The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General View of the Domestic and Foreign Possessions of the Crown; the Laws, Commerce, Revenues, Offices, and Other Establishments, Civil and Military, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 - Great Britain |
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... pay of the regular forces Table of the pay of a regiment of cavalry for 1 , 31 , · of a regiment of infantry for 1 , 31 , 291 · 293 - 300 · 301 · 303 · 306 and 365 days ib . Half - pay and pensions 307 Clothing 308 Neceffaries and ...
... pay of the regular forces Table of the pay of a regiment of cavalry for 1 , 31 , · of a regiment of infantry for 1 , 31 , 291 · 293 - 300 · 301 · 303 · 306 and 365 days ib . Half - pay and pensions 307 Clothing 308 Neceffaries and ...
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... pay officers , and to arrange and take care of the marine papers : and his attendance is daily from about eleven o ... payment of the marines ; the treasurer of the navy paying fuch of the non - commiffioned officers and privates as ...
... pay officers , and to arrange and take care of the marine papers : and his attendance is daily from about eleven o ... payment of the marines ; the treasurer of the navy paying fuch of the non - commiffioned officers and privates as ...
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... pay ( the general and lieutenant - general excepted ) the charge of the recruiting fervice in Great Britain , and ... payments during the former , with an estimate of the fum neceflary for the fucceeding , month . The admiralty direct ...
... pay ( the general and lieutenant - general excepted ) the charge of the recruiting fervice in Great Britain , and ... payments during the former , with an estimate of the fum neceflary for the fucceeding , month . The admiralty direct ...
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... pay mafter general , deprived of this and all other extraneous fources of emolument , was al- lowed a fixed falary of 4000l . and his deputy of 1500 % per annum . ¡ The pay mafter general , is conftituted by letters patent , under the ...
... pay mafter general , deprived of this and all other extraneous fources of emolument , was al- lowed a fixed falary of 4000l . and his deputy of 1500 % per annum . ¡ The pay mafter general , is conftituted by letters patent , under the ...
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... payment of turnpikes ; a heavy tax perhaps on the proprietors of the roads , but an ex- traordinary faving to the nation at large . Besides a propofition for regulating the privilege of franking , which was adopted and extended , Mr ...
... payment of turnpikes ; a heavy tax perhaps on the proprietors of the roads , but an ex- traordinary faving to the nation at large . Besides a propofition for regulating the privilege of franking , which was adopted and extended , Mr ...
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