1760s

fo. 66.
Nova Scotia.

Read a letter from Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, dated Halifax, the 3rd of November, 1761, containing an account of the state of that province in respect to the new settlements making in different parts of it, the fishery, the publick accounts, the Indian trade and the alteration which it was recommended to him to make in the laws of the first General Assembly, also inclosing, Memorial of Arthur Vance and William Caldwell of the City of Londonderry, merchants, 28th August, 1761, relating to Mr. McNutt’s engagement to carry settlers from Ireland to Nova Scotia.

fo. 67.
Copy of a Bill intitled an Act in addition to and amendment of an Act intitled an Act for the limitation of actions and for avoiding suits of law, which the Commander in Chief was pleased not to assent unto, upon the same being presented to him on the 15th of August, 1761. Lists of Acts passed by the General Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia at their session begun on the 1st day of July and ended on the 15th day of August, 1761.

Nova Scotia.
Read a letter from Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, dated Halifax, the 11th of January, 1762, containing the result of his enquiries into the abuses complained of in the administration of the late Governor, and stating the factious behaviour of several members of the Assembly in refusing to attend at the time appointed by proclamation for the Assembly’s meeting; also inclosing,
Return of grants of land from the Register’s office.
Chief Surveyor’s description and state of the new settlements in Nova Scotia, 9th January, 1762.
Chief Surveyors account of the Common of Halifax.
State of the measures pursued by some members of the Assembly to prevent the meeting of the General Assembly.

fo. 70.
The Reverend Mr. John Breynton’s return of births and burials at Halifax in the year 1761.
Reverend Mr. Robert Vincent’s return of the children in Lunenburg, 4th November, 1761.
Letter from Edmund Crawley, Esquire, one of his Majesty’s Council, relative to the whale fishery, 9th January, 1762.
Ceremonials at concluding a peace with the several districts of the general Mickmack Nation of Indians in his Majesty’s Province of Nova Scotia, and a copy of the treaty, 25th June, 1761.
Votes of the House of Assembly for the Province of Nova Scotia between the 1st of July and 15th August, 1761.

fo. 71.
Records of his Majesty’s Council of the Province of Nova Scotia from the 1st of April to the 28th of November, 1761, exclusive of the records of Council relative to the granting of land after the 15th day of May, 1761.
Journals of his Majesty’s Council of the Province of Nova Scotia in General Assembly at the session, begun the 1st of June and ended the 15th of August, 1761.
Records of his Majesty’s Council of the Province of Nova Scotia, relative to the granting of lands, from the 22nd of May to the 19th of November, 1761.
Do. at their meetings in order to the holding a session in General Assembly, begun the 17th and ended the 30th of November, 1761.

fo. 72.
Vouchers for the payment of money from the 1st of January, 1760, to the 30th of June, 1761.
Abstract of the state of the civil establishment for Nova Scotia, 1760.
Estimate of the stationary required for the publick offices at Halifax for the year 1762.
Nova Scotia.
Read the following letters from Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, to Mr. Pownall, viz.

fo. 74.
Letter dated the 9th of January, 1762, desiring Mr. Pownall to move the Board that the sum of one hundred guineas, formerly subscribed by the inhabitants of Halifax, for erecting an organ and by them paid into the hands of Mr. Davidson, late Secretary and Treasurer of Nova Scotia, may be repaid into the hands of an agent appointed by them, for purchasing an organ; and also inclosing Mr. Hinchelwood’s certificate of subscription money, etc., expended by Mr. Davidson, Secretary for the Province of Nova Scotia.
Letter dated 11th of January, 1762, desiring directions concerning the clause in the grants of land in Nova Scotia that prohibits alienation.
Letter dated the 18th of January, 1762, acknowledging the receipt of his Majesty’s Orders for the repeal of three Acts passed in that province.

fo. 75.
Their lordships proceeded to take into consideration those parts of the letters and papers received from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, which relate to the establishments lately made in that province for carrying on the fishery; and as it appeared to their lordships, that it would be essentially necessary for the encouragement of the said fishery, that the same liberty of importing salt directly from any parts of Europe, which by the Act of the 15th of Charles the Second is given to Newfoundland and New England, should be extended to Nova Scotia, they were of opinion, that it would be proper that a Bill for that purpose should be offered to the consideration of Parliament this session; but, as his Majesty’s Revenue might be in some degree concerned in this matter, the Secretary was ordered to write a letter to the Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury upon this subject, for their lordships’ sentiments upon it.

fo. 76.
Resolved, that the consideration of what is proposed for the encouragement of the whale fishery be postponed to another opportunity, and that in the meantime the Governor be directed, upon his arrival in Nova Scotia, to transmit to the Board the best information he can procure of the state of the whale fishery upon the coasts of that province, with his opinion in what manner it may be encouraged for the benefit of this kingdom.
It appearing to their lordships, that the proposal contained in the Surveyor’s return of the state of the fishing settlements, that Long Island and its harbour should be reserved for the fishery in general, was reasonable and necessary; it was resolved, that the Governor should be instructed to make such reservation accordingly, and not to make grants of any part of the said island to any person whatever.

fo. 77.
Their lordships then proceeded to take into consideration those parts of Mr. Belcher’s letters and papers which relate to the new settlements in general; and the Secretary having acquainted the Board, that Mr. Alexander McNutt, who had engaged last year to introduce settlers into Nova Scotia from the North of Ireland, upon terms proposed by him to the Board, was now in England, with a view to the further prosecution of his plan; it was ordered, that such parts of the letters as relate to this measure should be taken into consideration tomorrow morning, and that notice should be given to Mr. McNutt to attend.

fo. 78.
Their lordships, upon consideration of the return made by the Register of Nova Scotia of the excessive grants of lands made to particular persons, were of opinion, that for the reasons contained in Mr. Belcher’s letters, that the grants to the Proprietors of Lawrence Town should be confirmed, independent of any other grants which may have been made to them of lands in other parts of the province, but that the Governor should be directed to take special care, in all future grants, not to grant to any one person more than the quantity, which shall be limited by his Majesty’s instructions, and that he do give directions to the Surveyor to make returns from time to time of the progress which shall be made in the cultivation of the grants mentioned in the Register’s return, and, in case of any failure or default in the performance of the conditions of the grant, that he do pursue the most effectual measures for a resumption of the lands, and that he do not upon any pretence whatever make any further grants to the possessors of these lands, until they shall have fully settled and cultivated what they already possess, unless they shall surrender so much as shall reduce the quantity to what is limited by his Majesty’s instructions.

