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council and affcmbly when called upon ; fubjedt, in cafe of negleft 

 or refufal, to a penalty of 500/. The profits of this poll have 

 been computed at not lefs than 1000/. fterling per annum. The 

 expence of keeping this fort, and the barracks at Port Royal, in 

 repair, from 1743 to 1752, paid by the public of Jamaica, 

 amounted to 27,667/. which is about 3074/. per annum. The 

 powder ordinarily in the magazine is about 20,500 lb. wt. and all 

 that it is not capable of containing is lodged at Molquito Point, 

 and Rock Fort. 



The quantity confumed in falutes, minute-guns, re- 

 joicing-days, and a morning and evening-watch, 



is, comrrninibus a?inis, about 25600 Ib.wt. 



The walte, in fifting and fliifting, about 3000 



28600 

 which, at eighteen-pence per pound (the price at which it is rated 

 on being paid in), comes to 2145/. a charge which might be 

 leflened, and the iaving better applied to the article of repairs. 



Thefe lalutes-, &c. have ufually been regulated in the following 

 manner : 



N° Guns. 

 On the death of the governor, admiral, or the governor's 



lady, 61 



Ditto of the king's uncle or aunt, 44 



King's birth-day, 27 



Death of the king's brother, or fifter ; birth-day of any of 

 the royal family, except the king's; on arrival or de- 

 parture of a governor; on his vifiting or leaving tlie 

 fort -, on publilhing his commillion ; commiflioners 

 of the forts vifiting, and leaving ; guu-powder plot ; 



St. George's day; and other publick holidays ; zi 



Salute of an admiral's flag, — — i 15 



Ditto a privy-counfellor of the ifiand arriving, — 14 



Ditto ditto leaving the idand ; — 13 



An exa<ft account of all the powder brought in every year to this 

 fort, and the out-ports, would give a tolerably accurate detail of 

 the tonnage of fliipping employed in the trade of this ifiand ; it 



would 



