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Hastings kept no account, by his own confession, of the moneys that he had privately taken, as he pretends, for the Company's service, and we have but too much reason to presume for his own.
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Burke critiques Hastings for failing to keep accurate accounts of money taken for the Company's service, suggesting dishonesty.
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