JB/150/308/001

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At the Select Committee on Finance Charles Abbot Esq.r in the
Chair Lance 7o die Maii 1798 ordered.

That a Copy of the examination of Patrick
Colquhoun Esq.r be transmitted to him and that he be requested
to return the same with such corrections as he may think
proper to make therein.

Chas Abbot.

At the Committee on Finance
Veneris 4o die Maii 1789
Patrick Colquhoun Esq.r called in & examined.

In stating that the Central Board of Police which
you recommend would not much exceed in all its Branches the
amount of 15000£ per Annum for its Establishment what
is the nature of the Establishment which you have in view?

The Establishment I have in view is a Board
consisting of five Commissioners Two Secretaries & a Cashier with a
certain number of Clerks Surveyors & other Officers which cannot
be determined with precision until the System is in operation.

I had conceived that in Consolidating the two Boards
A System of oeconomy Superior to what generally prevails might be
introduced in as much as the Surveyors & other Out-Door Officers at
present under the direction of Commissioners for Licensing Hawkers
& Pedlars & Hackney Coaches might also be employed in all those Branches
of Revenue which I propose should come under the management of the
Central Board.

From a detailed plan of functions & an estimate
of the probable expence of this Board which has been recently prepared
& transmitted for the information of the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury ( in consequence of instructions from George Rose
Esq.r to Charles Poole Esq.r one of the Commissioners of Hawkers &
Pedlars & myself) it would appear that after making allowances

Identifier: | JB/150/308/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1	1798-03-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	308	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	benjamin constant
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	see note to letter 1329, vol. 6	ID Number	50529
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