their request, they will be glad to insert any information with which they may be favoured. I have, &c.

SIR,

Mr. Melvill to Mr. Maitland.

India Office, 7th April 1859.

I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 1st instant, and in reply to forward for the information of the Civil Service Commissioners a statement showing the average allowances drawn by civil servants in India in the year 1857, together with a printed copy of the civil furlough regulations, and a memorandum as to the relative rank in India of civil servants and military officers, and to the annuities obtainable from the Civil Service Annuity fund.

Enclosure 1.

I am, &c.

AVERAGE ALLOWANCES of the CIVIL SERVICE in INDIA in 1857.

The highest salaries are those of the Judges of the Sudder Courts, viz.: Rs. 50,000 per annum.

Enclosure 2.
Pensions.

A covenanted civil servant, having served 25 years, and having actually resided in India 22 years, or 21 years in the event of his having been absent for one year from certified sickness, is eligible to retire on an annuity from the Civil Service Annuity Fund of 5001. per annum, and such further annual amount as a deduction, at the rate of 4 per cent. made from his salary during the whole period of service, and accumulated at 6 per cent. per annum, may be equivalent to.

No pension is granted directly by Government, the affairs of the Civil Service Annuity Fund being administered by managers appointed by the civil servants. Subscription to the fund is compulsory on covenanted civil servants.

Enclosure 3.

Relative Rank of Civilians with Military Officers.

Civilians of 35 years' standing, from date of rank assigned to them on their arrival, rank

- Major-Generals. Colonels.

with

Enclosure 4.

CIVIL FURLOUGH REGULATIONS.

CHAPTER I.—Rules for Application for Leave of Absence.

NOTE. This rule must be considered as superseding the rule under which Commissioners of the Land Revenue and other officers have heretofore been allowed to grant leave of absence in Bengal.

Section I. No leave of absence from any office or station can be granted but by the Government under which the employment is held, and on the application of the party requiring such leave, saving in such cases as may hereafter be specially excepted. The application must be made publicly through the regular channel in the department to which the applicant may belong.

Section II. The official allowances of the holder of a Civil office quitting his station without leave will entirely cease from the date of his quitting until his return, or, in the event of his subsequently obtaining leave, to the date of such leave being granted to him.

Section III. No leave of absence shall have any retrospective effect, except in cases of severe illness, to be attested by medical certificate, conforming in every respect to the directions contained in Section V.

CHAPTER II.-Rules for Sick Leave.

Section IV. Upon application duly made, the Government may grant leave of absence on medical certificate to any Civil servant, to any place in India, in Europe, or elsewhere, as he may consider most conducive to the restoration of his health, without any restrictions whatever as to the places to which he may resort.

Section V. When an application for leave of absence is made on the ground of ill health, it must be accompanied by a certificate and a statement of the case from the medical officer by whom the applicant has been attended, distinctly stating from personal observation, the nature of the disease, the symptoms by which it is manifested, the period during which it has existed, as far as the knowledge of the medical officer extends, and the necessity for temporary removal to some other place in India, or in Europe, or elsewhere, as laid down in Section IV.; and in case of the applicant visiting the presidency preparatory to obtaining leave, the certificate must be countersigned by the members of the Medical Board, on their being satisfied, on a perusal of the medical attendant's statement of the case, that the leave applied for is absolutely necessary towards his recovery. Should the applicant's medical attendant be of opinion that he ought to proceed to a sanitarium or other place without visiting the presidency, the certificate must in the first instance be countersigned by the superintending surgeon of the division in which the applicant may be located, and afterwards submitted, with the statement of the case, for the consideration and counter-signature of the members of the Medical Board.

The certificate shall be given in the following form:

I, A. B., surgeon at or of, do hereby certify that E. F., of the Civil Service, is in a bad state of health, and I solemnly and sincerely declare that, according to the best of my judgment, a change of air is essentially necessary to his recovery, and do therefore recommend that he may be permitted to proceed to sea (or to such place as the surgeon may think proper, expressing it in the certificate).

The following form shall be observed by the members of the Medical Board or the superintending surgeon, in countersigning the surgeon's certificate:

We (or 1) do hereby certify, that, according to the best of our (or my) professional judgment, after careful personal examination of his case, we (or I) consider the state of health of E. F., to be such as to render leave of absence for a period of. ---absolutely necessary (or highly desirable) for his recovery.

