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thousand seven haniftad and seventy.shr pounds thine(' shil•
lingo y whereas' in the years 17118 and 1789, a period ar Peace,
the average of his monthly charge was thirty-eight thousand
Mum hundred and ' ety-nine pounds seventeen shillings ar d
seven pence. We therefore cannot agree with his Lortlabip,
that the confidence placed In Mr. Jellicoe way not beyond what
other Treasurers had placed in hint in less expensive tunes ;
nor can we subscribe to the opinion, that measures could not
have been adopted which would have contributed more to the
public good.
After several other observations upon Mr. Jellicoes dcht the
Report concludes this part of the subject with the following
statement :—Lord Ilarrowby held the Office from the 2d of
June 1800, to the 2 th of November 1501.
Mr. /inherit, (ruin the 21st of November 1501, to the 2d of
June 1803.

Mr Tierney, from the SEI of Suite 1803, to the 28th of May
1804.

We have little further to state respecting these treasurers; as
we have already noticed thcir comium, sn far as relates to pre-
venting the papma4er from drawing the public money from
the Bank, and lodging it in the hands of a private Banker, fur
the purpose of elucidating some parts of the detail of Lord
Melvilles second treasurership.

It appears, that worse of them derived any profit or emote
mein from the use of money issued for navy services; and that
no part of that money was applied by any of them to the use
of any other public department.
Mr. Trotn•r acted as paymaster to Lord Harrowbv and Mr.
Bathurst, and, for a ',bort tine, to Mr. Tierney; he was suc-
ceeded by Mr. Latham, who continued in office till Mr. Can-
ning became Treasurer, when Mr. Trotter was age ii appointed
paymaster.

• It is stated by Mr. Latham, that he did not withdraw from
the Bank any money issued fur the service of the navy, but
transferred the mate from the account of the Treasurer to the
accounts of the respective sub accountants; and that he did not
derive soy profit or advantage from the use or emplOyment
the public money.

Extras from the examination of she Right HIM.
Lord Viscount Melville, taken upon oath. the 9th of
November 1804 t

Q. It appearing by accounts laid before us, that
the sums stated in your name as Treasurer of the
Navy, at the Bank, at the following periods, were
less than the sums with which you stood charged,
exclusive of the money advanced to your Sub-Ac-
countants; and that the deficiencies were as fol-
low, viz.

L. a. d. L. s. d.
Dec. 31. 1286 56,00 J 0 0 I Dec 31. 1794 28,7'4 7 9
1787 53,600 0 0 1795 30,316 16 1
4'1788 48,11/0 0 0 1796 75.411' 5 0
1789 53,800 0 0 1797 58,640 14 10
1791 19,988 9 8 1798 54.140 15 0
179 26,476 19 8 1799 54,140 15 11
1793 27,025 17 9

To what cause are such deficiencies to be attributed ?
A. Although I take it for granted the sums ate stated
by the question accurately, I could not, on memory,
state that they are so. I desired Mr. 'Trotter, so
far a. I was concerned, to give you every informa-
tion he could; and it was oniy in consequence of a
otiv:trs ttion with bim, immediately alter the re-
ceipt of your letter to me, of date 26tIs June, that I
warned, from the manner he kept his private ac-
counts, it was impossible for him to give me the ac-
curate information I required. The same reasons
render it impossible for me to give you an answer
to the question you pt. lam aware that lam not
bound to answer it, under the provision of the Act
establishing Otis commission, but I should not have
dwelt on that object;on it there had been nothing
bat personal consideratioas to operate against my
doing so; but for the reasons 1 hinted to you in
my letter of the 30th June last, as I am not hound,
so I would not feel myself warranted to give the
explanatious which your question points at.