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No. 22.
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE.
Downing Street, March 21, 1876.
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I AM directed by the Earl of Caruarvon to acquaint you that, acting on Intimation from the War Office that it was the wish of Mr. Secretary Hardy that the Loth regiment should be removed from the Straits Settlements, it being proposed that the wing of a fresh regiment should be substituted, his Lordship at once communicated by telegraph on the subject with Sir Wm. Jervois, who has in reply expressed his opinion that this arrangement will be safe if the regiment is replaced by a wing of another regiment, on the condition that its strength is made up to 600 men.
Lord Carnarvon desires me to request that you will state to Mr. Hardy that he is prepared to assent to the removal of the 10th Regiment on this understanding.
(Signed)
ROBERT G. W. HERBERT.
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India Office, S. W., March 10, 1876.
AM directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, and to acquaint you in reply, for the informa- tion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the Government have reported that in giving orders for the issue of pay, &c. to troops and followers who proceeded to the Malay Peninsula they have adhered as closely as possible to the scale laid down for the Abyssinian Expeditionary Force, and that the following is an extract from a letter from the Secretary to that Government in the Military Department to the Controller of Military Accounts, dated 23rd November 1875, viz.:-
I am to acquaint you that the troops proceeding to the Straits of Malacca under Brigadier-General Ross will receive-
I. Combatants--Indian pay and allowances, and full batta together with free rations on board ship, and the same, or ration money, on shore.
II. Non-combatants-pay, extra service batta, free rations on board ship, and free rations on shore, or an allowance of Rs. 28 a month in lieu; they will also receive an addition of 50°, on their pay and batta."
2. The precise rates of pay on the above data have not been given, but I am to state that if this information should be required by the Admiralty, a reference on the subject will be made at once to the Government of India.
The Secretary, Admiralty.
I have, &c. (Signed) G. PEARS,
Major-General, Military Secretary.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
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No. 23.
ADMIRALTY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
Admiralty, March 21, 1876.
I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the following copy of a telegram received this day from Captain Grant of H. M. S. "Himalaya," dated Penang, March 21 "Arrived 20th, Himalaya.' Arabia, Garewitch with Indian Force and stores transports left yesterday (for) Calcutta, Himalaya sails now, General Ross on board, everything satisfactory, ex-Sultan Ismail arrived Penang, goes to Singapore in Ringdove, Friday."
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The Under Secretary of State,
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Colonial Office.
No. 24.
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I am, &c. (Signed) ROBERT HALL.
ADMIRALTY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
Admiralty, March 21, 1876.
I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request that you will inform the Secretary of State for the Colonies that their Lordships have had under consideration the propriety of granting to the officers and seamen of the ships and vessels engaged in the recent operations in the Malay Peninsula extra pay and allowances, corresponding to those granted to the troops employed on this service.
2. My Loids have communicated with the India Office on the subject, and I enclose a copy of the Admiralty letter to that Department, and of the Military Secretary's reply.
3. Before giving orders as to the payment of auch extra pay and allowances, their Lordships would be glad to be informed whether the Earl of Carnarvon is of opinion that the expense thereof should be charged to Colonial funds.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
ROBERT HALL.
No. 25.
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
SIR,
War Office, Pall Mall, March 22, 1876. In reply to your letter of the 21st instant, I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acquaint you, for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon, that in arranging for the distribution of any regiment which would relieve the 10th Foot, he finds it impracticable to assign so strong a wing as that demanded by Sir Wm. Jervois, to the Straits Settlements.
Under all the circumstances of the case, therefore, he thinks it better to leave things as they are, in the hope that the 10th Regiment will shortly be relieved when the Governor of the Straits Settlements considers that he can dispense with additional
troops.
The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
No. 26.
am, &c.
(Signed)
CADOGAN.
The EARL of CARNARVON to Governor Sir W. JERVOIS, K.C.MG., C.B.
(Telegraphic.)
Downing Street, March 23, 1876.
WING 600 strong cannot be furnished by War Office, but 500 will be sent unless you think that force insufficient, in which case 10th will remain, but this War Office wish avoided. Don't hesitate to reply fully.
SIR,
Admiralty, March 10, 1876.
I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request you will move the Under Secretary of State for India in Council to cause them to be formed what amount of pay was given to the troops, both Indian and European, who were engaged in the recent operations in the Malay Peninsula, also whether any special or extra allowances were granted for that service.
The Under Secretary of State
for India.
I am, &c. (Signed) ROBERT HALL,
No. 27.
TELEGRAM from the EARL of CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
March 23, 1876.
HAVE received telegraphic news as to Ismail and Regalia, and want to know how
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