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 Without authority from the treaury, in November 1795, took up ome hips to carry tores, for which they paid 5l. a ton, while the commiioners for tranports were taking up hips heathed at 3l. 10s. and coppered hips at 4l.

It mut indeed be evident that much inconvenience and los was unavoidably utained by the management of hiring hips having been under Boards which had other important avocations to attend to, more immediately connected with their departments. The examination of the'veels, receding ize, fitnes, &c. necearily devolved upon inferior officers, which buines is now very differently conducted and on ome occaions tranports were taken up by officers commanding regiments or detachments, who could form no judgment either as to the hire or the tonnage of the hips; a practice that frequently led to an ueles continuation of hire by demurrage; which has been avoided by trict examinations of log-books and papers: a great wate of tores has alo been prevented, by a trict invetigation of the expenditure and return of all articles. Excluive,