THATthe proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be authorised and required to settle, upon the principles of equity, the accounts of Commodore Foxall A. Parker, for expenses necessarily incurred by him in the execution of orders from the Secretary of the Navy, to receive on board of the United States ship Brandywine, then under his command, the Commissioner and other persons belonging to the American mission to the Emperor of China, and to give them a passage to that county; and also for expenses incurred during their residence on board of said ship after her arrival there: Provided, That no allowance be made to the said Commodore Foxall A. Parker, except such as may be considered reasonable and just by the Secretary of the Navy; and in no event shall the entire amount of such allowances exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars.