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Catt or bark, from the coal trade, of 350 tons, estimated
 at about . . £2,000
Extra expenses, stores, boats, &c. . . 3,000
To be manned with sixty men at £4 per man per
morth . . A240
£2,880 per annum.
Wages and provisions . £8,640 for three years 8,640
13,640
Cargo included, supposed . £15,000
The expenses of this expedition are calculated for
three years; but the greatest part of the amount of
wages will not be wanted till the ship returns, and a
great part of the expense of provisions will be saved
by what is obtained in the course of the voyage, by
barter or otherwise, though it is proper to make provision
 for contingencies.

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