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The certificates required to be produced by the Act of Parliament and the Court's several resolutions accompany this.

Unless the whole of the said certificates are delivered in by the Cadet he will not be passed.

If no parish register can be found, the before-mentioned Act of Parliament provides as follows, viz. :—

"That if no such register can be found, a declaration, pursuant to the Act passed in the 5th and 6th year of his late Majesty William the Fourth, of that circumstance shall be made by the party himself, with his information and belief, that his age is not under sixteen years, and doth not exceed twenty-two years." Forms of the declaration may be had on application to the Clerk for passing Cadets, &c., at the East India House.

Where the person to be appointed a Cadet has held a commission in Her Majesty's Service, for the term of one year at least, or in the Militia or Fencible Corps when embodied, and shall have joined his regiment, and been called into actual service, or shall have been in the company of Cadets of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, such person is eligible for the appointment of Cadet in the Company's Service, provided his age does not exceed twenty-five years. He must, nevertheless, produce the several certificates before-mentioned, as also his commission, together with a certificate from the War-Office, or commanding officer of his regiment, of his having actually joined and done duty with the regiment for the full term of one year, or upwards; and that he was neither dismissed nor resigned his regiment in consequence of any misconduct.

When the Cadet is ready to embark, he must apply to Mr. T. R. Clarke, Clerk for passing Cadets, &c., for a certificate of his having passed; which certificate will direct him to the Secretary's Office, where he will obtain the certificate of his appointment. He will then hold himself in readiness to embark, either previous to the ship's departure from Gravesend, or at the last port from whence the ship shall be ordered to take her departure from England.

CADETS' CERTIFICATES.

The following forms are printed expressly for the purpose of the blanks being properly filled up and signed previously to the Cadet being nominated.

FIRST.

The blanks in this letter to be filled up and signed by the person who procures the nomination from the director for the party to be appointed.

Gentlemen,-I do hereby declare, upon my honour, that the nomination of a Cadet for (A.).

from (B.)

and expressly for Mr. (C.).

Esq., gratuitously

and to

whom I have given it gratuitously, being well acquainted with his character, family, and connexions.

I am, Gentlemen,

Your most obedient servant,

The person recommending

to sign at full length, and

to insert his address.

To the Honourable Court of Direc

tors of the East India Company.

(A.) Insert the presidency, whether for Bengal, Madras, or Bombay, and also whether for infantry or cavalry.

(B.) Insert the director's name from whom the appointment is procured.

(C.) Insert the Christian and surname of the person to be appointed a Cadet.

SECOND.

Same as that required for an Addiscombe Cadet,

THIRD.

The Parent's or Guardian's Certificate.

Same as required for an Addiscombe Cadet.

FOURTH.

Medical Certificate.

Same as required for an Addiscombe Cadet.

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ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.

Regulations for their Admission into Company's Service.

Age. The assistant-surgeon must not be under twentytwo years; in proof of which he must produce an extract from the registrar of the parish in which he was born, or his own declaration pursuant to the act of the 5th and 6th Gulielmi IV., cap. 62, and other certificates, agreeably to forms to be obtained in the office for Cadets and assistantsurgeons.

Qualification in Surgery.-The assistant-surgeon, upon receiving a nomination, will be furnished with a letter to the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons, to be examined in surgery, and their certificate will be deemed a satisfactory testimonial of his qualification; but should the assistant-surgeon be previously in possession of a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of London, or of the Colleges of Surgeons of Dublin or Edinburgh, or of the College and University of Glasgow, or of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, either of them will be deemed satisfactory, as to his knowledge of surgery, without any further examination.

Qualification in Physic.-The assistant-surgeon will also be required to pass an examination, by the Company's examining physician, in the practice of physic; in which examination will be included as much anatomy and physiology as is necessary for understanding the causes and treatment of internal diseases, as well as the art of prescribing and compounding medicines; and Dr. Hume will then require him to produce satisfactory proof of his having attended, at least, two courses of lectures on the practice of physic, and, above all, that he should produce a certificate of having attended diligently the practice of the physicians at some general hospital in London, for six months; or at some general hospital in the country (within the United Kingdom) for six months, provided such provincial hospital contain at least, on an average, one hundred in-patients, and have attached to it a regular establishment of physicians as well as surgeons. No attendance on the practice of a physician at any dispensary will be admitted.

