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.])