[ 3 ] No. I. REPORT, &c. *agreeable to a requeſt of a Committee of the Houſe of Repreſentatives of the United States, appointed to enquire into the State of the Naval Equipment,* viz. To the firſt enquiry: I am of opinion that, on the moſt minute calculation that I can poſſibly make, or procure, from a general conſultation of the different perſons concerned in the building and equipment of the frigates; that their actual coſt when completed, with ordnance and ordnance ſtores, including powder, &c. &c. (but without being proviſioned or manned) will be 120 dollars per ton. That the four 44 gun ſhips will tonnage, according to the new mode of meaſurement adopted by the carpenters of this port, 6852 tons, and that the two ſhips of 36 guns will tonnage 2666 tons. Conſequently the ſix frigates will meaſure 9518 tons, which at the rate of 120 dollars aforeſaid, will coſt — — *Dols.* 1,142,160. Deduct appropriation made by a former act of Congreſs for building the ſaid frigates, &c. excluſive of 80,000 dollars, appropriated for gallies, &c. - - 688,888. Further proviſion neceſſary to complete the ſix frigates for ſea, according to above calculation, manning and proviſions excepted, - - - 453,272. In the accompanying paper, No. 2, is an account of all monies diſburſed, or paid to the different agents and purveyor of ſupplies, including the ſum of dols. remitted to our miniſter in England, for the purpoſe of purchaſing copper and ſundry other materials; and will be accounted for by them reſpectively. No. 3 will ſhew the materials on hand; and No. 4 ſuch as are ſtill wanting in the yards and ſtores; many of which are procured and will be ſpeedily received. No. 5 is an eſtimate of the farther ſum ſuppoſed to be neceſſary to completely equip one 44 and one 36 gun frigate, if the others ſhould be diſcontinued. From the preſent arrangements that are made, and apparent proſpect, it is expected that the ſix frigates may be built, launched, and completely equip in the courſe of the preſent year; and that one 44 and one 36 may be completed with great eaſe by the month of November next at fartheft. The foregoing is at the requeſt of the Secretary of War, made out and ſubmitted for his inſpection and reviſion, by his very humble ſervants, (Signed) TENCH FRANCIS, *Purveyor.* THOMAS TRUXTUN. JOSHUA HUMPHREYS, *Navy Conſtructor.* JOSIAH FOX, *Navy Conſtructor.* Philadelphia, } 13*th* January, 1796. }