Second Lieutenants of Artillery.

Cornets.

Ensigns.

Military officers in the service of the East India Company enjoy the same precedence as those in the service of the Crown, so long as they remain eastward of the Cape of Good Hope. West of the Cape they have no military rank whatever.

PRECEDENCE IN THE EAST INDIES.

THE royal warrant by which precedence is at present regulated in British India, bears date the 28th of June, 1841. The comparative rank of officers of the Navy and Army is, under this warrant, the same in India as it had always been in the European dominions of Her Majesty (for the detail of which the reader is referred to the table on that subject); therefore, all officers not mentioned in the subjoined

table, whose rank is regulated by comparison with rank in the Army, enjoy the same rank with reference to civil servants as is enjoyed by military officers of equal grades. All other persons, not mentioned in the following table, take rank according to the rules of precedence observed in England, the GovernorGeneral determining all disputes. Precedence amongst women follows the general rule, viz. that their rank corresponds with that of their husbands; with the exception, that ladies having precedence in England are to take place according to their several ranks; but coming immediately after the wives of members of council at the presidencies in India. The denominations of senior and junior merchant, factor and writer, ceased on the promulgation of the royal warrant, being quite inapplicable, owing to the change which had taken place in the constitution of the East India Company; and its civil servants have been divided under the Queen's warrant, into six classes, according to their date and standing, as will more fully appear on reference to the following table.

1. The Governor-General, or Governor-General for the time being.

11. The Deputy-Governor of Bengal. III. The Governor of Madras.

IV. The Governor of Bombay.

v. The Governor or Lieutenant-Governor of Agra.

VI. The Chief Justice of Bengal.

VII. The Bishop of Calcutta.

VIII. The Chief Justice of Madras.

IX. The Bishop of Madras.

x. The Chief Justice of Bombay. XI. The Bishop of Bombay.

XII. The Commander in Chief in India, when also a member of the Supreme Council. XIII. Members of the Supreme Council of India, according to their situation therein.

XIV. Members of Council of Bengal, according to their situation therein.

xv. The Commander-in-Chief at Madras, when also a member of Council.

XVI. Members of Council at Madras, according to their situation therein.

XVII. The Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, when also a member of Council.

XVIII. Members of Council' at Bombay, according to their situation therein.

XIX. The Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court, at Calcutta, according to date of appoint

ment.

xx. The Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court, at Madras, according to date of appointment.

XXI. The Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court, at Bombay, according to date of appointment.

XXII. The Recorder of Prince of Wales' Island. XXIII. The Commander-in-Chief in India, when not a member of the Supreme Council. XXIV. The Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's naval forces.

XXV. The Commander-in-Chief of the Army, at the several Presidencies (not being

Commander in chief in India) accord

ing to relative rank in their respective services.

XXVI. Naval and Military Officers above the rank of Rear-Admiral, and Major-General. XXVII. Members of the Sudder Adawlut, according to their situation therein.

XXVIII. Members of the Law Commission, according to their situation therein.

XXIX. The Advocate General of Bengal. xxx. The Advocate General of Madras.

XXXI. The Advocate General of Bombay.

XXXII. Civilians of the 1st class, i. e. of 35 years standing from the date of rank assigned them on their arrival, and Major-Generals.

Ranking jointly amongst each other according to seniority, which is computed amongst the civilians from the date of their entering Class I. and amongst the MajorGenerals from the dates of their commissions.

XXXIII. Civilians of the 2nd class, i. e. of 20 years' standing from the date of rank assigned them on their arrival, and Colonels.

Ranking jointly amongst each other according to seniority, which is computed amongst the civilians from the date of their entering Class II., and amongst the Colonels from the dates of their commissions.

XXXIV. The Archdeacon of Calcutta.
XXXV. The Archdeacon of Madras.

XXXVI. The Archdeacon of Bombay.

XXXVII. Civilians of the 3rd class, i. e. of 12 years' standing from the date of rank assigned them on their arrival, and Lieutenant-Colonels.

Ranking jointly amongst each other according to seniority, which is computed amongst the civilians from the date of their entering Class III. and amongst the Lieutenant-Colonels from the dates of their commissions.

XXXVIII. Chaplains.

XXXIX. Civilians of the 4th class, i. e. of 8 years' standing from the date of rank assigned them on their arrival, and

Majors.

Ranking jointly amongst each other according to seniority, which is computed amongst the civilians from the date of their entering Class IV. and amongst the Majors from the dates of their commissions.

XL. Assistant Chaplains.

XLI. Civilians of the 5th class, i. e. of 4 years standing from the date of rank assigned them on their arrival, and

Captains.

Ranking jointly amongst each other according to seniority, which is computed amongst the civilians from the date of their entering Class V. and amongst the Captains from the date of their commissions.

XLII. Civilians of the 6th class, i.e. under 4 years' standing from the date of rank assigned them on their arrival, and