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The second letter reports that Mr. Stewart had traced a seccions

discrepancy that existed between

the Accounts connected with the "Canton Ransom " & those of the

"Goot of Honghong" and of which the cause had previously escaped

detection.

The third letter shows that Mr. Stewart had been officially & dogmatically called on to audit The Consular accounts up totter?" of April 1844, & had been informed that the Balances at the different Consulates on that would be assumed tobe correct, unless he notife's otherwise.

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four Lordship will have observed from- former & expatches that I had brought up and balanced my accounts to the bery day that the Davis took charge (8th of May 1844) but how it could have been supposed that Mr. Stewent had either means or authouty for auditing the disbursements of the Consulates tothe same period is to me perfectly incomprehensible. The doctrine laid down byter Davis, thathe & thore under him had nothing tray, in any degree, tomy Account is, I respectfully conceive, altogether and indeed it is plain that were it once admitted, the transfer, and

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