COLONEL JERVISasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether it be true that, contrary to the Regulations of 1796 and the General Orders of the Government of India of 1824, regulating the retirement and pensions of the officers of the late East India Company, and the Acts of Parliament guaranteeing these rights to pension, any Major of the late Bengal, Bombay, or Madras Artillery, has been placed on a retired pension of 14s. 6d., instead of 16s. per diem?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONSir, Majors of the late Indian Artillery have retired on a pension of 14s. 6d. a-day. 1474 These officers are entitled after 22 years' service to retire on the full pay of their rank, which full pay, according to the Royal Warrant, is 14s. 6d. a-day.