1st Voyage L96 11 5 4th Voyage L646 3 11 2d ditto 219 17 0 5th ditto 348 12 8 3d ditto 301 1 4 6th ditto 266 8 2 _________ __________ L617 9 9 L1261 4 9 _________ __________ Together L1878 14 6 Average L313 2 6 Nearly EIGHT per cent, for each voyage, or _twenty-four_ per cent. per annum. The amount would also increase yearly with the age of the ship. II.--_Steam Boats._ (p. 114) Value 24,000_l._, Interest at 5 per cent L1,200 Tear and wear, do. do. 1,200 Insurance, do. do. 1,200 ______ L3,600 Crews, in all 40. Captain per annum L400 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 ____ 2,595 _____ Total L6,195 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 L9 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 L78 0 0 2d do. " 45 10 0 Master " 78 0 0 Captains " from 400_l._ to 500_l._ III.--_Small Sailing Vessels._ (p. 115)