Appendix to the India Courier extraordinary; containing copies of all the papers laid before the Honourable the House of Commons, ... relative to Warren Hastings, ... 1786: Vol 1
Hastings, Warren
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ES 1 92 : ö 2 f FL % 5 4 of NS *% 4 JN obedience to the commands of the Honourable the Governor General and Council, I have to inform you, that they have been pleaſed to order that the retrenchments prior to Zoch April 1780 - : 135 a 4 Li. * 3 1 — of drawing his commiſſion and allowances, but in ſuch caſe the appointment would — „ —ů˖ꝙ%—˖ꝙ—— —-— OR SI VI OR R%{ =. 1 OP with great ſubmiſſion, morally impoſ- © wag td 7 > = 0 — ———— - — ———— — = — — —ä——w ———e c WA FUR AY HEB ACA en ro $<2v 1 Ree <1 LY. — wagon xv 1 | I ! | "2 | 1 Ul k bs wrote off to g profit aid: 1 0 on the milita1 i 3 "i * bovks,: recommented by the military ee. Ge * 148 J nerat ih bal ro * ca _ 01 l MV ; 0 | ; Te : ; 91 4 ; LM 17 ; m ita * Haw © 192 OR ogg F Sir Wo. g Comal Cdtiber, | Your mädel e Th the 6th Jan, r7 86. | Humble ſervant, gl 55 A tre Copy; (Sol) 7 WILLIAM bv ee W. Ackinſon, WH | 3 Th | OY Commy. Gen. Th count: le 4 5 delay, 6 | „ count | 27 0 | media. Encloſure. No. 6) Th | | 5 : \ the m Minutes of Coumcit, 6th” Janwary 1784. partic: 3 provin Abe it was not the intention of Government, when they removed the Paymaſters who were to rent fe covenanted ſervants of the Company from their offices, and ordered that they ſhould delve N over the ſa — 4 on the 31ſt July laſt, to Seve them of any part of the commiſſion due to m_ military Th difBbtſkents; Which dughe to have boöen diſcharged previous to the 3ſt of July," had there been Gene! money in the hands of the ſeveral Payniafters ſufficient for that purpoſe, _ OY _ of 4 who v Te Board have chereſore been pleaſed to direct, chat the Paymaſter General do 3 each common on the Paymaſter's diſburſements; in the uſua} manner, but that he ſhall 0. tered on the Paymaſter's diſburſements for the next fix months, that is, from ift Ke 7 3 to fa Ret 2 #94, to the Eredit of the Paymaſters to hot it property belongs. o * | naſſa, But us it #6uld be 11 injuſtice to the P ainaſierd who have the trouble of paying dl oh which Vizie cdeit predecellors afe to draw he ane, to > be wnſwerable. for r the e General's re | Barry ooteg thoſe dil. . 115 N 5 Obere, That the Fader 0 Omen! bd Commillcy e do keep af Ls | A PR ketten dent and that the former debit the late Pa for the me, — on them T £6 +689 dhe zelt after the dhl time allowed fot the recovery of reti | furs , that all the trouble and riſk of recovering the retrenchments on the ä bilk 8 5 bom , the cared who have been e and who are to receive the conan oN Ty | 00 ö on F G ie tt a oh ID Es | Wome be W Paymaſter General to the troops ſerving be the Carumn ] "ou of the U futed ment; or in the ſervice of the Nabob Vigier, commatided Britib Th bfficers; that ts from the oe ears «et mediately to le 23 Paymaſter General. And it is further 3 „ and Agreed, That the following _ be Sate for the Gd office of Paymate Gene- ral, 8 rſt, The the en- Pay the military Paymaſter General at the Preſidency of all his receipts from the Nabob Vizier, on ac- count of the troops ſtationed beyond the Provinces, on the day he receives the ſame. Payin aſter General of the troops ſtationed beyond the provinces do ai to the ſevenl 24 That the military Paymaſter General out of the | Paymaſters under him, as it 1s required, taki careful that they do not hold any balanee of c Provinces do iſſue PR money t their recei ipts for the ſame, and being particular} in their Hands, under any pretence whatſoever. 