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 they have examined the said worke, by joyning the common lines of severall mens worke, by reprotracting each line and angle according to the originall ffield bookes, comparing each surround by abstracts or catalogues of lands to bee surveyed, received from the Surveyor-Generall his office, and by casting or recasting up the contents of every surround; and that in order thereunto they have severall times, and as often as there was occasion, rejected such faulty worke as hath been brought unto them, and caused the same to bee corrected in the ffield and otherwise: and that they have examined the severall transcripts and copies both of the plotts and references vouched by Doctor Petty, and to be given into the Surveyor-Generall his office, and that they find them to agree with their respective originalls given in by the respective authors of them.

Wee further find, uppon perusall of the foule draughts of the originall mapps, that severall faults in the ffield worke of less moment, being found out by the said checque, are recorded in order to amendment at the subdivision.

Wee alsoe find that Dr Petty tooke bonds of such as he imployed to survey, the condition whereof was, that they should well and truly performe the said survey, according to the instructions given them: from whence wee judge it was as cheap to him to reject as admitt faulty worke.

To conclude, wee humbly offer as our opinion, that noe other test can bee made of the said survey by the inspection of ffield bookes, plotts, books of reference, instructions, books of abstracts, &c.; but that what soever faults may lurke in the said worke can bee noe otherwise found than by the care of the respective persons therein concerned, which nevertheless wee humbly submitt. The said referrees having, viva voce, examined severall of those ffield and house workers, who have signed the certificates above mentioned in the chapter of this discourse. After this examination, the Surveyor-Generall thinking another kind of examination further requisite, as alsoe to audite the accompt of acres admeasured, there issues the following order.

Ordered,

That Benjamin Worseley, Esq., Surveyor-Generall, doe forthwith take care