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Income
Item | per month | in Chinese Tael |
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Indian Army sepoy |
7 rupees |
3.73T |
US Army private |
$15 |
24.45T |
US Army sergeant |
$30 |
48.90T |
US Army lieutenant |
$200 |
326.00T |
US Army colonel |
$333 |
542.79T |
machinist, in San Francisco |
$68 |
110T |
locomotive engineer, in San Francisco |
$88 |
142T |
British Army infantry private |
30s |
12T |
British Army lieutenant |
£9 16s |
78.40T |
British Army lt-colonel |
£27 6s |
218.40T |
Royal Navy leading seaman |
£2 12s |
20.80T |
Royal Navy captain |
£60 |
480T |
German Army leutnant |
16 marks |
6.21T |
German Army oberstleutnant |
100 marks |
38.83T |
French Army private |
13 francs |
3.4T |
French Army lieutenant |
210 francs |
54.6T |
French Army lt-colonel |
578 francs |
150T |
house servant, plus room/board |
4 tael |
4T |
regular soldier, plus room/board |
2 tael |
2T |
laborer during harvest |
3 tael |
3T |
laborer, off-season |
2 tael |
2T |
laborer, in Peking |
5 tael |
5T |
Sources: Mulhall's Dictionary of Statistics (pub. 1889, 1898).
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