Upon which I had him brought before the council 3 where he was often ordered bring or 4 times to in his accts but all to noe purpose for upwards of a r s may year together as y Lop see by the time of the audit @ by the several orders of council herewith sent

At last when his accts came I shewed them to the council who were mightily surprised that for eighteen

@ upwards the Revenue should amount but to £3000 @ odd pounds upon which I had

them audited and thereby it was found that a great many frauds had been done to the King as your Lop s may see by the said audit @ the charge brought in @ proved against Mr Santon Then I desired him to put John Smith from the office of surveyor and out of the custom house having the charity for mr Santon to believe that that man has cheated him as well as the King (I having had while in England this ill character of him from S Benj n Bathurst that for his misbeha1'

But hee never wo d comply with it notwithstanding several orders of councill to that affect until I put in on Thomas Coker to bee surveyor, upon which Smith being concerned at losing his surveyors place, grew very insolent and put Mr Santon upon worse measures as is believed, for which @ other misdemeanors as y Lop s may pceave by the Minutes of Council sent over by Mr Sprag he was turned wholly out of the Custom House In Hatlow (Serv* to Mr Santon) that was waiter and searcher he sent into England as I am informed to the commissioners of thee custom house for a commission to be collector for the enumerated comoditys here, @ would force so much for his going @ coming as y Lop s may see charged in his acct brought in to the audit @ likewise has brought in a note of his for four and twenty pounds odd money for going to the east end of Long Island in which he did not spend fourteen days time The Auditor finding noe cheque upon the collector his book keeper being Surveyor called upon this Hatlow for his warrants who answered that hee had none or that if ever hee had any hee had left them in England Upon which I put in one Larkin in his stead who upon an order in Council set up in the Custom House commanding noe goods to goe off without a warrant refusing to lett some goods bee exported on the verbal order of Mr Santon only was by him turned out of that place as your Lop s will see by vior he had been turned out of a good employment)