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The following Addition is made to the new Edition of Common Sense, printed in Philadelphia.

Page 28, line 23, from the top, after the ſentence which ends with the word ſterling, is now added:

The firſt and ſecond editions of this pamphlet were publiſhed without the following calculations, which are now given as a proof that the above eſtimation of the navy is a juſt one. See Entick's Naval Hiſt. Introd. page 56.

The charge of building a ſhip of each rate, and furniſhing her with maſts, yards, ſails and rigging, together with a proportion of eight months boatſwain's and carpenter's ſea-ſtores, as calculated by Mr. Burchett, Secretary to the Navy.

For a ſhip of 100 guns⁠	£ 35,553
For a ſhip of 090	29,886
For a ſhip of 080	23,638
For a ſhip of 070	17,785
For a ſhip of 060	14,197
For a ſhip of 050	10,606
For a ſhip of 040	7,558
For a ſhip of 030	5,846
For a ſhip of 020	3,710

And from hence it is eaſy to ſum up the value, or coſt rather, of the whole Britiſh navy, which in the year 1757, when it was at its greateſt glory, conſiſted of the following ſhips and guns.

Ships.	Guns.	Coſt of one.	Coſt of all.
06	100	£ 35,553	£ 213,318
12	090	29,886	358,632
12	080	23,638	283,656
43	070	17,785	764,755
35	060	14,197	496,895
40	050	10,606	424,240
45	040	7,558	340,110
58	020	3,710	215,180
85	ſloops, bombs and fire-ſhips, one with another, at	2,000	170,000
	Coſt,		3,266,786
	Remains for guns,		233,214
	Total,		£ 3,500,000

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