The Governor received L300 per annum.

Next to him came eight merchants, who with him constituted the Council, and received respectively, one L100, one L70, two L50, and four L40 each.

Below them came three senior factors at L30 each, three junior factors at L15, and seven writers at L5.[1] The tale is completed by the accountant and the chaplain, who received L100 each.

A writer on entering the service had to find security for L500, which was increased to L1000 when he rose to be a factor.

The unmarried servants of the Company were lodged at the Company's expense; the married ones received a lodging allowance, and a public table was maintained.