No. VII.

ABSTRACT-ACCOUNT of the EXPENCE of ERECTING the BELL-ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE, and of executing the ULTERIOR WORKS connected with that ESTABLISHMENT.

Wages and Premiums.

Wages of artificers while off at the Bell Rock, and in the work-yards at Arbroath and Edinburgh, where the stones were cut and prepared in regular courses,L. 11,980 15 8
Premiums to artificers for Sundays’ work and extra hours upon the Rock, and in the Work-yard at Arbroath,998 14 9
Premiums to seamen, including Sundays’ work at the Bell Rock,473 5 6
Note.—Masons and smiths were paid at the rate of 3s. 4d.,—mill-wrights 3s. 6d.,—joiners 3s., and labourers at from 2s. 2d. to 2s. 8d. per day; besides lodgings ashore, and victuals while afloat.—The premiums paid to artificers were at the rate of 6d. per hour for extra time; eight hours constituting a day’s work at the Rock.—The seamen were paid at the same rate on Sundays as on week days.
Amount for wages and premiums to artificers, and including premiums to seamen,L. 13,452 15 11

Building Materials.

35,952 cubic feet of Sandstone from Mylnefield quarry, dressed to the quarry-moulds, and put on ship-board,L. 3,412 18 5
Extra dressing in reducing the courses to regular thicknesses at Mylnfield,667 2 8
1700 cubic feet of sandstone from Craigleith Quarry for the cornice and parapet wall of the Light-room,200 0 10
13,964 cubic feet of granite from Rubieslaw and other quarries at Aberdeen, and from Cairngall near Peterhead,1,979 1 4
Extra dressing in reducing the granite stones to the quarry-moulds, and to regular thicknesses, to suit the respective courses, including cartage and charges of shipping,1,291 7 2½
40 Tons of Pozzolano-earth in casks,398 3 4
60 Tons of Aberthaw-limestone, including freight from South Wales,78 14 2
100 Bushels Parker’s or Roman cement, including casks and shipping charges,43 12 0
6 Tons of Tarras, including casks and shipping charges,52 19 10
Casks for carrying lime and sand from the workyard to the Bell Rock,38 3 3
4824 oaken trenails, from 21 to 24 inches and 6195 oaken wedges, from 12 to 18 inches in length,216 1 6
Note.—The quarry price of Sandstone varied from 1s. to 2s. 9d., and Granite from 1s. 3d. to 5s. per cubic foot. Pozzolano from L. 6 to L. 14 per ton. Tarras from L. 6, 10s. to L. 11 per ton. Limestone was 1s. per ton. Cement varied from 5s. to 6s. 6d. per bushel; oaken trenails from L. 1 to L. 5 per hundred, and wedges were L. 1: 6: 6 per hundred.
Amount for Building Materials,8,378 4 1½

Implements and Machinery for the Works, including Beacon-house, Cast-iron Railways, &c. &c. (See Plates [VIII.], [IX.], [X.], [XIV.], [XVII.], and [XVIII.])

4662 cubic feet of Memel and Swedish timber, and 480 Petersburgh deals for the use of the Beacon-house, cast-iron Railways and wharfs upon the Bell Rock, and for making moulds for the stone-cutters,L. 1,436 19 7
69 tons 9 cwt. of cast-iron for Railways,812 15 11
25,893 lb. malleable iron in stanchions, bats, knees, stays, bracing-chains, screw and spear bolts, including other apparatus for the use of the Beacon-house and Railways,1,244 3 7
19 Tons 13 cwt. 2 qrs. 3 lb. cast-iron, 14,002 lb. malleable iron, and 505 lb. of brass for cranes, winch-machines, and other apparatus,1,191 14 7½
Cordage for cranes, &c.409 1 0
Two large Sling or Woolwich-carts, for conveying large blocks of stone, fitted up with wheel and pinion-work for slinging or lifting the stones off the ground,150 3 6
15,446 lb. quarry and stone-cutters’ tools; 11,934 lb. malleable iron, and 771 lb. steel, used in the work-yard; exclusively of tools, nails, and other furnishings connected with joiners’ and smiths’ shops; but including stone-jacks and common carts used in work-yard, &c. &c.,1,567 10 1½
Note.—The price of fir-timber varied from 3s. to 5s. 6d. per cubic foot; cast-iron from L. 10, 10s. to L. 23:6:8 per ton; chains and axles, &c. 6½d. to 1s. per lb.; quarry and stone-cutters tools from 6d. to 10d. per lb.; Swedish and British bar-iron from L. 21 to L. 29 per ton. Steel was 7d. per lb., and brass 1s. 10d. per lb.
Amount for Machinery, &c.6,812 8 4

Shipping.

