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eurrent number in the fhip’s book 
is entered upon the lilt, oppofite the 
name of the perfon, that he may be 
the more eafily found upon the 
book when he comes to be paid. 
The lig, thus correéted, is returned 
to the captain : who fends on fhore, 
under the-care of a commiffioned 
Officer, thofe men who appear upon 
the lift entitled to receive their wa- 
ges: they are paid each upon the 
book of that fhip to which he be- 
longed, and the date cf the day he 
is paid upon is fet oppolite to his 
name. 
Where the lift contains the names 
of men belonging to fhips whofe 
books are not at that port, the pay 
clerks apply to the pay officcrs of 
thofe ports where the books are, for 
extracts ; that is, for copies of the 
entries relative to thofe men, in the 
books from which they ‘feverally 
claim their wages: upon the re- 
ceipt of thefe extracts, the lift is 
corrected by them, in fuch a man- 
ner as to inform the captain which 
of thofe men he may fend to be 
paid ; and, that thefe payments may 
be fet off upon the proper fhip’s 
books, the account of the extracts, 
that is, of the men thus paid, is fent 
_ every quarter to the feveral ports. 
In payments by litts, either pre- 
vious to the pay day of the hip, 
or after the fhip’s book is made up, 
' or by tickets, the name, time of fer- 
vice, defalcations, and other cir- 
 cumftances of each perfon, are tran- 
feribed from the book of that fhip 
from which he claims his wages, 
into the lift or ticket. Each entry 
is an exa¢t copy of the entry rela. 
tive to the fame perfon in the thip’s 
book ; and it mutt be fo; for other- 
wife the remaining defalcations, and 
_ the fall and nett wages, could not 
be calculated; After this is done, 
PA, BIEVER By: [343 
where the payment is by lift, pre- 
vious to the payment of the fhip, or 
by ticket, the wages are calculated; 
the open columns ail filled up ; and 
if by lift, the nett wages ar¢ paid ; 
or if by ticket, that ticket is #lign- 
ed upon the treafurer for payment 
of the nett fum therein mentioned ; 
and in both thefe modes, to prevent 
double payments, the fhip’s book is 
marked, oppofite the name of each 
perfon, in what manner paid, an 
by what treaiurer. : 
A payment, fubfequent to the 
making up. of the fhip’s book, is 
made upon a |ift of arrears, that is, 
a book that contains the mame of 
each fhip, and the names and cir- 
cumitances, extracted from the fe- 
~veral fhips books, of all perfons 
paid after the books on which they 
claim wages have been made up and 
finally clofed. All fhips books are 
at prefent made up and remain af- 
terwards at the navy office in Lon- 
don. A claimant upon fuch books 
muit firft apply for his wages to the 
navy board: they refer to the fhip’s 
book lodged in the ticket office; 
and if he appears. to be entitled, 
they order him to’ be entered and 
paid upon the lift of arrears, and 
his*sname is marked upon the fhip’s 
book as paid in that imanner, and 
by what treafurer. 
'Thefe diferent modes of payment 
vary the vouchers of the treafurer. 
The previous lift or ticket is a 
voucher for the total. of the nett 
fums contained in the lit, or for the 
fingle nett fum in the ticket, for 
that'treafurer who pays it, whether 
he continues in ofhce Jong enough, 
or not, to pay the book from whence 
the lift or ticket is extraéted. ~ 
When_a book is finally made up, 
the defalcations oppofite the names 
of thofe perfons, who have been 
[7 4] paid, 
