The returns of the horses employed the Government couriers ought to read the Board of War in the fifth month of the year following that for which they are furnished. The district officers are held responsible for making punctual reports on the subject to their superiors, and the latter are bound by regulation to transmit these returns without delay to the Board. Edict after edict has been issued during the past few years calling for greater punctuality in the transmission of these reports, but notwithstanding the threats of the punishment to be inflicted for failure to supply them, the Board of War now states that scarcely a province has sent a complete return for years past. The Board propuses to address further remonstrance to the provinces on the subject, and asks for permission to warn the authorities concerned that they may expect to be sharply denounced to the Throne if they fail to forward full reports on the subject within a period of six months from the date on which they receive the Board's despatch.
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