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Nothing approaching a sdoutific form of monoy has yet been discovered. From time to time, iiuctuatioiis and other disturlmnees come to shake men's confidence in their circulating medium, showing that although many trust i plicitly in money, whatever its form, times of unrest arise wherein what they possess of that commodity is much depreciated in value or rejected as altogether worthless. And while troubles have been caused by a redundancy of change, greater and more persistent troubles have arisen in times past, especially in the colonies, on account of its scarcity. Thus how to remedy the evils arising out of the quantity and quality of ^heir change has always been a vexed question with colonial lawgivers, as many pages of their statute books show, which have been filled with projects, some of them most Utopian and childish, for the proper adjustment of th currency. No colonial government has given the currency question such careful attention or made such good provision for the monetary wants of the people as that of Nova Scotia. Besides a regular issue of paper money from 1812, coinages of copper tokens ha,ve been ^periodically struck from 182:3 until shortly before Confederation. Since then the Dominion Government has assumed control of the currency and has made such abundant provision that the people do not now sutler from an unsuitable form or dearth of change. As copies ol letters and other documents in connection with the Nova Scotian currency have come into my possession I have thought well to lay them b.'for*. this Society with such conclusions, bearing on a dillicult page of our history, as may be drawn therefrom. Under the French the currency of Acadia was French, consisting of such limited sui-plies of money as were brought from the mother land by colonists or traders. In 1670 this was supplemented by a special coinage, struck at Paris, under edict of Louis XIV., for La Compaiinie des ImH " pour la facilite du commerce dans les Isles et Terre ferme de rAmerique." ' As several specimens of this coinage have been found in Nova Scotia and only one in Quebt-c, we may conclude that Acadia was the "Terre ferme" mentioned in the edict. As these coins together with those privately imported were' soon exported as remittances lor goods, the country was left wnth an inadequate supply of change. This state of affairs continued until the conquest, with perhaps occasional .specimens of the card money first issued at Quebec in 1«)8.'). After the expulsion of the A(!adians, British monetary forms and terms began to prevail ; but, from the abundance of Spanish silver and from constant and intimate shipping communication with the Spanish West Indies, these coins formed the prevailing ' Histoin Moultiiire dfn Colmun i'Vaii'.ai.'r'.", Paris 1892, E. Zay, page 41. btju. II., ISO-.'. 5. 34 ROBERT WALLAOK McLAOlILAN OX TIIK • irculatiiig medium ; thoreforo, tho first refuronoe to money in th*^ statutes relates to lorcign coin.-...' Thi.'« otu'tirs in nn Act for /)ii)u\hini>- cn'mhiul oj/'tntkrs, passed shortly after the removal of the seat of i^overnment to Halifax. It i.s a law ihat savours of medieval times, not only for its harbarons penalties but because it proscritx'd "clipping, liliniT and round ini;'," forms of " impairing " that could only pn'vail with hammered coins. No such coins, save the col> money (»f the Mexican mines, had been struck since the early days of Charles 11. In IVST a law was enat'tetl against the iiiii)ortation and circulation of "any halfpence or other copper coin, other than Tower halfpenci^ or such copi)er as may and do legally pass current in (Iroat Britain and Irehuid." - The same law also enacted that the l']nglish crown shovJd pass current for five shillings and sixpence and the shilling for thirteen, pence. This made the current value of shillings and sixpences relatively higher than crowns, half crowns aud halfpence ; consequently shillings and sixpences were the only English coins that continued to circulate after the enforcement of this a(^t ; as all others could be exported at a profit in exchange for shillings. This a 't then did not prove a panacea for the evils that troubled the currency of the province. It had if anvthing the contrary elfect, for it tended to denude the country of all copper i-hange. While the first section of the act. interdicting the circulation of " ba.'^e cojiper coin," was good, the lasi section could not but prove injurious in that it made it profitabl.' to export all (hat was left of tho copper coin. We are not surprised then to note that the Act of 1787, as far as the issue of illegal copper coin is concerned, soon became a dciul l.-tter, for the people must needs have small change, and this, it seems, they could only procure by the old methods. These ('oins, mainly cast oil' tokens and worn out coppers from England and other places, were at first imported secretly, but the penalties of the act were soon forgotten and their issue became more open. The importation of copper coin was for a time so considerable that it formed a profitable department in the business of many of the Halifax merchants, aiul as the supply of rejected coppers began to run out coins were especially struck to order ; the earlier of which, mainly anonymous, usually had for design the bust of the king with some device relati.ng to shipping or commerce. Others commemorate tii ' victories of Wellington, or are inscribed with a claim to bc"(}e.iuine British Co^, r." Of these anonymous coins the most noteworthy is one struck in 1814 to commemorate the triumph of the Shannon over the Chesapeake. The obverse bears a bust of Ihoke and the reverse liritannia seated by the sea viewing the naval duel in the distance.' But the importers becomini;; at lengto more bold, looking upon the providing of copper coin as part of their legitimate busine.ss, and had tln-ir names inscribed upon the coins they issued. In this manner are commemorated such firms as Carritt & Alport, Hosterman &c Etter, Starr & Shannon, Miles W. White, W. A. iSr S. Black, J. Brown, W. L. White and John Alexander Barry, all celebrated in the early commercial history of Halifax. The last named was at one time conspicuous in provincial politics as an incorrigibh^ member of the legislature from wliich he was repeatedly expelled ' ' Aii|ieiw''x I. - Api>etnli\ 1 [. ' ApiK'Hilix XI. A. * Appendix X!., u. ANNALS OK TliH NoVA «()0T1AN CCIMfKNOY 85 UndiT the Act of 1812, to providi' lor largiT coins, treasury notes wore issiied.' These were gladly hailed by business men as a great eonvenience and passed ewrrent for all transactions within the jfrovince. Tht> notes were iirst printed I'rom tyj).', signed by tlie treasurer and countersigned by the comniissiouers, as provided lor in the Act. In l8-_'0, regular notes, printed from engraved platen, prejiared ))y Mavrick, a l^oston engraver, were issued. These notes, as the treasurer writes in 1825, wen; extensively counterfeited. In this letter he states that there nre many counterfeiters in Boston; and, after asking that a stamp with special ink be si>nt him, inquires if any paper, espi'<'ially made Ibr bank notes, so as not to be easily imitated, could i)e procured." This Act was amended or supplemented by later 4cts, as necessity required, providing for the redemption of the old notes, issuing new ones or for increasing the issue. Montgomery Martin reports that, in 1880, these notes had driven all gold coin out of the country, and that the amount of treas-ury bills in circulation, chiefly one pound notes, reached .