fo. 79.
Resolved, that the Governor be instructed, that in all future grants of townships, one thousand acres of woodland be reserved near the town for the encouragement of the manufacture of pot and pearl ash, to be granted to such person or persons as shall properly erect, and effectually establish and carry on buildings and works necessary for that material.
Resolved, that the Governor be instructed not to make grants of any parts of the lands reserved by the late Governor for the future settlement of disbanded soldiers.

fo. 80.
Ordered, that the Secretary, being a member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, do communicate to the said Society such parts of Mr. Belcher’s letters, as relate to the appointment of the Reverend Mr. Vincent to officiate as minister and schoolmaster at Lunenburg, and that he do signify to the said society, that the appointment of Mr. Vincent to be their missionary there, would, in their lordships’ opinion, contribute greatly to the advancement of that settlement, and be greatly for the satisfaction of its inhabitants.
Thursday, March 11. Present:—Lord Sandys, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Yorke, Sir Edmund Thomas, Mr. Rice.

Nova Scotia.
fo. 83.
Their lordships then took into further consideration those parts of the letters and papers, lately received from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, which relate to the new settlements in general; and Mr. McNutt attending pursuant to order, was desired to acquaint the Board what steps he had taken for introducing settlers into Nova Scotia, in consequence of his proposals offered to the consideration of this Board the last year; whereupon he acquainted their lordships, that he had in the course of the last summer carried over to Nova Scotia from the North of Ireland three hundred persons, chiefly heads of families, and he produced several papers to shew the satisfaction expressed by those people at the reception they had met with, and with the fertility and other advantages of the lands whereon they were to be seated; Mr. McNutt further acquainted their lordships, that besides these settlers from Ireland, he stood engaged for the introduction of one thousand persons from other colonies, of which two hundred families had been actually settled; that he had contracted with persons in Ireland for ten thousand ton of shipping for the transportation of seven or eight thousand persons from that kingdom this summer; that he was preparing to go over into Ireland in order to carry this measure into execution, but previous thereto had some further proposals to make to their lordships; whereupon he was directed to reduce what he had to offer into writing, and to attend the Board therewith on Tuesday next.
Their lordships then took into consideration the Lieutenant Governor’s letter to the Secretary, dated 11th January, 1762, stating the doubts he was under with respect to that clause in the grants of lands which forbids alienation; and the Secretary having laid before the Board a report of his late Majesty’s Attorney and Sollicitor General on the 6th day of May, 1749, upon this matter, the said report was read and considered, and it was ordered, that a copy of it should be delivered to Governor Ellis, for his information and instruction upon this point.

fo. 85.
Nova Scotia.
The Secretary laid before the Board a memorial prepared by Mr. Alexander McNutt pursuant to their lordships’ orders, containing some proposals for further encouraging the introduction of settlers into the Province of Nova Scotia; and the said memorial having been read, it was agreed to postpone the consideration of it to another opportunity.
Their lordships then took into consideration those parts of the letters and papers received from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, which relate to the accounts of expences incurred for the support of the settlement of that colony; and Mr. Benjamin Green, Treasurer of the said colony, attending, their lordships had some discourse with him upon the subject of the said accounts.

fo. 87.
Mr. Green being withdrawn, it was ordered, that the accounts and vouchers for the payment of money for the service of Nova Scotia, from the 1st of January, 1760, to the 30th of June, 1761, together with extracts of such parts of the Lieutenant Governor’s letters as relate thereto, be referred to the Treasurer of the colony and the agent for the settlement; and that they do report to their lordships a state thereof, distinguishing the amount of what has been expended in the year 1760, together with the amount of the bills drawn by the late Governor and by Mr. Belcher, for dollars taken up for the use of the government from the 1st of January, 1760, down to the present time, and the ballance of the monies granted by Parliament for the settlement of this colony, which will remain in his Majesty’s Exchequer, when all the said bills and other present demands shall have been discharged; also what sums were remaining in the hands of the Treasurer on the 1st of January, 1762, including the monies repaid into the Treasury on account of the loans to the Provincial Treasurer and to the Commissary for Indian Affairs.
Ordered, that the agent for the settlement do forthwith prepare, in order to be laid before Parliament, an account of the monies paid and charges incurred for supporting and maintaining the settlement of Nova Scotia for the year 1760.

Nova Scotia.
Their lordships then took into consideration those parts of the letters and papers from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, which relate to the alterations and amendments directed to be made in the laws passed in the first session of General Assembly, by a letter from the late Commissioners of this Board, of the 12th of December, 1760; and, after some time spent therein, it was ordered, that the draught of a representation to his Majesty should be prepared, proposing the repeal of two of the said Acts passed in 1758, the one, for reviving and continuing two Acts or resolutions of the Governor and Council that foreign debts should not be pleadable in that province, the other, for establishing the rate of Spanish dollars.

fo. 91.
Ordered, that the Secretary do write to Governor Ellis to acquaint him that their lordships, having under their consideration several important matters relative to the present state of the Colony of Nova Scotia, desire his attendance as soon as conveniently may be.

Nova Scotia.
fo. 97.
The Secretary acquainted the Board that he had, pursuant to their lordships’ orders, communicated to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts those parts of the letters from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, which relate to the establishment of Mr. Vincent to be a minister at Lunenburg, and that the Society, concurring in opinion with their lordships, had agreed to establish Mr. Vincent as their missionary at Lunenburg, and to appoint Mr. Bennett, who had been before named for that mission, a missionary in the new settlements of Horton, Cornwallis and Falmouth; whereupon it was agreed that the seventy pounds, placed upon the estimate for the year 1762 for the support of a minister at Lunenburg, should be paid to Mr. Vincent, and that a like sum of seventy pounds should be allowed to Mr. Bennett, from the 1st of January, 1762, to the 1st of January, 1763, to be paid out of the money granted upon estimate for contingencies in the service of Nova Scotia for the year 1762.

