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(3.) No service rendered before the war will count for promotion or pension unless it was in a regular unit. (4.) Applicants will join the Indian Army in the rank to which their length of service would entitle them under Indian Army rules of promotion, any higher rank being surrendered. (5.) Applicants must be unmarried. (6.) For the first year of service with Indian troops the selected officers will be on probation, and if found unsuitable will be reverted to their original corps. While on probation with Indian units they will receive Indian Army rates of pay. During the period of probation the officers will not be allowed to subscribe for the benefits of the Indian Military Widows' and Orphans' Fund, but it will be compulsory on them to do so with effect from the date of permanent admission into the Indian Army—that is, after the expiration of their period of probation. (7.) Applicants who are in this country will be medically examined by the India Office Board before being accepted as probationers. Applications must be made to the War Office through the usual official channels. No candidate can be accepted unless he is recommended by his Commanding Officer as in every way suitable. India Office, August, 1916. Pay of Officers of Indian Army. The present rates of pay of officers of the Indian Army are as follows :— Indian Army Pay per Mensem. Rs. A. p. Brevet-Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel ... .. ... 827 14 0 Major ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 640 14■ 0 Captain ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 400 0 0 Lieutenant and 2nd Lieutenant ... ... ... ... 280 0 0 Officers emplo3 r ed regimentally also receive (in addition to their Indian Army pay) Staff pay as follows :— Infantry— Rs. per Mensem. Commandant ... ... ... ... ... .. 600 Ist Double-company Commander (2nd in command) ... ... ... 250 Double-company Commander ... ... ... ... ... 200 Double-company officer (Adjutant) ... ... ... ... .. 200 Double-company officer (Quartermaster) ... ... ... .. 150 Double-company officer ... ... ... ... ... ... iOO Cavalry— (Jommandant, Cavalry Regiment ... ... ... ... ... 700 Second in Command, Cavalry Regiment ... ... ... ... 300 Squadron Commander ... ... ... ... .. ... 250 Squadron officer (Adjutant) ... ... ... ... ... 250 Squadron officer (Quartermaster) ... ... ... ... ... 200 Squadron officer ... ... ... ... ...• ... ... 150 Officers are also granted exchange compensation allowance at the rate of 6J per cent, on their pay and Staff pay. Note. —The present official rate of exchange is Is. 4d. the rupee. I

No. 12. New Zealand, No. 997. My Lord, — Downing Street, 22nd December, 1916. With reference to my predecessor's despatch, No. 826, of the 19th October, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, copies of an extract from the Board of Trade Journal of the 7th December, relative to the establishment of a separate Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for Great Britain and Ireland. I have, &c, WALTER H. LONG. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.