The staff of a man-of-war of first rank, contains,
| 1 | Commander—whose rank is equal to | Lieutenant-Colonel. |
| 1 | Second commander | Chef de bataillon. |
| 1 | Hodja | Major. |
| 16 | Mulazims | Lieutenants. |
| 1 | Physician, 2Surgeons, 1 Imam or chaplain, and from 800 to 900 men. | |
The entire naval force is under the command of a Captain Pasha or High Admiral, who is the Minister of the Navy.
The men, subalterns and even captains, both of the army and navy, are most miserably paid. A common soldier at the rate of seventy-five cents a month, and a captain eleven dollars and rations—so that any deficiency in hospitality or style of living, is not to be attributed to indifference on their own part.
CHAPTER XIV.
COMMERCE.
The trade of Turkey, including that of Egypt and the Danubian Principalities, amounted, in 1852, to
| Imports, | £11,828,300 | Sterling. |
| Exports, | 10,644,450 | Sterling.,, |
The Osmanlis, having no commercial marine except their own few coasters—the whole foreign, and great part of the internal trade, is carried on by 35,000 foreign vessels; whose aggregate tonnage amounts to 5,000,000 annually, and they are admitted to her ports at small charges.