Note 288 — Chapter XVII
Reading edition
The staff of the Board of Trade, and its cost for salaries, in 1875 were as follows:—
Employment. Number. Aggregate Salary.
£
In the Board of Trade and registry of seamen 237 48,760
Examinations 13 3,355
Mercantile marine offices 237 24,416
Surveyors, emigration officers, tonnage measurers, recorders of draught of water 154 30,078
Nautical assessors .. 3,000
Total 641 109,609