£l:)7,<>44 ; }>esides bis there were t;54,!i9l in bills of the Halifax IJanking Company, and a like amount the issue of j)rivate lirms, bringing the total paper circulation of the jn-ovince up to !i|iT"0,0O0.' Rut as these unautho'ized coppers (Continued to be imported in ever increasing quan- tities, the supply became so exce.ssive that small change v/as looked upon as a nuisance, fn 1817, an Act, to remedy this state of aliiiirs, was passed, making it illegal to import or further circulate '"base and counterfeit halfpence." ' More judgment was exercised in I'ramingthis Act than that of 1787, for, by it, provision was made to import a regular pro- vincnal copper coinage. The same year an order in council 'was passed appointing commis- sioners to carry out the provisions of the Act, but nothing seems to have been done until 1823, when the Provincia' Treasurer wrote to the agents cf the f^rovince, at Liverpool, ordering a coinage .>f 400.000 halfpenny tokens to be struck for the province." The design, described in the Act. which states that the coins should bear on one side the Royal itrms and on the other the great seal of the Province, was rejected and a new one chosen with- out any other apparent authority thau that of the Treasurer. This called for the head of the King on the obverse and a " handsome thistle" on the reverse. Thus has an emblem, fov.ud on the ancient coins of Old Scotia, become the chi<'t' characteristic of the coins of the New Scotia across the water. The corresponden e .shows that in striking off such a large number of coins many pair.-' of dies had to be engraved." This fact has been established by the number of varieties, of this date, discovered by inumismatists. In preparing these dies more than one engraver seems to have been employed, for different portraits of the King, some young, others older, have been noted on these coins, each of which dilfers from that delineated on the ordinary English . oins of George IV. On all varieties the name of the province is incorrectly inscribed ; for, while it should be writ- ten as two words, on some it appears as one and on others as a compound word connected by a hyphen. The mistake was rectified on subsequent coinages. This order, sent early in Mav, was not delivered until late in November. On the 20th of that mouth the ' Aiipendix III. ' Appeiulix V, It ■' Still i.stics of tlie Colonics, l^omlon, )8:!i>, i>!i'_'o '.'29. * Appoiulix IV. '' A|)|ieiulix V, A. '' ApiHiiidix V, B. ' Ajipeisdix Y, D. 36 ROBKRT WALLACE MoLACHLAN ON TIIK Treasurer reported that the copper halfpenee were ready for issue. It was therefore ordered that these coius be received at the public offices to the exclusion of private tokens.' In a letter to the agents the Treasurer writes that:— "The legislature having authorized the procuring ol' silver as well as copper tokens, I have therefore sent by Mr. Fraser on." hundred Spani.sh milled dollars out of each of which to have five tokens made with th<« King's head and the year upon one side and on the other side ' Province of Nova Scotia ' round th<' margin and ' llftecn penny token ' in the centre." ' This was to have been a trial <()inage to be followed by a much more extensive one should it prove satis- factory. These coin.s, it would appear, were to have been issued as promissory tokens, for out of the dollar, worth four shillings and two-pence sterling, coins to the amount of six shillings and three pence were ordered to be made. The project was never carried out, as silver coins could not legally be minted without the order of the King in Council.-' The agents offered to make application for the necessary permission and to have it re- commended by the member lor Liverpool ; ' but they did not give mu..-h hope of success, as several similar appli.-ations had already been refused. They also wrote that any attempt at such coinage, without the requisite authority, might bring about an inter- ference with any further coinage of copper tokens. Although this proposition, regarding the Spanish dollars, apparently meant a profit of thirty eight per cent, its ultimate effect, had it been carried out and continued as the needs of the people required, would have been so to have depreciated the Nova Scotiau currency as to make the pound sterling current at thirty shillings. As soon as the tokens of 182:5 had been approved of by the council and ordered to be put into circulation, an order was given for four tons of pennies, supplemented later on by an order for one ton of halfpennies.' This was the coinage of 1824. Calculating the pennies at twelve pennyweight and the halfpe..nies at live and a half, as stipulated by the Treasurer, the number of the former would be 217,776 and of the latter 118,f«38, or together equal to i;i,154 lis 2d face value. If to this be added £833 (Is 6d, the face value of°he first order, we have a total of .£1,987 17s 3d. The Treasurer reported the whole cost of the two coinages, indudinu' freight .•ind the " enormous premiums" paid for exchange, to have been £1,791 Os Id < urrency." This shows that the transaction apparently yielded the treasury a profit of over eight hundred dollars. The features of the King on this coinage are older than on that of 1823, appearing to have bci'ii copied from Pistrucci's portrait on the earlier crowns of George IV. The die varieties are fewer and less distinc- tive. From, these orders we l.'arn that the Nova Scotia penny was first struck in 1824, notwithstanding that Sandham and those who quote from him describe one dated 1823.' Although these coinages seem large for the limited commercial wants of the small population then inhabiting the provin.e, in less than eight years it became so inadequate ' Apptmdix V, G. • Appendix V, i. ■' Api)endix Y, k. ' William Hnakisson, a prominent moiiiber of tlio Hoiiso of Commons, Ijoldinir at one time a seat in the Cabinet, wa.s nfrideiitally killed at the oiwiiing of the first railway l)et\veen Liverpool and Manchester. ■'' Appendix V, ii and i. " Appendix V, s. ' Coins, Tokens and Menials of Canada : Montreal, 18G0 ; pages lii and 11- ANNAr.S OF THE XOVA SCOTIAN CCRRKNCY. 37 that a new and iiuicli larger Mupply hini to he onlered. In 1H8"2 throe cominisBionors wore appointtul who at once sont an order, to the provincial agent in London, for ttiOO Bterling in pennit-H and ,t' 1,200 in halfpennies.' Cttlculating the cost at the same rate as in 182a the numl.er ot pieces should l.e about 200,000 and 800.000, reHpectively ; worth ,t;2,.')0o fiice value on whi( h, after uUowinur for the dillerence of the rnrrem y and cost of transport, the treasury netti'd a prolit of about $l,r»00. Alihouifh, as is re[)orted, many pairs of dies were destroyed in strikinii' such a large (-oinage - no die varieties have been noted ; which shows that the dies were duplicated by sinkiu!!' Ihem with a hub die. The design, a copy of that of 1824, hardly so well executed, is wanting both in boldness of relief and artistic merit. In connection wiih the .opyiug of the old design a strange oversight on the part of the commissioners may be descril)cd. They wrote to the Agent: " Wo have herewith sent a specimei- of those hitherto imported and we will be obliged by your transmitting, at your earliest convenience, tok(>ns similar to those sent with alteration of the year to 1882." ' Nothing is said about the bust of the King ; con- seqiiently the Agent and Coiner, without