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3. — That the duties of your Memorialist's office are very laborious 

 and of a kind which imperatively demand quietude and the most 

 earnest and undivided attention and constant study ; a thorough 

 devotion to them, in fact, which can only be given by a mind undis- 

 tracted by pecuniary troubles, and freed from the absolute necessity 

 of seeking emolument from other sources, which your Memorialist 

 has been obliged to do, instead of concentrating his whole attention 

 (as he would much rather have done) upon his proper official 

 duties. 



4. — It is not for your Memorialist to expatiate upon what he may 

 nevertheless have effected, towards elucidating some branches of the 

 Zoology of India; but he may be permitted to appeal to those 

 naturalists in England who are best qualified to judge of his labours 

 in this line, which have been almost wholly unassisted, and were 

 mostly prosecuted under the great disadvantage of an insufficiency 

 of the necessary books of reference. Under more favourable condi- 

 tions, and above all, with a personal allowance suitable to the 

 requirements of a decent existence in this very highly and increas- 

 ingly expensive metropolis, your Memorialist would have been 

 enabled to accomplish more, and in every respect to have proved 

 himself far more efficient in his office ; but he has endeavoured to do 

 his best under circumstances of difficulty, and for many years habi- 

 tually devoted about double the number of hours to the Museum 

 that were required by the terms of his agreement with the Asiatic 

 Society. 



5. — That your Memorialist has now passed an important portion 

 of his life in India, and has obtained a familiar practical knowledge 

 of its Zoology in various branches, which materially facilitates the 

 prosecution of further researches ; and he is still anxious to bestow 

 the extra time required for such labours and investigations, but finds 

 it impracticable upon present allowances. 



6. — He therefore most respectfully memorializes your Hon'ble 

 Court to take his peculiar case into favorable consideration, trust- 

 ing that some arrangement may be made for granting him a pension 

 after a certain number of years of service, and, in the meanwhile, 

 that a suitable increase of salary may be accorded, that may enable 

 him to devote his entire energies to the multifarious duties of his 



