Indexes to reports of Commissioners, 1803-1806. (Naval Inquiry).

  • Great Britain. Commissioners of Naval Inquiry.
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[1847]
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    2—Reports, 1803-4. 2. NabAl itmuttfi* 1803-4. Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, appointed by Act 43 Geo. 3, (Plymouth Yard ; Woolwich Yard); dated 2 May 1804 (.^3-) Sess. Vol. V. p. 1. Seventh Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, appointed by Act 43 Geo. 3, (Naval Hospital at East Stonehouse; Le Caton Hospital Ship); dated 11 July 1804 (172.) Sess. Vol. V. p. 541. Eighth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, appointed by Act 43 Geo. 3, (His Majesty’s Victualling Department at Plymouth; Embezzle- ment of the King’s Casks); dated 16 July 1804 (179*) Sess. Vol. V. p. 637. —In this Index the Numerals vi. vii. and viii. following Jiep. refer to the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Heports, and the Figures refer to the printed Paging of the Reports and Appendices respectively.] A. ABOLITION OF FEES. See Fees, 1. Abuses : 1. Plymouth Yard. 2. Woolwich Yard. 1. Plymouth Yard: Observations of the Commissioners on the abuses and irregularities that have existed in His Majesty’s yard at Plymouth, and manner in which they have arisen, Rep. vi. 124- 127. 2. Woolwich Yard: Observations of the Commissioners on the abuses and irregularities existing in the payment of artificers and labourers at Woolwich yard, Rep. vi. 136-147. See also Anonymous Letters. Caton Hospital Ship. Fees, 2. Inspector-General of Naval Works. Victualling Department at Plymouth, 2. Accountant's Office. Observations of the Commissioners witli respect to the estairhshinent of an office m each of His Majesty’s yards, for arranging and drawing out the accounts, Rep. vi. 131. Accounts: 1. Shipwrights at Plymouth Yard. 2. Value of Works performed 3. General System of Accounts. 4. Woolwich Yard. 5. Royal Hospital at Plymouth. 6. Sick and Wounded Office. 7. Victualling Office at Southdown. 1. Shipwrights at Plymouth Yard : Description of the situations of the persons employed in taking and checking the accounts of the earnings of the shipwrights in Plymouth yard, Rep. vi. 24, 25 Obser- vations of the Commissioners on the very loose manner in which the job accounts of the shipwrights in Plymouth yard are kept, ib. 31, 32. 2. Value of Works performed: Observations of the Commissioners on the difficulty of keeping faithful and regular accounts of the various and minute works to be performed, and the price to be allowed for them, in His Majesty’s yards, Rep. vi. 125, 126. 3. General System of Accounts: Opinion of the Commissioners on the importance of revising and forming accounts suitable to the very extended scale of the naval service, and in establishing a general system. Rep. vi. 134.