Bengal Past & Present January—June 1933

The Sepoy in the background of the picture is thought by Major Hodson to be a Bengal soldier from the cross-belt and the co-edging at the bottom of the Kachh (short drawers) ; and he adds that except in the matter of the (I) I am indebted to Major Hodson for the extract. [...] The Board of Revenue have been informed of these Resolutions and directed to conform to them and they will of course take the necessary measures or supplying you with the Cash required for the use of the Durbar Department conformably thereto ; but the Hon'ble the Governor General and Council being determined to preserve a perfect equality of payment the Moiety of the allowances to the Durbar for [...] Sir The charges of your department having hitherto been brought first to account upon the books of the Revenue Department and then from them into the General Books—your office has always been considered as a branch of the Revenue Department as such from the end of June 1 785 the report to the Board for the audit of your accounts in conformity to the General Regulations for the audit of the Publi [...] 2 192-11-15 and although in both instances the Assertion of their being conformable to the Establisment in the same yet as upon requiring the Secretaries to the Public Inspection Secret and the Revenue Departments and the Secretary to the Committee of Accounts who have passed your accounts as audited to the 1st July to inform me of the particular articles in which the reduction has taken plac [...] In consequence of this application directions were given to the Accountant General to the Revenue Department to prepare and lay before the Board an account current of demands and payments between the Company and the Nawaub Mahomed Reza Cawn during the time that the late Resident at the Durbar held that office and to the Accountant General to report upon the accounts between the Nabob and the Resi