Nova Scotia.
The Secretary laid before the Board a report of the Commissioners of his Majesty’s Customs, made to the Treasury Board, upon a reference to the said Commissioners of his letter to Mr. West, relating to the importing salt directly from any foreign ports in Europe into Nova Scotia; and the said report having been read and considered, Mr. Eliot was desired to move the House of Commons for leave to bring in a Bill for importing salt from Europe into the Province of Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia.
Read a joint report of the agent and treasurer of Nova Scotia, of the state of the publick accounts of that province for the year 1760 and part of the year 1761, drawn up pursuant to their lordships’ orders of the 16th instant.
Ordered, that the said report do lye by for further consideration, when the remainder of the accounts of the year 1761 shall have been received.

fo. 106.
Their lordships took into consideration the letter from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia to the Secretary, dated the 9th of January last, relating to some money subscribed by the inhabitants of Halifax for purchasing an organ, which money was lodged in the hands of Mr. Davidson, late Secretary and Treasurer of that province.
Ordered, that the said letter be taken into consideration tomorrow morning, and that notice be given to Christopher Kilby, Esquire, late agent for the settlement of Nova Scotia, to attend.

fo. 107.
Their lordships then took into consideration that part of the letter from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia of the 3rd of November last, in which he desires their opinion whether Acts and proceedings had and done under laws repealed by his Majesty in Council, are to be considered as annulled before the publication of such repeal; and their lordships were of opinion, that such acts and proceedings were not to be considered as annulled before the publication of repeal, unless declared to be so by express words in the order of repeal.
The Secretary having acquainted the Board, that Governor Ellis was arrived in town from Bath to attend their lordships, pursuant to their order, the Secretary was directed to desire his attendance at the Board tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, March 31. Present:—Lord Sandys, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Rice.

fo. 108.
Their lordships took into further consideration the letter from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia to the Secretary, dated the 9th of January last, relating to some money subscribed by the inhabitants of Halifax for purchasing an organ, which money was lodged in the hands of Mr. Davidson, late Secretary and Treasurer of that province; and Mr. Kilby, the late agent, who attended pursuant to order, having acquainted their lordships that the money, mentioned to have been subscribed in Mr. Belcher’s letter by the inhabitants of Halifax for purchasing an organ, had been applied to the use of the publick; whereupon it was ordered, that it should be replaced in the hands of such agents, as the said inhabitants should appoint to receive the same.

fo. 110.
Their lordships being informed that Mr. Kilby was well acquainted with the state of the North American fisheries, they had some conversation with him upon that subject, and Mr. Kilby being particularly asked, whether any or what quantities of French salt were used by his Majesty’s subjects in the said fishery, and whether he judged that a supply of salt was necessary for carrying on that branch of commerce, he said, that he apprehended that the greatest quantity of salt used in the British American fisheries, was now imported from Portugal and Spain, but, that in times of peace, considerable quantities of French salt were brought from St. Martin’s and other French ports in the Bay of Biscay; that it was sold cheaper than other foreign salts, but that a greater quantity of it was required to cure the same number of fish than of other sorts; that it was esteemed better for the shoar fishery than the Portugal salt; that the fish cured with it was more acceptable and bore a much better price at Bilbao and other Spanish markets; and that, if we were deprived of the use of it, the French would have great advantage over us in those markets, where the Nova Scotia fish would otherwise have the preference, as the coasts of that province are particularly well situated for the winter fishery, which is the best season for that sort of fish most eligible in the Spanish markets; that the lands of Nova Scotia formerly belonging to the French and now settled by his Majesty’s subjects, have great advantages in the production of cattle, which might open a way for a beneficial trade in the exportation of provisions, but that such trade would labour under great disadvantage, if they were restrained from the importation of French salt, which is preferable to all others in the curing of beef and pork.

fo. 111.
Governor Ellis attending as desired, their lordships acquainted him, that they had had under their consideration several letters and papers lately received from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, relative to the present state of that province, and that it appeared to their lordships to be necessary for his Majesty’s service, that he should prepare, with all possible dispatch, to embark for Nova Scotia, to execute the command his Majesty has conferred upon him.

fo. 112.
The Secretary laid before the Board a memorial prepared by the agent for the settlement of Nova Scotia, to be presented to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, praying that the sum of four thousand, two hundred and thirty three pounds, nine shillings may be issued to him out of the monies granted by Parliament for the support of that settlement, to discharge bills of exchange drawn and other demands made upon him, for the service of that colony; and the said memorial having been approved, it was ordered, that the agent should present it to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury for their lordships’ directions upon it.

“Journal, March 1762: Volume 69.” Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 11, January 1759 – December 1763. Ed. K H Ledward. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1935. 255-268. British History Online. Web. 2 April 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol11/pp255-268.

Tuesday, April 8th 1766.

Present:—Earl of Dartmouth, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Roberts.

Read a memorial of Mrs. Doble of Halifax in Nova Scotia, complaining in behalf of herself and husband, that they had been obstructed in the obtaining a grant of two lots of land in that colony, which they had cleared and improved upon the faith of a proclamation of the Governor, declaring that whoever should clear the said lots should be entitled to a grant thereof.

fo. 100.
Mrs. Doble, the memorialist, attending, was called in, and examined as to the truth of the allegations of the memorial, after which it was ordered, that the draught of a letter to the Governor of Nova Scotia should be prepared, directing him to report a state of the facts relative to this case, and recommending it to him to take care that justice be done to the memorialist in the case to which the complaint refers.
Thursday, April 10th. Present:—Earl of Dartmouth, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Rice, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Dyson.
Nova Scotia.

fo. 101.
The draught of a letter to the Governor of Nova Scotia, upon the subject matter of Mrs. Doble’s complaint, having been prepared pursuant to order, was approved, and it was ordered that it should be transcribed.
Ordered, that the draught of a representation to his Majesty be prepared, proposing that Joseph Gorham, esquire, may be appointed of the Council of Nova Scotia in the room of Alexander Grant, esquire, who appears by a letter from the Governor to have resigned. The draught of a letter to the Governor of Nova Scotia upon the subject of Mrs. Doble’s complaint, having been transcribed pursuant to order, was signed.

fo. 107.
Monday, April 14th.

