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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3, 19 January 1905, Page 2

The economy practised in the Japanese army can he gathered from a brief resume of the tables of pay. Thus, whereas a general in the British army receives £2,920 a year, or £8 a day, the Japanese general is content with £600 a year, a lieutenant-general with £.400, a colonel with £238, and a maior with £115, which is less than tSe British lieutenant receives. The British Tommy Atkins, agjam, is a positive millionaire in comparison with the Japanese private, who is the recipient of 2s 5d a month if ho is a first-class private, and Is lOd if his rank is b«t second-class.

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