Note 387 — Chapter XIII
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In 1834, after the Company had been deprived of its trading privileges, and no longer required to maintain its maritime service, Captain Innes, of the chartered ship Abercrombie Robinson, memorialised the Company, in his own name and in that of other commanders, for “compensation for the loss of employment in consequence of the discontinuance of the Company’s trade.” He therein estimates his “emoluments and income accruing from his appointment as commander, upon an average of his last three voyages,” as follows:—
£ s. d.
Eighteen months’ pay, at 10l. per month 180 0 0
£ s. d.
Fifty-six tons privilege, outward, at 41. per ton 224 0 0
From port to port, at 30 rupees per candy 336 0 0
Homeward, at 33l. per ton 1,848 0 0
2,408 0 0
Primage 100 0 0
Two-fifths tonnage, from port to port, 478 tons, at 30 rupees per candy 2,868 0 0
Less, charged by the Hon. Co., 2l. per ton 956 0 0
1,912 0 0
Passage-money, after allowing for the provisions and stores provided for the passengers 1,500 0 0
6,100 0 0
Making 6,100l. per voyage for the last three voyages, “exclusive of the profits on investments.”