Present:—Earl of Dartmouth, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Rice, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Dyson.

The draught of a representation to his Majesty proposing that Joseph Gorham, esquire, may be appointed of the Council of Nova Scotia, having been prepared pursuant to order, was approved, transcribed and signed; as were also representations to his Majesty, recommending Thomas Dunn, esquire, to be of the Council of Quebec, and John Wereat, esquire, to be of the Council of Georgia.

fo. 117.
Their lordships took into further consideration the applications for grants of lands in his Majesty’s colonies in America, and the draught of a report to the Lords of the Committee of Council, upon such as relate to the new colonies of East Florida and Quebec, was agreed to and ordered to be transcribed, and it was agreed to take those, which relate to the colonies of New York, and Nova Scotia, into further consideration at another opportunity.

Read a memorial of Colonel Alexander McNutt, complaining of the conduct of the officers of the Crown in Nova Scotia, in obstructing him in the settlements proposed by him to be made in that province, under the encouragement given him by this Board, and containing fresh proposals for carrying on further settlements there.
Upon this occasion two letters from the Governor of Nova Scotia, relative to the plan of Mr. McNutt and others for making settlements in that province, were read, vizt.,

fo. 125.
Letter from Montagu Wilmot, esquire, Governor of Nova Scotia, to the Board, dated April 30th, 1765, relative to the proposals from several persons for making settlements in that province.
Copy of a grant of lands proposed by Mr. McNutt.
Abstract of Mr. McNutt’s application for lands, May 1st, 1765.
Regulations for Indian traders, etc.
Letter from Montagu Wilmot, esquire, Governor of Nova Scotia, to the Board, dated October 9th, 1765, relative to Acts; proposed settlements; connection of Indians with French priests; and Mr. Breynton’s services.
The Reverend Mr. Breynton’s memorial.
Estimate of the expence of supporting and maintaining the civil establishment of Nova Scotia for the year 1766.

fo. 126.
Proceedings of the Council in general Assembly from the 12th of October to the 3rd of November, 1764.
Ditto: from the 28th of May to the 17th of June, 1765.
Twelve Acts passed the 17th of June, 1765.
Mr. McNutt attending without was then called in, and examined as to the nature of the obstructions he complains to have met with from the officers of the Crown in Nova Scotia.

Tuesday, April 29th.

Present:—Earl of Dartmouth, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Rice, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Dyson, Mr. Fitzherbert.

fo. 128.
Their lordships then took into further consideration Mr. McNutt’s memorial and the other papers relative thereto, mentioned in the minutes of Friday, together with another paper delivered by him since that day intitled.
Heads of proposals offered by Colonel Alexander McNutt for introducing settlers into Nova Scotia.
Upon consideration of that part of Mr. McNutt’s case, which relates to the obstructions he alleges to have met with in the execution of the instruction from his Majesty in April, 1763, it was agreed that the Governor should be directed to transmit as soon as possible a full and particular account of all his proceedings in the execution of the said instruction.

“Journal, April 1766: Volume 73.” Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 12, January 1764 – December 1767. Ed. K H Ledward. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1936. 267-275. British History Online. Web. 2 April 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol12/pp267-275.

Thursday, February 5.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Bacon.
fo. 117.
Ordered, that Mr. Sanderson’s memorial, stating several grievances and abuses in the administration of the government of Nova Scotia, which was appointed to have been considered on Wednesday, the 28th of January, be taken into consideration on Tuesday next, the 10th instant; and that the Secretary do give notice thereof to the several persons ordered to attend on the said 28th.

The Secretary laid before the Board a memorial prepared by the agent for the Settlement of Nova Scotia, to be presented to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, praying that the sum of one thousand, one hundred and ninety eight pounds, one shilling, may be issued to him out of the grant of Parliament for the service of Nova Scotia, to discharge several demands on account of that service; and the said memorial having been approved, it was ordered, that the agent should present it to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for their lordships’ directions upon it.

fo. 124.
The Secretary having acquainted the Board, that Captain Taggart, master and commander of the Snow Halifax in the service of the Province of Nova Scotia, had represented to him that the said vessel was so much out of repair, as to be unfit for any further service; it was ordered that the agent for the settlement, the treasurer and Captain Taggart, should consider of the best method of disposing of the said vessel to the greatest advantage, and lay their proposals before the Board.

Tuesday, February 10.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon.
fo. 125.
Their lordships took into consideration Mr. Sanderson’s memorial, stating several grievances and abuses in the administration of the government of Nova Scotia; and Mr. Sanderson attending, was called in, and their lordships then proceeded to an examination into the allegations contained in the 7th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th articles of his memorial; and the persons referred to by Mr. Sanderson for information upon the particulars of each article attending without, were severally called in and examined; and their lordships having gone through the whole, Mr. Sanderson withdrew.

Wednesday, February 11.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon.

fo. 131.
Their lordships took into further consideration Mr. Sanderson’s memorial, stating several grievances and abuses in the administration of the government of Nova Scotia; and Mr. Green, the Treasurer of the Colony, attending, their lordships had some conversation with him upon the subject of that article, which relates to his conduct in reference to the contracts for farming the rum duties, and for the furnishing live cattle from New England; the result of which was, that their lordships ordered a copy of that article to be delivered to him, in order that he might give in his answer thereto in writing.
The draught of a letter to Mr. Secretary Pitt, inclosing an extract of a letter from Mr. Belcher, President of the Council of Nova Scotia, dated December 12th, 1760, relating to Mary Webb, a convict for murder, was agreed to, transcribed and signed.
Read a report, signed by the agent of the colony, the Treasurer and Captain Taggart, of the Snow Halifax, containing their opinion as to the best method of disposing of the said vessel to the greatest advantage.

fo. 132.
Ordered, that the said vessel, the Snow Halifax, be sold at Cork, where she now lyes; and that the Secretary do give the necessary directions for that purpose, and for the discharge of whatever may be due on account of the said vessel.

