The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1782-06-05 00:00:00, page 4

^PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
fourth part both of the tally court fees and of the treasury al
lowance for the tallies of loan, a certain part of both of which,
is appropriated to his clerk of the Introitus. His Share of
these feesand allowance came to one hundred ninety-four
pounds five Shillings and ten-pence halfpenny. His feesor ithe
issue are, like those of the Auditor, a poundage at different
rates for different services, paid by the persons receiving, ac
cording to a table hung up in the office, taken, and varying
but little, from the Barons report ; and according to the fame
table, some ancient fees are taken for the entries enrollments,
and examinations cf certain instruments. All the above fees
amounted to seven thousand seven hundred pounds two Shil
lings and eight-pence, and his gratuities from the publick offi
ces to fifty-rive pounds one Shilling; which made his gross re
ceipt nine thousand four hundred and thirty-two pounds one
I shilling and fix-pence halfpenny ; out of which he paid one
thousand eight hundred thirty-four pounds nine Shillings and
fix-pence; the particulars of these payments are dated in are
turn inserted in the Appendix, and reduced his clear receipt
to seven thousand five hundred ninety-seven pounds twelve
Shillings and a halfpenny.
The deputy and firft clerk has a salary of four hundred 2nd
twenty pounds a year, paid to him by his principal: his fees
are; a poundage upon one head of issue only, that is, the issue
of annuities, pensions, &c. at the rate dated in the Barons
report; and also some other small fees and gratuities enume
rated in the account of the officers and clerks fees in the Ap
pendix, amounting to two hundred eighty-three pounds fix
Shillings and one penny. These two sums were reduced, by
the payment of twenty-two pounds for taxes, to the nett sum
of fix hundred eighty-one pounds fix Shillings and one penny.
The Clerk of the Introitus has a share of the tally court
fees, and of the Treasury allowance, and some other small
fees, allowances and gratuities; the whole producing three
hundred forty-eight pounds nine Shillings and nine-pence half
penny; reduced, by nine pounds seven Shillings for taxes, to
three hundred thirty-nine pounds twofhiilings and nine-pence
halfpenny.
The rest of the clerks have Salaries, from fifty to one hun
dred and twenty pounds, paid them by the principal, and a
fewof them some small fees and gratuities.
From a state of the total received and paid in this office,
the sum received was ten thousand two hundred sixty-nine
pounds nineteen Shillings and two-pence halfpenny; the nett
sum, nine thousand five hundred forty-three pounds thirteen
Shillings and nine-pence halfpenny; the sum. paid by the pub-
Ifek, five thousand nine hundred faty-four founds four Shil
% the Honourable the knights, Citizens, and Burgees, in
Parliament.
The SIXTH REPORT of the Commissioners appointed to
examine, take, and state, the PUBLICK ACCOUNTS
of the Kingdom,
^Continued from ear la/l.~\
BY an a&, passed in the third year of William and Mary,
the offices of the Exchequer were prohibited from taking
any other fees, for the receiving or issuing the (applies granted
by that or any other a& of that parliament, except fuco.an
cient and le^Wees as should be allowed to be to by the Barons
of the Courff Exchequer; who were required to present to
both HoufeC Parliament, at the next session, a table of fees,
to be by then )allowa^h ancient and legal; the Barons, in
pur nance of this poMHnade a report, containing the table
required; this report is inr^leo in the office of the King s Re
membrancer: a copy of it isinferted in the Appendix, it com
prehends the fees to be takea upon the receipt and idue.ot mo
ney in the offices of the Auditor, the Clerk of the Pells, the
Tellers, and the Tally Court : and is the rule, though the ad is
long since expired, by which they are governed at this day,
except in some few instances, where usage, since that report,
has introd need'variations ; one of which is, by the Barons re
port, the whole of the fees paid to the officers of the Exche
quer, upon the issue of money for the army services in gene
ral, was -three halfpence in the pound; l^t, ever since the
year 1-74. a difference has been m:ioe b&Rveen the issue for
the ordinary and the extraordinary apices; the fees for the
firft continue at three half-pence; those for the latter are re
duced to one penny only in the pound.
