§ Return ordered, "showing the average time taken from the date of first commission in attaining respectively the ranks of captain and of major by officers in the Cavalry, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Engineers, Infantry, and Indian Army (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 221, of Session 1903):—
| Captain. | Major. | |||
| Years. | Months | Years. | Months | |
| 1905:— | ||||
| Cavalry | ||||
| Artillery, Field | ||||
| Artillery, Garrison | ||||
| Engineers | ||||
| Infantry | ||||
| Indian Army | ||||
| 1908:— | ||||
| Cavalry | ||||
| Artillery, Field | ||||
| Artillery, Garrison | ||||
| Engineers | ||||
| Infantry | ||||
| Indian Army | ||||
| —[Mr. Annan Bryce]. |