3d. That the military Paymaſter General out of the provinces do tranſmit to the acilitary Pay- maſter General at the Preſidency, a monthly abſtract of his receipts and iſſues, to enable him to ad- juſt his accounts with tlie 3 — tte will Aren ttarfinit them to the wy er 8 office, - ; 4 the Paymalter a at Che "arid ds, the Napier 40 me Geh ps e in 14 Zemindary of Benares, except the garriſon of Chunar, be adviſed by the ili Paymaſter Ge- neral that they are to conſider 88 from the 1ſt day of March next, under the Bae \ L 1499 ] the ſame manner as they have hitherto done to the military Paymaſter General. military Paymaſter General out of the provinces, and that they are to render him their accounts in That the military Paymaſter General out of the provinces be furniſhed by the Commiſlary General with complete eſtabliſhments of all the corps that are to be put under his payment, and that he be ſupplied from the miliiary Paymaſter General's office with copies of all General orders reſpecting the olice of Paymaſter, publiſhed ſince the iſt Auguſt 1779. e r. That the military Paymaster General out of the provinces be directed to check the Paymaster's accounts current as soon as they are received in his office, and afterwards to transmit them, without delay, to the Paymaster General's office at the Presidency, pointing out at the bottom of each account the errors he may find, of which he will regularly advise the Paymasters, that they may immediately correct these errors in their next month's account current. That after the Paymaſter's diſburſements are audited, the Auditor General will tranſmit them to - the military Paymaſter General out of the provinces, as well as to the different Paymaſters, with the particulars of the retrenchments which he has made ; and the military Paymaſter General out-of the provinces muſt be careful that the Paymaſters under his authority do credit him in their accounts cur- rent for the ſame, agreeable to the orders of the gth of June laſt. 1 That the monthly reports and eſtimates, which are now tranſmitted to the military T. e General's office by the Paymaſters who are to be under the orders of the military Paymaſter General rer | who will make out a general report and eſtimate from them, ſpecifying the balance in the hands of each Paymaſter, as well as the balance in his own hands, and tranſmit the ſame to the military Pay- maſter General „by the 20th day of every month, 1 | S - Oo ww _ Reſolved, That Mr. John Scawen be appointed to the office of Auditor General of the accounts of the troops ſerving without the Company's Dewannee provinces, to the Weſtward of the Caram- naſſa, whether of the ſtrength of the Company's regular eſtabliſhment, or of the ſervice of the Nabob Vizier, commanded by Britiſh officers, with the exception of the garriſon in Chunar, 2 7 That it be the duty of the Auditor General to audit and paſs the diſburſements of theſe troops, and miſſary General in Calcutta. | * That the Auditor General do correſpond with, and receive inſtructions from the Commiſſary Ge- neral, according to the regulations eſtabliſhed for his office, VV | => 5 5 = | That the Auditor General do tranſmit all contingent bills to the Commiſſary General, who ſhall report the ſame in the uſual manner to the. Board, the which having paſſed the Board, the Com- miſſary General will return them to the Auditor General, to be re-delivered by him to the officers to R EA That the Auditor General ſhall ultimately tranſmit the Account of his retrenchments on the fixed, as well as on all diſburſements, to the Commiſſary General, to be entered in the books of his office, and to receive his final controul and ſanction. |. (Signed) Wu. BRUERE, A true copy, vie GE W. ATKINSON, Acts Dept. Commy. Gen. Honorable WARREN HASTINGS, Esq., Governor General, &c., Council. Gentlemen, 8 Directors, by the packet which you have notified is under dispatch, the enclosed memorandum, showing the present state of the accounts of the army on this establishment. It specifies the last and the last, and the last under examination. I have the pleasure to remark, that I have twice within the last month applied for accounts, and I perceive that several of them have not been many days in hand. I, Re Pop I flat — out of the provinces, in future