That of a Fixt Fund I must beg to press on your Lordships as a Point absolutely necessary for carrying on Indian Affairs, so as to put them upon a solid footing & extend them to these beneiicial purposes without a steady & connected view to w^^ I would neither chuse to dispose of the pubUc money, nor continue in the Administration of these Affairs, a precarious Fund may not only fail at a critical Juncture but be attended with Obstructions almost equally fatal ; I am willing to be under the severest checks & this with regard to my uprightness in money matters w^h even mistrust itself can suggest, for my motives in pushing these points, are the nature of the service & the good of the public.

As to my own appointments. Prudence & justice to myself, make it necessary that I should be explicit to your Lordships. Every thing of this kind is yet unsettled. While I had no public character in Indian Affairs, I sustained very considerable Expences and these I will be bold to say happily applied. From the time 1 engaged under my present Commission to this day, I wholly gave up my Trade. My attention to my estate and every other Improvement of my private Fortune, have been & must be if I continue laid aside as far as they relate to my personal application. I am if I continue in the administration of them, determined to devote my time & Labours wholly to Indian affairs. At all meetings either at my House or elsewhere, not only the officers belonging to this service but many other Persons who generally attend on these occasions are entertained at my Expence, & when the meeting is at Onondaga or Osswego the Expences are increased the journey is long and very fatiguing.