Pay
Records including the Bengal Pilot Service
Source: BL: IOR: L/AG/20/13/1 - Catalogued
as Bombay Marine. Leave and Duty Pay 1797-1814
This single volume
is alphabetically indexed at the front. Some care needs taking with this, but
is explained in a note written there. These relate to line officers only down
to and including volunteers/midshipmen (with one pilot). However, apart from pay
scales and that drawn, for most entries there is no other information. The
entry below would appear to be the only one relating to Bengal.
p.20
.
|
Dr |
Acting Lieut
Josh Balcette |
. ...£...s...d |
|
1807 Novr 4th 1808 Jany 6th
|
To
Cash.................................... ....” ................................. |
35...”...” 21...”...” |
.
.
|
|
Per Contra |
............Cr ...£...s...d |
|
1807 Octr 18th ..”....Decr 31 |
By Pay from 19th June
1807............ .........”.......20th
Octr...”............... |
35...”...” 21...”...” |
In pencil under the credit entries is ‘Cadet
Bengal’
Source: BL: IOR: L/AG/20/13/6 - Indian
Navy and Pilot Services. (Catalogued as) Leave and Duty Pay 1854-1860
Seemingly
as part of a series of eight volumes also covering the Bombay Marine from
1814-1876. This particular volume
relates to the Indian Navy and Bengal Pilot service. There are alphabetical
indexes at the front under various headings showing which service, whether
officers were on furlough (leave), or on the retired list.
Basically these
only relate to aspects of pay and unless one has an interest in percentages
going to the Indian Navy Fund (as far as I understand the Bengal Marine were
not contributors), or income tax, overwhelmingly there is nothing of note.
Nevertheless, the long periods of furlough can be logged and occasionally
deaths are shown. In this particular volume, at least, there is no element of ‘duty’
pay as far as I can determine.
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