be delivered to the military Paymaster General out of the provinces, to transmit accounts of his retrenchments to the respective Paymasters, and copies thereof to the Commandants whom they may belong, and who will then present them to the respective Paymasters to be discharged. I request that you be pleased to do me the favor of forwarding to the Honourable Court of Za — RAT 5. PITT — 7 => — — — - * | CESS 2 — — " ==  will ever require the steady application of an indisputably minded mind, with a particular share of the attention and support of Government, excluding that degree of discipline in the department of inspection, which the return of peace will enable the government. nourable Board to give. 8 15 77 e eee, | 1 have the honour to be, ; Commy. Gen. Office, | U | rſt Sept. 1783. ; | ery reſpectfully g | | Your kat * edit and A true copy. | Poaithful ſervant, 3 W. Atkinſon, _ (Signed) JOHN MURRAY, Dept. Commy. Gen. e CTCommy. Gen. (Encloſure, 6G, | Cavalry Corps * ©. — | | Futtygur Detachment Do | Agent for Boats — May & June 1783] Do. f 1.51, 1, (Encloſure, No. ESENT STATE of the Accounts of the Army on the Bengal Eſtabliſhment, ſhewing the t Diſuurſements racei vech in: the Commiſtary, Gęenęral's Office, remain for Audit. 8.) the, laſt apglited, and thoſe. that May 1783[17th July 1783 . | 6th Aug. 1783 Blair's Detachment June 1783 Do. * Boglepare's Militia July 1783[23d] Aug. 1783 Do. Invalid Sepoys June 1783 Do. PEI Diſburſements. | Laſt rec. in. this, ofice,. and when, |\Laſtzaudited, ä — —— — . 8 f TLEEECIIESS | er Garriſon and Artillery April 178 3 27th, Jung 1783 115 57 iſt Brigade — June x [23d Aug. 1783 June 1783 | 2d ditto "_ May Dg: May 1783 d ditto — — 17 | Do. fu 1783 Rae detachment þ Pune 1782| 30 Apr. 1783] June 1782 Madras ditto — June 1782 Toth July 1783] June 1782 Garriſon of Chunar June 1783] 6th Aug. 1783] June 178g * do, — Buxar | April 1783|27th June 1783 Ar 3 » patna  that month. Mr. Cleveland's accounts are not to be audited by the Commissary Board of Revenue, 19th inst. of boat charges received in this office, since the commencement of the agency; cannot be audited for want of an answer from the Board of Inspection to a request of the Commissary General's, dated 21st August 1781, repeated in subsequent applications. Neither do any vouchers accompany the accounts. W. ATKINSON, - | Dep. Comm, General, Pr ry General. See letter from the Theſe are the only accounts 1 ö 3 | ' | " 8 — <a ” — — * — P 22 * _ — — 4 TH” $4.45 2 * _ yo, n n n ä —— — — 88 — — :  b * _  © > -  — — - EXT 5. y 22 l F — = OE TE — =< — — — I OO oe ae on — 3 — - — * — — ͥ —— T2 tt —ÄEUño—— — — 5 — 8 ——.— — — — —— —— — — — * pour — - — nw — — Os ol a — — — : — — - 8 r 2 =  — Ou p K N 25 no hw Wy — a — o _ - gn o * wn i bs — —.— — ae ego ara ont ! p 5 b — — — —— — — . i —1fppp0éfç,Ü— , > Bm e" — and - Fn ©, + te Ee int. — * 4 a — 9 — 8 0 X g . - * _ . _— 2 — 2 — . — IX yy ky, 7” 1 5 N I" 2 EIS 8 * * * 5 2 3 ** a TIT - "os — Fo  = = — D 5 E 4 a * * 8 = , p * - | I Requeſt eo will be pleaſed to communicate to the Honourable the Court of Directors, by the ſhips (2) "To the Honourable WARREN HASTINGS, Efquire, Governor General, kee. Cobndl. Gentlemen, r diſpatch, the encloſed preſent Rate of the accounts of the army on this eſtabliſhment as far as depends on this office ; and if you ſhall be pleaſed to afford. even a very moderate portion of your valuable time to the department of Inſpection, which I hope you may now conveniently do, ce being happily re-eſtabliſhed, I am humbly confident that the buſineſs of it may be expediti. oully brought up. ad be eaſily prevented from falling again behind, OR of * oy | 1 have the honour to be, Com. Gen.'s office, Gentlemen, - -gthDec. 1783. Your moſt obedient humble ſervant, 7%, (Signed) JOHN MURRAY, - | | | Sg BEBE, Com. W. Atkinſon, N „ N Dep · Com. Gen. 5 * L 21 ( Encloſure, No. 10.) | PRESENT STATE of the kicounta of the ARMY on the Bengal Eſtabliſhment, ſhewing the laſt Diſburſements received in the Commiſſary General's Office, the laſt audited, and thoſe that remain for Audit, gth December 1783. 