These lesser Expences am*, to so much annually that they are introduced into the public accot^. and sev^. of them serve to augment mine, which besides its giving a Latitude I don't approve of. Creates Irregularities in acct* and therefore I long since intended to rectify it by a fixed augmentation to their Sallary of jEIOO p ann. for all their Travelling charges & Expenses of a private Nature, and I now think it absolutely necessary, as a saving of much expense and trouble & a proper check upon them, So that I shall state it in the next Estimate.

The present practice of the Traders & the want of power in the Commiss''ys. defeat one of the material purposes of their appointment, I think it needless to take any farther trouble about it, but leave it to time to shew its effects. All that the Commissaries can now do, is, to hear the Complaints- of the Indians, to report the forfeiture of the Traders bonds, & to Gain and Transmit Intelligence, & as the spirit for a free trade prevails daily more & more thro' the distressed Circumstances of the majority of them, whose Credit failing they wo^. undertake anything for delaying their fate, we must manage as well as the slender powers we have will allow to prevent such Toleration from producing the ill effects which is apprehended, by preventing such from going into the Ind". Country as cannot give good security for their behavior, & prohibiting all such whose fortunes and Characters render them dangerous.