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APPENDIX.
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Eank or Rating.
29. Naval Instructor
30. Teacher of G-unnery
31.
32.
38.
Engineers*
1st Class for the first 3 years £200
2nd ditto 150
3rd ditto 100
1st Class from the fourth to
the seventh year inclusive. 250
2nd ditto 175
3rd ditto 125
1st Class from the end of
the seventh year . . 300
2nd ditto 2001
3rd ditto 150
With an additional allowance,
while steam is up, or employed
elsewhere fitting engines, of—
4.9. per day to a 1st Class Engineer
3^. ditto 2nd ditto
2s. Qd. ditto 3rd ditto
Boiler Makers, 1st Class
Ditto 2nd
With an increase of Rs. 50, in
both classes after five years'
service . . . .
Grunners, Boatswains, Carpenters—
1st Class . . .
2nd „
3rd „ . . .
Acting .....
500
500
150
125
100
80
60
50
Remarks.
Pay according to Class in addi
tion to Rs. 60, as batta An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty. .
Engineers of all three Classes
receive a free passage to In
dia, and home also, on dis
charge, if their conduct has
been satisfactory, and they
have completed five years' ser
vice.
The Chief Engineer received
also 15. per day for each Ap
prentice under tuition.
Engineer Apprentices were di
vided into three Classes, re
ceiving respectively 15, 10,
and 8 Rs. per month. After
five years' service, being thpn
18, they were eligible to pass
as journeymen, when the scale
of monthly pay was 30 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
1 In addition, board and lodg-
J ing allowance, Rs. 50.
These Warrant Officers also re
ceive a gratuity of Rs. IO q
on promotion, to assist them
in procuring an outfit.
The following Petty Officers, fbeing of the 1st Class, receive Rs, 33 per month:
—Master-at-Arms ; Ship's Corporal, and Seamen's Schoolmaster ; G-unner's
Mates ; Captain's Coxwain; Quartermasters; Boatswain An officer responsible for the equipment on a ship and overseeing the work of the ship's crew. 's Mates ; Captains of
the Forecastle, Maintop, and Eoretop ; Sailmaker; Captain of the Hold : Car
penter's Mate ; Caulker; Cooper; Armourer; and Purser's Steward.
The following Petty Officers, being of the 2nd Class, receive Rs. 30 per month :
—Captain of the Mast; Captain of the Afterguard; Yeoman of Signals ; Caulker's
Mate; Painter; Yeoman of Store-rooms; Armourer's Mate; and Sailmaker's
Mate. J^ble Seamen J receive per month, Rs. 26; Ordinary Seamen and Lands
men, Rs. 20; Marine Apprentices, or 1st Class Boys, Rs. 9; 2nd Class
Boys, Rs. 5.
* The scale of pay of the Engineers was reckoned in English money,
f Petty Officers and Seamen conducting themselves to the satisfaction of their commanding
officers, receive after two years' service, one gold badge and a gratuity of Rs. 24; after live years
service, a second gold badge and a gratuity of Rs. 36 ; and, after eight years' service, a third gold
badge and a gratuity of Rs. 40. A further sum of Rs. 2 is given to every Petty Officer and seaman,
as a monthly allowance for good conduct, provided he has not broken his leave, or otherwise miscon
ducted himself. Seamen-gunners are, for the first three years from the date of their certificates,
allowed per month, Rs. 2; second three years, Rs. 3; third three years, Rs 4, in addition to the pay
of their ratings. . AT ..
$ European seamen are allowed Rs. 50 bounty money for three years' service, and JN ative
stokers, Rs. 15. Crimpage money at Rs. 10 per head is allowed to persons procuring seamen tor
vessels at out-stations, but not at Bombay.