Letter to Mr. Secretary Pitt, desiring he would move his Majesty, that Corbyn Morris, Esquire, may be continued agent for the Islands of Newfoundland and Cape Breton, and the Province of Nova Scotia; and inclosing a warrant for that purpose.

Wednesday, February 18.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon.
fo. 139.
Their lordships took into consideration the state of his Majesty’s Colony of Nova Scotia; and several minutes were taken preparatory to a letter to the Commander in Chief of the said colony.

Thursday, February 19.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon.
fo. 140.
Their lordships took into further consideration the state of his Majesty’s Colony of Nova Scotia; and several preparatory minutes having been taken, the draught of a letter to Mr. Belcher, Commander in Chief of the said colony, was ordered to be prepared.

Tuesday, February 24.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon.
The Secretary laid before the Board a paper delivered to him by Alexander McNutt, who had been concerned in some of the new settlements in Nova Scotia, containing some proposals for making further settlements in that colony.

fo. 144.
Mr. McNutt attending was called in; and, after some conversation had with him upon the subject matter of his proposals, he was desired to prepare a memorial, stating the places in Nova Scotia, where he proposed to make his settlements, the quantity of lands he desired, the number of persons he proposed to settle in proportion to the quantity; and the terms and conditions of cultivation, to which he would propose to be bound; and then he withdrew.

Friday, February 27.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon.

Mr. Alexander McNutt attending without was called in, and laid before their lordships the following proposals for introducing settlers into his Majesty’s Province of Nova Scotia, viz.

fo. 148.
That each and every family to be introduced by Mr. McNutt into Nova Scotia shall be entitled to and receive upon arrival in the colony a grant under the province Seal of a lot or share of lands, of the same quantity and in the same proportion as those which have been granted to families settled in the new townships of Horton, Cornwallis and Falmouth in the said province, under the Governor’s proclamation of the 11th day of January, 1759; and that Mr. McNutt shall also be entitled to and receive a grant for his own benefit of one hundred acres of land for every five hundred acres so to be granted, as a reward for his merit in this service.

fo. 149.
That the lands so to be granted be laid out in townships, consisting of one hundred thousand acres of land to each township, in such parts of the province as Mr. McNutt shall choose, where the lands shall not have been under actual settlement, or surveyed and allotted to other persons, at the time of the arrival of the settlers to be introduced by Mr. McNutt.
That the grantees of the lands shall be bound by the terms of their patents to the following and no other conditions of quit rent and cultivation, viz.
That for every fifty acres of land so to be granted a quit rent of one shilling sterling per annum shall be paid to his Majesty, his heirs and successors for ever, the first payment to commence and be made at the expiration of ten years from the date of the grant.

fo. 150.
That for every fifty acres of land accounted plantable, each patentee shall be obliged, within three years after the date of his patent, to clear and work three acres at the least, in that part of his tract which he shall judge most convenient and advantageous; or else to clear and drain three acres of swampy or sunken grounds; or drain three acres of marsh, if any such be within the bounds of his grant.

fo. 151.
That for every fifty acres of land accounted barren every patentee shall be obliged to put and keep on his land, within three years after the date of his grant, three neat cattle or six hogs, which number he shall be obliged to continue on his land, until three acres for every fifty be fully cleared and improved.

fo. 152.
That if any person shall take up a tract of land, wherein there shall be no part fit for present cultivation without manuring and improving the same, every such grantee shall be obliged, within three years from the date of his grant, to erect on some part of his land one good dwellinghouse after the manner of Nova Scotia building, to contain at least twenty feet in length and sixteen feet in breadth, and also to put thereon the like number of three neat cattle or six hogs for every fifty acres.
That if any person, who shall take up any stoney or rocky grounds, not fit for planting or pasture, shall within three years after the passing of his grant, begin to employ thereon, and so to continue to work for three years then next ensuing, in digging any stone quarry, or coal, or other mine, one good and able hand for every hundred acres of such tract, it shall be accounted a sufficient cultivation and improvement.

fo. 153.
That every three acres which shall be cleared and worked, as aforesaid, and every three acres, which shall be cleared and drained, as aforesaid, shall be accounted a sufficient seating, planting, cultivation and improvement to save for ever from forfeiture fifty acres of land in any part of the tract contained in the same patent; and the patentee shall be at liberty to withdraw his stock, or to forbear working in any quarry or mine in proportion to such cultivation and improvement as shall be made upon the plantable lands, or upon the swamps, sunken grounds and marshes which shall be included in the same patent.

fo. 154.
That when any person, who shall hereafter take up and patent any land, shall have seated, planted, cultivated or improved the said land, or any part of it, according to the directions and conditions above mentioned, such patentee may make proof of such seating, planting, cultivation and improvement in the general court, or in the court of the county, district or precinct, where such land shall lie, and have such proof certified to the Register’s Office, and there entered with the record of the said patent, a copy of which shall be admitted on any trial, to prove the seating and planting of such land.

fo. 155.
That, in order to ascertain the true quantity of plantable and barren land contained in each grant hereafter to be made with his Majesty’s said province, in all surveys hereafter to be made, every surveyor shall take particular notice, according to the best of his judgment and understanding, how much of the land so surveyed is plantable, and how much of it is barren and unfit for cultivation, and accordingly insert in the survey and plot by him to be returned into the Register’s Office, the true quantity of each kind of land.

fo. 156.
That the clause in the grants already made to settlers in the new townships of Horton, Cornwallis and Falmouth, by which the claims of any persons under former grants are reserved, may not be inserted in the grants, it having occasioned doubts and suspicions in the minds of the settlers, which have operated very much to discourage the settlements.
Their lordships, upon consideration of the foregoing proposals, were of opinion that they were just and reasonable, and ordered the draught of a representation to his Majesty to be prepared, proposing that the Governor of Nova Scotia may be instructed to make grants of lands in that province to Mr. McNutt and his associates upon the terms and conditions contained in the said proposals.

fo. 157.
The draught of a letter to Mr. Belcher, Commander in Chief of the Province of Nova Scotia, having been prepared pursuant to order, was agreed to and ordered to be transcribed.
Ordered, that a copy of the proceedings of the Board on Mr. McNutt’s proposals for introducing settlers into his Majesty’s Province of Nova Scotia, be transmitted to Mr. Belcher.