ThfO payments CO" 1 ' not —r± ^iffcitet^^ ±TY=^<^ r f (Tit tWO it
npoit'ar^to theA treaferffiiowance for the tal
lies of loan, th'e wardrobe,TC and the allowance to the firft
Clerk, which is included in the firft lilt of the Exchequer cer
tificate, are paid out of the Civil Lift; the other nine allow
ance's are paid out of the funds created ty the fcveral ads, and
therefore out of publish money. The fees of the Tally Court,
and from fines and for other business, are paid immediately by
individuals; but all the Exchequer fees paid on the iffiies for
the Army Services, amounting in the yea- 1780, to thirty
nine thoufapd one hundred and ninety-eight pounds seven dril
ings andean-pence, are charged by the Paym,ller-General of
the forces upon the deductions of twelve-pence in the pound,
and therefore paid by the publick.—Of the fom of seven mil
lions nine hundred and eighty thousand three hundred and
forty pounds, on the issue of which fees were paid, seven mil
lions three hundred and eleven thousand seven hundred and
thirty-two pounds, part thereof, was money belonging to the
publick; fix hundred sixty-eight thousand fix hundred and
eight pounds, other part, was out of the Civil Lift. .
From the account in the Appendix, it appears, that the to
tal sum received in this office, was twenty-one thousand two
hundred and feventy-thiee pounds sixteen (hillings; the nett
sum was nineteen thousand eight hundred and eighty pounds
sixteen shillings and four-pence: the sum ofthirteen thousand
seven hundred and eight pounds twelve (hillings and one pen
ny, was paid by thepublick; one thousand one hundred and
Sixteen pounds seven (hillings and five-pence, out of the Civil
Lift; and fix thousand four hundred and forty-eight pounds
sixteen (hillings and fix-pence, by individuals.
From the return made to us by the Right Hen. Sir Edward
Walpole, Clerk of the Pells, and the examinations of Ed
ward Roberts, Esq; his deputy and firft clerk, and Mr. Henry
Thomas, clerk of the Introitus, we learned the state of the
profits received by the officers and clerks in this office; which
office confids of the Clerk of the Pells, his deputy and firft
clerk, and fourteen inferior clerks.
The Clerk of the Pells is appointed for life, by a constitution
under the hands and seals of the Commiffoners of the Trea
fory, to exercise his office either by himfclf or deputy. In
consequence of this privilege, it has not been usual, for many
years, for the Clerk of the Pells to execute any part of the
bufinefsbimfelf; the deputy tranfads the whole, and receives
and accounts with his principal for all the profits that belong
to him. The clerk of the Pells receives thirteen diftin& ah
lowances, set forth in the return, amounting to one thousand
fix hundred and three pounds and eleven pence, paid to him
by order or debenture; one of them, sixty-one pounds thirteen
drillings and fourpence, is inserted in his constitution, andis,
together with fix more, making three hundred and fix pounds
one (hilling and eight-pence, included in the firft lift in the
Exchequer certificate, and therefore payable out of the Civil
Lift; the remaining fix, amounting to one thousand two hun
dred thirty-five pounds five (hillings and eleven-pence, are in
the second lift, and therefore payable out of the refpedive an
nuity funds. His fees upoivthe receipt consist of about one
The Deputy, as such, has no profit whatever; but, as firft
Clerk, he has fees both upon the receipt and issue; the fees
upon the receipt are called Bill Money, and are in consideration
of his writing the bills : they are paid, according to an ancient
table of fees uftd in the office, and stated in the return, not
included in the Barons report; because that report relates to
\the Supplies granted by that parliament only. This bill money
is divided equally amongst the four First Clerks; the Share of
each was one hundred eighty-two pounds nine (hillings.
The fees upon the issue, are, a poundage, after a certain
rate, for certain services, according to the Barons Report, si
milar to that of the Tellers, with the like variations and ex
emptions: these fees are divided into eight equal parts, and
belong to the four First, and the four Second Clerks; the
eighth part or share of each was one thousand three hundred
Seventy-nine pounds twelve (hillings and one penny. Each First
Clerk receives also annually, in gratuities from publick offices,
forty-fix pounds four Shillings. These articles, of bill money,
fees, and gratuities, making together one thousand fix hundred
and eight pounds five (billings and one penny, was the gross
receipt of the First Cierks to the three junior Tellers : the First
Clerk to the senior Teller received more: he had the allowance
of three hundred thirty-nine pounds fourteen (Killings, and
two hundred thirty pounds out of the fees of the Second Clerk,
in consideration of his paying the Salaries of the three Under
Clerks, and as an additional recompence for his care and trou
ble in the,execution of his office ; these sums increased his gross
receipt to two thousand one hundred seventy-seven pounds
nineteen Shillings and one penny; out of which he paid in taxes,
for clerks, and other expenses, four hundred fifty-feven pounds
one (hilling; reducing thereby Iris nett receipt to one thousand
seven hundred and twenty pounds eighteen drillings and one
penny. The First Clerk to the Second Teller, reduced his re
ceipt cf one thousand fix hundred and eight pounds five (hil
lings and one penny, by the payment of fifty one ,pounds four
teen (hillings for taxes and incidental expences, to one thousand
five hundred fifty-fix pounds eleven (hillings and one penne.
