Note 10 — Chapter L · THE USSURI AND SUNGACHA.

I learned that the three steamers by which I had travelled on the Amur and Ussuri belonged to the same Company, the managing director of which receives £1,200 a year. The captain of the Sungacha received £21 per month, the second captain £10, the steersman £4, the other sailors £3, and the machinists from £4 to £5 per month each; but during a large part of the year, when the river is frozen, they have little or nothing to do.