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HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.

An Estimate of y e Yearly Charges of maintayning his Ma". Navtin Harbour, w th all Manner of Expences incident thereunto.

The wages of 435 men serveing in his Highness shipps inharbour for one whole yeare, and for wages of gunnersserving there, and at y e castle of Vpnor. As also for enter-tainement of clerkes, purveyors, and others, serving atChatham, Deptforc^ and PortsmouthFor wages of extraordinary shippes and caulkers, for y e ran-sacking and caulkeing of the shipps, and shifting of planckewales, and chaine wales, rotten tree-nailes, with sundryother works. As also for graving of 10 of his Maj st . shippsyearly *, that all y e fleet may be graved once in threeyeares; and for wages of pump-makers, sail-makers, saw-yers, joyners, and labourers, and for sundry other works byestimation -

For supply of such provisions as are of continuall use andexpence in the navy, as masts, timber, planck, cloveboords,deales, trenaile, oars, pitch, tarr, rozen, brimstone, oyle,okam, ironworke, and sundry such emptions by estimationFor supply of cordage for yearely moaring of his Maj st . shipps,which is alwaie taken out of the store, and the store againesupply’d by y e merchants, the weight thereof will amountunto 90 tuns, w ch . at the rate of 30s. per cwt. being therate now given, will amount unto -

£•

s. d.

4141 5 o

2000 o o

3000 o o

2700 o o

Total - 11,841 5 o

An Estimate of the Yearly Charge of maintayning his Ma tv . Shipsat the Narrow Seas, manned with 300 Men:

For wages of 300 men, serveing in the Dreadnought and Quit-tance, by the space of 13 months and 1 day, at 14s.'feach man, per mensem, the sum of - 2737 10 0

* From whence it appears, that a fleet, consisting of thirty sail, was deemed fully adequate to theexigencies of the state.

f Augmented from 5s. since the reign of king Henry the Eighth.

For