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3. That at all generall surveys we view the old moarings our selves, and outof the same wee sett out 20 tons ofjunck for port ropes, netting rope, andlashing lynes, dispose of the rest for okam and other uses to his Ma r bestbehoof.

4. That wee consider at the same time what rate bee allowed for cordage thesame yeare, and labour with the merchant to draw downe the price thereof. Orat our returne certifie the lord adm 1 , together with the lord trearer and chan-celor of the exchecquer, of our endeavours therein, and accordingly to attendtheir further directions.

5. That wee appoint a master and two boatswaines seccessively, whilst thecordage is makeing, to repaire to Woolwich to view and approve the condiconand- goodnesse thereof, where it may be disserned then when it is made uppinto cables, and delivered at Deptford. And for our better discovery of cor-ruption, if any bee used therein, let the approvers name bee put upon thetallys.

6. That there bee noe cordage issued out of the stoare for moarings, or other-wise, without two of our hands. And that the storekeeper have order at thistime every yeare to yield vs an exact account of all the cordage, and othermaterialls in his charge issued the yeare before, to the end there may bee newwarrants granted for supply, and care taken that there bee no more expendedthen the quantity and proportion alloted.

For the Narrow Seas.

The ordinary Charge of the Narrow Seas may bee comprehendedw th in these particular Heads following :-

i st Head. The wages, travelling and presting charges, belong-ing to 300 men, serveing in the Dreadnought and Quit-tance, or shipps of the like burthen, w h may yearely amountto the sum of -

ad Head. The charges of grounding, graveing, long boates,pinnaces, anchors, sails, canvas, flaggs, and such like provi-sions of sea stores, w ch may yearely amount unto by estima-tion

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