II.--_Steam Boats._ (p. 114)

Value 24,000_l._, Interest at 5 per cent £1,200

Tear and wear, do. do. 1,200

Insurance, do. do. 1,200

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£3,600

Crews, in all 40. Captain per annum £400

1st Mate 112

2d do. 68

Master 112

1st Engineer 173

2d do. 122

3d do. 88

Engineer Extra 173

3 Engineer Boys, average 39

4 Apprentices, at 10s. per month 24

4 Stewards and Boys, aver. 25s. do. 60

21 Seamen, &c. &c. at 40s. per do. 504

Provisions, at 30s. each, per do. 720

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2,595

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Total £6,195

By an Admiralty Order, dated August 1837, it is directed that the pay

of the following persons in steamers shall be as under, but increased

one-half of the sum when on service in the West Indies:--

1st Engineer, per month £9 12 0

2d do. do. 6 6 0

3d do. do. 4 4 0

Engineer Boys: 1st class, per do. 1 14 0

" 2d do. do. 1 6 0

" 3d do. do. 1 3 0

" 4th do. do. 0 14 6

And according to the Report of the Post-Office Commissioners, the pay

of the following officers on some of the Home Steam-boat Stations,

is:--

1st Mate, per annum £78 0 0

2d do. " 45 10 0

Master " 78 0 0

Captains " from 400_l._ to 500_l._

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