question, did strike the coins according to sample, "with the ex< option of the date which will in course be 1832,'" although in the 8ec(md year of William IV.. bearing the bust of hi.s predecessor.' Had these ('oins been inscribed with the name of the King such a blunder could not have occurred. This coinage although large was rushed through with considerable dispatch for it was delivered within live months from the sending of the order. This, allowing for the slowness of the mails and transport of those times, left about seventy days for its execution. The coins of 1832 were extensively counterfeited as there are three or four light varieties in each denomination very inferior in workmanship. Of thijse one has a curious transposition in the date making it read as if struck in " 1382." " They are so poor as to be evidiiitly the work of unskilled .Migravors. The style of art, the inferior quality of the brass, and their lightness point to Montreal or vicinity as the place of mintage. Vast quan- tities of similar base . ' Api^eiulix VI, A. ' AplnMldiN VI, C. < c r^ l\' Tl • » A I'oiii of tlio Prnvinco of Upiier Canada, strmk in tlio same year, also Ijears a bust of George IV. lliis mistake ia not so easily a.vonnte 1 fur us it was tlio only oHi.'ial coin of that province. It seems to .uniieci the coinage in some way with that of Nova Scolia ; possibly the upi»r province asked for coins similar to those of tho lower. " Appendix XL, a 88 IfOHKIir \\AI.LA(.'K M(LA('IILA\ n.N TUM Tilt' riiiT'iicy, iiot\villisliiii(Uii!;- Ihi' ample pmvir^ioii ot ropptT foiii iiiit! tn-nsury imtfa iiiiulo l)y till' iroviTiiiui'iit, was, on uofoiiiit ol the .scaiiity ol ixt haugf, uU uloiiy; in all iiiisi'ttk'd toiulilioii. Aciorcliiiir to the Tri'i\siir''r, in iH-o, liltccn piT rrnt ]»r('iiiiuiii had to 1)1' paiil Inr II piivati' Kill w liil" lln' rcul par was wcvt'ii ;iiiil oiiii-liaH pir . i-iil as >liown by thi! coMt ol' tin- ( ioviTiinr's I'xi haiiui' ' This li'iidid lo i'iiiii-,ly di'imdc tfic rouutry "d" silver eoiii as traders enuld allurd to allow a pri'iuium over its ciiciilaiiiij^ \ahu' to nliip it to l'iiiiiine-, the shilliim- circulated at lifteini pence, to make the pound currency equal to four doUais. ihe sovereiiin was rated at twenty-four shillings and four })eiicc. In New Krunswick it was lixed at twenty-four shillings.'" As under this standard ihe enhanced relative values of Spanish and United States silver could only be made inconvenient fractions, iliese loins were altogether withdrawn from the province, leaving lOnglish silver ami the tokens as the only coins that continued to circulate. This dilfereiu-e in I he Nova Scotiau currency from lliat of the other provinces continued until ISiin In Im;s, "an Act respei ting the currency"" was passed, providing, among other things, for assimilating the Nova Scotian slanihird to that of the iJomiuion. But a clau.se in the Act provided that, should the suug.'slions of the monetary conference, held in Paris in lbtJ7, be carried out by the I'niled States, which propo.sed (o reduce the ' Compare letters e, ii and i witli statement .s in Ai)]ieucli.\ V. - IjeUei'.s fnini Nova .Scotia liy frtiitaiu \V. MoorMoni, l.onituM, l^:iii; y.XiiP'* sii anl 87. ' Appendix VI, a ' .Appendix II. '' Statistics (if till' C'(jiiinie.-i, London, 18:;!) ; page 22",». " Appendix V, .\i. ' LetteiH ffini Nova Scotia, by Captain \V. J[ooraoiii, l.nndon, \^:',0; papeSS. " Apiiendix Vil. ''Tiic rurieiicy of tiie <'ol(,nie8, London, jsls : |ia,i.'e Sf*. '" " " " pages o;», 7lt and '.M. " Apjjendix IX. ANNALS OK TFIM NoVA SCOTIAN rri{RI';N«!Y. 80 ;l(»lliir l(. th.' Milni' ol llif li\.^ Iimmc pi.-of and iiiiikc that tli" unlvtMsal unit, tin- propoHi- t- .1 cluiuUl Im- iuldptid ill ('uiiiiilii. This would liav.- nijuirt'd vt-ry littl.' ^'ivcu an to tin' nninluT of piciu-s 8lru. k or thoir coxt. Th« niistakf roti'm-d to rf- jrardini'- ihf coiiia','!' oi' IH;{J has not tuM'u repeated in this instaiict' for, althoui^Ji thn d«'.sign is f)thfr\viso the satiic, thi' head of Vi.toria lias he. n sul.stituti'ust of (ioorsfi" IV. Th.' workmaii.ship hhows a d<'.liiif Ironi that of th«' lust coinai,'!', for tht; (^ui'tn's portrait lacks expression while tin- whole liuish is inartistic. A ninnl)er of varieties occur in earh date, some of which arc poorer in execution than others. I'istiinaliMn- these coinages iM.h In iiuinl)er 1.'>i),0mu |..'nnics and :!oO,()no halfpeiinieH their face value should aniounl to about t'lMtiO l;Js Id. In ^H.').^ the copper coin in circulation was auain reported to be ina(U> those of 184."., with the date ohan-ivd to I80.V-' They were advised, at the same time, to confer with tlie Honouraide Jo.'^eph Howe, then on a visit to liondon, wilh re^Mid lo any chaiii;->' in the desin'ii or such other improvements as he might suu'gest. At that time an eiu>r and try inn- to instil into their minds a greater love of country. A proviiuiial Hag and olhi'r emblems, cjiloulated to .stimulate Nova Scotian patriotism, were either suLTgested or a It was madt> the theme of tile orator, talked about in the streets, illustrated and paragraphed in the newspapers and, to the exclusion of all other llowers, worn in button-holes until it came to be known and loved in every town and hamlet throughout the Province. The moving spirit in this patriotic proi>aganda was John S. Thompson, father of Sir .John Thomp.-on, a teacher in one of the Ilalilax schools. lie was a lair botanist, and. as the lirst to sugu'est the May- llower. was constant in his etl'orts to secure its ollicial recognition as a i)rovincial emblem. According to one of his pupils, who well remembers the circumstances, he spent con- siderable time in his spare hour.s drawin of L. ('. Wyon, one of the celebrated family of engravers, to ■ lUMfei'led as a pie.-e oi numismatic art, while the mechanical work was ' .\pin'inlix ^'11I, A. ■-' Apppiulix \'III, u. ■' H/iiiiifi rijiin.o, liri'd liy tlie pronintors. It had lioeii adopted by tlie tomj-icrance scciely as an uiublem ou their medal iaauod some time before. !;ee .VpiKindi x XI, f. No. (iti. f 40 ROBERT WALLAC;R McLACHLAN ON THE entrustod to Ralph Iloatou & Sons, the groat Birmingham firm of roiners ; and together they have produced that beaulilul bronze coinage of ISS.i, which has continued to be the pride of patriotic No^a S otians. This is how the bristling thistle, received from the stern mother, .'ume to be supplanted in the all'ections of the daughter by the sweet and lowly May-llower. lu m\ the decimal systeui. based on the Halifax standard of twenty-iive shillings or five dollars to the pound sterling, was adopted ^.olating Nova Scotia from the mone- tary systems of the other provinces that were based on that of the United States by which the pound was reckoned at the rate of §4.80:^ Under this system, as English silver coins could easily be circulated at their proper relative values, no provincial coinage was required, except the cents in copper, and. to make proper change for the sixpence which passed for twelve and one-half cen :;8, the half cent. As this was the first provmcial coin, smaller than the balip<'auy, it never was popular, and, ceasing to be necessary alter the withdrawal of the English silver in 1871, no longer passed current. In connection with the coinage of the half cents a mistake made at the Royal mint, where these coins were struck may be mentioned. A coinage of cents, of the same design, was also ordered in 18G1 for New Brunswick, and, although this order