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The death is announced of Major-General J. G. Balmain, retired, Boyal 
(Madras) Artillery. He retired on full pay, 31st December, 1870. 
Major-General C. D. Chalmers (retired), who died in London, on 20th 
July, 1893, was commissioned as Lieutenant, 1st October, 1855 ; became 2nd 
Captain, 9th February, 1865 ; Captain, 5th Ju'y, 1872; Major, 11th March, 
1874; Lieut.-Colonel, 1st July, 1881; Colonel, 1st July, 1885; and retired 
with honorary rank of Major-General, 1st October, 1887. He served during 
the Indian Mutiny, 1857--8, and was present at the action of Kalee Nuddee, 
affair of Bamgunge, siege and capture of Lucknow, actions of Bareilly, Shali- 
jehanpore, and Mohumdee (medal, with clasp). 
Colonel W. Ward, retired, Boyal (Bombay) Artillery, died at Weston-super- 
Mare, on 3rd July, 1893. Colonel Ward served in the Egyptian Expedition, 
1882, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. (Despatches, London 
Gazette , 2nd November, 1882, medal with clasp, bronze star, Brevet of Lieut.- 
Colonel, 3rd Class of the Medjidie.) 