The First Clerk to the Third Teller paid in taxes and gratuities
fifty-three pounds five (hillings and fix-pence; the remaining
sum of one thousand five hundred fifty-four pounds nineteen
shillings and seven-pence, he did not retain to his own use ; he
is allowed by his Teller, for the execution of this office, a salary
of four hundred pounds a year, and the gratuities of forty-fix
pounds four (hillings: these he retains; but the residue, being
one thousand one hundred and eight pounds fifteen Killings
and feve^-pence, he paid to the Third Teller. The firft Clerk
to the Fourth Teller, paid out of hip receipt fifty-three pounds
lings and nine-pence; out of the Civil Lift, seven hundred
fifty-two pounds one Shilling and three-pence halfpenny; and
from individuals, thrfe thousand five hundred fifty-Unec
pounds thirteen Shillings and two-pence.
From the return made to our precept, and the examinations
of Daniel Wray, Wilhaw Price, Richard Wellefy and Charles
TownShend, Efqrs. the deputies and firft cierks to the Right
Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Noithington, Eui
Temple, and the Honourable John Jeffreys Pratt, the four
tellers of the Exchequer, we obtained an account of the emo
luments received in this office./
The Tellers is one office in four divifons; each consisting of
a Teller, a deputy and firft clerk, two offices executed by the
fame persons, a second clerk, and three interior Clerks; In
all twenty-four persons. The Teller is appointed for life, by
letters patent, whicn empower him to execute the office of
deputy; and therefore the whole business of these offices is
now, and long have been, tranfaded entirely by deputies.
The Teller himfelf executes no part of it; he docs not collect
his own profits; they are received and accounted for to him
bv his deputy.
Each Teller receives yearly an'ancient salary or fee belong
ing to his office; the tcriior, thirty-three pounds fix (hillings
and eight-pence; the three juniors, thirty-one pounds thir
teen shillings and four-pence each. They have likewise fix an
nual allowances from "he treasury for their trouble in paying
the annuities; which ac equally divided among the tour; the
share of each is three hundred thirty-nine pounds fourteen
(hillings and one penny farthing. These friaries and allow
ances are in the Exchequer certr'icate; the friaries in the firft
lift, the allowances in thedecond. The Tellers are paid no
thing upon the receipt 0 money ; their fees arise from the issue,
and consuls of a poundage on our , not for all, but, for cer
-^fodCTvices, and different for different services, according to
rates fpecdic.l in the table of fees timed in the re!mn<and ta
ken from the Barons report, but varying f: om it in the rate on
theidues for the extraordinaries of the Army as before men
tioned, and on the iffiies for pensions, and Lome other services,
which, though fubjed to fees in that report, are once exemp
ted by atls of Parliament. These fees are divided equally
amongfl the four Tellers ; and the share of each was seven thou
sand and thirty-eight pounds fifteen drillings and a habpeuny.
The sum, on the iffiie of which these fees were taken, was
near tixteen millions: t l ^ sum, for which no fees were taken,
was upwards of fourteen millions, as being exempt either by
ads of Parliament, courtesy; or edge. Thu fun fabject to
fres in the office of the Tellers exceeds the sum subject to
fees in the offices of the Auditor, and Clerk of the Pells ;#or
the Barons report makes the fumiffiied to the Navy, (whichin
the year 1780 exceeded fix millions) and to the Ordnance, lia
ble in the one, and not in the others : the salary, and one fourth
part of the allowances and fees, which constitute the gross re
ceipt of the firft Teller, amounted tofven thousand four hun
dred and nine pounds seventeen (hilings one penny three fai
things ; out of which be paid for Clerks, taxes, gratuities, and
incidental expences, seven hundred and thirteen pounds five
fallings and four-pence farthing; the remainder, being his
nett receipt, was fix thousand fix hundred ninety-fix pounds
eleven (Killings and nine-pence halfpenny.
The gross receipt of the second Teller, confiding of the like
articles, and also of forty pounds for the rent of a ho.ufe be
longing to his office, was seven thousand four hundred and
fifty pounds two (Killings- and five-pence three farthings: his
payments fr Clerks, taxes, and incidents, were seven hun
dred seventy-two pounds sixteen (Killings and fix-pence ;
which left him a nett receipt of fix thousand fix hundred
seventy-seven pounds five Shillings and eleven-pence three
farthings.
