But these increases were conditional on their salaries, shares of seizures and penalties, and all other emoluments of that description not having amounted to the salaries now offered.  The deputed mariners were to have L5 or L3 each, per lunar month.  Mariners who had no deputation were to have L3 a month, boys on the cruisers L10 per annum.  As to victualling, the commanders and mates were to have 3s. each per diem, mariners 1s. 6d. each per diem.  Fire and candle for each person were to be allowed for at the rate of 1s. 6d. per lunar month.

Under each Inspecting Commander were to be two tenders in each district, and the mates who were acting as commanders of these were to have their existing L75 a year raised to L150 net in case their salaries, shares of seizures, and other emoluments of that description should not amount to these sums.  Deputed mariners, mariners, boys, victualling, fire, and candle were all to be paid for just as in the case of the inspecting cruisers above mentioned.  This was to date from October 10, 1809.  A few months later a like improvement was made in the salaries of cruisers in general, for from the 5th of January 1810, commanders of these were to have their L100 per annum raised to L250 net—­the above conditions “in case their salaries, shares of seizures, &c.” did not make up this amount being also here prevalent—­whilst first mates were to be raised from L60 to L100 net.  If second mates were carried they were to have L50 per annum, deputed mariners L5 per annum and L2, 10s. per lunar month.  Mariners were to have L2, 10s. per lunar month each, boys L10 per annum.  Victualling, fire, and candle to be as already stated.

The early years of the nineteenth century showed that the evil of the previous hundred years was far from dead.  The Collector at Plymouth, writing to the Board three days before Christmas of 1804, reported that there was a good deal of smuggling done, but that the worst places in his neighbourhood were two.  Firstly, there was that district which is embraced by Bigbury, the Yealm, and Cawsand.  In that locality the smuggling was done in vessels of from 25 to 70 tons.  But in summer time the trade was also carried on by open spritsail boats of from eight to ten tons.  These craft used to run across from Guernsey loaded with spirits in small casks.  Up the river Yealm (just to the east of Plymouth Sound) and at Cawsand Bay the goods were wont to be run by being rafted together at some distance from the shore and afterwards “crept” up (i.e. by means of metal creepers or grapnels).  The local smugglers would go out in their boats at low water during the night when the weather and the absence of the cruisers permitted and bring to land their booty.  It appeared that 17,000 small casks of spirits were annually smuggled into Cawsand and the Yealm.