per annum; that in the year 1783 the said civil establishment had been increased to the enormous annual sum of 927,945_l._ That such increase in the civil establishment could not have taken place, if the said Warren Hastings, who was at the head of the government, with the power annexed to the casting voice, had not actively promoted the said increase, which he had power to prevent, and which it was his duty to have prevented.  That by such immoderate waste of the property of his employers, and by such scandalous breach of his fidelity to them, it was the intention of the said Warren Hastings to gain and secure the attachment and support of a multitude of individuals, by whose united interest, influence, and intrigues he hoped to be protected against any future inquiry into his conduct.  That it was of itself highly criminal in the said Warren Hastings to have so wasted the property of the East India Company, and that the purpose to be obtained by such waste was a great aggravation of that crime.

That among the various instances of profusion by which the civil establishment of Fort William was increased to the enormous annual sum hereinbefore mentioned, it appears that a Salt Office was created, of six commissioners, whose annual emoluments were as follows, viz.:—­

President, or Comptroller, per annum L18,480 1st member 13,100 2d do 11,480 3d do 13,183 4th do 6,257 5th do 10,307
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                                        L72,807

That a Board of Revenue was created by the said Warren Hastings, consisting of five commissioners, whose annual emoluments were as follows, viz.:—­

1st member, per annum L10,950
2d do 9,100
3d do 9,100
4th do 9,100
5th do 9,100
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L47,350

That David Anderson, Esquire, first member of the said board, did not execute the duties, though he received the emoluments of the said office:  having acted, for the greatest part of the time, as ambassador to Mahdajee Sindia, with a further salary of 4,280_l._ a year, making in all 15,230_l._ a year.  That the said Warren Hastings did create an office of Agent-Victualler to the garrison of Fort William, whose profits, on an average of three years, were 15,970_l._ per annum.  That this agency was held by the Postmaster-General, who in that capacity received 2,200_l._ a year from the Company, and who was actually no higher than a writer in the service.  That the person who held these lucrative offices, viz., John Belli, was private secretary to the said Warren Hastings.

That the said Warren Hastings created a nominal office of Resident at Goa, where the Company never had a Resident, nor business of any kind to transact, and gave the said nominal office to a person who was not a covenanted servant of the Company, with an allowance of 4,280_l._ a year.