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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 See also:

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

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