The assistant-surgeon is also required, as a condition to his appointment, to subscribe to the military, or medical, and medical retiring-fund, at his respective presidency.

The assistant-surgeon is required, by resolution of Court of the 21st of May, 1828, to apply to the Cadet Office for embarkation, and actually proceed under such orders within

three months from the date of being passed and sworn before the military committee; he will then be furnished with an order to obtain the certificate of his appointment, signed by the secretary, for which he will pay a fee of £5 in the secretary's office.

The certificates required from the assistant-surgeon and his parents or guardians, are similar to those required for the Cadet.

GENERAL CAUTIONS.

FIRST.-Notice is hereby given, that should it be discovered, at the time the member of the Civil Service, the assistant-surgeon or the Cadet is appointed, or at any subsequent period, that their appointments have been obtained by purchase, or agreement to pay any pecuniary or valuable consideration whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, when the appointment is completed, they will not only be dismissed, and rendered ineligible to hold any situation in the East India Company's Service, under the Court's resolution of the 9th August, 1809, but all the parties concerned in procuring the appointment surreptitiously, or in disposing of, or receiving the same under such circumstances, will subject themselves, individually and collectively, to a criminal prosecution for a misdemeanor, under the Act of the 49th of George the Third, cap. 126; and the Court of Directors of the East India Company do hereby declare, that they will prosecute any person or persons who shall hereafter be detected in such illicit traffic.

SECOND.-The Cadets are desired to present themselves at the Cadet Office, with their certificates properly filled up and signed, by 10 o'clock in the morning, or as soon after as possible, in order that they may have their nominations prepared against the Committee meet, or the nominating director arrives-in failure of which they may have to wait for several hours, or to come another day.

CHAPLAINS.

Regulations for their Admission into Company's Service.

Candidates for appointments as assistant-chaplains, must have been two years in orders, and must not exceed forty years of age; and, at the time of appointment, are required to produce their letters of orders, Deacon and Priest, as

well as testimonial, signed by three beneficed clergymen, and a medical certificate; the appointments are made subject to the approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Bishop of London.

Chaplains are required to enter into covenant, and to give a bond for £500, jointly, with two sureties for the due fulfilment of the same.

Under the Deed of Covenant, chaplains are required to subscribe to the Military Fund at the presidency to which they may be attached.

Chaplains must proceed to their destination within six months from the date of the Court's resolution, by which they were nominated; and in failure thereof, without leave obtained from the Court, their appointments will lapse.

OFFICERS RETIRING FROM SERVICE. Regulations respecting Military and other Officers retiring from the Company's Service.

Officers who have served less than three years in India, and have lost their health there, are entitled to an allowance from Lord Clive's Fund, if the Court of Directors shall adjudge them to be proper objects of that bounty, to the extent of

If a 2d-lieutenant, cornet, or ensign, two shillings a day, or 361. 10s. a-year; if a lieutenant, two shillings and sixpence a-day, or 45l. 12s. 6d. a-year; provided they are not possessed of, or entitled to, real or personal property, to the extent of, if an ensign 750l., if a lieutenant 1,000l.

Officers who are compelled to quit the service by wounds received in action, or by ill-health contracted on duty after three years' service in India, are permitted to retire on the half-pay of their rank, viz. :—

If a 2d-lieutenant, cornet, or ensign, three shillings aday, or 54l. 15s. per annum; if a lieutenant, four shillings a-day, or 731. per annum.

A subaltern officer, or assistant-surgeon, having served six years in India, is permitted to retire on the half-pay of ensign, if his constitution should be so impaired as to prevent the possibility of his continuing in India.

A lieutenant having served thirteen, or a 2d-lieutenant, cornet, or ensign, nine years in India (including three years for a furlough), may retire on the half-pay of his rank, in case his health shall not permit him to serve in India.

Regimental captains, majors, and lieutenant-colonels, who