6 Diſburſements; Laſt received in this Office, and when. 5 | Laſt audited, = Remarks: + 2 6 a. Aha „„ 2 — ht * * — — — —— — 6 Garriſon and Artillery September 1783 — 28th Oct. 1783 September 1783 iſt Brigade —| Auguſt 1783 — Do. — [Auguſt 1783 W Do. 15 — Do er Do. d Do, — _ —| September —| Do. - [September obey Detachment Auguſt 1782 —|[I1th Sept. 1783 - | Auguft 1782. Madras do. — June 1782 — roth July 1783 — | June 1782 | Garriſon of Chunar Auguſt 1783 —| 10th Oct. 1783 — Auguſt 1783 | Do. of Buxar —| April 1783 —|27th June 1783— April 1783 | Patna Magazine —|Do. — =— Do. — Do. 1 | Ramgur — September 1783 28th Oct. 1783 September 1783 | Iſlamabad —|Do. — — oe. a. | Moraudbaug — | Do. — —ro0th Do. — Do. Patra — — March 1783 — 23d 5 — |March 17833 Dacca — September 1783 —|28th Oct. 1783 — | September 1783 | Burdwan — — os - yo — wo 4g — Do. 1 = Dinagepore —[ Auguſt 1783 —|1oth Do, — [Auguſt 1 N General —| September 1783 —[|21ſt November — . pr 58 3 | | | I | gs | Corps difſolved 25th Cavalry Corps —|May 1583 —f5th July — May 1783 2 Blair's do. — — f Jo. Boglepore Militia — Sept. 1783 . september 1783 Do. Invalid Sepoys | July 1783 — ]“ Do. +» — No ms _ — 1 Agent for boats — May & June 17832 3d Auguſt 1783 e Futtygur Detachment gu 183 24th Sept. 1783 — Auguſt 1783 o. — | a Do months received in this office, and can- not be audited for want of an anſwer from the Board of | | Inſpection to a letter from the Commiſſ- A true copy. ; | | General, ares Auguſt 1781, re- > | peated in various ap- W. ATRKINSON, | | plications ſince.— Dept. Commy. General, No vouchers accom- pany theſe accounts. Vol. I. 2 (Encloſure, No. 11.) The Honourable WARREN HASTINGS, Esq., Governor General, &c., Board of Inspection, Gentlemen, WILL TO I beg leave to lay before you a copy of an application which I have received from Sa in Erſkine, in consequence of the enclosed extract of the general letter from the Court of Di 14th April 1779. I have not made any particular reply to the Major's question, because the orders which I have received on the point leave me at some loss how to act; for the late Commissary General has submitted to you a claim of Captain James Dickinson, founded upon the same paragraph, the demand was rejected; but we see Hook was lately successful in a like claim upon the same grounds, owing, I presume, either to the force of some new arguments offered by him, or perhaps to the want of recollection of the decision of Captain Dickinson's case; which is not far from being correct. Prizing, considering that the multiplicity of business with which we are loaded in various departments must render it impossible to give the mind equally to all, more especially in times when the political line requires so great and constant attention: but, as the finances are the finances of war, the importance of directing an observant eye to the application of them is manifest; and that consideration, with a hearty disposition to be, if possible, more useful, has often made me wish (and have occasionally expressed it before) that the original institution, by which the Commissary General was admitted to a seat at the Board of inspection, had not fallen into disuse. All orders relative to military expenses, in whatever department passed, must be communicated to him; and as form the sole object of his official attention, it seems to be very obvious, that he might be of great assistance in the case of inspection; or if a committee of control of military accounts was established, consisting of such members of the Superior Board as might choose to attend, one of whom should always preside, and of the Commander in Chief, and Commissary General for the time being, I am humbly confident. That ease and satisfaction would result to you, with benefit to the Company, and greater dispatch to business, than it