1,851  barrels  34  lbs.  Also  like  account  for  11  'merchant
ships,  314  guns,  456  barrels  of  powder ;  remains,  of  the
State's  290,  of  the  oiuners'  112  barrels.  Ordnance  Office,
27  Bee.  1652.     [1^  sheets:]

Dec.  27.  64.  Charles  Longland  to  the  Navy  Committee,  Treasury  Chambers,
Leghorn.  Westminster.  I  have  passed  my  bills  on  you  for  12,000  dollars
or  pieces  of  eight,  on  account  of  the  advance  money  which  I  am
to  pay  those  ships  taken  up  in  these  ports.  The  man  I  sent
to  Venice  to  distribute  the  State's  commissions  has  returned,  and
there  will  be  six  ships  wanting  three  months'  advance  or  they  cannot
fit  out,  so  that  there  is  a  necessity  for  more  money.  I  have,
however,  passed  biUs  on  you  for  20,000  doUars  at  6s.  3d.  pay-
able at  three  months,  and  hope  they  will  be  accepted.  They
are  larger  sums  than  I  have  been  used  to  draw  on  mercantile
occasions,  and  therefore  I  beg  compliance  with  my  drafts,  for  my
whole  credit  and  subsistence  depends  thereon.  I  must  yet  draw
larger  sums  than  these,  as  you  may  imagine  what  is  requisite  to  pay
a  dozen  sail,  most  of  whom  will  have  three  months'  advance  money.
