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Original copies in prlrted paper covers are t^llmed beginning with the to whom was referred tlie report ot ilir laud Commit- << tee on the Schedules of Locations exhibitd by tlie Survtyc-i^cncral's Of- '< fice, taufe enquiry to be made, whether the proper recorui be cxtaitt, of ** ail or any of the perfcns therein mentioned, having taken and iubl'cribed '< the faid oaths and declaration, and that they report to his Lordfhip.whether " it may not be advifable, on tranfmitting the faid fchedalcs to the rerpeitivc '< Boards, to direft them to take courfc for complearing the record ot the •' figAatures of all land-holders in the fefpeftive diicri£l$, if it Ihall be <• foaiiddef6{live. that nothing may be negleAed to clear the way for the <" Loyalifts being pot \faa poflTeflion of legal titles for their lands, agrc .able ■< to his Majefty's expefted inllruAions, as foon as tiiey Ihall arrive. '< Hii Lordlhip alfo commands me to tranfmit to you divers extrafts from «• public letters, as connedled with thr general fubjedl of your deliberations *• upon the prefent refsrencej and to fignify hii delire, th-t the Committee *« make it a part of their report, in what way their contents may bell fub- 1* ferve the end of giving comfort and tranquility to the Loyalifts, and eo' << couragmg and ftrengtfaening the wsftcrn fettlements and frontiers. " I am. Sir. *• Your mod obedf '* humble Servant^ Tothelfcnblc.WiLLiAMSMiTH.Efq.TI „ HENRY MOTZ. Prtfidtnt of the Honorable bit Majeft/i > Council fir tht Province of ^bte. J * EXtRACt of a Letter frem the Right HonoraUe LORt NORTH, one ef •« bit Uajeftj's Principal Secretaries if Statei to hit Excellency Oavernof " HALDIMAND, dated Wbiteball, 2^b. July, 1783. « And as a part of that inftruiftion direOj that all perfons whatever, upon their apr-Iication for' lands, befides ukingthe ufnal oaths as direded by law, fliail make and fubfcribe a declafatioH. ackm>wledging his Majefiy < in ParlUment to be the fupreme legiflatnre of the Province. I think it nc- < ceflary to obferv6 to you that the declaration however general^ cdnnof « extend to taxation ; Parliament having by the Aft Of the i8th. Of Hi< ' prefeiit Majefty, intitled. «« A» Aa for removing all doubtt and affreben-: ' /hn* emcirntng tOfiatiorf bj tbt Parliament ^' Great Britain, in the cohnieti " provinces " provinces and plantations , in Norfb America, aad the U'ifi Ini'its, U(. " in th: moH exprels terms, rellrained itfelf from ever ioipcfing a:iy taxrs or " duties, in the Colonies, except for the regulation of'iradi ; the pro^Iiice *' of which taxes or duties, to be difpoi'ed of b> the provincial afleiQuIie* t "fttch being the cafe, it was judged not only linnecelTiryi but implying fome <* doubt of the fiucerity of Parliament, to make any exceptioit in the d^cla- " ration; the exception being already made by Parliament itfclf, in ■ " manner fo iblemn and effcAUal, that nothing can add to the fecdrity, t'm " fubje£ls in the Colonics derive under it ; thefe obfervations you will na- ;' turally make a proper ufc of, ihould any objeAion be made to the dccta< " ration or the conftruiftioil of it ; and I doubt not but the necclTity of " guarding ag.iinil difafFifl .-d perfons becomidg fettlers In Quebec, will *' convince Hii Majefty's loyal fubjeOs. of the propriety of that teft, by " which they cannot be afFcfted or deprived of any indulgooce, or encoaxage« " ment, to which they arc fo juiUy intitled." " A true Sxiraa,^— -(Signed) F. H." "AtrneUopy,. HENRY MOTZ." «« EXTRACT of a letter from the Right Honorable LORD STDNET, one " of Hit Majejly's principal Secretaries of State, to the Right Ht/norubl* . " LORD DORCHESTER, dated ffbiteball, 3d. September, iTii. " Your Lordfliip will however underfland, that it is the King's Intention, '< that the new fettlers in that part of the province,* who now hold meir " lands upon certificates of occupation, Ihall at all events, be placed upoii i' the fame footing in all refpefb, as their brethren in Nova-Scotia and '' New-Brunfwick. by having their iands granted to them in free and com* ** ffion foce^ge, with a remiffion of quit rents for the firll ten years.". " A trne Extras, — HENRY MO TZ.'' On the cOmmunlcadon from Ms Lordfhtp in the letter to the Chairman, the Conimittee put fcveral queftions to the Deputy Surveyor Geaeral, whd reported, ** THAT he believes all perfons holding nndCr Occupation certificates iffued prior to November 1787, did fubfcribe the declaration, as well as take the oaths, by His Majefty's inftruilion* required ; but as to what has > been done fince that periodi under tht condufl of the Land-Board* and his country agents and deputies, he can give the Committee no certain information ; but he fuppoTes it may be obtained by the aid of thofe boards. " Refolved thereon to be the opinion of the Committee^ " I. That the feveral Land-Boards be defired to make the proper en- quirics. and to take courfe ibr exaAing a compliance vtrith the Royal nf" trillions, from all perfons holding, or to hold in future, under occi <|a> tion certificates, and that they return a lift into the office of the Gler'i vf the Council, of fueh as have negleaed or fluU refufe fuch complia-: .e^ that the grants of title may be fofpended, as to faehas fiiall wilfully n';w default. " II. To the intent Of informing the fettleri of the berievtoltnt idgnd and true ufe of the Royal requifitions, as well as to convince them of thei folidity of the plighted faith of Government, and the ttianner of preferv. ing the evidence of it, it is expedient, that there be tranfmittdd to each of the Land-Boards (to be made known in their diftri£ls) a copy^ not Only of the report of the Land-Committee, but of the prefeat reporf thereon. i i V . i f Signed by order, izth. January, 1790 " Wk. SMITH, Ghairmaa." His LoaoJMip, taking the faid ExtraA iptocoiifideriatien, wasplcafed; with the advice of the Council, to approve of the Refolves of the Committeeof the whole Council therrin contained,' and to order, aiitii hereby ordered, that the fame be duty and panftually complied vnth, and Carried into execution} whereof the different Land Office Boards^ and »li other perfons; ivhom it stay concern, are to take boticci and govern them- felves accordin gly. * Meaning tit Difiri3s •mtft of Point au Buudett /^^.^^f^.