his extraordinary trouble and expence in preparing and stating the public accounts of Ireland, laid before parliament, in 1807` J. Smart, esq. dep. acc. gen. for his extraordinary trouble in preparing the public ac counts of Ireland, for the year ending 5th Jan. 1807 P. Le Bas, esq. examinator of corn bounties, for his trouble in keeping the accounts of said office R. Marshall, esq. inspector gen. of imports and exports, for his expence and trouble in preparing the accounts of the imports and exports of Ireland, for parliament, for one year ending 5th Jan. 1807 Hugh B. Hautenville, esq. first clerk in the office of the inspector general of imports and exports in Ireland, for his extraordinary trouble in preparing accounts for parliament Geo. Hatton, esq. examinator of excise, for his extraordinary trouble and expence in preparing accounts for parliament Sam. Hood, esq. assistant examinator of excise, for his extraordinary trouble in preparing accounts for parlia : mations and advertisements in the Dublin gazette, and other newspapers Charge of printing, stationery, and other disbursements of the chief and under secretaries offices and apartments, and other public offices, in Dublin castle, &c. and for the riding charges and other expences of the deputy pursuivants and extra messengers attending said offices Expence of criminal prosecutions, and other law expences of government Expence of apprehending public offenders in Ireland. Support of the non-conforming ministers in Ireland Expence of pratique, in the port of Dublin Expenditure at his Majesty's To enable his majesty to make ler and inspector of lottery offices in Ireland, for two years to 24 June 1807, and for paying the salaries of the commissioners for certifying outstanding lottery prizes, for 22 months ending 24 June 1807,. Erection and completion of a pier in Dundrum bay on the coast of the county of Down PUBLIC BOARDS, from 5th Jan. 1807, to 5th Jan. 1808. The trustees of the linen and hempen manufactures, for one year to the 5th January 1807 The board of first fruits; for building new churches, and re-building old churches, in such parishes as no public service has been performed in for 20 years past, and for the encouragement of building glebe houses The Dublin society, for promoting husbandry and other useful arts in Ireland, 20007. whereof to be applied in aid of the funds of the institution at Cork, for the application of science to the common purposes of life, and the remaining 10,000l. for completing additional buildings, supporting the botanic gardens, promoting husbandry and useful arts, and the other objects of said society Expence of the farming society of Ireland Paving, cleansing, and light ing the streets of Dublin Commissioners for making wide and convenient streets in Dublin PUBLIC HOSPITALS & SCHOOLS, from 5th Jan. 1807 to 5th Jan. 1808. Charge of the incorporated society in Dublin, for pro-l moting English Protestant schools in Ireland Expence of the foundling hospital in Dublin Charge of the Hibernian marine society in Dublin Expence of the Hibernian school for soldiers' children Charge of the female orphan house, near Dublin. Expences incurred by the as sociation for discountenancing vice, and promoting the knowledge and practice of the Christian religion. Towards supporting the Westmoreland Lock-hospital in Dublin Towards the charge of supporting the house of industry and penitentiary in Dublin Expence of maintaining 80 patients in the house of recovery and fever hospital in Cork Street, Dublin Charge of the lying-in hospital, Dublin. Charge of the office of the commissioners of charitable donations and bequests Charge of the Roman Catho lic seminary in Ireland. Towards defraying the expence of Dr. Stevens's hospital Expence of building the intended hall for the royal college of surgeons in Ireland For finishing sir Patrick Dunn's hospital, and defraying the expence of a temporary establishment aud maintenance of pa tients To the commissioners for paving the streets of Dublin VOL. L. 137,000 0 0 £5,883,833 0 11 N First Report from the Select Committee on the Affairs of the EastIndia Company-Ordered to be printed 25th May, 1808. The select committee appointed to enquire into the present state of the affairs of the East-India company, and to report the same, as it shall appear to them, to the house, with their observations thereupon, and also to report their proceedings from time to time to the house; and to whom several accounts and other papers presented to the house, respecting the revenues and charges, and the commercial concerns of the East-India company; and also the petition of the united company of merchants of Eng. land, trading to the East Indies, were severally referred :-Have, pursuant to the orders of the house, examined the matters to them referred, and have agreed upon the following report. THE HE utmost diligence which your committee have been enabled to bestow upon a subject of such extensive detail, as an enquiry into the present state of the affairs of the East-India company," would not have been sufficient for its full investigation with in the period which has elapsed since their appointment, even if many of the most necessary documents, as to the state of the company's affairs in India, had not been received so recently as to preclude the possibility of their being examined with that degree of accuracy, care, and attention, which the complicated nature, not less than the importance of the subject, indispensably requires: your com 1 mittee are still engaged in the consideration of the various matters comprehended in the general object of their enquiry, and will from time to time submit their observations thereupon to the house; but in consequence of the petition which the company have presented to the house, and which has been referred to your committee, they have deemed it advisable, in the first instance, to advert to the allegations of that petition, including not only those which refer exclusively to the balance claimed by the compa ny as owing to them by the public, but also such as relate to the general state of their affairs, and to report upon the same, as far as the progress which your committee have been enabled to make in their enquiry, has, in their apprehension, justified the observations which they now offer to the consideration, of the house.-Your committee, finding it stated in the petition from the company, as one of the causes from which the present embarrassment in their pecuniary concerns had arisen, that a large balance of debt remained due to them from the public, on account of various expences incurred for expeditions to the French, Dutch, and Spanish settlements in the Indian seas, and to Egypt, have proceeded, in the first instance, on the investigation of the account between the public and the company. Your commit. tee find, that in the report made by a former committee upon this subject, on the 26th day of June 1805, and now referred to your commit. tee, the several heads of charge upon which the claims preferred on behalf of the company were found. ed, are arranged in the following manner, in three classes, according to |