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whole charge of what was done untill the latter end of Ffebruary was wholly lost.
2dly. When your petitioner did receive the first abstracts, vizt, those of Kildare, they were soe few as that your petitioner could not sett forth his instruments in the most convenient and advantagiouse order and method; but was forced to send soe many into one place as that one hindered the other in the worke, and many times could not set them out at all, whereby hee was forced either to lend money to such as were thereby out of employment, which hee for the most part lost, or else to loose the help and benefitt of those whome with much trouble had been instructed in the art.
3dly. Ffor want of the contents of each parcell by estimate, your petitioner could not duely proportion his instruments to each respective barrony, whereby he hath sent many men great journeys where little was to bee done, to their and your petitioners damage; and but few hands to great pieces of worke, whereby the whole hath been retarded, and others of the same company prejudiced.
4thly. Ffor want of the bookes of the civill survey, your petitioners instruments had noe meanes either to checque and try such persons, who, out of lucre to get the unusuall allowance putt uppon your petitioner to pay, offered themselves for meeresmen, though insufficient; or to discover such who shewed false meares, in relation to the advantage to bee had thereby in Conaught, whereby your petitioner hath been often put to the trouble and charge of two or three admeasurements instead of one.
Lastly, for want of the said bookes, your petitioners instruments being alone, and strangers in a wast countrey, could not bee enabled with such hints of enquiry after the quality, meares, &c., of the respective lands, as the said bookes could have furnisht them withall, without any prejudice to the Commonwealth.
2dly. Whereas your petitioners contract was allwayes intended for the forfeited lands only, yett the crowne and church lands were forced in at three pounds per thousand, allthough they were then charged with an incumbrance of 45s per thousand to the late surveyors; and all this notwithstanding the said lands are in soe very small scattered parcells, that they seeme rather to require 15li then 15s per thousand for their admeasurement.
3dly. The abstracts of the said crowne and churchlands not comming to
