§ Exchequer, December 11, 1812.
§ Sir; as it is understood, from the discussions that have taken place in the House of Commons, on the subject of the public revenues, that the expences of the ensuing year will probably exceed those of the present, we think it right, in explanation of the letter which we had the honour of addressing to you on the 21st November last, to state to you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, that if in any year during the present war, the net profits of the several fees and salaries received in our offices in the Exchequer should exceed those of the current year, it is our intention, in every such year, to pay as our voluntary contribution to the public, in addition to the one-third of our profits as stated in that letter, the whole of such excess beyond the net receipts of the present year. We have the honour to be, &c.
§ NUGENT BUCKINGHAM. CAMDEN.