22.
Commissariat Officer in the
Shaits, that a subordinate
of his Department shall
Accompany
the party-
I
Conclude that the Commissariat
Department at Victoria,
will make all necessary purchases and
furnish all the requisite supplies - It will be the duty of the
Commissariat subordinate with the Detachments, to superintend the distribution
of
the Rations, and to see that the Rules of the Service are strictly adhered to.
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4.
It is desirable that all
the disbursements should be
made by the Colonial Government, but should the Madras Commissariat
Department be at
any
time
called on to make purchases,
I beg that the requisite Funds may be furnished receipt of that Department Countersigned by the Officer Commanding
the Madras
Troops, such accounts will
be rendered to the Commissariat Officer in the Shaits, who will "adjust them in the regulated