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→External Appointments with the rank of Extra Assistant Apothecary, following the Indian Mutiny.
[http://books.google.com/books?id=oA8CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA354 London Lancet, Volume 2 1859], (Google Books) page 354 refers to the grievances of the Hospital Apprentices “to see a number of strangers admitted into the service with the rank of assistant apothecary, who never served as apprentice in it, in preference to the apprentices, of whom it is said that upwards of forty passed members await promotion. Undoubtedly, in periods of emergency, rules may be transgressed when necessary to secure the efficiency of the service, and it may be desirable, at a particular moment, to secure the aid of skilled civilians to whom adequate rank and pay must at once be offered ...”
There were also appointments to the rank of Extra Assistant Steward, who also appear in the 1861 New Calcutta Directory. Also see '''Individuals ''' below
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