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APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE, [249 
the fmall wood ftaircafes in the 
centre of them, and leading thereto. 
The buildings on the eaft fide of 
New Palace-yard, from the king’s 
bridge or water-gate, to the houte 
in poffeffion of Mr. Roberts, tenant 
to the. Marquis of Buckingham, as 
teller of the exchequer, contain the 
late cofferer’s office, the ofhce of 
the auditor of the land revenue, the 
lottery office, tne examiner’s office, 
the tellers for the payment of Ame- 
rican claims, the pells American of- 
fice, the exchequer-bill book-binders 
office, the office of the auditor of 
the principality of Wales, the an- 
nuity pell-office, the firit and fecond 
annuity offices, and the 14 per cent. 
annuity office, which are principally 
conitruéted with timber, lath and 
plaiftered, or weather-boarded ; in 
many places propt up, and in others 
contiguous to low fheds, equally 
combuftible. The adjoining building 
fouthward is Mr. Roberts’s houfe, 
which, with the garden, occupies all 
the fpace from St. Stephen’s court 
to the river, and is immediately con-~ 
neéted with the laft-mentioned of- 
fices; it has been lately repaired, 
and fome additional {mall buildings 
erected thereto. The next houfe, 
adjoining fouthward to the laft-men 
tioned, belongs to lord vifcount Bay- 
ham as teller of the exchequer ; the 
buildings and garden likewife ex- 
tend to the Thames, and are at pre- 
fent unoccupied, being in a very di- 
japidated ftate. 
On the weit fide of St. Stephen’s 
court, again{t the eaft wall of Weit- 
minfter-hall, are the coach-houles 
and ftables of the auditor of the 
exchequer, having hay-lofts and 
fervants lodging-rooms over them, 
which adjoin to and come clofe un- 
der the windows of the office and 
¢ath-rcom of one of the tellers, On- 
- 
the fouth of this court is the auditor 
of the exchequer’s houfe, extending 
fouthward to the houfe of commons, 
and under part of it; the garden 
extends to the river. The buildings 
are fubftantial, and extend under 
two of the committee-rooms of the 
houfe of commons. 
’ The court of exchequer, and ex- 
chequer chamber, contiguous to, and 
connected “with, Weftmintter-hall, 
are very old, but not in a ftate of 
actual ruin. On the ground-floor, 
under the court of exchequer, is the 
cuftos brevium of the court of com- 
mon pleas, and treafurer’s office be- 
longing; the cieling and walls of 
them are lined with deal, are infe-~ 
cure from fire, and very damp. Ad- 
joining weftward to thefe, and pro- 
jecting into the ftreet, to the great 
obftruGion and imminent danger of 
perfons and carriages pafling to and 
from the houfes of parliament, is fi- 
tuated an old brick building, occu- 
pied on the ground-floor by the de- 
puty-ufher of the court of exchequer, 
moit of his. rooms containing a fire- 
place, and the cielings are Hat and 
low ; over thefe, on the one-pair of 
fairs, is the king’s remembrancer’s 
office, and over that the augmenta- 
tion oftice. We underftand, that, fo 
long ago as the paffing of the act of 
parliament for building Weftminfter 
bridge, a claufe was inferted, em- 
powering the commiflioners under 
that a& to remove this nuifance, 
the roof of which is immediately 
connected with the court of ex- 
chequer. The public-houfes and cof- 
fee-houfes on the ‘outh fide of New 
palace-yard, immediately adjoining 
the cuftos brevium of the court of 
common pleas, are particularly dan- 
gerous, as they have feveral chim- 
nies and coppers; the roofs are un- 
der, and clofe to, the windows of 
the 