required no half cents, a quantity were struck and sent out with those ordered for Nova Scotia. These copper, or rather bronze cents and half ."ent^ were the first true coins, struck under royal authority at the Royal Mint for the province ; all others, as the word token inscribed ther. .i indicates, were simply provincial promises to pay. The amounts issued were 800,000 cents and 400 000 half cents iu 1861, the same quantities in 18(54, and 1,000,000 cents in 1862. Al- though such a Inrge number of .ents are reported by the Mint authorities to hav been issued cents of 1802 are rather scarce, .ommanding in good conditio.), a premium among collectors When the new coins weve introduced the old tokens were withdrawn from e- -culation and sent to the Upper Provir .fs where they continued to circulate until the old coppers were called iu, between 1870 and 1873. by Sir Fran.cis Hincks, finance minister The desisju was entirely changed, and consisted of a wreath of May-llowers and roses entwined inclosing an imperial crovn and the date on the reverse; whih; the obverse v. the same as that of the ordinary English halfpenny. A pattern was iirst submitted on whi.-h the wreath consisted of roses only, but it was rejected because it did not display the emblem held in surh high esteem in the land of the May-ilower. If we estimate the issues of private firms and counterfeiters to br about on.- and a half millions, this, with tlios.- issued by the government, would make the total number of oopper tokens imported into Nova Scotia, within the hundred years previous to Confedera- tion, Mbout ten millions, at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars to the general publi--. In coining these diifereut issues, pri-ate and provincial, not less than sixty-live tons ot copper was employed. Almost the whole of this has disappeared or been d.^stroyed. iVu average annual loss of 1^,000 tokens, worth one thousand dollars. If to this we add one thous'Jind dollars for loss and wear of the limited gold and silver circulation, and three tliousand for loss and renewal of the treasury notes, we can safely calculate the an- nual cost of their .ircuiating medium to the people of Nova Scotia at about five thousand dollars. And now looking back ovc-r that hundred years of struggle and privation, during which those indomitable pioneers opened up and pushed forward trade under adverse \ ANNALS OF THE NOVA SCOTIAN CURKKNCY. 41 cirrumstances, wo may know what the whole Dominion owes to the people of Nova Scotia for permanence and plenty in the currency we now enjoy. Al'PENDIX 1. 1758. — 32 George II, Chap. xx. An Act kuR I'inishiso Ckimin.vl Offrndkhs. VIII.— A!i(l be it further enacteil that every person duly convicted .it the Court of General (iaol delivery or quarter sensions, of toiinterlVitinj,' or iniiiairing, diminishing or unibasint; any foreign coins current in t) e province by wasliing, clii)piii'.', rounding', tiling or scali'ig of the same or of uttering any counterfeit or impaired coin, ly the Treasurer of the Province and countersigned by the said commissioneis and containing the following figures and words, to wit: ^^'i, Province of Nova Scotia, g Tieasurer's t)fti,'e. Bv a law of this Province, the l>earer of this note is entitled to receive at the Treasury the sum of with interest, at the rate of six |«>r cMit. i>er annum from the day il is issuetl by the Treasurer. Dale.l at Halifax, the day of ill the year of our Lord one thousand eiirht hundred and Ail which notes shall be of the same .late an.l when so completed and signed, bo delivered to the Treasurer by Sec. II., 1892. ti. 42 ROBKHT WALT-ACr; McLACIIIiAN ON Tlir^] tlie persons appointed to tioiintCMsi-n tl.o Hiuiie ; aixl the Treasurer sliiitl be acconntiible for such notes so delivered toliini. il. And I'O It fiirtlier enartcd iluit wlien and as often as m'.ney shall hecome 'hie and payul)lo Ity virlne of any act or acts already iiassed, or that may he passed durinjr the present session of General Assemhly, and war- rants for tht same are pn«hued for payment to the Treasurer of the I'rovhice, he shall pay the amount of such warrants mh demand in .rold or silver or in llie said notes, to the person or [.ersons i^Uitled to receive the same at Ids or their election w'. ich notes shall avrain he received at the Treasurv, and also liy the collectors of Import and Excise for the several Districts of this Province at their specilied value, equal In tiio like value in ^'old or silver when and as oftt'u as the aanie are presented and ollered i i payment of duties and the interest from the ilay of their lieinj; issueayment for duties, the said c .Hectors shall write on the f.M notes the day of the month and the year the same where so received ; and the person or persons .leliverinjr th(im in payment shall sign his name thereto; and the said notes, when receive virtue of this Act, or alter any so thai they shall apjiear to be of u'realer value than when originally issued oi- shall kn.jwingly jiass or give in payment, any of the notes aforesaid so counterfeited or altei-ed every person convicted thereof shall he set on the pillory for the si'ace of one whole hour and one of the ears of the ollender shall be nailed thereto and such oll'endor shall ah ,) be oul^liekly whipped through the streets of the town or place wliere such olfenco shall be (ujuimitte.! and shall pay all charges of tiie iMosocutiou. VI. And be it further onacted Tliat so scion as by the report of the joint commitlee of His Majesty's council and the House of Assembly in their annual examination of the i>ublic accounts it shall appear that the slate of the Treasury will admit the. calling in to the value of two thousand [lonnds and upwards of (lie notes so issued and paid out tlie Treasurer ■■.hall, b\ ad\ertiseiiii nl in the Itiival ( iazelte, app.iiiit a time at which he will receive such notes, and pa\ the amount of the same togetluT witli the interest ibie therenn in goM or silver, '.dvinu' sixty days notice of such redeniiition and meutioniiiL' the number so required to he produced for payment '■ailing in lirst the notes of tla* largest amount then in circulation, and on failure of snch notes lieing produced at the time limited all future interest on the same shall cease and no other or greater amount of interest shall h(t paiy and witli tiie advice and consent of His Majesty's oonniMl, for tbo time being, to act as roinniissioner or commissioners in tiiis bebalf ami it sliall l)e lawful for sui h commia- eioner or commissioners when so appointed, to cause a i|nantity of copjier, such as is uenerally used fo; the copper coin isisued from the Mint to lie stamped and coined in En^rUmd, each piece of copper when so coined and stamped off, to be oi the weight of live pennyweijjht twelve (.'rains, at least ; and the device of the die to lie used in 8tain[>- ing and ooininf? such copper sball be taken from the great seal api)f)inted by Hi- Majesty for the use of this Province — the arms of the United Kingdom to be on one side, and the Provincial Badge of distinction, by Royal Authority appointed, for the n^vense of said great seal to be on the other side of such copiier coin, with such suit- able legend or inscription as the (iovernor, Lieutenant-Oovernor or c, luimander-in-cliief for the time beinj,', with the advice of Ilia Majesty's council, may appoint and direct. II. And be it further enacted That the copiier iialf|ienco so to be provided and imiiorteil, shall be of a value not exceeding iwo thousand pounds of the I'rovincial curreniy; and the .said commissioner or commissioners shall cause the sani. , when so imported, to he depo.