Sept. 17th. Paid Capt.  Crosbie, 10,400 dollars in specie.  Paid
    other officers 5750 dollars.

    Sept. 18th. Paid Admiral 4750 dollars.

    Sept. 27th. Paying prize money to the Paraguassu and others.

    Sept. 28th. Similarly employed.

    Sept. 30th. Paying prize money.

    Oct. 1st to 5th. Paying prize money.

The following were the amounts disbursed on these occasions, as far as they appear in my private memoranda—­some doubtless having been lost:—­

         &nb
sp;                                                     Dollars. 
   Disbursements at Rio de Janeiro 70,750
   (Paid Squadron as per account, made up Sept. 23, 1824.)

   To petty officers and seamen of flagship, in classes
   numbered A to Y, as per pay books transmitted
   by Piranha 18,289

   Paid Captain Crosbie 10,400

    " Captain-Lieutenants Carvalho, Grenfell, and
      Shepherd, 2250 dollars each 6,750

    " Capt.  Grenfell, on account of captures at Para 2,750

    " Seven Lieutenants, at 1500 dollars each 10,500

    " Two Lieutenants at 1000 dollars each 2,000

    " Six Lieutenants at 750 dollars each 4,500

    " Lieutenant Ross as prize master 500

    " Maria de Gloria 2,483

    " Nitherohy, Carolina, and Paraguassu, no
        account, say the same 7,500

    " Brig Bahia 274

    " Officers and men of the Piranga 7,053

    " Mr. Dean, purser 600

    " Lieutenant Ayre 480

    " Florencia Jose da Costa 140

    " Gratifications to artisans 419

    " To Admiral 4,750
    " Secretary, for distribution 5,000
    " May and Lukin, prize agents, as per balance
        of account, July 15, 1824 5,324
          
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                                                     160,462
     Original amount 200,000
          
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     Balance to be accounted for 39,538
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