Sir,
Many are the regulations that are wanting in the Fleet that must come from your Board, if you Expect they will be attended to.
In the Painting the Vessels there is great waste for want of a Painter which should be a man on Pay that must follow your Directions in a general manner, I think Every Vessels Bottom ought to be pay'd up to the Bend with Turpentine, Brimstone & oyl, which is a fine Coat for fresh water, and not part of the Bottom to be pay'd with White Lead, and that to be put on by People who do not understand it, is a very great waste, the inside to be painted with Spanish Brown, Venetian Red, and black, the Cabins to be a stone Colour, the Barge to be the same colour as the outside of the Galley is Except the stern sheets, that to be painted red and blue. This regulation will save a deal of monies.
I beg that as soon as the Vessels are laid up the Commodore may be desir'd to fix a general Indent for the Boats, that to be Printed with orders that when any thing is wanted by Gunner, Boatswain, . and so on to Every officer, that he shall make it plain to said Commander, what is become of it, or how expended. as those matters occur to me I will mention them. remain your [&c.]
Directed, Mr. Thomas Wharton, Junr prest at Dr. Nesbits.
