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IN INDIA.
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19. PAY.— The pay of an Assistant Surgeon at a half batta station, is C.R. 225 12 per month, and at a full batta C.R. 256 10, and if in medical charge of a regiment, C. R. 165 is added as staff allowance, medical officers in charge of departments, are allowed C.R.12½ rupees for every 100 natives per month, and 25 percent, for Europeans. All stations within 200 miles of Calcutta, are considered as on half batta, and the difference of an assistant's pay between half and full batta, is C.R. 30 a month.

The following table will show the rates of pay of surgeons and assistants in the different branches of the Service.

MONTHLY ALLOWANCES OF MEDICAL OFFICERS, BENGAL.

Branch. Rank. Horse Allowance Tentage Staff Allowance Pay and Indian Allowance Extra Batts. Total.
Horse Artillery Surgeons 90 75 300 306 11 4 91 5 0 863 0 4
Assistants 60 50 .. 194 6 0 60 14 0 365 4 0
Foot Artillery Surgeons .. 75 300 267 5 0 91 5 0 733 10 0
Assistants .. 50 .. 154 14 0 60 14 0 265 12 0
Cavalry Surgeons 90 75 300 306 11 4 91 5 0 863 4 0
Assistants 60 50 .. 194 6 0 60 14 0 365 4 0
European and Native Infantry Surgeons .. 75 300 249 1 0 91 5 0 715 6 0
Assistants .. 50 165 145 12 0 60 14 0 421 10 0
Members of Medical Board C.R. 2409 13   per month
Superintending Surgeons, upper provinces, C.R. 1600     per month
SuperintendingDitto Surgeonsditto, Bengal, C.R. 1266 10 8 per month
Europeans, C.R. 25 per cent.
Natives, C.R. 12½ per cent.