Folios 78-86. A report accounting for the increased expense of freight to America...

Folios 78-86. A report accounting for the increased expense of freight to America in recent years by the Treasury Board, especially for victualling the army. Details rates per ton, increased wages for seamen during hostilities, and explains the different price structure of shipping costs met by the Treasury compared with the Royal Navy Board. Lists of ships A, B, C, D, and E are enclosed [but not filed here] with details of the numbers of ships involved. Mentions: The central role of Messrs Mure, Son, and Atkinson; the distress of the British army in August 1775; General [Sir William] Howe; the engagement of ships at Boston and Halifax [?Massachusetts]; providing relief to Quebec; distress of shipping in January 1776; supply of ordnance and fleets from Cork [Ireland] to Canada and the Atlantic ports; transportation of troops to Jamaica in August [1776]; losses to rebel privateers in provisioning Canada and New York; the River Saint Lawrence [Seaway]; and provisions to Barbados.