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 842 FEDERAL REPORTER. �on the twenty-eighth of June, 1880, at New York, to fill the position of the steward who then left the vessel, and that the increase of wages allowed him correaponded with those given to his predecessor. I hold that the said seaman, August Lass, is entitled to the increase of wages allowed him, as stated in his elaim : "If a seaman is pro- moted he takes the wages of his new office." 2 Parsons, Ship. & Adm. 43 ; The Providence, 1 Hagg. Adm. 391 ; The Gondolier, 3 Hagg. Adm. 190 ; Hicks v. Walker, Exch. 1856, p. 37, (Eng. L, & Eq. 543;) Tke Schooner Wm. Martin, 1 Spr. 564. �I hold, also, that the captain had a rightto increase the wages of the seamen William Muller and John Saatman, and that it is com- petent to prove the same by paroi and documentary testimony, and that the evidence adduced proves the increase of wages, as stated in their claims. / �I report that the following amounts are due the said seamen: �TO JOHN SOHAOHT, CABPENTEK. �20 months* and 12 days' wages, at 54 marks per month, from February 28, 1879, to ifovember 9, 1880, marks 1,099 93 �Less amount paid him by captain, - - 197 46 ���marks 902 47 == 4>i:lt> 59 �TO ATTGTTST LAfiS. SEAMAN, �16 months' wages, at 36 marks, from 28th Feb- ruary, 1879, to June 28, 1880, as seaman, - marks 576 00 �4 months and 12 days as steward, at 48 marks per month, from 28th June, 1880, to N'ovem- ber 9, 1880, - - - - - 211 20 ���marks 787 20 Less amount paid him by captain, - - 470 29 ���marks 316 91 = $76 06 �TO WILLIAM MULLER, SEAMAN. �16 months' wages, at 33 marks per month, from 28th February, 1879, to November 9, 1880, - marks 528 00 �4 months and 12 days, at 36 marks per month, from June 28, 1880, to November 9, 1880, - 158 00 ���marks 686 00 Less amount paid him by captain, - - 311 97 ���marks 375 03 == $90 03 ��� �