-itod in the treasury of llie Province, and shall take care tiiat the die or stamp used for such coinage, shall bo deposile.d in such a place and such a manner for safe-keeping in England as tla; (Iovernor, Liiniteinint-t iovernor, or commander-in-chief fur the time being, by and whh the advice of His Majesty's council, shall appoint and direct III. And be it further enacted. That as soon as conveniently may be after such half-[)enie shall have been so ludgeva Scotia, May '.!Oth IS23. Messrs. Smith, Eoksvtii .V ( 'o. Gentlemen, This Province having for some yearn ex{H?rienced much inconvenience and dilliculty in its commercial deal iiv.'s for the want of silver coinage of every denomination, and the imiMLssibility of retaining it when oo'asionally imported, which has been the caiii-o of introducing a very great (piantity of base coiUMirs and from necessity is iiou I in limited to an alarming extent. 'I'he ' .« J. • dature, tlierefore, during its recent session, resol\ed and directed that some onsand pounds in value of jienuys and nalfpennys should be provided and imported from England without delay, of goml copiwr coinage for the public service, and thereby, if inacticable, put a st,0UO, say four hundred thousand balt'iiennys, of the same si/.e and weight as^ these that were struck oil' in England in ISoO and IRo"; they weigh nearly (i dwt..six pf-nnyweight ea,.)., I.ot them have the preseut King's head on one side., with the Province of Nova Scotia round it, and on the reverse a handsome tiiistle (in place 44 k'ouki;!' \vai-la<'k m. LAcin an on the of Britannia) with lialf|)enny Ic.ken roun.l if, in.l liavc Hum cxwutcil inimodiutely and wnt .mt to me hy the first good conveyance. By my calculation it will ri.'(|iiii(! 9omctl.inj.Mii(.rn tl-aii bix tliousiiml lunmilH of copjicr to uuike them, valiiini: it at oneBiiillintian.l fouriH^ncciier i.oimd. wliich I .iiu informed is uboMt the present ndvance.l price of tlint article; m this, however, 1 may not Iv ...rrect, hui at any rate, have the above mentioned iinantity Btrnck oU' as they are intended for experiment, and if they are approved of, a mmli hir^jer .pnuility will 1)0 ..rdored immediute- iy ; it may therefore be necessary tliat yon preserve the dies from which tlmy are ctrnc'K. Expecting tlie excliange (o fall in a Hhc.rt time I d'l not now fcend yon a remittance to pay for the < oppers, but by tlie Jnly pacliet at latt«t, yon will receiv i it. 1 continue with much esteem, (ientlenien, Your obedt. servt, MicnL. Wai.laciu Per paciiet. V l.iVKRroui,, 1st -Inly, ISL'!!. Tlie Honourable MictiAKi, Wau-aca, Sir, We have to acknowledge the receipt f.f your letter of the ■Jiiih May, requestini; ii>s to iiurchase for the I'rovincp of Nova Scotia tOO,(i(Mi haltpennies. Tiie same have been ordeied agreeably to the description you have sent and tlie manufaclnrer i.roniises to have tlieiii here by the mi. Idle of this month when they shall be shipt by the first vessel bound for Halifax. We cannot exactly ascertain what they will cnst but if our calcula- tion be correct it will be somewhat less than you reckon nii. Halifax, N.S. The Honourable Michaki- Wallace, B» We are, sir, ^ iiir most obedient servants. Smith, Fou.svrii »*c t'o. LivERi'Ooi, ord September, 182;i. We have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2ytli Jul.v enclosing a bill on th(^ Lords of the Treasury for tnOO, which shall at maturity be placed at your credit. We have been much disaiiiiointed at not having by thi.s time received the coins from Hirmingham, in the manufacturing of wliich more time has been re(Hi;retl llian was at liisl expected, in conse.iuonce of the dies having been repeatedly broken. Wo expect t dies in case you may wisli to onler a further unantiiy. Wi' are, very '■ 'spectfully, Your most obedient servant, Halifax, N.S. Smith, Eousvth (S: C". ANNALS OF THE NOVA SOOTIAN CnRRKNCY 43 V \ IIaiiiax, loth 0( toiler, IXL'Ii. Messrs. Smith, Imiksviii \ Co. (ieiitli'.nieii, 1 luivf hwn ihilv favoie.l w iti. your lettorrt of L'ls' Autriisl iiiul \\n\ September. I ani sorry to observe, Iron, the contents of the hist", tliat there is li'ttle prolml.ility of my receivint: ll.e coj.l^r .oinwe this sea.son, whirl. is a s-'reat aisupiH.intincnt. I havo to reiiui'St that you may .smi.l me the invoice of what has heen unlereil hy the first packet that 1 may he e.mhle.l to jiuige whether it will he advisable to order a further stipply of the same (jnatity. I am with esteem, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Liverpool packet. MiNi-TH OP Council, 2*Jtii Novkmhek, 182o, The Treasurer of the Province reported to Mis FOxcellency ant importation iuivint: been made merely as a sample for approbation. Thereuiion it was ordered that the Treasurer d.^ direct a further supi-ly of copi.er luilfptmny tokens be im- ported i;i coiiforiuitv with said resolution. Ordered that no copper halfiHsnnv token or copp. r halfi^nce of any description he received or taken in pay- u,ent at any of tbo public oihces within the Province except the said coi.per lialfi^nny tokens imported by the Treasurer under aulhority of the resolution of the (Jeueral Assembly. M. Halifax, l.">th December, 182a. Messrs. Hmith, Forsyth & Co., (lentlemen, ... 1 1 -n »• 1 i- r Your letters l.v the Oclobor mail and th(« briiz Lord Kxmouth covering invoice and bill ot ladin- of the <-opper tokens 1 ..rdere.i lor the se. vice .,f the Provin.^e, were duly received, and iho thirteen casks of tokens safelv lan.led here a few weeks ago. 80 far as I have yet examined the contents of the barrels they are found to be cor. Jet in (p.antity and tbo exe^^ution of the pieces approved of; altbo' they are four or live grains heavier than I wished them t<. be, but that may be owing to my not being more explicit in the order I sent. I am sorrv to observe bv your letters that the price of copper bad advanced after my order was completed ; hut if'it has fallen again to the former price or under, by the time this reaches you, I have now to recpiest that you will' cause to be prepared and sent out by .be very lirst vessel in the spring four tons of ,>enuy pieces of the same impressions as the halfpenny tokens now received, paltering the year) to be put up in pa,*r parcels to contain ,;0 pieces in each, cenny weight. . ,^, u , No government bills are to be procured at present, otherwise I .liould now remit the balance of your account and a further sun. towards ,>aying for the present order, however I hoi,e to [.rocure s .me at the end ol the month or early in .lanuary. u 1 , .» 1 Should I through anv channel obtain information of the fall in cop,H,r, an ad.l.tional order will be transmitted for more halfpenny tokens, since our present supply ie foun.l to be very far short of the wants of the Irovince, there being no silver coin of any deuoniinution left in the country. I remain, (ientlemen, Your obedient .servant, .,..,,,. Mich. \Vai.l.\ce. Per brig Adell>hi. 1. llAMFA.v, 10th .lanuary, 182-1. Messrs. SMirii, Foksytii I'i Co,, (ientlemen, , ., , - t The fore^'oi.ig is a .luplicato of my letter to you by the Bng Adelpln, which vessel sailed from T.a Have, m I am informed, about the iKHh ult„ and I hope this will reach you soon after her arrival. 40 ROBERT WALLACF'] M.'LArHFiAX oN TIIK I now inrloHO von Pir.lainpH k'..ni|.t'H oxclmnt'.wm .loliii Kirklnn.l, London, at :'■() diiVH (or Coiir hnnilicl and Uenlv-livo po.in.ls nWrVwa, imd not 1,."!.^' iildo t.. |.n.rnro any otlu-r |.nhli,' hill .-von at the ennrmouH premium of 15 iier .•ent , 1 luivo at-nt voii hy Mr John I'raser, of Mirami.'lii. neventy-livH donhL.onM to nso uf on tho host terms yon can ohtain and aiM'ly the i.rocopds willi tlm hill of exchanue lirst to oxlin^'nish the hnlanc* of your accoii.il for the coi-jH^r tokens fUroady rocoivc 1 and the residue towar.lH juiyn.ent of those ordero.l hy llie A.lelphi, which I trust you may he ahle to ship on un hiK'her terms than the last ; l,ut, if the price should he a half|)euny iii;.'licr, thev nnist he sent. Upon wnsideration of the terms under which I am .,hlij:ed to remit nmney, ami cs|H.ciully it the pru^e should exco.'d the last importation, you will pl.mse to direct the contractor to execute the penny toUens of eleven penny- weit;ht onlv, and the halfpenny ones to he live and one-half penny weiK'ht only. This I liope can ho done without making' a now die for the latter, the cost of whi.'h 1 am ignorant of. Hero lot me ohserve, that it would l>e desirable to know tho cost of tho dies, as well an the price of the copper, and the charj-'e of n.intin- or maiuifac- ture of tho tokens, for onr future government. You will please to add to my order hy the .Vdelphi one ton toore of halfpenny tokens, as we tind tho .;uantity received ipiite inadeipuito to our wants. The Logislature in its last sebsion haviufz ar.thnri/.e-l tlie procnrinj: of silver as well as copper tokens, hut opinions proving so various as to tho kind and .luality that the suhjecl was snlfere.! to lay over until the neeessity of having tliem has now hecoine so great that .somtthing must he done. It is linally left to mo to nnike a snuili importation as a sample to ho ai)proved of; I have therefore sent hy Mr. Fraser (me liuii.lre.l Spanish milled dollars out of each of'which to have tive tokens made with the King's head and the year upon one side and on the other side Province of Xova Scotia round the margi]i, and tifteeu penny tok(^n in the centre, and send them in a parcel hy tliemselves hy the earliest conveyance that you can meet \v ith, that if approved of an immediate order may he transmitted for a necessary quantity. I n^main, (ientlemen. Your obedient servant, Mini. \V \i.i..\(ic. l.ivKiiicoi, Till February, ISL'-l. \at per packet from Falmouth. L'nd per 1 herald for liostoii. The llonoural'ie MiaiAt;!. Waii..\ci;, We wrote y(.u on the otli inst.. by the packet in ca.so she may be detained we shall send this to Fal- mouth that voumav receive tho earliest intelligence of our having received your esteemed favours of tho IDtli iuid l.->lh .lannarv and that your order for halfpenny an-i silver tokens shall have our immediate att.^nt.on. Wo l.iumot now get the weight of tho jienny pieces altered hut we shall take care that h does not exceed FJ penny- wei.'ht. The price, however, will be considerably less than the last parcel cost. Mr. I'raser has not yet liad an opportunity of '.'eiting tlie d.ollars and .b,uhl.".nK delivered t... u.«. We have forwarded the hill l-.r tf.V. to Lomlon. We are, dear sir. Your most .>bediont servants, SMini, l''oj:.svni i"i: Co. l.ivKiii'ooT., hth February, \^2A. Mi(ii.\Ei Wallace, Dear -Sir, We are very sorry to infurm y..n witliout a special onler in council it is illegal to attemiit to execnto yourorderlbrsiher tokens, tlie expense of which being conHi.lorable where so small a (|nantity was re.piired. We was hesitating al-out making the application when we was informed that several similar requests have of late been promptly rHused, that the only I'hance of smcess was an application from the Truvince to the King in Council. I'niler these circumstances w<^ shall suspend our procee.lings lest ihe-e might beany imiiediments thrown in our way reswctiui.' the copper tokens which an- n iw in the liands of the manufacturer who promises to have them here by the •-'.". March. Ti ,,y will cost considerably less than the lormer parcel. We liavo sold ill of the .loubloons at t.:;s od each and 14 being rei.nbhcan at <<■'». We sh.ill Keep the Spanish dollar.- until we have your answer to this letter. We have endeavored to ascertain what tlie expcn.so of ciuing liie silver tokens would have been but v\> have not yet obtained the infnrmatioi.. ANNAI-S Ob' TIIK NOVA SCOTIAN CUnilKNl'Y. 47 In presptitiinr your iiotitinii, iiiton'st slionld lie mailo for jieriiiiaHinn to t'liiplo- tiny iwraoii ymi like to exotuito till) tdkeii.s, for if it liti trniisforieil to iliii Mint tlio nxtrii axpenso will li« I'lioniiuns. Wo nro very ri>s|i«(rtfiilly, dear sir, Your most olHwUfiiit norvaiits, Iliilifiix, N.H. Smitii, KoiiKYTii it Co. ^V(^ sluill assist your pi'tilioii l)y ntiiuestins our meinlipr, Mr. lIu-ki)tMiHe of coinin;: the silver tokens for llioy have ileiliue'l an>-werin'_' our 4Uerics outhiit i.oint. We tiave now Uj acknowledge, the reieijit of your favor of the •JOih Fehruary, enclosinj,' a bill of exchange on Me.«sr8. Morlands i»c Co. lor Llii.'), which has heen duly honored and the amount jiassed to your credit. We are very sorry to oh-erve that there were some innccnracies in the couieuls of Ihe casks of tokens sent by iho Lord Kxniouth, wo wish you had wi^iu'lied ttadi of them, as hy that you pay and not by the nuuibor of tokens, we should su^'),'«wt the i>ropriety »[' doiu>.' so with those now .sent whenever you can unpack them We remain v('ry re-pciithilly, dear sir, Yoin' most ohedient servants, Halifax, N.S. >^«''". F^'i'sxrn .V: Co. M. Haihax, Nova Scotia, L'nd April bSL'4. .Messrs. Smiiii, Foiisvrii i^ Co., lientlemen, 1 have been duly favored with vours of th" .'dh, 7th and lOtii I'ebruary, and I am well pleased to lind you simpendcl ne!.'i,tiatin>r my ..rder for .silver tokens which, from the dilliculties you .state, I shall entirely abandon. 1 hope soon to have the pleasure to hear from you a^'aiu with the copper coinai,M and it is very fortunate that tlie prices lia.s fallen. I lind that doubloons make :i had reiuitta:\ce from lience, however, the insurame was saved upon those I sent by Mr. k'rHser. I remain n itii osteoin, Your oliodient servant, MiciiAi'a Wai.i.ach. LivEiU'ooi , 7 April, 18L'l. The Honourable MiciiAi.!. W \i I All.;, I>ear sir, . The unexiK'cted detention ..f tlio Favorite has enahled us to put on boanl of her six casks men* of copper tokens just riM'eived from the manufacturer. Enclosed you have a copy of his hill of parcels toKether with a hill of lading and our invoice amnunlinn to .t"-'(ii; lis lid, which we pass to voiir debit. Wo remain, Very truly yours, ii.,hf.iv V ^ SMnn, I'oRsvTH & Co. G. LivKKi'Ooi., '-'7 .ipril, lS-4. Per I'.iitaniiia. The Hou'hle. M. Wai.[.\ci3, J>ear Sir, J- .ed we hand s .m epics of our le.'^iK-cts of the :Ust March and 7th inst., to which we ref^r and now annex invoico ,. .dx tasks more of the copper tokens amountins; to t;_'ll 78, say two hundred and eleven pounds. 48 KOBEIIT WALLACE M.LAOIILAN ON TlIK 11-. Ti 1 „ii,u,iinv icki'iis liiivo not vet (•('ino fiirxMinUmt wo lio|)f to seven .hillin««, whi.!, wo place to your .lel.t. T ,o l.all,Kj.ny ^'^^ '^^^^ . ^„„^^ „f „,„ ,.„., ;,.,,, rccoivo ...en ..on w.-.n your ord,- wi)l n, .te, Uo '' ^^-J' , '^ / ; •, „, ,..,,,« ael,it in and note it« rontenlH. A,r«.al,ly to your r.,u.. -'_ -" ""^J ^ ' ^ ^^ v Ir " vi'' ll.o .HlWent purreU our books wldcl. wo now transfor to your., say £3 lis '.'.I. \\« l.oi'<' to Ikmu of nou. of tokens safe ami that tl.oy give sulisfaction. ^^,^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ Yours truly. Smiih, I'oiisviii »V <'o. The luauS,!;!;!