Letters and papers from Lieut. Governor.
Four letters from Colonel Armstrong, Lieut. Governor of Nova Scotia, were read, and the papers, therein referred to, were laid before the Board, viz:—
Letter from Colonel Armstrong, dated October 29th, 1733, giving an account of the state of Nova Scotia and the trade thereof, with some projects for securing and improving the same.
Letter from Colonel Armstrong, dated November 10th, 1733, with
Several papers in French, relating to the pretensions of the French inhabitants of Nova Scotia to lands in that province.
Letter from Colonel Armstrong, dated November 20th, 1733, with
The draught of the river of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia. which, he says, was difficult to effect, and recommends the surveyor to be paid for the same.
Letter from Colonel Armstrong, dated May the 10th, 1724, with
Extracts of Minutes of Council, between the 25th of September, 1732, and the 10th of April, 1734.
Buttings and boundings, quit rents and terms of payment of patents granted by Colonel Armstrong since 23rd November, 1732, to 10th of August, 1733.
Copy of Colonel Armstrong’s letters to several persons, in relation to the affairs of Nova Scotia, in November, 1732.
Orders issued by Colonel Armstrong, between 4th of January, 1732–3, and the 10th of April, 1734.
Schedule of the seigniorial rents payable yearly by the inhabitants of Annapolis Royal, collected from Minutes of their grants, by order of Colonel Armstrong in 1734.
To be answered.
And directions were given for preparing the draught of an answer to the said letters.
Naval stores and other products.
A letter from Colonel Philipps, dated the 3rd of August, 1734, in answer to some queries sent him, relating to the incouraging naval stores and other products not interfering with the trade of Great Britain.
September 10.
Present:—Mr. Pelham, Mr. Bladen.
Answer to the Lieut. Governor’s letters.
The Board, taking into consideration the draught of an answer to Colonel Armstrong’s letters, read at the last meeting, made a progress therein.
Governor written to for account of presents to the Indians.
Ordered that a letter be written to Colonel Philipps, the Governor of Nova Scotia, to know in what manner the presents, sent by His late Majesty for the Indians of that province, were disposed of, the Indians complaining that they never received them, as represented in Colonel Armstrong’s letter of the 29th of October, 1733, read at the last meeting.
September 11.
Present:–Mr. Pelham, Mr. Bladen.
Letter to Lieut. Governor, signed.
The letter to Colonel Armstrong, Lieut. Governor of Nova Scotia, mentioned in yesterday’s Minutes, was agreed and signed.
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