is possible to give on the present plan; but when, dated the 1st of January, I have ventured this suggestion, I beg I may not be misunderstood; your approbation of it would only be a source of additional trouble to me, without advantage or emolument; and nothing could have drawn from me the sentiments, but a desire of earning you, and of rendering every service in my power to the Company, whose interests I have most sincerely at heart. By the 1st of January, I beg to be favoured with your instructions relative to Major Erasmus's claim, and I have the honor to be. Commy. Gen. Office, f Gentlemen, „„ 2d May 1782. Your moſt obedient humble ſerrant, (signed) JOHN. MURRAY, © — Commy, General, A true copy. W. Atkinſon, Dept. Commy. Gen. (Encloſure, No. 12,) To JOHN, MURRAY, Eſq. Commiſfary General. Sir, form you that they have been pleaſed to allow Lieutenant Colonel Owen the original ſalary allotted for the office of Adjutant General of India, viz. 30,000 ſonaut rupees per annum, from the 5th April 1779, the date of his appointment, to the 5th Auguſt 1783, which was nearly the time when be received the orders of the Honourable the Court of Directors diſallowing that appointment, # the ſalary was granted him in full of all allowances of Commiſſion on the revenues, requiſites, batta, field expences, emoluments, and all conſiderations whatever, as Adjutant General, except the inci- dental expences of the office. | | Gen. Departm. I am, Sir, | | Council Chamber, | Your molt obedient ſervant, FRE the 15th December 1783. (Signed) WILLIAM HH R, ecretary* A true copy. ” W. Atkinſon, Dept, Commy, Gen, (Encloſure) IN obedience to the Command of the Honourable the Governor General and Council, I am to in- To EG ] Rec ann till the | money, you, th pees; : the offi rank, a office a lowanc from th Cor 26t] =" ta, a - 3 * — 88 K 0 my £5,” ==, = 7 1 (Encloſure, No. 13.) Mr. JOHN MURRAY, Commiſſary General. A Honourable the Governor General and Council having lately taken into consideration the present establishment of the office of Lieutenant Colonel Owen, Adjutant General, which in the present state of it is found to be inadequate to the real expense incurred; and having been released to resolve, that he should be allowed to draw for the monthly amount of the incidental expenses of it, from the 26th October last; writers, stationery, postage of letters, and an office when he is not in the field, declaring on the foot of each bill for the same, that it is true upon honour, I am directed to inform you of this resolution, that his bills, so drawn and certified, may be passed, — I am also directed to acquaint that the salary now received by Lieutenant Colonel Owen as Adjutant General, is to be suspended until the pleasure of the Honourable Court of Directors concerning it shall be known. Council Wepper, I am, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) E. HAY, Acting Secretary. To the Honourable WARREN HASTINGS, Esquire, Governor General, &c. Council. Gentlemen I Received on the 24th instant your commands of the 15th, a salary of 30,000 rupees per annum to be passed for Colonel Owen, as Adjutant General of India, from the 5th of April 1779 till the 5th of August last, and I will pay implicit obedience to your orders whenever the bill for the money, amounting to 1, 30,000 rupees, shall be presented; in the meantime it is my duty to acquaint you, that I never received any previous intimation of the establishment of the said salary of 30,000 rupees; and, that Colonel Owen, according to your regulations, drew the established allowances for the office of Adjutant General of Bengal from April 1779 till October 1780, with the pay of his rank, and from that period 4,420 rupees per month, upon honour, as the incidental charges of his office as Adjutant General of India and Bengal, exclusive of the pay and batta of his rank, and allowances for off-reckonings, but nothing under the head of pay, or salary, in his staff capacity, from the said month of October 1780. Comm. General's office, I have the honour to be, 26th December 1783. Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) JOHN MURRAY, Commissary General,  and Council, in acknowledging the receipt of your letters of the 24th June, 18th October, 11th November, and 6th and 26th December, and transmitting to you their answers to them severally: and I have noted in the margin, the date of the letters to which each paragraph particularly refers. The Board have directed the Military Paymaster General to call upon the Attorneys to Major Alrſax for the amount of pay advanced them on his account since his  exception of the share of commission allowed to the latter on the revenues, and a reduction in the allowance for writers, of 300 rupees per month; viz. | Wes Establishment same as the youngest in council — 746 13 — Lieutenant Colonel's batta, for a month of 30 days — 0 For himself — 1,34 6 17 |. Eftabliſhment for Paymaſter General's office. Houſe rent — — — 400 == Clerks and Writers — — — 15000 — — Candles — — 60 N — | moan and Peons — urwan and Maſter — Ts —_ LO — — Duftories — — 21—— Banian, Sircars, and Shroff! — — 364 — — 2,185 MEFS The allowances of the Auditor General are to be determined by the ſame rule; viz. the ech. eneral, with the exception i the commiſſion on the revenues, and a ſimilar reduction of 300 rupees in the allowance ir Writers. a7 | | | e &« The Board cannot avoid expreſſing their diſpleaſure at the very great impropriety of the regr- « ſentations contained in theſe letters; and deſire that the Commiſſary General will confine him ce to his own duty, without aſſuming a liberty, as unbecoming in him to attempt, as it would bei « them to ſuffer, of animadverting on theirs. They are ſorry to be under the neceſſity of makin © this obſervation on the conduct of the Commiſſary General, which has been too often marked i ce the ſame diſreſpect, and ſeems, in this inſtance, too pointedly to allude to a queſtion which, 1 cc the time he wrote the letter, was under the conſideration of the Board, a circumſtance to whid <« he could not be a ſtranger. The Board do not require the remarks of the Commiſſary Gena cc on their orders, but his obedience to them, and muſt deſire that he will not ſend them ſuch in. ce proper address in future. I am, Sir, General Department: Your most obedient humble servant, Council Chamber, A true copy. (Signed) WILL BRUEN, the 27th January 1784. W. Atkinson, 1 Secretary. Dep. Comm. General. —_— tt the. —— EXTRACT Report of the Committee of the Court of Directors; dated 10th December. In This is the further opinion of this Committee, that no bill of military charges whatever be at any time paid, by any Paymasters, or other person, until certified by the Commissary General. That in all cases wherein the Governor and Council shall overrule the opinion of the Commissary General, he be directed to deliver a dissent in writing, containing his reasons at large for dissolving from their proceedings; and that such dissent be entered upon their consultations. A true extract, as Dep. Comm, General . 5 (Enclosive) To the of the It! tion reput confit meaſu nant t grain at lution, Induces The present Vox. 1 (Enclosive, No. 17.) EXTRACT of CONSULTATIONS, dated October 1773. in the 56th, 57th, and 58th paragraphs of the General Letter, dated 7th April last, regarding the report of the 8th of the Court of Directors upon the same subject. Agreed, That it is the opinion of this Board, from the above documents, that Mr. M'Lean's appointment is to be Commissioner General. That his rank is that of Colonel in the army by Brevet, but without performing military duty, or receiving military pay, batta, or emoluments. That his appointments are the salary and emoluments annexed to the station of the young soldier. That his authority is to control and regulate all Paymasters and Contractors, to audit and certify to the better regulation and reduction