Chapter XXXVIII: Appendix: No. 4

An account of the Master Gunners and other Gunners upon the Establishment of Guards and Garrisons for the year 1720, with a proposal for some alterations more advantageous to the Service, without exceeding the sum granted for that purpose:—

─────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────┬───────────────── │ Establishment │ New Proposal. │ 1720. │ ─────────────────────────────────┼────────┬────────┼────────┬──────── │ Master │Gunners.│ Master │Gunners. │Gunners.│ │Gunners.│ ─────────────────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── Berwick │ 1│ 6│ 1│ 6 Blackness │ 1│ 1│ 1│ 1 Calshott Castle │ 1│ 3│ 1│ 2 Carlisle │ 1│ 3│ 1│ 3 Chester │ 1│ 3│ 1│ 2 Clifford's Fort │ 1│ 4│ 1│ 4 Dumbarton │ 1│ 1│ 1│ 1 Dartmouth │ 1│ 1│ 1│ 2 Edinburgh Castle │ 1│ 3│ 1│ 3 Gravesend and Tilbury │ 2│ 10│ 2│ 12 Guernsey │ 1│ 4│ 1│ 4 Hull and Blockhouse │ 1│ 6│ 1│ 6 Hurst Castle │ 1│ 3│ 1│ 2 Holy Island │ 0│ 2│ 1│ 1 Jersey │ 1│ 8│ 1│ 8 Landguard Fort │ 1│ 6│ 1│ 3 St. Maw's │ 1│ 1│ 1│ 1 Pendennis │ 1│ 2│ 1│ 2 Plymouth and St. Nicholas' Island│ 2│ 18│ 2│ 18 Portland Castle │ 1│ 3│ 1│ 2 Portsmouth │ 1│ 23│ 3│ 19 Sheerness │ 1│ 13│ 1│ 16 Scilly Island │ 1│ 8│ 1│ 6 Scarboro' Castle │ 1│ 2│ 1│ 1 Stirling │ 1│ 3│ 1│ 3 Tower of London │ 1│ 4│ 1│ 4 Fort William │ 1│ 4│ 1│ 2 Upnor │ 1│ 6│ 1│ 12 Cockham Wood │ 1│ 4│ 1│ 1 Gillingham │ 1│ 4│ 1│ 2 Windsor │ 1│ 2│ 1│ 1 Sandham Fort │ 1│ 2│ 1│ 2 Yarmouth │ 1│ 4│ 1│ 4 Carisbrook │ 1│ 2│ 1│ 3 Cowes │ 1│ 3│ 1│ 3 White Hall │ 1│ ..│ 1│ 8 North Yarmouth │ 1│ 2│ 1│ 2 ─────────────────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── Total │ 38│ 174│ 41│ 172 ─────────────────────────────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────

Establishment of the year 1720, compared with that proposed for the year 1721:—

ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE YEAR 1720.

38 Master Gunners at 36_l._ 10_s._ each per annum £1,387 0 0

174 Gunners at 18_l._ 5_s._ ditto 3,175 10 0

More 6_d._ per diem for eight of the 3rd Gunners in N. 73 0 0
Britain

Extra allowance to Gunners at Whitehall. 100 7 6

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£4,735 17 6

ESTABLISHMENT PROPOSED FOR THE YEAR 1721.

41 Master Gunners at 36_l._ 10_s._ each £1,496 10 0 172 Gunners at 18_l._ 5_s._ each 3,139 0 0 Extra allowance to Gunners at Whitehall. 100 7 6 —————— —— — £4,735 17 6