tell either the Charms are felled, or your Account balanced, as it now
stands. I cannot proceed to take Val Hospital balance as the Conclu
sion of the Year, & yet I am required by a standiny Order of the
General Court to have the Accounts of the Hospital ready, within
as peaped number of days after Xmas, for the Audit.This, with
the darly Routine of office business, reced as the first Mouths
in the year exceedingly overseers for a constant Stimular upon
we to get every part of the Hospital Income collected before
Xmas. But indeed I must say for the Honour of the Hospital
tenants, collectively considered, that out of more than 150 under
my Collection (the quarter part of them Tenants of Houses who
pay then rent up to Michamas) I have but two or three petty
rents outstanding which I capect to get in before the year as ended
Surre of those Tenants two are farmtenants in kent, in But, &
in Bucks, but sever I have been here I have suspectedly preposed
upon them the absolute Necessary of Punctuality, drawer
factory to write to such as delay to bring is send then rents
within the territted Pireod, that I have succeeded enbruying
them into such order as well make it causes for the Receiver
for the Terme to comeAs the farmtenants are allowed half
a year in hand, the Order of the Consurable directs that then
(rents be paid within six months) after they become due; they
therefore should not be permitted without severe Reprehensive to
go beyond the Mouth of OctoberFlack, I Thank has always
bunstardy, & I am afraid will been treaver Strokes to make
hummond than you are disposed to lay upon himFarr
has not paid afactting here: His father as to lives in Town,
& to whom the lease was assigned by Stockets on Account of
the then Nonage of his Son, paid the four years rent to Machg.
1807 but the lease was then assigned to the Son, & I concluded
he would be Summoned by you to appear as the parndon
Audit. I wrote to him immediately on the Receipt of your
letter to bring his rent to the Hospital before the Year is
out, & I hope he wellds so, but infortune I must desire your
well summon heirs to pay, when the other parndon tenants do
If Hack should bring you has rent as promised, & you can obtain
Bartorn bell for [..] ock. send up all the Vouchers before your
come to Town, it well unable met a complete the Account, & go on
with any labour, then all we shall have to do when Tree your
will be to settle the balanceDaniels Repair I processors
well account to 3 years rent or a deduction of £10 P Ann.
from her rent. Whether Looker was had a lease executed or not
I know not, but I never could fend the Counterpart at the
Hospital. The Minute of the Committee for greating him a
lease says the Hospital shall exposed a Sum not exceeding