Claim: John Thomas Briggs was appointed accountant-general of the navy in 1832, and held that office for the next 22 years.
Evidence: That board was abolished in 1832, and Briggs was appointed accountant-general of the navy. He held this office for the next 22 years, during which term many and important improvements were made in the system of accounts, in the framing of the naval estimates, in the method of paying the seamen, and, more especially, in enabling them to remit part of their pay to their wives and families.