An application for extension of leave must, if the applicant be in India, be accompanied by a certificate to a like effect from the medical officer by whom the applicant is attended, together with a statement showing sufficient reason for the extension solicited; and such certificate must be countersigned by the members of the Medical Board, or by the

superintending surgeon of the division in which the applicant may be located, as the case may be, on perusal of the statement. In like manner, if the applicant shall have proceeded beyond the territories under the government of the East-India Company, he must furnish a certificate and statement to the required effect from a surgeon or physician at the place of his temporary residence by whom he has been attended, such attendance and the period of it to be stated, and the certificate to be countersigned by the examining physician of the East India Company if the applicant is in England, or if not in England by the principal medical authority of the colony or country to which the absentee may have proceeded, or some sufficient reason stated for the want of such counter-signature if the certificate be not so countersigned. The Medical Board or superintending surgeon, before countersigning a certificate as above mentioned, must either personally examine the applicant or state some sufficient reason why they, or he, have or hath been unable to do so. When any of the required particulars are neglected, leave will be refused.

Section VI. The following conditions will in future attach to leaves of absence granted to civil servants who may be declared by a sufficient medical certificate to require such leave for the recovery of their health.

1st. The total period of absence, with the privileges herein-after provided, shall not (save as specially excepted in Clause 5 of this Section and in Section VII. of these rules) exceed eighteen months in the whole, nor shall it exceed fifteen months on any one occasion.

2ndly. The office of the absentee will be considered to be vacated if he shall be absent beyond eighteen months altogether, or beyond fifteen months at any one time, unless he shall obtain leave under Clause 5 of this Section, such absence to be computed, if he shall proceed to a sanitarium within the presidency, from the date of his arrival thereat to the date of his quitting the sanitarium; if to any place beyond the presidency, but within the continent of India, from the date of his leaving the frontier of his own presidency to the date of his return thereto; and if he shall proceed to sea, from the date of the sailing of the vessel on which he may have embarked from any port in India which is not more distant from his station than the ports of his own presidency, to the date of his arrival at any port within the presidency to which he belongs, or at any other port which is not more distant from his station than the ports of his own presidency.

3rdly. The absentee will be entitled to draw a moiety of his salary, and the same will be paid to him during such period of absence, provided that he shall in no case draw a larger sum than rupees 10,000 (1,000l.) per annum, during that period. In cases in which the emoluments of the absentee's office does not exceed rupees 5,000 per annum, no deduction therefrom shall be made for the period of eighteen months, nor shall such a deduction be made in other cases as shall reduce the allowance below rupees 5,000 (5001.) per annum. In cases in which the salary of the absentee may not be of that amount, the full salary will be granted.

4thly. For the interval elapsing between departure from station to the commencement of reckoning absence, or between the end of reckoning absence and re-arrival at station, the absentee will be allowed a special leave for an additional period of one month, two months, or three months, according to the distance to be travelled, as prescribed in Section XX. of these Rules, and during this additional period the absentee will be entitled to draw the same salary as is allowed by Clause 3 of this Section.

5thly. If the absentee shall apply under medical certificate to remain absent for a longer period than eighteen months, or fifteen months at any one time, and it shall appear to the Honourable the Court of Directors to be absolutely necessary, after examination by their medical officer in England, that he should do so; the leave which may have been granted in India will, under the orders of the Honourable Court, be extended to the limit of two years, with permission to retain office, and half salary within the limits enjoined, during such extension. If the absentee be in India, the leave may be extended to the limit aforesaid, under the orders of the Government of India or the subordinate Governments, upon the certificate of a board of medical officers to be summoned to report on the state of the absentee's health.

6thly. If the absentee be compelled by the state of his health, under due medical certificate, to remain absent for a longer period than eighteen months, or fifteen months at any one time, or beyond two years in the case of an extension under Clause 5, he will, as before stated, vacate his appointment, but he will be permitted to receive an allowance at the rate of 500l. per annum if above ten years' standing at the time when the leave was granted, or of 2501. if not above ten years' standing at the time when the leave was granted, for such further period of absence as shall not exceed the entire term of three years in the whole. At the expiration of that term, all allowance must cease until he reports his return to his presidency.

Section VII. If a civil servant of more than fifteen years' service, after having been absent on sick leave for eighteen months in the whole, or for fifteen months at one time, at whatever period of his service such sick leave shall have been taken, shall be again compelled by the same cause to apply for leave of absence, the Government of India and the subordinate Governments may, on special grounds, grant leave of absence for one further period not exceeding six months, during which the absentee may retain his office, and half his salary, under the limits above enjoined.

