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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 4, p. 383.

xi] RO YAL I]DIAIX JAilJRIiAE 383 The fleet consisted in that year of eleven sea-going vessels (troopships, surveying vessels, and a dispatch boat), four inland river steamers, and many smaller steamers and launches; and armaments are available for the equipment of the vessels for war and service. There are excellent dockyards at Bombay and Calcutta. The service has at its head a Director, usually a naval officer, with head-quarters at Bombay, and a Deputy- Director at Calcutta. Officers of the Indian Marine are also employed as Port Officers at the various Indian ports. The Marine Survey department referred to in chapter xv is under the Director of the Royal Indian Marine, and is ordinarily manned by Indian Marine officers. The trooping between India and England is carried out mainly by hired transports, Indian Marine vessels being occasionally used. India pays a subsidy of £ioo,ooo annually for the up-keep of certain ships of the East India squadron, which are not to be employed beyond particular limits except with the consent of the Govern- ment of India.