^ disuppoint.-.l uh ,„ not ..ulin, fi.rwaM tl,e hain.mny toUenn in tiu.o ..r t.i. ..onveyan-e. ^*' Lis KKi'ooi., -JMh May, 18J4. The Ilon'ble MiciiAFii. Wai.i.acb, "*"' We have this nornin, rcoived fron, the ,nunuf«.'turor ti>e half,..nny tokens wl,i..l> you order.-.l. and as the j.resent shipment completes your or.ler w.- be- leave to wait on yoii transaction which leaves a balance of i.-2(i 17s sd in your favor. Believe ns very rospectliilly, IVar Mr, Ynur most obedient servants, Smith, roRsviu A Co. U.uiiw, Nova Hcdiia, 17th August, ISjl. Messrs, Smith, I'ors'i ru A Co., '"'""""vliur seve.al fav<.u. of the ..ith May, .th and Hah .luly have con>o to b.nd and the various shi,. sarv to count them as they were opened, i7„ s,i ■ I notice the accou. t current vou liave transn.itied leave a Imlanco m my favor of tJ. 17s .sd. have r ceiv n.e protest tor non acceptance of McKay's bill ... Ritchie, but I shall hope U wdl be tu.ally take! ". rim pleased to tind that you ex,«ct to have executed the order 1 sent for Prov.nce No.os and u. t.n.e to be sent hi the Adelphia. With continued esteem, I remain, (ientlemen, Your obedient servant, Ml.lIAKI, WU.l.ACK. R ■ llAi.ii AX, Nova Scotia, -Ji- March, 1S2,-). *''''"■'""' I was duly favored with yours of the ..;tb .lauuavy , encl.sin, Sir .lames Kempfs note to you on the siihiect of the tokens I had re'iuested you to procure and send out to me. , , . , , • , „ , 'Tarn Usfied vou ^x^tpoiied the execution of that order for the reasons he .ave, and which he --'-;■" '' ,„ „ie in iTs lettors-hy .he February mail, although I apprcend .some m-onvenience by the delay of the (unern- ""te 'ir U;:iv been annoyed by -be discovery of our Province notes hein. forced at Uostonai.d brou.bHnto the countrv for cin.alation and 1 am very .lesirous of procuring some kind of stau.p to put on the .ace of them "'";;: h:",r;;y;:n:;!;:;:l Birmingham paniculany. Y ; Id me a favor by consulting the engraver whether such a stamp could be had and i. then, ,s that you would get it executed and sent out as soon as possible wia. suitable ink for u,e pur.K.c ot u..ng , , lav the ,1 kev in England discovered any improvement in the manufactory <,f paper tor no.es bat ,s not liable to be m I I V our ne,gld.ours in U many of the Hrst masters of arts have congregated A " per mediuni is absolutely necessary in this Trovince and hitherto has proved of great public ntihty and we have been verv fortunate in sulfering very little by forgery since its cmmenccment in IM 1 . 1 remain, (Jentlernen, Yonrs with esteem, „ „ , ,, Mull. Waii.aoi;. Messrs. Smith, I'oRsvrn <.t (.0., Liverpool, 0.1 '> ANNALS OF TIIK NOVA Sf'OTIAN CUHIJENCY. 49 S. t: 8t^'. H. (I. IliiporttMl ill ISJ:!, i)t«r liunlin ( "Ht To pay wliich remiiU-Mi .\Ki8«in. Smitli & Co., 1 Bill of Exrliange for i;r)(lO stjr., at u preiniiim of 7A i«r ■•ont. nirriiucy r.'J7 I I 1 er IiivoH'O I'nstH l,.l5r. 5 7 To iniy wlii»!h remitted Messrs. .'^niitli iV Co., 1 Bill of Esclianiie for £»'.'5 stjr., at m promiiini of 15 j.er rent, iiirreiu'v 51:! 1^ 1 1 ditto for i:lir)8tv'., atapri'miiimof l:'.', l-ercfiit ■■'■>^ ~^ '| I'roinlil, vtc, on tlii8 i miwrlution " l.VOr) 1.5 '.I Commissions, .'> |X'r cent ^^ •' |_' l,"!il 1 'i C'liar^-ed in account current for Ih.:' ' ''*' '^ |] l-.iihuice to 1)0 dmr-od in IH'.'S ■ ^'•-^ ^^ ^ Mu'ir. Wai.i ACi , K F '^" 'J'reasurer, ;u Dec, if*'.'r). APPENDIX VI. r0HUIMl'O>!PFAT?: ItKI Al IMt TO TJIB CnlSAOH Ol' \>^'>-- A. Hai.ii-ax, Nova Sootiii, M Kebruary, 1832. ^"' The Province luivimr experienced mud, inconvei.ien.e from the wu.it uf copjK^r change the Legislature have authorized tl,e importation of ei:^hteen Inmdicd in.Muds sterlin- in that coin. W 1. vo h rewith en, a .specimen of those hitherto imported and we will be obh.ed by your tiansnn tin, a vour Vain;" irenieme hv .iie way of Liverpool U,2..0 in halfpenny and um ,n ,>enny token.s «u.alar to those ^^"''v;:rr:,rp:::x:r;i;;':r^ venience of counting;. Wo have tho lioimr to be. Sir, Vour obedient servants, Chaki,k.s W. Wallack, William Lawson, Jamus Fouhman. Messrs. Swainson A- Wii.i.i.s, Liverpool. 3. L.JSUON, 2;ird March, 1832. Chakles AV. Wallai'k, Esii., '"'"' ""' I have received vour t^ivor of the H)tl. February, aecompanyiu, an order from the Legislature tbr 1 H Z.( tl',e IToviiu'c I have ^riven the necessary insrrnclions and liave no doubt but my copper tokens for the us o the u. , ' ^ ^ ^ .^ ^^ .„ ,, .i^e the renewal of many mend at Birinin.bam w, have «'_;-; ^^'^J ^„., „;,^ ,,,{ ..„, upon the best terms ; as soon as a r:i:;:b:=:::a;;:;heV;i.r.ar.was..^^^^^^ -z::: z::::i::zr:z::;z .f::; t^ r::tntir; .iu.. uds . ... . .. a. ca. but our Sec. II., 1802. 7. BO ROBKRT WALLACE MoLAfMII.AN ON THK Irion.l, Mr. FairLankg, m nuiainly ti.ucl. .•cnHur«.l l.em ».y tl,...e fri.-n.l. «h.. t«.k tl.e Miare. ; li.« |.n.iuii.of! me a report ftiul I shall imletHl bo kUhI lo have rt iiuirj' faV(iraliU« iiiHviiiiit Willi v'"'iil r«'i-'«'''l I't'lii'Vi' »io, Mj ili-nrSir. Yi>iir« always trnly, .IdllN riAINIlllllHiK. I.()MK)S, L'Snl Maifli, is:«. ClIAUIKh \V WaI.I.AII., WiM.IaM liA\\SuN I uii'l .Iamkh FoitKMAN, i;M(iuires, J "'"'""^' I huNO t,. a.'knoNvlo,iu'o nveipt of yuur It^lU-r ollho ItUh 1 .•l.ruury hy « l.i.i. you inf-rm me llm I,».«i8latiue liav« autlu.tiwMl ll..< iini-ortalion ..f .«ii:l.tr.M> iMimlro.l |.oui..l<. Ht«rlin>r value in ...pper t<.kens of |.<>nny« an.l l,alfi«!.nvs nf wl.irl. von en.loso in.- sH-rinuMis an.l rc,,,.OHtc.l iiu- to i.rocur.' tl.20O sterliDK ... lialf|)0....yH an.l mm hU-tWu^ \h |h<....v tokens similar i., w.'i^'h. to tl,n«,< Mxt an.l the hnpressioi. thosn.ne Nvith uxeept.on of the .h,te whieh «ill in .ourse he ISIJ. I wrote imn.e.li.itely to n,y ol.l friei.-l in l!irn>inu'han, who f„r n.aiiy vear.sh„sheenentr>,.Miea wi.honr lM,...nos. an.l h...s pnt in han.l the exeention ot the .lies whieh n.in.re to he n.anv ti.ne8 renewe.l in M.eh a M".=i'.titv un,l U. ...suren n,r he will haNO the ..nler exe.'ute.l in the heat man- ner at 19 L'1.1 .lelivere.l in l.iverp.,ol an.l uill have them inHure.]. I feel e.,ntl.lent the h...,He to wh..n I .■onh.le the ex.....ti.m will .U, ,,..sti.e to ,„y or.ler u.„l it will ntlor.l me .n...h ^.-ri-.ti that ion if on arrival .1 n.eets your approhatlou. . , i I have the li.ii..>r I.) he, ii.^ijtlemen, Your most hiin.hle servant, ./oiiN Baimiiium:k. LosiJON, lith May, 183:J. D. CnAUiKt- \V. Waii.aci.. Wim.iam Lawson) iin.l .IvMi-a r..iii;MAN, Kcpiires, ) \nreeahlv t.. what I ha.l the pleasure t.) write y.,u .... the '.'nrd Marel. I now heir t., hun.l yon an invoi.v of 1« ea-Us ..f ...pix'- tokens forwani.'.! from Hirn.i..t.'han. on the 5lh instant hy :..r. Walker to my frieu.ls MessrH. Willis .^ SwBi..8..n. ..f Liverpool, wh.. will .ship them on boar.l the for your port an.l will enclose (with the inv..i.e herewitl, a....M,nt.nii to Kill. !()« 4(1) a hill of la.li..*.' an.l I will re.p.fst the... to jiive i note of the shippi.i'_'eha.-peH npon thia panel for y.Mir p-vernmont an.l I will a.hl then, to the linal ahi|.- me.it when ...a.le. The expense of pai,erm>: w.ll n..t exeee.l L'Os per ton. In lillinii np .-asks 7 .^ Ki Mr. W alker ve imt intoea.'h hnt there were Bon.e .ise.l to till np an.l the per.son ne^'l.rte.l t.) n..te the HUiall .eHah. is ;:74,(MO whi.h F .h.i.ht not will he h.un.l .'orre, t. This f.,rma lie can wi>h with the r.inain.ler. Many says i'lS paj^ers were pi hu-lher a.hlilio.i, hut the a;:ure.'ate ho is ah.mt '. f.f the or.l.'r, a.i.l Mr. Walker a.hls he i.s proeoe.lins: as well as pairs of dies are destroyed in n.akin^' sneh a n.i.nher. 1 luve d.'sire.l M. ,ssrs. WiUi.s A Swainson will wr.te y.,u hy the ship an>l the remain'ter shall follow in sn.ression. 