[57] Letter to Sir R. Fletcher, dated 3d July, 1766.
[58] Vide Letter to the Junior Field Officers, 6th October, 1766.
[59] Before Lord Clive left India, he wrote to Sir R. Barker, earnestly advising him to remain till Colonel Smith returned, and assuring him of his support to succeed that officer in the command of the troops in Bengal.
[60] Letter to Sir R. Barker, dated 12th August, 1766.
[61] Letter to Sir R. Barker, dated 8th October, 1766.
[62] Vide Verelst's "View of the English Government in Bengal." Lond. 1772. 4to, p. 56.
[63] A repetition of this command was among the particular instructions to Lord Clive in 1764.
[64] Under the establishment of this double batta, a Captain's commission produced little short of 1000l. per annum: when reduced, it was worth from 650l. to 700l., as appeared upon the action of Captain Parker against Lord Clive.
[65] Mill's "History of British India," vol. iii. p. 376.