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(4) Native officers-Re. 1-8 a day.
(5) Native non-commissioned officers-12 annas a day.
(6) Sepoys-8 annas a day.
It was directed that, from the date of issue of these orders, allow-
ances at the above rates were to be substituted for the allowances
which were being paid under the orders of the Government of
Bombay. In cases where no allowances had hitherto been paid,
these orders were applied retrospectively with effect from the date
on which the troops were employed on sanitary duty.
In August 1897, on the representation of the Government of
Bombay, the Government of India confirmed the orders of the Local
Government of June 1897, sanctioning the payment of compensation
for wear and tear of clothing to the British and Native troops and
transport followers employed on plague duty in Bombay, at the
following rates per man :-
	

Rs.
British troops
15
Native „
	
10

Transport followers
5
Grant of Conveyance Allowances.
In some cases the execution of plague duties in particular loca-
lities entailed a considerable amount of moving about within a
small area and necessitated the maintenance of equipage or the
frequent hiring of vehicles. To repay the officers for the expenditure
thus incurred, conveyance allowances were from time to time
sanctioned. The following is a list of conveyances sanctioned by the
Government of India during the first period of the epidemic :-
		
Officers.
Monthly allowance.


Rs.
Military Member of the Poona Plague Committee 
100
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Bombay 
100
City Magistrate, Poona 
50
Special Plague Mamlatdar, Poona District 
45