



Total . . Rs. 5801 6 9 



On the 21st of October audited abstracts for September 

 were received in full and disbursed to the regiment. On 

 the 18th of November those for October were received and 

 disbursed. 



62. I would draw attention to the dates on which these 

 abstracts were received and audited in all the months I 

 have mentioned, as they are good evidence that the monthly 

 papers were made out and sent off regularly and without 

 delay. During my command I have had difficulty in 

 ensuring the receipt of pay in time to complete the 

 disbursement of one month before the close of the 

 following one. 



63. Thus by the expedient above described, and by keep 

 ing the men alive with petty advances, Lieutenant Hodson 

 avoided the necessity of again applying for an advance 

 from the civil treasury, which system, unavoidable under 

 the circumstances, had caused such confusion and difficulty 

 in his accounts ; and on the disbursement of October's pay 

 (which took place on the last days of November and the 

 beginning of December) the whole pay accounts of the 

 regiment had been put on a sound footing. The advances 

 previously made as subsistence to the men had been re- 

 covered (a necessity which fell heavy on many that had 