Price of the hull of a Prussian fishing-dogger,L. 250 0 2
Carpenter-work, altering and fitting up the dogger as the Pharos Floating-light,1,397 12 8
Two sets of chains, with mushroom anchors, spare shackles and swivels, &c., for mooring her off the Bell Rock, the whole weighing about 13,083 lb. of malleable, and 3200 lb. of cast-iron,462 9 4
Outfit in hempen cables, sails and rigging, including 11 tons cast-iron, ballast, ship-hearth, cabin-stoves, alarm-bell, &c.,1,664 2 3
Three large copper lanterns, glazed with plate glass, (so constructed, that the ship’s masts passed through them), fitted with brass chandeliers for 60 agitable-lamps, each having a small silvered-copper reflector,397 1 2½
Freight of a vessel, and expence of laying down the moorings for the Floating-light,81 5 6
Wear and tear of the Floating-light riding off the Bell Rock, from July 1807 till February 1811,1,059 11 5½
Advertising the mooring and exhibition of the Floating-light, generally, in the Newspapers of the United Kingdom,227 18 9
Victualling the crew of the Floating-light, including occasional subsisting money and board-wages while ashore,1,149 18 7
Pay of the master, mate, principal and assistant light-keepers, and seven seamen, from 1807 to March 1811,1,632 12 8
8,322 12 5
First Cost and Outfit of the Sir Joseph Banks Tender of 84 tons register, the Sloop Smeaton of 42 tons, the Sloop Patriot of 46 tons, and of four Stone Lighters of about 15 tons each, including wear and tear during the progress of the works,L. 5,436 9 7½
Bedding for seamen and artificers during the progress of the works,349 7 2
Victualling seamen and artificers afloat, including occasional subsisting money for seamen while ashore,2,930 12 7½
Pay of the masters, mates, and seamen of the respective vessels,2,434 2 2
Freight of hired vessels bringing stone from Mylnefield, Aberdeen, and Peterhead quarries, and timber and cast-iron from Leith and other ports to Arbroath,930 17 11
Port charges and sailing disbursements of the several vessels,358 8 4½
Insurance of Shipping, effected only for a limited period,647 12 6
14 Mushroom Anchors, weighing 13 tons 7 cwts. 0 qrs. 10 lb. of cast-iron,235 15 8
28,456 lb. malleable iron, in mooring-chains, shanks of mushroom-anchors, spare swivels and shackles,891 11 2
16 Large mooring buoys of coopers’ work, and one of carpenters’ work,456 19 2
Note.—Pay of the masters of the respective vessels in the service was from L. 5 to L. 6, 6s., mates from L. 4 to L. 5, 5s., principal light-keeper L. 5, 5s., assistant light-keeper L. 3, 15s., seamen from L. 2, 10s. to L. 3, 15s. per month. Officers’ occasional subsisting money 2s., and seamens’ 1s. 8d. per day.
The price of the hulls of the vessels were from L. 9, 15s. to L. 10 per ton, and cordage from L. 77 to L. 130 per ton; cordage subject to a discount of 7½ per cent.; other articles generally to 5 per cent.
Amount for shipping,14,671 16 4½

Light-room, &c. (See Plates [XVI.] and [XX.])

Lantern or Light-room with tinned copper roof, 8 cast-iron sashes, 8 feet in height, glazed with 48 squares of plate-glass, measuring 13½ by 26¾ inches. Malleable iron stays, copper rings, flag-staff, and signal-ball, &c.L. 1,135 1 11
24 Reflectors raised to the parabolic-curve, made from copper plated, in the proportion of 6 oz. of silver to each lb. of copper; arranged upon a malleable iron chandelier, furnished with brass fountains, and argand burners, including a train of Revolving-machinery, and two alarm-bells, set upon tripods on the balcony, &c.1,287 17 2
Balcony-railing of cast-iron, with brass supports and top-rail; and a conductor or thunder-rod extending, from the Light-room to the Rock, 216 0 3
Amount of Light-room, &c.2,638 19 4

Ulterior Works, &c. (See [Plate XII.])

Finishing and Completing the interior of the Light-house, with wainscot partitions,—doors,—trap-ladders,—furniture of oaken-timber for the several apartments,—kitchen range with cast-iron chimney,—tinned-copper oil cisterns—brass and copper bolts and hinges for doors,—window-shutters,—brasslocks,—brass hand-rails for inside stairs,—water-cisterns, and coal magazines, &c.L. 1,489 16 6
Erecting permanent Railways upon the Bell Rock, improving the wharfs or landing places, and removing the Beacon-house,1,338 16 6
Houses erected for the families of the light-keepers and seamen of the Tender, signal-tower, store-houses, and sea-wall, at Arbroath,4,500 8 3
The price of about 1½ acre of ground for a garden, trenching, and enclosing it for the use of the light-keepers, and seamen, and their families,1,158 18 10
The price of a pew of 14 sittings in the parish-church of Arbroath, for the use of the Light-keepers and their families,52 10 0
Note.—Wainscot 7s. 6d. per foot, brass 1s. 8d. to 2s. per lb.
Amount for Ulterior Works,8,540 10 1

Incidents.

