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21st Congress.] 

No. 430. 

[2d Session.

EXPLANATORY ESTIMATES FOE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE SCHOONERS FOR THE NAVY; THEIR RESPECTIVE ANNUAL EXPENSE IN SERVICE, AND THAT OF A SLOOP-OF-WAR.

COMMUNICATED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 22, 1830.

Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following documents relating to the building of three schooners for the naval service.

House of Representatives, Committee on Naval Affairs, December 14, 1830.

Sir:

The Committee on Naval Affairs have directed me to request of your Department estimates of the expense of building each of the three schooners suggested in your report to the President, of December 1, 1830, and such estimates of arming, manning, and continuing one year in service each of them, and a sloop-of-war, as will enable them to state the comparative expense of each of these class of vessels to the House.

They desire these estimates at as early a day as may be consistent with the duties of the Department.

With esteem and respect, your humble servant,

MICHAEL HOFFMAN.

Hon. John Branch, Secretary of the Navy.

Navy Department, December 20, 1830.

Sir: In obedience to the requisition made by the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives, dated 14th December, 1830, and addressed to this Department, the following communication from the Commissioners of the Navy Board is herewith transmitted.

In this will be found the estimates called for by that requisition.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, &c., &c., JNO. BRANCH.

The Hon. M. Hoffman, Chairman Committee on Naval Affairs, H. R.

Navy Commissioners' Office, December 17, 1830.

Sir:

In compliance with your request, the Commissioners have the honor to submit herewith papers marked A, B and C.

A. An estimate of the expense of building, equipping, arming, &c., a schooner of 115 tons, amounting to the sum of

$29,120 00

B. An estimate of the pay and subsistence, provisions, hospital stores, and wear and tear of a schooner for one year

24,291 00

C. An estimate of the pay and subsistence, provisions, hospital stores, and wear and tear of a sloop-of-war of the first class, for one year

62,254 09

I have the honor to be, with great respect, sir, your obedient servant,

JNO. RODGERS.

Hon. John Branch, Secretary of the Navy.

A.

Estimate of the expense of building and equipping a schooner of 175 tons.

Materials of hull, of wood, iron, copper and tin

$9,000 00

Labor on hull

5,500 00

$14,500 00

EQUIPMENTS.

Masts and spars, materials and labor

750 00

Pumps

130

Boats

400 00

Anchors

500 00

Rigging, materials, and labor

1,600 00

Cables

410 00

Chain cables

400 00

Sails, materials and labor, hammocks and awnings

2,550 00

Blocks

150 00

Kentledge

900 00

Camboose

230 00

Water casks

450 00

Hardware

150 00

Blacksmiths' labor

330 00

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Joiners' labor

$180 00

Painters' labor

150 00

Leather, paints, tar, &c.

100 00

Contingencies

100 00

$24,100 00

ARMAMENT.

Ten 18-pound carronades, &c., at $150

$1,500 00

Two long 9-pounders, at $180

360 00

Fourteen barrels of powder, at $20

280 00

Nine hundred 18-pound shot

810 00

Two hundred 9-pound shot

90 00

$3,040 00

Fifty muskets, at $12

$600 00

Fifty pistols, at $6

300 00

Fifty swords, at $2.70

135 00

Fifty boarding pikes, at $2

100 00

Thirty boarding hatchets, at $1.50 each

45 00

1,180 00

SPARE.

Boatswain's stores

$250 00

Carpenter's stores

200 00

Master's stores

200 00

Gunner's stores

150 00

800 00

5,020 00

$29,120 00

B.

Estimate of the pay and subsistence, medicines, hospital stores and provisions, with the wear and tear of a schooner for one year.

Pay and subsistence

$13,851 00

Provisions, including marines

5,840 00

Medicines and hospital stores

600 00

Wear and tear

4,000 00

$24,291 00

C.

Estimate of the pay and subsistence, medicines, hospital stores and provisions, with the wear and tear of a sloop-of-war of the first class for one year.

Pay and subsistence

 $23,625 34

Provisions, including marines

17,428 75

Medicines and hospital stores

1,200 00

Wear and tear

10,000 00

$62,254 09