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Tous les autres exemplaires IX sont filmes en commengant par la e page qui comporte une empreinte ssion ou d'illustration et en terminant par 6re page qui comporte une telle ite. m A ^ Cc Pc jac \vi to Ri Cc m or ^ ACT to reft rain the fending of Provifwns Cape-Breton, or any other French Port or Seti ment^ on the Continent of North-America^ IJlands nigh or adjacent thereto. ¥HEREAS the General AlTcmbly have been well informed, there is, and for fome Ti;pe paft has bceOy a very pcrnic Trade carried on from hence, and fome other of the Norti lonies, to Lcuisbourg, on the Ilhnd of Cape-Breton, and other F/ Its and Settlements on the Continent of North- America, and llland^ ent thereto. By Means whereof the French there have been fupp th great C^iantities oi Flour, and other Provifions, and thereby en^i furnifh and provide Cuuiada, and their Forces at C.rown-Foint , and or ver Ohio, with t!.e fame ; which greatly affirts and puts them in* a b ndition to purfue, carry on, and fupport themfelves in their Encio mUs on his Majefty's Territories : Which, unlefs timelv pievented, 3ve to be of very fatal and dangerous Confequence to this and all ( ; Majefty's Northern Colonies in America, and at this Time loudly .0 !.! 1.25 iliii 2 8 1.4 // 25 3 6 2 2 20 1.8 1.6 hotogiciphic Sciences — ^ nmnn:^tinn 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY 14580 ( 716 ) 872-4503 ^ Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions Instltut canadien de microreproductions historjques Coloured maps/ Cartes geographiques en couleur Coloured ink (i.e other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e autre que bleue ou noirei Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material/ Relie avec d'autres documents Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin/ Lareliure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de distorsion le song de la marge interieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text Whenever possible, the have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajoutec lors dune restauration apparaissent dans ie te> mais, lorsque cela etait possible, ces pages no pas ete film^es. 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Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cart film6s ^ Lorsque reprodu de I'ang et de ha d'image illustren 1 2 4 5 IW es, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent etre des taux de reduction diff^rents. le document est trop grand pour etre It en un seul cliche, 11 est filrn^ ^ partir le sup^rieur gauche, de gauche ^ droite. ut en bas, en prenant le nombre s n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants t la ni^thode. 3 6 f Y^ - ^^/ . /lv<:^ ^/(Tr/i . ndition to piiiiuc, carry on, aiKl lupport thcinlclvcs iii their I/j.cioi lUh on his Majefty's Territories : Which, unlels timely picveiuetl, )ve to be of very fatal and dangerous Confequence to this ainl all o Majefty's Northern Colonics in dmcrua, and at this Time loudly Redrefs. Wherefore, 15e it (JBnattCtI l^y l^'is ILnour the Lieutenant Governor, the (yuveii^ General Ajiembh, and it is hereby Enaded by the Authority ^ t' the la me, dilcouraging, reltraining, and detecting fuch dnngerous and. pcrnn adc as tar '.v:, poifihle, \\\ this Time of imminent IJanofM- His I lo I Lieutenant Governor, or the Commander in Chief for tlic I'ime b( and with the Advice and Confent of his M:i)efty's Council, fliall lic, :x )U 1 lereby fully impowercd and authorized, by Proclamation or othe ithoriiy, to forbid, reltrain, and as nUich as may be, prevent fuc reus and pernicious Trade and Commerce with the hench ; by In :h reafonable Penalties, t ines and Reftridions on the Owners, ¥:\t eighters, and Malters of Veliels ufing fuch 1>ade, or otherwife oiien the Premifes, as Ihali be thought jull, reafonable and exix-dient, ni : Nature and Ciicumlhmces of the Cafe mny recuiire : And alio to di(c' cect, and bring to Juibcc, the Oticnder or Offenders, and to confrr ifon, any Mailer or Commander, of any Ship or Veileh Ov/ner, ba eighter. Marine:, or any other Perfon or Perfons, who upon rcafo, >mmand or Requell, Ihail reiufe or negledt to appear, fvvcar aiid *flimony concerning the lame, until he, Ihe or they, iliali fvvear aiul :hTefl:imoriy. All which I enalties lliall and inay be futd tor, and rcco\ any Court of Record witliin thii^ Colony, by the Informer cm h.foir io may fue and profccute tov t\u' fame, for their own ule, a icoararj:;ement to 'jive fuch Information. Tiiis^Acr V) continue in F(juc for the Space of Fuui Months aik ibiication thei .jf^^ and no Ioniser •• / / «• . f A' // <■ < >■ ^ / / hotograpliic ^Sciences ]orporation u ^■5 ^ V 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY 1458C ( 716) 872-4503 ^% I I 12X 16X 20X 4.^tL/\ 24X ^D-A 28X .5UA itNWMMMtl I I -> J 2X 6 Pl \ ; //^rr/V . blicatiun thei .of, and nu luai^cr. 1 ft ' / / c //. h C ' . a/i'r ■> ■' // ./» / ^9i / it/.'^ /^ '^ /" / A ^: V-'^^Y /^/€^ / ^* '\ J V /^y// , ( J\ y r > /7 A 7 / . ■ > / /' ,1^ ^^/^x) > 1 r n: