And in the Appendix to that Report it will be found from the Evidence of Mr. Freeling, “That the Post Office did not take Mr. MᶜAdam’s services into consideration, or suppose that 2,000_l._ would be a sufficient remuneration for those services; they merely stated, in answer to papers from the Treasury, that they considered it would be right to _advance_ to Mr. MᶜAdam the sum of 2,000_l._ and consider Mr. MᶜAdam’s claims as establishing a ground for further remuneration.” In consequence of that Report the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury again, on the 23d of September, refer the subject to the Postmasters General, who, considering the first sum of 5,019_l._ 6_s._ to be admitted as proved before the Committee, recommended the payment of his expenses from 1814, to be calculated upon the same principle as the travelling allowance is made to the Superintendent of the Mailcoaches, amounting to 1,837_l._ 17_s._ 6_d._ and they further propose the sum of 2,000_l._ or 2,500_l._ to be granted to Mr. MᶜAdam, as a moderate compensation for his services; upon this the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury issued a second sum of 2,000_l._ stating that their Lordships, adverting to the large amount of Mr. MᶜAdam’s claims, cannot feel themselves justified in issuing any further sum to him on account thereof, without the express authority of Parliament for that purpose. On the 5th December 1820, Mr. MᶜAdam again addressed a letter to the Lords of the Treasury, which was transmitted to the Post Office; and the Postmasters General, referring to their former letter, observe that they have no difficulty in bearing their testimony to the services of Mr. MᶜAdam, and to the benefits which the Public were likely to derive from them, and also stated that in their opinions the charges were reasonable. The last Memorial presented by Mr. MᶜAdam was to the Postmasters General, who, in transmitting it to the Treasury, observe, “The favourable opinions which we entertained and expressed in our former Reports upon this subject have been confirmed by experience; and that by employing Mr. MᶜAdam to survey the roads in Lancashire the most beneficial results are likely to follow.”