In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

In your letter of the 16th inst; you informed us that for the better dispatch of the Works In the Deptford Yard there is occasion for building a Storehouse there of one hundred foot long and and twenty foot broad on the back side of the Rigging House, and also a House Crane on the new Wharf before the Long Storehouse. The charge of the Storehouse is estimated at five hundred and thirty two pounds fourteen shillings, and that of the Crane at at two hundred and ninety eight pounds fifteen shillings , as expressed in the two Estimates in your letter.
We direct you to cause the Works to be taken in hand in accordance with the Estimates, which are herewith returned to you, confirmed by this board.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1785/184
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1692-07-20
Creator: Cornwallis, Charles; Lowther, John Priestman, Henry Cary, Anthony Austen, Robert Rich, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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