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PURSER

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 666 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PURSER  , the old name for the paymaster of the

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British and
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American navies still used in
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merchant vessels of to-
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day . In the British
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navy he was appointed by a
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warrant from the
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admiralty and was paid partly by
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salary and partly by a percentage (to%) on the value of unexpended stores .

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