In obedience ■ therefore to his Majes Commands, k on yc Petition of y* s^^ Livingston I made an order Summoning Coll: Fletcher late Govern"" of tliis Province or some in his belialf, to appear before me at New-York on y® IG'^^ of May last, witli ye Complaint Exiubited in England against the said Livingston, with witnesses and Evidences to justify y® same, Ijut on y^ said day nor sinc€ has any appeared in belialf of y^ said Coll Fletcher, his Attorneys declaring they h.ud no orders to appear against the said Livingston, And on y^ lOt'^ Instant I ordered a liearing of ye whole matter before myself and wliere y^ Councill did declare, tliey did not believe they c^uld Properly be Judges of what they then liad objected against y® said M^' Livingston, nor had they any thing further to offer or lU'ge against liim more than formerly, that they knew nothing to ye Prejudice of his Reputation, and added that he v.'as ye fittest man in ye Province for ye Imploys he Executes, and Particularly as Victualler of ye Forces.

Tliat they wholly referrd ye Consideration and Examination of ye Case to my self desireing me to report it to his Mcsjesty as it should appear to me.

Whereupon having heard ye said Livingston and seen his Proofs and Vouchers together with on a strict

scrutiny of his Demands there. It appears to me that ye severall sums of money both Principall and Interest for which he obtained said orders in England are justly due to him, and ought to be discharged here, according tc ye said orders, the execution of which was suspended in the late Government, no just reasons appearing to me for ye same, And as to y® Commission from his Majesty dated ye 27 of January 1695 16 v^^ith Salarys to be paid y® said Livingston for his discharge of ye offices and trust thereby Committed to him, I doe find the said Livingston a Pereon fitt and Capable to Execute ye same, and that nothing hatli been offered against him, to render liim undeserving of his Majes