Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the British Admirals, Vol. 7 of 8: Containing an Accurate Naval History, From the Earliest Periods; The Naval History Continued to the Year 1779 Nary, for the year there be granted the sum of six hun dred and ninety-seven thousand, nine hundred and three pounds. In May, 17 80, there was voted, towards paying of and discharging the debts of the navy, the sum of one mil lion five hundred thousand pounds; so that the total sum granted for the naval service of this year was seven million three thousand two hundred and eighty-four pounds, se'ven shillings and sixpence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.