Section VIII. If a civil servant, after fifteen years' service, shall be compelled by ill health to apply for further leave of absence, he may be permitted on special grounds to obtain it, but his absence will involve the loss of office and salary; the Government of India and the subordinate Governments will, however, respectively, exercise a discre

tionary power to grant, in such last-mentioned cases, a sick absentee allowance, not exceeding rupees 5,000, or 500l. per annum, for a further period not exceeding twelve

months.

Section IX. A civil servant who has taken sick leave under the Rules of the 17th May 1843, will not be debarred by that circumstance from taking such leave again under the above Rules, with the privilege of retaining office, provided the leave be not granted till three years have expired after his return from his leave under the Rules of the 17th May 1843.

Section X. None of the above-mentioned Rules will be applicable to Members of Council. Each Member may, however, with the special sanction of the Government, be permitted to be absent, under medical certificate, for a period not exceeding six months, retaining his office and receiving half his salary, which shall be paid to him during such absence, but if his absence shall exceed six months, his office will be vacated.

Section XI. Civil servants who may desire to draw their allowances while absent on account of sickness under the above Rules, will be required to give security, in such amount and form as may be fixed by the Government, for the refund of any excess that may be drawn, either by the agents at the presidency or by themselves in case of their coming under retrenchment.

CHAPTER III.-Rules for short Leave on Private Affairs.

Section XII. The Government may grant to civil servants leave of absence to any place in India, Europe, or elsewhere, without any restrictions whatever as to the place to which they may resort for one month in each year, without deduction from the salaries and emoluments drawn by such servants-such leave, however, will ouly be granted when the Government is satisfied that no inconvenience will arise from the departure of the officer seeking it. No second leave can be granted under this rule until the completion of eleven months from the expiration of the last leave; but servants not availing themselves of the indulgence in any one year, may obtain, under the like conditions, leave of absence for two successive months, to commence at or after the expiration of twenty-two months from the termination of their former leave; and if two years elapse without enjoyment of the privilege, leave for three months may, in like manner, be granted at the expiration of thirty-three months from the termination of the last preceding leave; but no leave shall be granted under this rule for any period exceeding three months. If an officer shall not return at the expiration of the period of leave granted him under this rule, he shall forfeit all pay and allowances during the time of his remaining so absent without leave, and if he shall so continue absent for more than one month beyond the term granted, his office shall become vacant.

Civil servants absent from their stations under medical certificate cannot be admitted to leave under this rule in continuation of their sick leave; and if, while absent under this rule, they be granted extended leave under medical certificate, they shall be considered liable to the rules applicable to leave of absence on medical certificate for the whole period of their absence.

Civil servants who have been absent on medical certificate during any portion of a calendar year, are not entitled to leave under this rule during that year, nor can leave under this rule be taken in connexion with, or continuation of, leave granted under Section XIV., Clause I.

Section XIII. As a general rule, when leave is granted under Section XII., such leave will be in one period only, whether for a whole month or less, and not in detached portions to complete one month within the year, and the term year shall be held to mean the calendar year, commencing with the 1st of January and ending with the 31st of December; but as an exception to this rule, it shall be discretional with the several local governments, where good cause is shown for the indulgence, and it is attended with no public inconvenience, to sanction leave of absence under this rule to such parties as may not have occasion to apply for the whole at once, in instalments, not to exceed in the aggregate one month within the calendar year, on the understanding that no leave can be granted for any fresh calendar year until the completion of three months from the expiration of the entire leave, or of the last instalment of leave taken in the past calendar year.

Section XIV., Clause I. The Government may, on sufficient cause being shown, grant to a civil servant special leave of absence on private affairs for six months, to any place in India, Europe, or elsewhere, without any restrictions whatever as to the places to which he may resort; provided, however, that the absentee shall draw no more than one-half of his salary and allowances. After an absence of six months, any office held by the absentee shall become vacant.

Clause II. The leave granted under this section, if taken in India, will be computed from the date of the absentee's quitting his station to the date of his return thereto, and if taken to Europe, or beyond Indian limits, from the date of the sailing of the vessel on which he may have embarked from the port nearest to his station to the date of his arrival at the same on his return to duty. A second leave of the same description cannot be taken till the expiration of six years from the date of return to duty from a former leave. No portion of the half salary allowed to be drawn will be claimable till the absentee shall have returned to his duty.

Clause III. It will be understood that leave under this section is not to be granted as a matter of course to every applicant, but that it will be the duty of the Government to consider and determine whether the grounds of the application are sufficiently urgent to justify the concession of the leave.

