In a letter dated 2 March 1818 were the results of an investigation already presented on 27 February sent. This select committee on finance was ordered to examine the naval estimates and finances for the period 1817-5 January 1820. It gives an interesting description dealing with the dock yard at Pembroke. This sort of descriptions are quite useful if we want to compare the dock yard facilities available for the European, African and North American navies.
P. 57: “The works at Pembroke Yard could not be pushed forward last year with much celerity, owing to the Contractor not having provided adequate machinery /pr extracting the water from the foundation of the dock. A steam engine, was found to be necessary, the erecting of which occupied much time; the operations were therefore principally confined to the levelling of the yard, constructing some building slips, and roofing them. The steam engine with its pumps is now completed ; arid as the dock, the most expensive single work in the yard, is now to be carried forward, an adequate grant of money, is of course required.”
Source
Parliamentary Papers. Eight report from the select committee on finance. Ordered by The House of Commons, to be printed, 6 March 1818. Digitized by Google.
