if His Excellency and their Honrs the Council Will inform me what weages is allowed by this state for the officers & seamen in their Navey & the mereins the number of Each, if I am to have a Docter on board, if a purser is to be appointd or who is to supply the Crue with Cloaths on board as it may not be Convenent to let the people go onshore to geet them ー if stores is to be brought to the vessel and Craft hired who is to Do it, if the maste[r] is to go after Men & Stores what Expences will be allowed ー if a Seyn will be allowed as it will save Duble the pric[e] in a Very Little time, besides fresh provisions for the Crew the seamen in the service of the state Expects as much weages as the Continentals have as they apprehend they will not have ane Chance of prize money as the galleys is not allowed to go out of the bay ー