If leave granted under this section be continued under medical certificate, the whole period of absence is to be treated as sick leave.

CHAPTER IV.-Furloughs on Private Affairs.

Section XV. In the place of the period of three years (in one term), for which furlough has hitherto been granted, civil servants will be allowed the option of taking a furlough of three years, as at present, or of dividing the furlough into three periods of one year each, to be taken after successive periods of seven years' service, or into two periods, which may either be of one or two years respectively, or of eighteen months each; provided that, in every case, the civil servant shall declare, on taking his furlough, whether he intends it to be for twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, or thirty-six months, in order that the Government may make its arrangements accordingly. In case of a division into two periods, the first furlough must be taken after a residence of not less than ten years, and the second furlough after a further residence in India of ten years from the date of return from the first furlough; but civil servants returning on furlough to Europe will continue, as at present, to vacate their offices.

Section XVI. The furlough allowance granted during the periods mentioned in the last section will be at the rate of 500l. per annum, and the receipt of it will not, on any grounds whatever, be permitted for any longer period than three years.

Section XVII. Civil servants who may have been compelled by sickness to quit their duty under medical certificate, before completing seven years' residence in India, will be entitled to receive during their furlough on private affairs, taken subsequently to their completion of that period of residence, the ordinary furlough allowance of 500l. per annum, for three years.

Section XVIII. Clause I. In applying the foregoing rules in substitution of those before existing, periods of absence to the limit of three years will count as service in India in the twenty-five years entitling to the annuity, the present qualification of twenty-two years' residence being retained.

Clause II. Absence on medical certificate to the extent of one year will reckon as service and residence in India, and be so computed in addition to the three years of absence which under the clause next preceding are allowed to be reckoned as Indian service. All periods of short leave of absence on private affairs taken under Sections XII. and XIV. of these rules will also count as service and residence.

Section XIX. Military officers employed in the civil department will be subject to the rules laid down in General Orders, No. 1,150, dated 17th November 1854, for the grant of leave of absence and furlough to officers holding military staff appointments.

CHAPTER V.-Rules on joining Stations.

Section XX. There shall be allowed to officers appointed to any new office the periods of one month, two months, or three months for joining, accordingly as the distance may not exceed 300 or 600 miles, or be in excess of the last-mentioned distance. Officers not joining their station within the said periods respectively, shall forfeit their salary for the time delayed in excess of the above periods, and if such excess shall exceed one month, the office shall be vacated, unless otherwise specially ordered by Government.

NOTE.-The time al lowed for joining is computed from the date of the order reaching the officer appointed.

Section XXI. Upon the first appointment of any civil servant, who shall be reported qualified for public service by the examiners appointed by the Government, to any civil station, there shall be allowed for travelling expenses to the station an allowance at the rate of eight annas per mile by the direct post road, according to the polymetrical tables of the post office, the bill for which allowance will be passed by the civil auditor, after the officer shall have joined the station: if required in advance, an order of the Government shall be necessary.

Section XXII. The salary of office will be payable from the date only of the officer joining; but in case of junior civil servants the salary of assistants will be payable from the date of their being reported qualified for the public service, unless forfeited under the preceding rule, through delay in joining the station to which they may be appointed. Section XXIII. In case of a change of office, when an officer is appointed to a higher situation, he shall not draw the higher salary until he joins. For the period occupied in travelling, the Rule No. XX., regulating the time and distance for joining station, shall be applicable, and the officer will, for the periods allowed in that rule respectively, draw out of the salary of the office he is about to join, a sum equal to that of his previous situation.

CHAPTER VI.-Rules for Deputation Allowances.

Section XXIV. The

NOTE. This rule will equally apply in case of a political resident taking a leave of one, two, or three months, for which in other cases he would suffer no deduction. The excess above the maximum monthly salary will in that case be enjoyed by the person in charge.

sum of Company's rupees 52,200 per annum having been fixed, under the orders of the Court of Directors, as the maximum salary of civil office for the offices of Government under the situation of Member of Council, civil servants who may draw larger allowances than this annual sum, as a consolidated personal and sumptuary allowance, in consideration of the necessary expenses of their position, will, in all cases of absence, be treated in respect to deductions as drawing only the allowance thus limited, and the excess above the monthly salary yielded by that annual sum shall remain as a local addition to the usual deputation allowance to be drawn by the officer performing the duties, to meet the necessary expenses of his position; provided, how