The cloathing and bedding given each
of the boys, are a felt hat, a worsted cap,
a kersey pea jacket, a kersey pair of
breeches, a striped flannel or kersey waist-
coat, a pair of trowsers, two pair of hose,
two pair of shoes, two handkerchiefs,
three shirts; a bed, pillow, blanket, and
coverlet; a pair of buckles and buttons;
thread, worsted, and needles; a knife, a
Prayer Book and Testament to those
whose Captains desire them, and a bag to
put their cloaths in.

The cloathing given each of the men
is, a felt seaman's hat, a kersey pea jacket,
a waistcoat and drawers of the same, a
pair of drab breeches, a pair of thin
trowsers, a pair of worsted hose, a pair of
yarn hose, two shirts, two worsted caps,
one of shoes, one pair of buckles,
one pair of buttons, a knife, thread, wor-
sted, and needles, with a bag for their
cloaths.

A note of these cloaths is given to every
man and boy, by which he may see what

Our author, who was one of the com-
mittee, observes, that from this society
may be seen the great business that may
be done for a trifling expence; for the
Treasurer, Commissioners, Secretary, and
Clerks; the house-rent and entertain-
ments; the fire and candle, paper, pens
and ink, do not all together cost the society
an hundred pounds per annum; and if, by
an additional Clerk, he adds, it should
happen to swell to 150l. " greater good
" with less money, I will be bold to say,
" is not done by any society in this king-
" dom: for exclusive of the charge of
" cloathing, feeding, and sending boys to
" Portsmouth, the expence is very little
" more than the rent of two rooms at
" about 25l. per annum, the salary of a
" secretary, not exceeding 50l. per an-
" num, and a Porter 10l. per annum."

There is a general meeting every three
months viz. the first Thursday in Janu-
ary, the first in April, the first in July,
and the first in October, or oftener, if the
committee desire it; when an account of
receipts and disbursements are laid before