Having thus traced the outlines of such remedies, for the protection of his Majesty's _Naval_, _Victualing_, Ordnance and other stores, as certainly require Legislative Regulations; it remains now to consider, what other measures may appear necessary, within the limits of the authority with which the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are invested, for the purpose of rendering the Preventive System complete. Those which have occurred to the Author of this Work will be classed under the following Heads: IV. _Regulations respecting the Sale of Old Stores._ V. _The Abolition of the Perquisite of Chips._ VI. _The Abolition of Fees and Perquisites of every description; to be recompensed by a liberal increase of Salaries._ VII. _An improved Mode of keeping Accounts._ VIII. _An annual Inventory of Stores on hand._ IV. OLD STORES. The mode at present practised in disposing of unserviceable Naval and Victualing Stores by Auction, in the Public Arsenals and Repositories, is productive of infinite evils, independent of the cover which is thereby afforded to many purchasers, of loose conduct, in protecting them, by means of the certificates they obtain against the penalties of the Law, as Receivers of stolen and embezzled goods of the same species and quality; thereby not only defeating the ends of Public Justice, but operating as an encouragement to these criminal dealers to extend the iniquitous part of their trade, by holding out facilities and incitements to those who have access to commit depredations on the Public Property, which possibly would never have otherwise taken place.