Record  Rep.  to  Pari.,  1800-1819  :  Commission  printed,  vol.  i.,
App.  Z.  1.  p.  311.)

On  the  2.5th  of  June  1817  a  third  Commission  in  continuation
of  the  former  one  for  Great  Britain  was  issued  under  the  Sign
Manual  of  the  Prince  Regent,  whereby  the  powers  granted  to
certain  of  the  public  officers  named  in  the  former  Commissions  were
extended  to  all  such  persons  as  filled  the  like  offices  in  England
and  Scotland ;  and  the  Commissioners  presented  annual  reports
of  their  proceedings  to  the  Prince  Regent  in  Council.  (Printed
in  App.  A.  to  Second  Gen.  Rep.  of  the  Record  Com.  to  Pari.,
vol.  i.,  1800-1819.)  Abstracts  of  the  Record  Commissioners'  pro-
ceedings from  1800  to  1819  are  printed  in  two  folio  volumes,  the
latter  volume,  being  an  Appendix  to  their  reports,  containing
fac-similes  of  Magna  Chartaand  other  ancient  charters,  seals,  and
records, — a  very  expensive  and  valuable  volume.
On  the  18th  of  June  1821  and  7th  of  April  1825  the  Commission
was  renewed.  (Gen.  Record  Rep.  1837,  p.  vii.)  From  1819  to
1831  the  proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  are  not  printed.
On  the  12th  of  March  1831,  His  Majesty  William  the  Fom-th
issued  another  Commission,  which  expired  on  20th  December
1837,  and  was  not  renewed  by  Her  present  Majesty.  The  pro-
ceedings are  printed  in  a  folio  volume  in  1837,  being  a  report  to
the  King  ia  Council.
The  Commissioners,  during  the  thirty-seven  years  of  their  ma-
nagement of  the  aifairs  of  the  records,  directed  their  attention  more
particularly  to  printing  the  records,  and  very  little  was  done  for
their  care  and  future  preservation.  And  it  appears  that  their
expenses  exceeded  the  Parliamentary  votes.  In  1836  Parliament
voted  24,000^.  to  pay  their  debts.