“Journal, February 1761: Volume 68.” Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 11, January 1759 – December 1763. Ed. K H Ledward. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1935. 161-171. British History Online. Web. 2 April 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol11/pp161-171.

fo. 69.
The Secretary laid before their lordships an Order of his Majesty in Council, approving a representation of this Board upon the proceedings of the Governor and Council of Nova Scotia in granting out the lands in that province evacuated by the removal of the French inhabitants, and ordering the said Governor and Council to carry the measure into effectual execution upon the terms proposed.
Ordered, that the said Order in Council be transmitted to Mr. Lawrence by the next packet.

fo. 72.
The draught of a letter to the Governor of Nova Scotia, in answer to several received from him, having been prepared pursuant to order, was agreed to, transcribed and signed; and the Secretary was ordered to send it by the pacquet to the Lieutenant Governor of New York, and desire him to forward it to Halifax by the first safe conveyance.

fo. 78.
The Secretary acquainted the Board with some particulars, relative to the disposition of the cattle and stock belonging to the French inhabitants of Nova Scotia, and left there by them upon their removal in 1755; which particulars had been communicated to him by Mr. Grant, one of the Council of that province and lately arrived from thence.
Their lordships, upon consideration of the said particulars, having reason to apprehend, that the said cattle and stock might not have been duly and properly accounted for to the Crown, ordered the Secretary to give notice to Mr. Grant to attend the Board on Thursday next, the 13th instant.
Ordered that the Secretary do give notice to the agent for the settlement to attend the Board to-morrow morning.

fo. 80.
Their lordships entered into a consideration of the particulars communicated to the Secretary by Mr. Grant, with respect to the cattle and stock left in Nova Scotia by the French inhabitants upon their removal in 1755, and several accounts of moneys received and paid in the years 1756, 1757, and 1758, produced by the agent, were examined.

Thursday, March 13.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Bacon.

fo. 81.
Their lordships took into further consideration the subject matter of yesterday’s deliberation, respecting the disposition of the cattle and stock left in Nova Scotia by the French inhabitants upon their removal in 1755; and Mr. Grant, attending pursuant to order, was called in, whose information upon this matter was in substance as follows, viz.

fo. 83.
That he never knew exactly what number of cattle the French inhabitants left behind them; that he had once seen an account of those left in the districts of Menis, Canard, Piziquid and the other adjacent settlements, by which they amounted to 10,000 head of horned cattle, exclusive of those at Annapolis; that he understood from information, that the troops in the out garrisons were victualled with these cattle, they having been caught by persons employed by Mr. Saul, the Commissary and agent for the contractors; that many would be lost by the severity of the winter; that a thousand head were driven to Halifax, some of which were sold; and that he bought of Mr. Saul about 60 or 100 head at about 4 pounds per head; that the Governor gave leave to particular persons to drive some down to Halifax (about two or three hundred) for their own private advantage; that Mr. Mauger, the Agent Victualler for the Fleet, brought down about seven hundred, and brought the publick in debt to him about twenty eight pounds for the expence of catching them; that he did not know what number of cattle there might have been in the whole, but that it was said, there was six thousand head in Annapolis district; that he cannot tell, what number of sheep was left; that a few were brought to Halifax, but not being properly taken care of, were wasted; that a person, who was sometime clerk to Mr. Saul, told him, that Saul had salted four or five thousand hogs at Piziquid; that upon an audit of Saul’s accounts by himself and another of the Council, he well remembers, that Saul had given credit to the publick for about two thousand pounds on account of these cattle and stock.
That the people of Lunenburg had some of the horses; and that many were now in use at Halifax; that he never heard of any cattle sold by others than Mauger and Saul, or those to whom they were given in charity.

fo. 84.
It having appeared from an examination of the publick accounts of the colony, that a large sum was charged in the account of the year 1757 for flour bought of Mr. Saul, the Commissary, at fifteen shillings the hundred weight; Mr. Grant was desired to inform the Board, what the price of flour was in the years 1756, 1757 and 1758, whose information upon that matter was as follows, viz.

fo. 85.
That from July, 1755, to October, 1758, flour at an average never exceeded eight shillings the hundred, or eight shillings and six pence at most; that this cheapness was owing to a large quantity of prize flour brought in; that Philadelphia flour has sold for twelve shillings and six pence to thirteen shillings; but scarce any of that came to market at Halifax within that period, or at least only a small quantity; that prize flour was in common use in the province, and that he had bought some of Mr. Saul for fifteen shillings the barrel, which is two hundred and five pounds; that notice was taken in the Council of the high price charged to the publick for flour; and a proposal was made, that they should have the contract, which would supply the cheapest; upon which Mr. Saul promised, that he would furnish it so cheap, that no fault should be found for the future.
Mr. Grant being withdrawn, their lordships agreed to consider further of this affair on Tuesday next; and the Secretary was ordered to give notice to General Winslow and Mr. Sanderson, late Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nova Scotia, to attend on that day.

fo. 86.
Tuesday, March 18.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Eliot.

