[Appendix A(51) 1792 Report of Commissioners of Inquiry]

N° 51.

WRECKS. 1753,

Insula Mone The Charge of the Customs of Ingates and Outgates, Herring Customs, Wrecks, &c, commencing from the tenth day of October (called Michaelmas day old stile) 1753, and ending the same day 1754.
Inter alia An Accompt of Wrecks at Sea, anno 1754.

 
£ s d
To a cask found at sea and brought in at Kirk St. Ann by William Loony and crew, appraised to 3s. 2d. paid for salvage 1s. 7d. remains
0 1 7
To another cask found on the shore by William Carron, appraised to 10d. salvage paid 2d. sold for 10½d, remains
0 0 8½
To two dail found in Kirk Maughold Harbour, appraised at 2s. sold for
0 3 3
To one dail found in the same place, appraised to 1s. sold for
0 2 1
To a small cask found in Ballaugh, appraised to and sold for
0 1 9
To a small boat and buoy cast up on the shore in Kirk Bride, appraised to 7s and sold for
0 5 10
To a fir plank found by William Chriftian on Jurby shore, appraised to 8s. sold for 8s. 2d. paid salvage 2s. remains
0 15 2
To a small powle and a piece of oak found on Jurby shore by John Clark and William Clater, appraised to 2s. 4d. sold for 2s. 9d. paid salvage 4d. remains
0 2 5
Sum total of the Wrecks is
1 18 11½

29 Sept 1791 Examined by John Quayle, Comptroller.

The above is a true copy, duly compared with the original upon the records of His Grace the Duke of Atholl, of Man and the Isles, &c.; as certified by me

RICHARD. CLAGUE,
Clerk to the Commissioners of His Grace for the managing of his estate in the Isle of Man.


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