this, if sufficiently attentive
business, they
receive
from
to £350; and after two
or
to
£250
three
years more, from £350 to £600.
In some
£1,000 or
and
few cases,
as much as
£1,200 has been given,
in some instances, after
a
long period of service, permission
to
trade
2.
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private account.
The second firm allows
at first $1,000 (a thousand Dollars),
than £200 a
or
a little more
Year:
in the second
year, about £300, and after
that, according
to the merit of
service of the individual,
advances progressively
his pay advances
to £415, £520, and £630
A Book Keeper gets from
£725 to £1,040, according to standing
and desert.
3
In the third Firm, the
139 Clerks begin similarly upon £200,
increases generally after
two
years'
service to £250. The
receive
£520
per annum,
but the
Chief Clerk and Book-keeper both
£520
per annum,
the former looks forward to becoming
a
partner, which the latter
cannot. All are
permitted to
trade moderately
on their
own
account.
4.
The same indulgence
regarding private trade
is extended
to
the clerks of
the
fourth house, which, after paying the passage of its clerks from home, allows them £300 a year for the first three years. None of the recipients
of
the above salaries are called
upon
to
disburse anything except