174 TRAVELS IN 
expended in any one year, in the railitary department, at the 
Cape of Good Hope. The year I (hall take is from May 1797 
to May 1798, when the garrifon was ftrongeft j confifting of 
The 8th 7 t • u 
Y Light Dragoons, 
■28th J 
The 84thl 
^^^^^l Infantry. 
91ft r ^ 
Scotch BrigadeJ 
In that year the eftimate was made up according to the fol- 
lowing extract : 
1. Subfiftence of the non-commifficmed officers 
and privates of the two regiments of dra- 
goons and four regiments of infantry, for one 
year, according to the new rate of payment, 
deducing for rations and hofpital charges, SS^7^9 ^ ^ 
2. Clothing and contingent expences for ditto, 28,133 13 2 
3. Full pay of the commiffioned officers of two 
regiments of dragoons, and four regiments 
of infantry for one year, according to the 
latefl: regulations, - - A-3-~^^7 ^4 ^ 
4. Staff officers and hofpital eftablifhment of 
one infpedor, two phyficians, one purveyor, 
four furgeons, two apothecaries, and nine 
hofpital mates, - - - 11,178 2 6 
Carried forward 138,708 12 10 
