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.