Their lordships took into further consideration the subject matter under deliberation on the last day of meeting, respecting the disposition of the cattle and stock left in Nova Scotia upon the removal of the French inhabitants in 1755; and General Winslow, attending without pursuant to order, was called in; whose information upon this matter was in substance as follows, viz.

fo. 88.
That the troops under his command in Nova Scotia, whilst at Beausejour, were victualled with salt provisions; that when he was sent with a detachment to Menis, they had only fourteen days’ provisions; that from the 14th of August, 1755, to the 13th of September following, his command at Menis in Nova Scotia, officers included, consisted of 313 men, till the 13th of September, when he received a reinforcement, which made them 363, continued at that number till the 11th of November, when he went with one part to Halifax, Captains Adams and Hobbs with one hundred men to Annapolis, the remains left with Captain Osgood at Menis; and that during the time that the troops were at that place, they were victualled about one half of that time with fresh provisions; that they killed out of the stock that did belong to the French inhabitants, which, together with their lands, was declared forfeited to the Crown; that he settled accounts with the agent for the contractor, in which credit was given to the Crown for the fresh provisions the troops had been supplied with.
That some of the cattle was drove over to Halifax by order of Mr. Mauger, the Agent Victualler for the Fleet, as he understood for the use of the fleet; that a great part was left upon the spot; many of which probably perished in the winter for want of fodder; that he never heard, that any cattle was disposed of by sale, not being fit for slaughter.

fo. 89.
That the live stock that belonged to the French inhabitants that were removed by him from the districts of Menis, Canard Rivers, Habiton and Gaspereau, and places adjacent, were General Winslow being withdrawn, Mr. Sanderson, who also attended pursuant to order, was called in; whose information upon this matter was in substance as follows, viz.

Oxen 1,269
Cows 1,557
Young cattle 2,181
5,007
Sheep 8,690
Hogs 4,197
Horses 493

fo. 91.
That the general opinion at Halifax was, that there were large quantities of cattle left by the French inhabitants; it was said, twenty thousand head of horned cattle and ten thousand hogs; that they were not disposed of to the people; that they were taken by the Commissary, and that Mauger, the Agent Victualler, had a part; that he never heard, that any vessels went into the Bay of Fundy to purchase these cattle; that the people at Halifax were altogether ignorant of what passed or was done in that part of the province; that petitions were presented by the settlers for leave to catch some of these cattle, and that some few particular persons had been; and afterwards the cattle they caught were taken away from them; that he supposed the troops were victualled with these cattle, Mr. Saul having packed many thousand barrels of pork; and it was reported, that vessels had carried off salted provisions; that there was a proposal for victualling the people at Lunenburg with these cattle; but it did not take effect; for that cattle were brought for that purpose at a great expence from New England; that he supposes, if the cattle and stock had been sold, it would have produced twenty thousand pounds and upwards; that Mr. Saul, the agent for the contractor, had often spoke of the savings made to the contractor by supplying the troops with these provisions; and it was known, that the contractor had made Mr. Saul a present of three hundred pounds on that score.
That he thinks there must have been ten thousand head of these cattle taken by the Commissary and Agent Victualler; and that he is of opinion, there was a collusion between the Governor and Mr. Saul in this business.

fo. 92.
That these and many other abuses may be discovered and detected by empowering proper persons from home to examine the officers and the persons employed by them, and to inspect the publick accounts.
Mr. Sanderson being asked as to the price of flour at Halifax in 1757, he said that he very well remembers, that it was said, that Mr. Saul had sold prize flour to the publick for fifteen shillings the hundred, for which he only gave fourteen shillings a barrel.

fo. 94.
Mr. Sanderson being withdrawn, their lordships upon further consideration had of this matter, ordered, that the agent for the settlement should carefully examine the accounts of money received and expended for the service of Nova Scotia in the years 1756, 1757 and 1758, and state to their lordships, whether any or what credit has been given by the Commissary or any other officer or officers on account of the cattle and stock left in Nova Scotia upon the removal of the French inhabitants in 1755; and that the Secretary should write to the Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to acquaint him with the information which this Board has received upon this matter, and to desire he would move the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to give orders to the proper officers to examine, whether any or what credit has been given to the publick by the Contractor for supplying the troops in that province with provisions on account of any part of the said cattle and stock supplied to the use of the said troops.

Friday, March 21.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon.

Read a memorial of the executors of the late John Gorham, Captain of the Independent Company of Rangers employed in the service of Nova Scotia, stating an account of pay and arrears due to the said Captain between the 25th August, 1749, and 15th December, 1751, and praying payment thereof out of such funds as shall be appropriated to the service of the said colony.

fo. 98.
Ordered, that the agent for the affairs of the settlement of the said colony do examine the accounts of the said colony for the years 1749, 1750 and 1751, and state to their lordships what sums appear to have been paid to the said Captain Gorham on account of his subsistence and arrears between the 25th of August, 1749, and the 15th of December, 1751.

Wednesday, March 26.

Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Bacon.

Read a letter from Richard Cumberland, Esquire, agent for the colony of Nova Scotia, to the Secretary, dated 24th March, 1760, acquainting him, that no credit appears, from the accounts of that colony, to have been given by the Commissary or other officers, on account of the cattle or stock left there upon the removal of the French inhabitants in 1755.

Read Sir Matthew Lamb’s report, dated March 15th, 1760, upon the minutes of the proceedings of the Governor, Council and House of Representatives of the province of Nova Scotia, in the first session of the General Assembly of that province.
Ordered, that a copy of the said report be transmitted to Mr. Lawrence, with the Board’s next letter to him.
Read a letter from William Adair, Esquire, to Mr. Pownall, dated March 27th, 1760, in behalf of the executors of the late Major General Hopson, praying him to move the Board to give orders, that Mr. Green, Treasurer of Nova Scotia, be permitted to come to England to pass some accounts of the said late General Hopson; and inclosing

fo. 103.
Copy of Major General Hopson’s Memorial to the Lords of the Treasury.
Copy of the Treasury minute relating to Major General Hopson’s Memorial.
Ordered, that the Secretary do transmit a copy of the said Memorial to the Governor of Nova Scotia, and signify to him their lordships’ desire, that he will give leave to Mr. Green to come to England, appointing a proper person to officiate in his stead during his absence.

