Note 2 — Chapter LIII · RUSSIANS AFLOAT.

The pay of sailors in the Siberian fleet, afloat and on shore, per month, is as follows:—Deck sailors, 4s.; rigging sailors, 4s. 4d.; steersmen and gunners, 4s. 9d.; cooks, firemen, carpenters, divers, and assistant clerks, 9s.; quartermaster, machinists, and head firemen, 15s.; boatswain’s mate and foreman of machine room, 18s.; boatswain and clerks, 54s. Some have extras as perquisites, thus:—Hospital servants, per month, 9d.; chief gunners, 1s.; and torpedo men, 9s. The pay of officers, per month, is as follows:—Midshipmen from £7 10s. to £14 14s.; lieutenants, £7 10s. to £17 10s.; commander, £13 to £80; captain of second rank (frigate), £15 10s. to £100; and captain of first rank (ship), £17 4s. to £100. Seamen have all found for them. Officers provide themselves with everything except cabin and furniture, the captain having one man from the ship’s company for a servant, the higher officers having one servant for two cabins, and the midshipmen one servant for four cabins. The mess on the Djiguitt cost each officer about £6 a month, including holiday wines, and entertainment to guests in port. The officers gave an entertainment before leaving Vladivostock.