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s]\ his private money was kept ; and 

 the whole had been repaid, but 

 Mitbout any interest. At what 

 specific periods these several sums 

 were paid by Mr. Trotter, or re- 

 paid by lord Melville, we are un- 

 able to find out; all the vouchers, 

 memorandums, and writings, rela- 

 ting to the transactions and accounts 

 between them, having been destroy- 

 ed about the time when releases, 

 containing a covenant for that pur- 

 pose, were mutually executed upon 

 the settlement of their accounts, viz. 

 by lord Melville, on the 18th of 

 February 1798, at Melville Castle, 

 aud by Mr, Trotter, on the 23d of 

 February 1798,* in London. Mr. 

 Trotter states, that he also destroy- 

 ed all the books in which the ac- 

 counts between lord Melville and 

 himself were kept, and which con- 

 tained the accounts of other persons 

 besides those between lord IMelville 

 and Mr. Trotter ; but which had 

 all been closed, except some small 

 accounts between Mr. Trotter and 

 his friends, which he carried for- 

 Avard into new books. From the 

 destruction of such books and pa- 

 pers, from the death of Mr. Tw eedy, 

 and for want of an opportunity of 

 examining lord Melville, no means 

 were afforded to us of tracing the 

 precise application of the various 

 sums so advanced from time to time 

 to lord Melville's order, and which 

 fornii'd the said aggregate sum of 22 

 «r 23,0001. ; or which of these sums 

 specifically were taken from the 

 public money, and wliich ol them 

 from the mixed fund ; or in what 

 proportion the sums that might be 

 taken from (he mixed fund consisted 

 of public and what of private mo- 

 ney, it appears, however, that 



• An error in point of time. 

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]\Ir. Pitt, in a conversation with 

 lord Melville, since the publication 

 of the tenth report, understood, 

 that, besides the sum of 40,0001. 

 another sum of about 20,0001. is- 

 sued for navy services, had been ap- 

 plied to purposes not naval, during 

 the last treasurership of lord Mel- 

 ville; but whether the above sum of 

 20,0001. was or was not included in 

 any of the sums hereinbefore men- 

 tioned we are unable to ascertain. 

 In a letter written by lord Melville 

 to the commissioners of naval en- 

 quiry, dated June 30, 1804, con- 

 tained in the tenth report, he states 

 that he had not declined to give oc- 

 casional accommodation from the 

 funds in the hands of the treasurer 

 of the navy to other services ; and 

 in another letter to the said com- 

 missioners, dated 2Sth of March 

 1805, he declares, he never know- 

 ingly derived any advantage from 

 any advances of public money. 



Upon the second head of enquiry 

 referred to us by your order, viz. — 

 Whether any, and what represen- 

 tations were made to the lords com- 

 missioners of his majesty's treasury^ 

 or the chancellor of the exchequer, 

 respecting the withdrawing from the 

 bank any sums of money so issued, 

 since the passing of the act of the 

 25th Geo. in. c. 31.; your com- 

 mittee do not find that any such re- 

 presentations have ever been made to 

 the lords commissioners of his ma- 

 jesty's treasury, nor any such re- 

 presentations to the chancellor of 

 the exchequer ; except what is 

 stated in the evidence annexed of 

 Mr. llaikes, and is admitted in the 

 evidence of Mr. Pitt: from whence 

 it appears, that some time in the 

 year 1797, Mr. Raikes, at that time 



governor 

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