“Journal, March 1760: Volume 67.” Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 11, January 1759 – December 1763. Ed. K H Ledward. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1935. 91-101. British History Online. Web. 2 April 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol11/pp91-101.

fo. 289.
Read the following letters and papers received from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, viz.
Letter from Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, dated 10th April, 1761, acknowledging the receipt of the Board’s letter of the 31st of October, 1760, inclosing the Order of the Lords of the Council, notifying the death of his late Majesty, and for proclaiming the King, etc.; giving an account of the proceedings respecting the new settlements and of the expences necessarily incurred, etc. and inclosing,
Proclamation for proclaiming his present Majesty.
Return of elections as made by the Provost Marshall.
The present state of the new settlements in Nova Scotia.

fo. 290.
Bills of exchange drawn by the Honourable Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, on the agent for the Province of Nova Scotia.
Treasury book of vouchers for money paid, from 30th September, 1760, to January, 1761.
Records of his Majesty’s Council, between the 22nd April, 1760, and 12th November following.
Minutes of Council, between the 12th of November, 1760, and the 1st of April, 1761.
Minutes of the proceedings of his Majesty’s Council in General Assembly, from 8th September, 1760, to the 27th of the same month.
Votes of the House of Assembly from the 4th of December, 1759, to the 8th of September following.

fo. 291.
Letter from Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, to the Board, dated 14th April, 1761, informing them that numbers of Acadians still remain in the distant parts of the province, who have not made their submission, and inclosing,
A minute of the Council of the 14th April, 1761, containing their opinion how far it may be adviseable to dispose of the said Acadians.
Letter from Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, to the Board, dated 16th April, 1761, respecting the proposals of contractors for furnishing the commissary with several commodities necessary for the Indian trade, and inclosing,

fo. 292.
Copy of the proposals offered to Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, by Mr. Alexander Grant, for a contract to furnish the supplies for the Indian trade.
Do. by Mr. Francklin and Mr. Woodmass.
Copy of the report of the committee appointed for considering the proposals made by Messrs. Grant, Francklin and Woodmass.
Copy of Mr. Grant’s contract, and also of his bond.
Letter from Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, to the Board, dated 17th April, 1761, inclosing,
Copy of a letter from him to His Excellency, General Amherst, dated 15th April, 1761, respecting the hostile designs of the numerous body of Acadians at Restigouch and the neighbouring parts.

fo. 293.
Ordered, that copies be made of such of the abovementioned letters and papers, as relate to the dangers to which the province is exposed from the hostile intentions of the Acadians collected together in different parts of it, to be laid before his Majesty, and that the draught of a letter to Mr. Secretary Pitt thereupon be prepared.
Ordered, that the draught of a letter to Mr. Belcher in answer to those received from him, be prepared.

fo. 294.
Wednesday, June 17.

Present:—Lord Sandys, Mr. Stone, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Yorke.
The draught of a letter to Mr. Secretary Pitt, inclosing copies of several letters and papers received from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, respecting the danger to which the province is exposed from numbers of Acadians collected together in different parts of it, having been prepared pursuant to order, was agreed to and ordered to be transcribed.

fo. 295.
Their lordships took into consideration the state of his Majesty’s Council in Nova Scotia, and ordered the draught of a representation to his Majesty to be prepared, proposing that Alexander Grant, Edmund Crawley, Henry Newton and Michael Francklyn, may be appointed to supply the vacancys in the said Council.

fo. 296.
The Secretary laid before the Board two letters which he had received from Captain Taggart, late master of the Snow Halifax, one of the vessels belonging to the Province of Nova Scotia, with an account of the expences he had been at in bringing some publick dispatches from Cork to London, returning to Cork to dispose of the said vessell and afterwards coming back to London.
Ordered, that the said account be delivered to the agent for the Settlement, to the end that the amount thereof may be inserted in the next application, which he shall make to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, on account of expences incurred for the service of that province.

fo. 297.
Friday, June 19.

Present:—Lord Sandys, Mr. Stone, Mr. Yorke.

The draught of a letter to Mr. Secretary Pitt, inclosing copys of several letters and papers received from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, respecting the danger to which that province is exposed from numbers of Acadians collected together in different parts of it, having been transcribed pursuant to order, was signed.
Bahamas.

fo. 298.
The draught of a representation to his Majesty, with draughts of general instructions and of those relating to the observance of the laws of trade, for the Governor of the Bahama Islands, having been prepared pursuant to order, was approved and ordered to be transcribed; as were also draughts of a representation to his Majesty, recommending four persons to be appointed of the Council of Nova Scotia; and of a letter to the Lieutenant Governor of that province, in answer to several received from him.

fo. 299.
Their lordships then took into consideration twenty Acts, passed in the Province of Nova Scotia in September, 1760, together with Sir Matthew Lamb’s report thereupon, and the said Acts and report were read; and it appearing, that by one of these laws, the Act passed in 1759, for regulating the Indian trade, which was enacted to continue for two years, was made perpetual, their lordships were of opinion, that although the objections stated to the Act in the Board’s letters to Mr. Belcher of the 3rd of March and 21st of April, were not of such a nature, as to make it expedient to propose the repeal of it, circumstanced as it stood in point of duration; yet, being now made to continue without any limitation of time, it was proper to be repealed, being, in their lordships’ judgment, an improper restriction upon trade, and a measure introductive of unreasonable expences to the publick; it was therefore ordered, that the draught of a representation to his Majesty should be prepared, proposing that it may be repealed, as also the Act by which it is perpetuated. It was further ordered, that the draught of a representation to his Majesty should be prepared, proposing the repeal of another Act passed in the last session of Assembly, in addition to the Act to enable Proprietors to divide the lands held in common and undivided, which last mentioned Act had been reported for repeal on the 21st of April last.

fo. 301.
The draught of a representation to his Majesty, with draughts of general instructions, and of those relating to the observance of the laws of trade, for the Governor of the Bahama Islands, having been transcribed pursuant to order, was signed; as was also a representation to his Majesty, recommending four persons to be appointed of the Council of Nova Scotia; and a letter to the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, in answer to several received from him.

The draughts of representations to his Majesty, proposing the repeal of three Acts passed in Nova Scotia, mentioned in the minutes of Friday last, having been prepared pursuant to order, were approved, transcribed and signed; as was also a representation to his Majesty, proposing the repeal of the Act passed in the Province of Georgia in 1759, for confirming the titles of several inhabitants to their lands.

“Journal, June 1761: Volume 68.” Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 11, January 1759 – December 1763. Ed. K H Ledward. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1935. 201-208. British History Online. Web. 2 April 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol11/pp201-208.