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thoſe at Sheerneſs and Deptford, and four abroad: But four at home and two abroad were diſcontinued between 1784 and 1795, when it was thought their ſervices were not required; which is a clear manifeſtation that nothing but the public good was in view when the additions were made. The moſt important of thoſe took place indeed on the recommendation of the commiſſioners for naval reviſion. On the whole, within the period of our inquiry, the additions and diminutions of the principal officers and commiſſioners of the navy are as follows:
| Offices. | Salaries. | |
| Added | 15 | 15,900 |
| Reduced | 6 | 4,300 |
| 000 | 000,000 | |
| On the balance an increaſe of[1] | 9 | 11,600 |
| To which is to be added an augmentation of ſalaries | 8,300 | |
| 000 | 000,000 | |
| Carried forward | 9 | 19,900 |
- ↑ When the ſalaries of the Commiſſioners, as augmented, are compared with the arduous duties they have to perform, as well the inceſſant labor attendant thereupon, it will not be thought they are over-paid. This obſervation applies moſt ſtrongly perhaps to the commiſſioners in the dock yards; and in a moſt particular manner to the one at Portſmouth, whoſe ſalary is 1200l. with a houſe, and an eſtabliſhment neceſſary in his particular ſituation to be kept up for receiving ſtrangers and officers, which cannot be maintained at much leſſ than twice that ſum.
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