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Enclosures in Despatch No.

of December

1889.

APPENDIX.

A.

PROPOSED ESTABLISHMEnt of the GARRISON of the STRAIts SettlemenTS,

Officers.

Warrant Offers, Non-commissioned

All ranks.

Offers and Men.

"

Royal Artillery, 2 batteries

Staff, &c.

10

282

248

3.

3

Royal Engineers, Officers and Staff

6

$

"

Fortress Company

46

88

"

Eastern Battalion

38

Infantry of the Line, 1 battalion -

28

985

1,013

General Staff

2

4

Ordnance Artificers

2

2

Gymnastic Instructor

1

I

Army Schoolmaster

Medical Staff Corps

Pay Department-

Commissariat and Transport Corps

1

1

14

18

2

1

3

3

3

Ordnance Store Corps

→

1

4

Total EuropeanA

39

1,896

1,885

Local Artillery

2

101

Natives Gun Lascars

17

1701

Engineers, Submarine Miners -

8

47

61

1,491

1,555

Including one Quarter-Master as Inspector of Ordnance Machinery. Only half of his pay and emoluments is included in the cost of the garrison on the following page, as the Officer is also available for duty at Hong Kong.

↑ Exclusive of Volunteers.

U 61045.

B

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

TLC.O. 882

سلنسس

5 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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General

Royal Royal Artillery Engineers (Europona), } (Karopena).

Infantry

of the

Native

Artillery

and

Line.

Native

Engineers.

Staf and Miscellaneous Establish-

Medical

Department.

Lascars.

metta.

Ordnance Commisenrint Store and Department, Transport and Department. Ordnance

Chaplains.

Pay

Depart-

Mis-

Total.

cellaneous.

רנסני

Artificers.

B.

Estimate of Average Annual COST of the Proposed Garrison of the Straite SettlemENTS.

10

*

amtal allowances

9,065

5,299

38,800

9,160

1,300

1,785

1,824

55

SOI

1,995

340

5,894

460

1,059

8,810

11,785

409

1,010

200

16

50

101

236

571

light

168

817

279

1,223

1,215

83

135

229

24

165

SC

29

and barrack services

104

40

422

51

19

mini allowan000

$12

570

and accoutrements, ammunition, and misesčiamsons barrack stores.

410

194

1,826

1,200

95

290

180

110

9

7

493

18

ཝནྣིདྡྷི། ཙོཙྪཙིདྡྷསྶ༎

790

597

100

78

26

1

140

ƒ Annual charge for unintenance Ammunition

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11

||

Transport (Inland)

56

$H.

(om) at Bl. 13x. 4d, per Oficer and charges for Dopőt Staff, Educational Bakaserta, and Ďincharge Depôtu, im-

907

37

876

48

319

3,714

17

5555

63+

0534

99

11

བ-

THE THIg

C17

1,040

14

4

46

94

37

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195

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·

54,838

3,694

5,412

17,217

2,944

2,494

641

*4,747

8,128

1,300

1,900

650

*

585

5,434

6 months' pay and subsistance of

2,451

957

6,549

14

ส

10

52

E

OR

13

21

1

10,130

3,560

1,497

8,500

200

330

330

1,090

38,097

10,938

69,878

4,844

2,151

3,771

4,695

780

4,861

170

690

17,057

1,909

617

2,017

2,315

129,178

• For garrison steam launcher.

† For 17 Gun Lascars.

+ For freight of clothing and stores.

§ The non-effective and other home charges are calenlated on the same basis ne Indian charges for similar services. The foregoing Estimate includes 27,8751. for local axpenditure which would be defrayed in dollars. The dollar being converted at 3s. 3d., this som represents 250,000 dollars, which will not be affected by Suctuations in the rate of exchange. The remainder of the expenditure being in sterling (91,8054.), its value in dollars will depend upon the exchange valne of the dollar at the time.

of 1,7764. par nunum, vix. :--- Nots-If the War Ofice undertake the maintenance of all the military works and buildings it will be necessary to add a Commanding Royal Engineer and four non-commissioned officers of Royal Engineers at a cost

Pay

Allowances

Clothing -

Equipment, &e.

Bes transport

Home chargon

Pensione

1,066

24

8 £1,776, including 4072. – 3,505 dollars, which would be expended in local currency.

31

58

$40

And the annual charge for maintenamos of the works and buildings would be 33,000 dollars (or,5,2001). The total military expenditure would then be 186,154/., including 42,9827. local expenditure in currency equal

to 364,508 dollars.

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