Expence of Act of Parliament,L. 548 8 0
Travelling charges connected with the work,312 14 7
Incidental charges for stamps and postages, including letters for artificers afloat, salary for Engineer’s clerk, &c.882 5 1
Advertising the exhibition of the Light upon the Bell Rock, and the discontinuance of the Floating-light, on the 1st of February 1811,219 10 3
The cost-price of the artificers barracks, platform of aisler-masonry for fitting the courses before shipping them to the Rock,—engineer’s office,—smith and joiner’s shops,—store-house and stable, estimated at1,255 5 6
Rent of the work-yard, and compensation to the landlord for taking it off the hands of the Commissioners before the expiry of the lease,174 19 6
Price, hire, and keep of work-horses,593 5 11½
481 tons coals, used in the artificers’ barracks, smith’s-shop, lime-kiln in the work-yard, and at the beacon-house, &c.347 4 2
Shore-dues upon materials for the Light-house, and other articles during the progress of the works,270 9 6
57½ dozen of flambeaux, for night-work at the Bell Rock,32 9 6
Stationery and books for Engineer’s office, and shipping,134 10 8½
One five feet Achromatic-telescope with brass-stand, steadying-rods, two eye-tubes, a mahogany-stand with night-glass for signal-room,35 1 0
Pension, and Sick lists for wages of artificers and seamen when off work, medical attendance, &c.925 12 2
Superintendence of engineers, and plans, including L. 300 to Captain Brodie,4,858 13 5
Interest upon L. 25,000 of Government loan, up to March 1810,3,446 11 5
Treasury fees for Exchequer bonds, &c.235 10 4
Note.—Price of coal 13s. 4d. to 19s. per ton. Oats from 20s. to 23s. per boll. Hay from 10½d. to 1s. 3d. per stone of 22 lb.
Amount for Incidents14,272 11 1
Amount of gross expenditure in erecting the Light-house, including Ulterior Works,L. 77,089 17 8

Gross Expenditure.

Deductions.

DEDUCTIONS.

For workmens’ barracks, implements, machinery, shipping and old materials, disposed of by public sale, or transferred to the Northern Light-houses for the general service of the Board, at the conclusion of the works.
By the price of the workmens’ barracks, storehouses and offices in the work-yard at Arbroath,L. 700 0 0
By old gable-walls, lime-house, and sundries in workyard, and engineer’s office,52 8 2
By the price of three work horses and carts sold at different times,86 0 0
By fulzie of stable and work-yard,21 17 0
By stone-shivers sold by public sale at different times, including 232 cart loads for the use of the Roads in the vicinity of Arbroath,48 4 6
By artificers’ time three weeks at Mylnefield, deducted from Quarry Account,42 0 0
By two large Woolwich-carts,55 0 0
By sundries, sold in the work-yard, by public sale, at the conclusion of the work,121 16 5
By the price of two cast-iron cranes, in use upon the quays at Aberdeen and Arbroath, and a small boring-machine used in the work-yard,273 3 0
By broken cast-iron railways,97 19 0
By the price of drift timber recovered,6 10 0
By a stone-waggon and quarry-tools, sold at Aberdeen,15 13 0
By old brass and bell-metal,12 16 9
By scrap-iron from the smith’s shop,6 10 8
By sale of old timber, and the soil taken off the site of the light-keepers houses at Arbroath,15 3 11
By the price of the Sir Joseph Banks Tender,1,510 0 0
By the price of the Patriot,400 0 0
By the price of an old boat and mast belonging to the Patriot,12 0 0
By cash, in name of damages, in consequence of sap-wood in the Patriot’s hull,80 0 0
By the amount of sales of sundry stores,406 0 0
By the price of three praam-boats or stone-lighters,193 0 0
By the price of the wreck of an old stone-lighter and boat,10 10 0
By retaining-money paid during the winter months, to one of the seamen who left the service,1 11 6
By interest upon the engineer’s deposit-account with the Dundee Banking Company at Arbroath, from the commencement till the conclusion of the works,26 5 7
By return-freight of the sloop Smeaton, from Aberdeen to Arbroath,18 18 0
By shipping, boats, machinery, implements, stores, and moorings, transferred to the general service of the Northern Light-houses,3,222 8 7
By the nett cost and maintenance of the Floating-light deducted, as belonging to the general service of the Northern Light-houses,L. 7,901 10 7
By the price of the vessel and her stores when sold,421 1 10
8,322 12 5
15,758 8 6
Nett cost of the Bell Rock Light-house, and Ulterior Works connected with that establishment,L. 61,331 9 2

Nett Cost.

Extracted by
Lachlan Kennedy, Engineer’s Clerk.

Average Price of Provisions.

Average Price of Provisions during the Period of the Bell Rock Works.

Beef 6d. per lb. of 17½ oz. avoirdupois.
Ship-biscuit L. 1, 9s. per cwt.
Quartern Loaf 13½d. per loaf, of 4 lb. 5½ oz.
Oat-meal L. 1, 11s. per boll, of 140 lb.
Barley 2½d. per lb. of 17½ oz.
Butter 1s. 8d. per lb. of 24 oz.
Salt 10s. per bushel, of 56 lb.
Whisky 11s. per gallon.
Small Beer 1s. 10d. per Scots gallon, of 8 Scots points.