account it appears, that the distance travelled by Mr. M'Adam was 30,000 miles, and that there were 1,920 days employed in this service; that reckoning by the rules of allowance made by the Post Office to their surveyors, the expense of the above travelling amounted to the sum of 5,019l. 6s. which sum Mr. M'Adam states to have been expended by him on this service up to August 1814.
Mr. M'Adam further states, in his Evidence before the Committee; "This account is made from memoranda in my possession, and I have made the same with such care and attention, that I am ready to make oath that it is to the best of my knowledge and belief correct, whenever I may be required so to do." Which he afterwards did in the following terms:
"I, John Loudon M'Adam, do hereby voluntarily
make oath that the above-mentioned
account delivered by me to the
Committee on Turnpike Roads and Highways,
is to the best of my knowledge and
belief correct."
"Witness my hand this 8th day of
March 1821.
(Signed) Jno. Loudon M'Adam."
"Sworn before me at Pontefract, } 8th March 1821. }
(Signed) G. Alderson, Alderman."
