Estimate for a Chargé des Affaires.
| Chargé des Affaires, his salary | $4,500 |
| His outfit, once in seven years, equal to an annual sum of | 643 |
| His return at a quarter's salary, do | 161 |
| Extras, as above | 350 |
| $5,654 | |
| The Agent at the Hague, his salary | $1,300 |
| Extras | 100 |
| $1,400 |
Estimate of the Annual Expenses of the Establishment proposed.
| France, a Minister Plenipotentiary | $12,306 |
| London, do. do. | 12,306 |
| Madrid, a Chargé des Affaires | 5,654 |
| Lisbon, do. do. do. | 5,654 |
| Hague, an agent | 1,400 |
| Morocco, a consul | 1,800 |
| Presents to foreign ministers on taking leave, at $1,000 each, more or less, according to their favor and time. There will be five of them. If exchanged once in seven years, it will be annually | 715 |
| $39,835 |
Estimate of the probable calls on our foreign fund from July 1, 1790, when the act for foreign intercourse passed, to July 1, 1791.
| France, a Minister Plenipotentiary, his outfit | $9,000 |
| His salary, suppose it to commence August 1st | 8,250 |
| Extras | 320 |
| Secretary | 1,237.5 — $18,807.5 |
| Chargé, suppose him to remain till November 1st. Salary | 1,500 |
| Extras | 117 |
| His return, a quarter's salary | 1,125 — 2,742 |
| Madrid, a Chargé, his salary | 4,500 |
| Extras | 350 — 4,850 |
| Lisbon, a Chargé, (or Resident,) his outfit | 4,500 |
| His salary, suppose it to commence January 1, 1791 | 2,250 |
| Extras | 175 — 6,925 |
| London, an Agent, suppose to commence October 1st, at $1,350 salary | 1,012.5 |
| Extras, (at $100 a year) | 75 — 1,087.5 |
| Hague, an Agent | 1,400 |
| Morocco, Consul | 1,800 — 3,200 |
| Presents to foreign Ministers. The dye about | 500 |
| Two medals and chains | 2,000 — 2,500 |
| $40,112 |
X.—Opinion in regard to the continuance of the monopoly of the commerce of the Creek nation, enjoyed by Col. McGillivray:
July 29th, 1790.
Colonel McGillivray, with a company of British merchants, having hitherto enjoyed a monopoly of the commerce of the Creek nation, with a right of importing their goods duty free, and considering these privileges as the principal sources of his power over that nation, is unwilling to enter into treaty with us, unless they can be continued to him. And the question is how this may be done consistently with our laws, and so as to avoid just complaints from those of our citizens who would wish to participate of the trade?
Our citizens, at this time, are not permitted to trade in that nation. The nation has a right to give us their peace, and to withhold their commerce, to place it under whatever monopolies or regulations they please. If they insist that only Colonel McGillivray and his company shall be permitted to trade among them, we have no right to say the contrary. We shall even gain some advantage in substituting citizens of the United States instead of British subjects, as associates of Colonel McGillivray, and excluding both British and Spaniards from the country.