The gross receipt of the Third Teller, was the like sum:
hispayments were fcven_hundred foftyTFYp pounds seventeen
mmAlfs; wTKcIiTdTKTm a NearbKTaace OFllx umuiand (even
hundred and seven pounds five (Killings and five-pence three
farthings; but the Third 1 elltr taking to himfclf a portion of
his First Clerk's fees, amounting to one thousand one hundred
and eight pounds fifteen Killings and (even-pence, and all his
Second Clerk's fees (deducting the taxes) being one thousand
three hundred thirty-seven pounds two shillings and one penny,
his nett receipt was nine thousand one hundred fifty-three
pounds three (hillings and,one penny three farthings.
The profits of the office of the Fourth Teller, (which were
divided between Mr. Tow: Tend, the late Teller, or his exe
cutors, and Mr. Pratt, who succeeded to this office, May 21,
1780) were seven thousand five hundred and eleven pounds
three shillings and feven-perce three farthings: the deductions
were seven hundred seventy-one pounds and one penny, which
reduced the clear receipt to fix thousand seven hundred and
forty pounds three (hillings and fix-ptnee three farthings. The
articles composing these fcveral receipts and deductions, and
those which follow, relative to the clerks, are enumerated in
the return transmitted to us front this office.
fre (hillings khd ii^-p^nce for tax^and gratuities, and, in ad,
dition to the foDry cf the ferrior under Clerk, thirty-fa,
pounds twelve (hillings and one farthing, being at the ratty'
one hundred pounds a year, from the 21st of May, the tim
of Mr, Pratt's appointment, to Michaelmas 1780; these pty
mints reduced his clear receipt to &K tho l land five himdr^
and fevenicen poundo seven IhillipTaed fix-pence thiee sq
things. .
' ihe only profit appropriated to the office of the second cleq
i- the eighth part of the fees on the iffue r , which was 6ne,thoi
sand three hundred Seventy-nine pounds twelve (hillings a^
one penny. The Second Clerks to the firft, Second, an
Third '(tilers, never attend the office, or rtanfad any officii
business whatever, the First Clerks receives the shares of th
fees belonging to the Second, makes the usual payments or
of it, and pays the residue to such persons as the Tellers ha
named as his Second Clerk, or otherwise to the Teller himfel
The payments out of tile share of the Second Clerk to the Fir
Teller, were fortv-two pounds fifteen (Killings ' for taxes an
incidents, and two hundred and thirtv pounds to the Fir'
Clerk; the remainder, being one thousand one hundred am
fix pounds fcvcntccnTilli. gs and one penny, was paid to the
father of the Second Clerk, who was under age.
Forty-two pounds fiftw 11 drillings was the deduction out of
the fees of the Second Clerk to the Second Teller; the remain]
ing sum of one thousand three hundred thirty-fix pounds fc
ventetr (Killings and one penny, was paid to the Second Clerk
The Tare of the Second Clerk to the Third Teller was redu]
ced, by the payment of forty-two pounds ten (hillings for taxes]
to one thousand three hunched thirty-seven pounds two flril!
lings and one penny; the whole of which was paid to the Thirf
Teller himielf.
The Second Clerk in the remaining diviflon, has been in a
situation different from the rest. During the time Mr. Town]
fliend was Teller, his Second Clerk attended the bufinefsd
the office, who receded the fees belonging to the Second Clerk,
fubje^t only to the payment of the taxes; there were then but
two Clerks more employed ; the share of these fees that accrue
ed to Mr. Townfhend's life time, was eight hundred and one
pounds two fhiilings and one penny; out of which, twenty
fix pounds ten (hillings and fix-pence, the proportion of the
taxes, being paid, and remaining seven hundred and feventv.
four pounds eleven (hillings and seven pence, was the nett re
ceipt of the Second Clerk to Mr. Towrdhend. The Second
Clerk appointed by the present Teller has never attended ; but
out of his fees, the senior of the under Clerks, who was Se
cond Clerk to Mr. Townfhend, is allowed four hundred pounds
a year: his share cf the fees for the remainder of the year wat
five hundred (event,--eight pounds ten (hillings; out of which
was paid fifteen pounds nineteen (Killings and fix-pence for
taxes, and one hundred and fifty pounds eight (hillings and
two-pence three farthings, being so much of the salary of
four hundred p ninds as accrued between the time the Tel
ler was appoin ed and the Michaelmas following; the re
mainder, being tour hundred and twelve pounds two fhil-'
lings and thiee-pence farthing, was paid to the father of the
Teller.