of the military expenses, to be submitted to the approval of the Board. It further appearing, from the above paragraphs and report of the Committee, that it is the intention of the Honourable Court of Directors to Mr. M'Lean a peculiar and separate degree of responsibility in all matters immediately entrusted to his management, they having for that purpose confined his attention to these objects, and given him a privilege of recording his dissent to any measure regarding them, which may be adopted by the Board, it is thought expedient, and consequently to these orders, to give him a share in the deliberations of the Board upon them. Resolved, therefore, that Mr. Maclean be at all times summoned to attend the Board of Inspection, required upon them, and that he be allowed a free deliverance, but not a decisive voice in that Board, reserving always his right of recording his dissent from the determination, if he thinks fit, according to the orders of the Court of Directors. The foregoing being the groundwork of the instructions, which we are enjoined to draw out for the conduct of the Commissary General. Agreed, That before we proceed to form them, he be furnished with a list of those conclués, and that he be desired to communicate to us his sentiments upon such additional powers or orders as may more effectually enable him to answer the design of his appointment. Fort Wm, 20th October 1773. The Extra of Consultations. Lam. — 2 AVING come up on a visit to Colonel Muir, I have learnt that the districts of the troops for want of pay are inexpressibly severe and affecting; many of the spies have been relieved from the guards at Fort William, on account of weakness for want of food. The Colonel tells me, that forty thousand, of the two lacks promised, have been received. In conversing on the subject, a thought occurred to me, which I think may produce a mitigation of the districts of the troops, and of course avert any irregularity that men of the most placid districts might be driven to in extreme necessity; it is, that Government, having a large stock of goods at present on hand, should immediately serve out some of it to the natives at a reasonable time in lieu of part of their arrears; and the conviction I have of the good tendency of this idea, I communicate it to you per express. The undersigned, OL, I. pportable expence that falls under my own eye, is one of the principal ſources of the eſſes, and is ſo infinitely beyond the abilities of the Company, that I have very often in- Rr pots tended tify all bills for military charges, by formation of ſuch new inſtitutions as he judges may contribute when military accounts or regulations are to come under their conſideration; that his advice be re- I en — — —̃ — ů — — D tended to addreſs Government in their Secret Department with my ſentiments officially Ws at large upon the ſubject ; but the apprehenſion, that my motives might be miſconſtrued, that the por trait which I ſhould be obliged to draw, in order to ſhew the indiſpenſable bo ue a an immediate U 2 vigorous, and undiſtinguiſhing oeconomy, might be imputed to other impulſes than a ſenſe of duty has hitherto prevented me, h 5 ? Barrackpore, I have the honour to be, | 3th December 1783. With great reſpect, 5 5 5 Four moſt obedient humble ſervant, | 1 (Signed) JOHN MURRAay (A true copy, ) | John Murray. The Honourable Warren Haſtings, Eſq. &c. &c. &c. _ (Encloſure, No. 19.) G. O. Iſſued by the Commander in Chief, Fort William, roth January 1784. Rt. Es 5 | Minutes of Council, 6th January 1784. A GREED, That the rank, pay, batta, and allowances of Lieutenant Colonel, be granted to Mr, Andrew Williams, Surgeon Major of the 1ſt Brigade, from this day, in conſideration of his hay. ing ſerved the Company faithfully as Surgeon Major for twenty years, at which time his well-ground- ed hopes and expectations of ſucceeding to the office of Surgeon General are cut off by the return d Mr Ellis to fill that ſtation, and who may again be ſucceeded by Mr. Campbell, and in conſequence of the recommendation of the Commander in Chief, and of the late Surgeon General. 