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the aforementioned charge

@ the proofs thereto

After the audit of his first accts the others were demanded and with the same difficulty as the

former obtained as y r Lop» may perceive by the said minutes of Council particularly the order for

payment every Saturday which was occasioned thus The Council considering how dilatory Mr Santon was @ with what difficulty he would be brought to account being satisfied that Mr Santon was then behindhand in his paym ts @ that in process of time he might bee yet more soe for the preventing of further embezlement of his Ma^ 8 revenue they ordered him that every Saturday hee should

acct with

@ pay into mee what he had received the preceeding week which was a method taken in

the time of S

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Edmond Andros with Capt Dyer the then Collector upon the like occasion tho' this

had not the like effect thro Mr Santens disobedience, for as hee did with all other orders hee did with this hee took noe notice of it

As alsoe there were several orders of Council requiring him to have all his acts from the 25 th of March to the 6 th of October ready for Mr Sprag to carry over audited with him who had agreed for But with all this he made his passage in a ship @ kept her here on that purpose these two months past. noe compliance pretending that by a letter from my Lord Treasurer hee was satisfied his accomps were not to be audited here that hee was only obliged to leave a duplicate with mee upon which the Council