Pages 78-79
Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 7, Navy Board Officials 1660-1832. Originally published by University of London, London, 1978.
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Draftsmen to Surveyors 1807-32
In 1807 it was provided that the three Draftsmen to the Surveyors, who had previously been borne as Quartermen in one of the royal dockyards and paid a daily allowance for their attendance at the Navy Office, should be placed on the establishment of the Navy Board at a salary of £250. Subsequent appointments to the offices were confirmed by Admiralty order. (fn. 1) An additional Temporary Draftsman also at a salary of £250 was employed between 1807 and 1810, and 1813 and 1816. (fn. 1) In 1816 the salary of the first Draftsman was increased to £400, of the second to £350, and of the third to £300. (fn. 1) An Assistant Draftsman at a salary of £300 was employed between 1816 and 1821. (fn. 1) In 1828 the position of third Draftsman was discontinued. (fn. 1)