5 A true copy. 35 | | W. ATKINSON, i Dep. Comm. Genen Pp FHF 8 — OY Encloſure, No. 20.) i 5 To JOHN MURRAY, Eſquire, Commiſſary General in Bengal. II, . SE = 1 1 AM directed by the Right Honourable the Preſident and Select Committee to forward to you, n conformity to your deſire, a ſtatement of pay and batta to Laſcars; the medium rates of ftors uſually charged at Fort St. George; the medium price of civil ſtores ; and the Acting Commiſlay General's remarks on your letter; and a letter from the Military Paymaſter General, incloſing two ſtatements of pay and batta to the military and artificers on this eſtabliſhment. I am further directed by the Committee to aſſure you, that they feel a very particular ſatisfa8i in complying with your wiſhes, which they are very ſenſible have been uniformly directed toyas the promotion of the Company's intereſts and benefit, | 125 J have the honour to be, Sir 5 g Your moſt obedient ſervant, (Signed) W. G. WASEY, e ab Acting Secret Fort St. George, th Jan. 1784. | 5 A true copy. W. Atkinſon, Deputy Com. Gen. * 1 (Encloſure, No. 21.) PRESENT STATE of the Accounts of the ARMY on the Bengal Eſtabliſhment, ſhewing the aſt Diſburſements received in the Commiſſa main for Audit, 8th February 1784. General's Office, the last audited, and those that received in this Office, and when, Last received in this Office, and when, Last audited, Dissburcesements. Remarks, Garriſons and Artillery October 1782 24th. Dec. 1782 Brigade — Finer 1705 Dec. dis September 1583 2d Dec. — Do. FF: Do. 3d Dec. — Do. October 1783 8th January 1784 October 1783 Bombay Detachment Auguſt 1782 11th Sept. 1783 Madras Detachment June 1782 11th July 1783 Madras Detachment June 1782 11th July 1783 Garriſon of Chunar 1783 1783 Do. Buxar — July 1783 27th Dec. 1783 Patna Magazine — 1st. - 33 July 1783 Rangurr — September 1783 28th Oct. 1783 Hamburg — October 1783 24th Dec. 1783 Moraudburg — Dec. 5th Patna — March 1783 24th Dec. 1783 Dacca — October 1783 24th Dec. 1783 Burdwan — Dec. 5th Dinagepore — September 1st. September 1783 General — Dec. 1st. Nov. 1783 9. ah i Cavalry Corps — May 1783 | 17th July 1783 May 1783 Fatt Oharr Detachar September 1783 | 24th Dec. 1783 Blair's ditto Auguét 1783 | 1oth Oct, 1783 uguét 1783 Boglepore Militia October 1783 | 24th Dec. 1783 October 1783 Not to be and't. Do. Invalid Sepoys — July 1783 | 1oth Oct, 1783 _ — fed in this office. Agent for Boats — May 1783 23d Aug. 1783 Vide remark on the last state of the accounts, dated 6th December. The accounts for June were recalled from W. ATKINSON, [this office by the Dept. Commy. General. 1 General. Enclosures, No. 22. The Honourable WARREN HASTINGS, Esq. Governor General, &c. Council. Gentlemen, "I am sorry your commands signified in the Assistant Secretary's letter to me of the 24th March 18, received this day, forbidding, in consequence of orders from the Court of Directors, my passing any bills of Major Fairfax for pay and allowances during his absence from this Presidency, I have come too late, that officer's pay, &c. having been already written by me when presented, in obedience to former orders. I will however take care that nothing else be passed by that officer during his absence, I have the honour to be, My General's Office, Gentlemen, 24th June 1783. Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) JOHN MURRAY, Commissary General A true copy. W. Atkinson, Dept. Commy. General. Enclosures, No. 23. The Honourable WARREN HASTINGS, Esq., Governor General, &c. Council, Gentlemen, BY the minutes of Council of the 25th. It was agreed that Mr. John Wombwell be, in conformity to the orders of the Honourable the Court of Directors, appointed paymaster General of all the Company's troops serving beyond the Carramnaſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſſ