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but here the superior had only one representative, and evenhe could not be admitted without the approbation of thecouncil.

The different languages had likewise theirs, and no morethan one member of each nation was ever admitted into aprivate commission. No person could of himself dispose of asingle farthing, and even the drafts given out by the chamberof the treasury were limited, and might not exceed the triflingsum of five hundred crowns.

The following tables of the receipts and expenditure ofthe order, during the course of ten years, will clearly prove thatthe skill displayed in the administration of the finances, to pre-vent the public money being improperly distributed or wasted,was equally great in discovering the proper methods to beemployed, and in making a just and prudent subdivision ofthe whole.