HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.

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An Account of what Salaries have been encreased in the Navy, betweenthe 5th of November 1688, and the 1st of December 1698, and by what

Orders, with the Reasons for granting the said Orders.-Presented to

the House of Commons by Sir Robert Rich, on Feb. 2, 1698-9.

1690. Lords of theiTo increase the clerks of the checques salary at HarwichApril 28, Admiralty, i to 60I. per annum.

Upon the navy board’s report of its reasonableness.

May 14, Ditto.

Dec. 29, Ditto.

Feb. 23, Ditto.

1691. Ditto.

Ditto.

To make an extra allowance of 20s. a day to admiralRussel, as admiral of the blue.

Accustomed table money.

To make an extra allowance of 30s. per diem to admiralKillegrew, (over and above his pay as vice-admiralof the red) from the time admiral Russel left him,till the date of his commission, to be admiral of theblue j and 20s. a day extra from that time until hewas made one of the admirals of the fleet.

This allowance was made in pursuance of the king’s order.

To encrease the pay of a boatswain’s yeoman in a 5thrate to il. 6s. per mensem; and the yeoman of the

powder-room in the

several

rates as under-men'

tioned :—

l '•

d.

In a 1st Rate to

1 15

0 per mensem.

2d

1 *5

0

3d -

1 12

0

4th

1 10

0

5 th -

1 8

0

By the queen’s order, as an encouragement to those officers.

To encrease the master

rope-maker’s salary at Ports-

mouth to 60I. per annum.

Upon a proposal from the navy board.

To make an allowance of 10s. a day to captain MatthewAylmer, late commander of their Majesty’s ships inthe Mediterranean, (over and above his pay as cap-tain) from the date of his commission till the timeof his discharge from the Monk.

This allowance has been made to command- in chief of squadrons abroad.