Christopher Atkinson in writing, remaining in the said court of our said lord the king, before the king himself, at Westminster aforesaid, in the county of Middlesex aforesaid, it more fully appears: whereas, in truth and in fact the said Christopher Atkinson, before the making of his said affidavit, in the transactions which he had with the said commissioners for victualling his majesty's navy as their cornfactor, to wit, on the twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, did charge the said commissioners more than the usual commission of sixpence per quarter for and in respect of sundry quantities of malt amounting to a large quantity, to wit, seven hundred and thirty-three quarters and three bushels of malt, before that time, to wit, between the twenty-fifth day of May, in the said year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and the fifteenth day of June in the same year, to wit, at Westminster aforesaid, supplied by him, that is to say, three shillings and nine-pence per quarter for and in respect of each and every quarter of the said seven hundred and thirty-three quarters of malt, and in that proportion for the said three bushels of malt so supplied by him as aforesaid, more than the visual commission of sixpence per quarter for the said seven hundred and thirty-three quarters and three bushels of malt: and whereas in truth and in fact the said Christopher Atkinson, before the making of his said affidavit, during his transactions with the said commissioners for victualling his said majesty's navy as their cornfactor, to wit, on the said twenty-ninth day of June, in the said year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, at Westminster in the said county of Middlesex, did charge more than the usual commission of sixpence per quarter for and in respect of a large quantity, to wit, one hundred and sixty-six quarters and seven bushels of malt, before that time, to wit, on the twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, at Westminster aforesaid, purchased by him the said Christopher Atkinson for the said commissioners as their cornfactor, of and from one Robert Mitton, that is to say, three shillings and nine-pence per quarter for and in respect of each and every of the said one hundred and sixty-six quarters of malt, and in that proportion for and in respect of the said seven bushels of malt so purchased by him of the said Robert Mitton, beyond the price which he the said Christopher Atkinson actully paid to the said Robert Mitton for the same: and whereas in truth and in fact the said Christopher [521] Atkinson, before the making his said affidavit, during his transactions with the commissioners for victualling his majesty's navy as their cornfactor, to wit, on the twenty-ninth day of June, in the said year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, did charge more than the usual commission of sixpence per quarter for and in respect of a large quantity, to wit, one hundred and ninety-seven quarters of malt, before that time, to wit, on the fifteenth day of June, in the said year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, to wit, at Westminster aforesaid, purchased by him the said Christopher Atkinson for the said commissioners as their cornfactor, of and from one Thomas Gray, that is to say, four shillings and three-pence per quarter for and in respect of each and every of the said one hundred and ninety-seven quarters of malt so purchased by him of the said Thomas Gray, beyond the price which he the said Christopher Atkinson actually paid to the said Thomas Gray for the same: and whereas in truth and in fact the said Christopher Atkinson, before the making his said affidavit, during his transactions with the commissioners for victualling his majesty's navy as their cornfactor, to wit, on the thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, did charge more than the usual commission of sixpence per quarter, for and in respect of a large quantity, to wit, two hundred and fifty quarters and one bushel of malt, before that time, to wit, on the twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, purchased by him the said Christopher Atkinson, for the said commissioners, as their cornfactor, of and from one William Adams, that is to say, four shillings and eight pence per quarter, for and in respect of each and every of the said two hundred and fifty quarters of malt, and in that proportion for and in respect of the said one bushel of malt so purchased by him of the said William Adams, beyond the price which he the said Christopher