OUR ANGLO-INDIAN ARMY.
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Fourth was Lord High Admiral, these services were rewarded by conferring on the Bombay Marine the title of "The Indian Navy" and placing it, in all respects, on a just level with the royal service. The Indian Navy now comprises one hundred and fifty officers of all ranks; and the fleet amounts to forty vessels, of which more than one-half are armed steamers, variously employed in keeping up the communication between India and China; India, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf; China and the Red Sea, Bombay and Sindh, and in the navigation of the Indus. The remainder of the vessels are sailing sloops, brigs, and schooners, employed on surveys, or in the protection of trade[1] in the western gulfs, and the Straits of Malacca.
- ↑ "The sea-borne commerce of India is worth above thirty millions sterling. She draws seven and a half millions of imports from, and sends nearly a similar amount of exports to England. Eight thousand square-rigged vessels reach and quit the three principal shipping ports of India annually, bringing or bearing with them above a million of tons of merchandise, and receiving above two millions sterling annually of freight; with nearly 100,000 country-craft, of a burden of about a million and a half tons." – Dr. Buist. "Tract on India."
