duly enlisted & mustered, while he is employed as a Master for the same is not otherwise drawn by this Soldier himself [but?] cannot possibly be allowed as [undecipherable] is requested. You have therefore [undecipherable] remuneration as follows — [viz?]: For yourself as Commander [specially?], to the [actual?] returns on [file?] in this Office, from the [1^st] [undecipherable] to 31 Dec [undecipherable] 200 [undecipherable] = [undecipherable] [undecipherable] .............. [undecipherable] 21 - as a Master from [undecipherable] Jan: 1 to 30 June [undecipherable] 163 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ... 11 [undecipherable] " " ... 1 July to 31 [Dec?] ... 144 ... 15 ... 17 [undecipherable] For [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] 1 Oct to 30 [Nov?] ... 51 ... [undecipherable] ... 7 [undecipherable] Dollars [111?] [undecipherable] amounting together to one hundred eleven dollars & sixty cents, for which sum the Pay master General has been directed to hold you accountable — Sam H [undecipherable] Coll: Francis Montagu Sir Accountants Office April 17^th 1800 Your accounts & vouchers for expenditures on account of the Fortifications at [Mad?] Island River including the [amounts?] of [the?] barracks for the same, up to the [7^th] April inst. have been [examined?] to the sum of [Two?] thousand [four?] hundred forty— [and referred?] [to?] [for?] the amount thereof, will be passed to your credit on the [books?] of this Office leaving a balance in your hands of [Two?] thousand [four?] hundred seventy [six?] dollars & [undecipherable] differing from your [former?] [nineteen?] dollars & [undecipherable]— being the amount of Vouchers [No. 11?–12?] for allow [undecipherable] to [Soldiers?] employed on the [Fortifications?], which were [inadmissible?] — The said vouchers are herewith returned — Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable]