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IMPORTANT PATEaS

(T; be continactl rerulai•,'y.)

TIt4ASIJAY

Copy of. the TREASURY MINUTE, dated bth April, 1816
requesting• Lurd BINSiNG, 11.1;11F.R, ,ind Mr. SpilL6l:ll
BotiRNE, to-examine into the Ottlees'of tlovernment..

The Earl of Liverponl, and .Chaneellor of the
ExChequer, recommend to, the I.lnard, that, with
a'vicw of enabling his Majesty's tioyernment to
form an opinion in regard to the reductions Niiic
may be practic .ble !die several Orfies and CiOt
124partitents' of the King-dotti, which have- Oven.
created 'since the commencement of the war is
the year 1793 ; that a Commission or Ct./611114Na
should be appointed to inqi,ne ploure,
extent, and Course of the business of the said
Offices and Departments, and th it they should're-
port to this 13oatil upon, those Offices, and partiLii-
larly; whether they. co since any of them as no
lmtgur tieessary,,or vvlietbei the dtt!le nt4lV per-
formed by them could, witin,oit ineonvenittnee.to
the public service, he trAnsferred to any oti:ec
Offices or Departmenti, or what reduct ii,ak
be made in the establishment of such Oft !es or
Departments, without prejudice t the ho iue~~
they are expected topertorm; and they reciiitt..
mend to theßOard, that Lord binui,,g,
der, and Mr.:Sturges- Bourne, sbouhl
be nou~in~,t-
ed as Members of the Cointnisiion or Committee
to undertake this investigation.
My Loti entirely concur wait the Earl of Li,
verpool and the Chancellor of the ExChequer uPOit
this imptlrtint st4bject, and are pleased to direCt
letters :to, be written to eaLh of those .ieptieuten,,,
requesting they will undertake this iuduit y ; null
acquainting shed, that it they will r.,:ninntileate
tai this Board, front time to time, the limno4 tat
the Departments or. Offices from
be destroui of receiving hiforniation, my .L_los
‘N ill give direction that 'every facility may be lilt-
forded to theii. itt4estation. •

(Sit tkett)

c. AnnUTunpr.

COPY OF TREASURY MINUTE, DATED FEB. `ta, 18164
• My Lords are of opinion, t.,at towards nial.ing
Wood the Deficiency- of :tire Civil. List on the stlt
of January last, the 3 perexiit, Stock'now stand-
int in the names of
Alt. Harrison and Mr. Litch-
field, and which was traiisfer.eil to them as trus-
tees for the Crown in virtue of a sign manual
warrant of 24th •Augtist, 1815, the same laiing
been decreed to his Majesty in right of his Crown,
as the itintispOsed. residue of ------ TrOutb,ick,
Esq. deceased, who died
.Without heirs, should be
sold, and the proceeds of such sale paid into the
Exchequer, to the account of his Majesty's Civil,
List Rummies. My Louis are alto of opinion,
that it is right and proper that out of the Bruits
of the• Crown such a•suM should tie paid into the
'Exchequer to 'the account of his Majesty's Civil
List Rey-canes, us, together with tile sum to arise
thy: sale of .the 6tocli betOie meotiontd,
be 'lndy sufficient to discharge the
amount of the deficieucy of the Civil List to .L':tlt
January 105 t..•
The E,arl of Liverpool and, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer 'having also repr,,sented to the
Board, that his Royal Highness the Trilice
gent has made considerable, additions to hilresi.,
deuce at Brighton, his prii-ate property, both by
additional buildings and by a pot, base •Of ktid to
annex thereto,: they are of
.opinion, that it is
just arid reasonable that an aid shou,d he afforded
°two!' the said Droits,• to tne pri yloirse of his.
ROyal Highness the Prinee Regent, towards the , •
discharge of the expellee incurred 1)}, his 'Royal'
Highness in makibg these additions to his refld-
enee at Brigillo9, his private property ; 1110 t',ey.
are therefore pleased to direct a warrant to be
prepared 'and submitted O his Royal lli;hrieSa
the Prince Regent, for issuing to the Rigilt -Hon.
J. MfMalion, the keeper of his privy-purse, the
sum of 20,0001„ on, this account.
Theli'.erl of Liverpool aiid the Chancellor of the '
Exchequer having alio represented to the Board,:.
that an expellee has been ilicurred in providing
fro-name for the -additional buildings at Brightok;
and it appeavog to my Lordw, that it could riot
have heewin einitemplation'tbat the extraordi.
nary expence of furnishing these additional build-
ings.beloogingto the resideneeof his Royal High-
oess 'the Prince Regent BligiantliS Ili. prh'ate
property, should he a charge opal, the Civil• List ;
they are of opinion, that a suns nut exceeding
500001. should he appropriated out
.of Droll's, to.
discharge these .expenCes: but, as this fiirniture,'
thOugh not provided through the department of
the Lord Chamberlain, must be considered as he-
. longing to the 'Crown, they are of opinion that the
account Uf the eiepencei actually incurred should be
stibmitted to the examination and controut of stone
perlou or persons to,be appointed by this
and that no bill should be paid which should not
be deenied by such person or persons to be jist
and reasonable ; and that the person or persons
to Ipe appointed to this ,serviCe 6110tIld make out
an accurate list ,or- inventory of the whole of the
fUrniture So' provided, or of any other furniture
not paid for out of the same'private.fuods as the
buildings, in order that the same may he lodged
in ,the,odiceof qte Lord Chamberlain, and that
the furniture 'may be taken under the Care of that
departnient,-as furniture belonging to the Crown.
.—Prepare warrants accordingly. • ,
(Signed) C. ARBUTIINOT.
,TreasuiyCimulinrs, May a, 1516.