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That by the last Account sent by the said Samuel Hyde dated
November I^st 1737 there is remaining in his Hands a Ballance of
£1078.. 0..0 Sterling as appears by one of the last mentioned Annexed
Accounts
That by the Accounts of Robert Ungle Esq^r late Treasurer of the
Eastern Shore We find that from the year 1717 to the year 1726
there was received by him on Account of the said Fund the Sum of
£622...15...2 Sterling as by the said Accounts hereto annexed does
appear Markt C
That by the said Accounts there is said to be paid by the said Ungle
the Sum of £293...2...3 and by the same Account there appears to be
remitted to Mess^rs John and Samuel Hyde the sum of £334.. 8.. 81/2
Sterling as by Reference to the last mentioned Accounts may also
appear
That by the Accounts of Col^o Charles Hammond Treasurer of
the Western Shore We find the sum of £943...9.. 9 Sterling to have
been raised on the said Shore and received by the said Col^o Hammond
from the year 1735 to the 29 September 1739 and that there has
been paid by the said Hammond the Sum of £127...4.. 9 Sterling and
that there Remains as a Ballance on the said Account remitted to
M^r Samuel Hyde the Sum of £816..5..0 1/4 as by the said Accounts
hereto annexed does appear Mark'd D
That by the Accounts of James Holliday Esq^r Treasurer of the
Eastern Shore we find the Sum of £1134..11..2 to have been raised
on the said Shore and received by the said Holliday from the Year
1726 to the 29^th Sept^r 1739 That there has been paid by the said
James Holliday the Sum of 700£ 2s. 6d. And that there remains as a
Ballance of the said Account Remitted to M^r William Hunt Mer-
chant in London by Order of the General Assembly the Sum of
£436.. 13...33/4 Sterl as by the said Accounts hereunto annexed does
appear Mark'd E
And your committee beg leave to inform you that from the year
1726 down to this time to the certain knowledge of one of Your
Committee it hath been the constant Practice of the Treasurers of
each Shore to lay their Accounts of this as well as other Duties annu-
ally before a Committee of the Lower House of Assembly for their
Inspection and Approbation and we are well assured that the usage
hath been always the same before that Time
That for An Article of £49..3..10^Sterl in one of M^r Hydes Accounts
for Goods Sent in the year 1718 there was not any Shop notes pro-
duced to your Committee but We presume by the great distance of
time those Shop notes may be mislaid or lost.

U.H.J.

That we find in the Year 1719 an Order of Governor and Council
to Col^o Richard Tilghman to purchase Arms for the use of the
Province from Richard Bennet Esq^r and Company upon which order
another appears to be drawn by the said Col^o Tilghman for the sum

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