The under Clerks are paid by such salaries as each Teller
thinks proper to allow them; they have no fees; but receive
some (mall gratuities, amounting in the year to about twenty
p vunds to each division.
An account of the receipts and payments in this office (hews,
the gross itceipt to be forty-one thousand seven hundied fc
venty-two pounds fourteen (hillings and five-pence, and the
nett, thirty-eight thousand one hundred thirty-eig t pounds
thirteen (hidings and two-pence three farthings; twenty-urine 1
thousand two hundred arid seventy-two pounds three (hillings!
ano four-pence 1 paid out of publick money; one thousand
twenty -fan. pounds nine (hillings out of the civil lift; and
crimen L tboufaud 'our hundred seventy-six pounds two (hiliings
and one-penny, by h widuals.
A rciu:l: was : ;-to fur precept from the Chamberlain?
^c" W^ 'examined Abraham Earny and William Ham*
mond,,Eiqrs, deputies on. the recerot fide,- and James Gallo
way and George Rose, Frigs, deputies on the Court, fide, to
Montague Burgoyne, Eiq; ana the Honourable Frederick
Norths the two Ch.uuberlams cf the Exchequer. We recei
ved also a return from Thomas I,am be, Esq; Tally Cutter,l
and examined Mr. Charles Alexander, Tia deputy.
This office couhfts of three divisions; the Receipt Side, or|
1 ally Court; the Court bide; and the Tally Cutter's Office;l
it is computed of nine perlons ; namely, the two Chamberlains,l
two Deputies on each tide, one under Clerk on the Court Side,
the Tally Cutter, and his deputy.
The office of Chamberlain is held for life by letters patent,
with power to execute it by deputy ; by virtue ,of,this privilege
these two officers interfere not in any part of the business of
this office, it is all tranfafted on both sides by the deputies:
each Chamberlain is entitled to two annual payments, a salary
of fifty-two pounds three fhiFKngs and four-pence, reduced
by taxes to forty-fix pounds seventeen (Killings :' and thirteen
pounds fix (hidings and Ex-pence wardtabe money, reduced
by fees to eleven pounds nineteen drillings and ten-pence. The
two Friaries are in the firfrlift of the Exchequer certificate;
the wardrobe-money is a customary payment. They receive
neither fee nor gratuity; but they take to themselves a part of
the profits .of both their deputies. The senior Chamberlain
received out of the fees of his deputy, on the Receipt Side,
seventy pounds; and out of the fees of his deputy on the Court
Side, two hundred fifty-fix pounds fix (Killings andten-pence,
which increased his nett profits to three hundred eighty-five
pounds three drillings and eight-pence. The junior Chamber
lain received out of the profits of his deputy on the Receipt
Side, two hundred fifty-two pounds five drillings and two
pence; and on the Court Side, two hundred feventy-fonr
pounds fix (hillings and ten-pence; which -made his clear re
ceipt five hundred eighty-five pounds eight (hidings and ten
pence.
1 he two Deputies on the receipt fide have each of them an
cient friaries ; the senior four, amounting, to ninety-seven
pounds a y, ar; the junior three, together fifty seven pounds a
year; the firft lift of the Exchequer certificate contains them
ah: they are also entitled, in equal moieties to one fourth part
(with some trifling exception^) cf the fees taken in the Tally
Court; of which the share of each Deputy was one hundred
ninety-three pounds seventeen drillings and five-pence : eath
of them received a Treasury allowance for the tallies ot loan,
seventy-pounds thirteen drillings and three-pence ; and from
the Paymaster-General of the forces, a gratuity ofthree pounds
thirteen (hillings and fix-pence; these several items produced
to tile ferrior three hundred fixty-five pounds four drillings and
two-pence, reduced ny the payment of eighteen pounds eigh
teen fhilijngi ,and fix pence for taxes, and fewnty pounds to
his principal, to the clear sum of two hundred feverriy-T
pounds five (Killings and eight-pence; and produced to the
junior three hundred twenty-five pounds four (hidings and
two-pence, reduced, by the payment of eighteen now - (F
tcen shillings and fix-pence for taxes, to three hrrTred and Ex
pounds eight (hidings and eight-pence; of <vhidh sum he re
tained to his own use a salary of fifty pounds, a':wv' him W
his principal for the execution of the ohic% t,e " F
three pounds thirteen drillings and fix-pence.f
about ten drillings more, making to/ed < fid - a:s
three drillings and fix-pence; (he remain der, V,-
dred fifty-two pounds five (hillings and? 0-^ « : . „, mTa
his principal. ,
[To be Continued-]