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November 1801, in Sir John Sinclair's Hiſtory of the Revenue[1]. Referring to that for more particular information, it will be ſufficient here to ſtate with preciſion the ſavings in direct expenditure.
In a former publication by the author, ha referred to a repreſentation by the commiſſioners to the committee of finance in 1798, when they ſaid,
"They have ſaved the public ſome hundred thouſand pounds, which but for their cloſe and conſtant attention, would have been loſt; adding, that if the three Boards engaged before this time in hiring tranſports for their reſpective ſervices, had each of them, through the weight of buſineſs or want of attention, taken up one ſhip of a moderate ſize more than was neceſſary, or permitted one ſhip for each branch to remain unemployed, the pay of thoſe tranſports, excluſive of incidents, would have amounted to more than the whole official charge of the new Board, and all the clerks under them." A ſingle inſtance, after its eſtabliſhment, will afford proof that this was no exaggeration. The barrack-office,
- ↑ Vol. II. p, 137.