1 remai.i with jjireat resi>e.'i, (ienlle.nen, ■ Yonr ...ost 1 la'li' >'r!iviin!, ■Ions IVmsbhidc.h. l',S.-l have no reply fro..! Liverpn.,1 as to the shipment hnt exin-ct to hear on M<,nday; th.3 Jano sioini; to-ih.y. in.ln.-.'s me to sen.l copy of my letter .sent down to he sent hy tl.e ship. ,1. 15. E. I.ox.)ON, :J1 May, 1«3l'. ('nAinr':s W. Wmiaci:, V.'m.i ;in.l .1 AMKs I'oitKM. Gi-.nim:.mkn, Vj-. .•so" « I ha.l the pleasure to a.Mress you the ■-•linl March informi.i}.' you of havins: intniste.l the execution of th(. manufacture of the c..pi>er tokens ordered hy the Provincial legislature to Mr. .h.hn Walker, of i;irmin«- i.,nn and the ship.iienls will he ni-ide hy Messrs. Willis .v .Swainson. ..I Liverpool, for account of the .am, I'rovin.-e; they will send you the inv.ji.es re^rularly hy the .-hips that niay he sailint,' the next week for none have left Liverpool siu.^e tl.e time of my advising' you, the ".)lh iust., that th.> liisl i.arcel of is c.^ska had lea.he.l ANNALS OF Tin: NOVA SrOTIAN rnRRKNrV, 81 tl.on. .H,a 1 mippoWMl wore a»H)nt to be Hhipp.-!. TLey l.avp ti..w t«o voiiwIh on the ImtU. f..r Halifax and to avou you anv tronl.l., limy will « MIIh of hulin« to S. ( unnr.l \ Co, «l.o «ill .U.liv.T Hum, a. th.-v .irrivo. I .lirert.Jl tlM'fn to .livi.le the Hl.ipnu.nt ami I am not wilhont l.o|*, tl.nt Mr. Waik.-r ui!l p-l ll„. uhole .Io„h to ^o U th.-Ho tw..Hl.ipH; tl„.v will 1.0 reuularly iasiiwl a8 dirwtea by you and yon will 1-e pleaied to r«init M.-n-rH. Willi. .V Swainson lb. amount of tl... sbii^nu-nt ; th.. crrdit H'.m"\ will. Mr. Walker «n. 1 n.onll.H, and I shall ho liappy to l.'arn that In* Laa i.erl..rme.l tlits uxin'ulion to tlio Hatidrmli.Mi .,( tli« ^'^iHUlnre. I have the honor to ln«, Usntloinen, Yoiir most humble Hervant, •Ions- IJAisnHiDoH. .,,,„„ Atront for the I'mvini* Halifax, N.S. WMI.AtB, Wll.MAM LaW«0N ) ml ,1 vMiJ* Foreman, EoiiuiroH, J F. I-osiioN, .liino, 1832. ClIAIll.F.'t W. nn< Gkmi.kmrn. ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ „„iM.r.,on to learn from Mr. Walker that |„. luts forwarded the ren.ainder of the toU.-ns, ..n.n,.letin« n.v InHlrurtionH, and that he has sent tb. hint invoice to Willi« .^ Swainaon.who have uIho written n.e th.-y nhall ^hi;. on., hall h -he Mary Ann and the MMoaindor bv Iho l.uhnrnnn. f..r your ,,ort and they will trannmit you inv..i.es of tbo whole. '^\f^^r^ !««» invoiee, th.y inforn, n>e, is om I'.ih lid. in.ludinL' the ,.u,.orini.' whi.h I have arrai.u'ed with him nball be !..« ,w ton I feel mnrb .■onfiden.'e that the exoention of Ih. onl.^r will .nvo satisfaction .U..I I N.lieve n<. h..n«. ronld ,K..rfortn it at a lower rate. I «h»ll be happy to be 11... me.linn, ol ren.lerin,' ...y si.rvi.vs t.. Urn I.o«iHlaturo at any future time. Anil with K'reat respeit I have the honor to be, tjeiitleinen, Your most bumble servant, .ToHN BAlNUKirMlE. G. nAi.ii''Ax, ;'.o July, 1832. I en.'loHe vou bill of la.lin,- of 1.'5 .a.sks of .-op,*r .•oin «hip,.e.l by Willia c^ Swain.son, on board the Marv Ann, the remainder are ,.n b..anl the Ubnrnn,,,. I al.so «en,l yo,. the n.ant.fa.-turer'. am.-njf, the tinmbed invoiee will bo reeeivo.1 by Iho Laburnutn, it amo.MU.s to tl.lC.S His Sd sterling. N ,.u may euher re.n, tht.s amount U, Willis ^ Swainson or hand it b. me. Mr. l.awH,.n mentiot.e.l to n.e that he ha.l HOtne bdls he would liirnisb for that purix)se. , . , • I remain, .lear sir, Yours truly, ^ ' S. CUNARD. C. W. W U.I.ACE, E».i. AE'PENDIX VIT. Ig34._4th William TV, CI. up. (il. Wherean the a.loption of Briti..!. sterling money in the eurreney an.l mo.ieys ..f aeconnt, ..f and throughout •dl His MaiestVs dou.inion.s wonl.l !..■ highly u.seful, and tend to unite more closely the interest of the Colonies with lh.".8e of 'the mother ...untry. But to make «u,-l. alieralion in the eurreney of this I'rovinee, at present would be ineonvenient an.l inexpedient unless the same were adopbxl in the adjoinin, Pr.ninces ; and whereas in the meantime, and until such .han^es shall be nvade in the ourremy ..f other Colonies , is re.p.is.to ar.d ne..essary to establish a stan.lar.l of value an.l e,,uivalent of pio,H,rty whieh may be obtained by l.x.n, a value upon foreit,'ii H'l and l^ritish silver eoins : ,,...•, •, • i • l!o it therefore enacted, that from and after the passing ,.f this A.t, the several '.riish silver .'oins herein- after mentioned an.l .sr^eitied, shall and may be offered, i-e.^eivcl, pai.l, and le,ally tendered by and to the Provincial Treasurer, or ..ther public ..thcer, or by or to any bo.ly p..litic or corpora e, pers.m or persons whom- soever, in payment, satisfaction or discharge of any debt, sum of money, duties, contracts, obligations, liabilities 32 ROBERT WALLACE McLACHLAN ON THE or.leniau.l8 wluU.oevor. at the .several rates o( value following: Umt is to say the Kn}:l,«h sh.U.n,' a the ralo of Is M .urreiuy, aiul the English six-pence at the rate of 7U nirrency, iMovi.lod that no ,«r.on shall be receiver in one ,.ay.nent, <.f ni. re than r,08 Hali.'' x currency in ilritish silver coin., at the vale or rates aforesaul. And ^.•hereas Spanish American .loul.loon« are hrond.t into the Province in the .■onr.se of trade, and u, payment ol the exports therefrom, and have heon since the year 1S19 received and paid at .nd after the rate of £4 cnrrency ; and fourtream.rv notes of Xl each have since that time been deemed e.,nivalcnt to one donhloon and the d.i iculty of procuring' British coins in the ordinary course of tra.ie still conlinnin;: it is necessary that the saul doubloons should becon>e and he made a legal tender at tie rate aforesaid ; ,,..■,• ,i He it therefore ena<>ted, etc.. that from and after the passim; of this Act, the said doubloon being ot M - VNei 'ht and lineness, shall and may be ollered and received, and paid and legally tendere.l to the Provinc.al Trelsurer, or other i^-rson or persons whonisoe-.,r, i.. payn-nt. satisfa.iion. or .lischarge ot any debt sum ot money, duties, obligations. iiabilHics. or d.Mnands contacted since tlu- hHh day of April, 181!., at and after the rate of t;4 currency for one doubloon. And be it enacted, that the i>ound sterling as repre.seute.l by the gold coin of the I'mted Kingdom of (.reat Britain and Ireland, called the S,.v<..reign, sluill luu-ceforth I.e .ieen.ed and taken to he the unit or standanl, or measure of money, or value whereby or with reference to whhh all .'ontracts «hich shall be entered into for the pavment of Briti.sh sterling niom-v, shall be reg< luted and ascertained within the Trovmre. ' \nd be it further ena.te.l that the ropf«;r money or the United Kingdom, and copper co,n.- procured by the Legislature for the use of the Province shall be c irrent at the same rate as the British penny and halfpenny pieces, when the pavment is t,. be made n, slerlirg money ; l.,it if payment is to be made .n the existing cur- rency, then in like proportion, as such ,urrency as is adjusted in the Act, bears to sterling money. APPENDIX VITI. ISIisi-n; OK Coi NCii .\Ni) Lkitkk RKi..\nM: TO Tin; ("iNA.ii.; Ol l.S.')fi. A. Mini TK oi-- Co'-ncti., Ai oist -,Sni, IS-")."). The existin-.' scarciiv of copier coin in the Province being rcp.,rted at the board, ordered that £1,000 stg. in pennvan.l balfi^^nnv pi, 'e.s in e.pKil l-'-l-ortions be onlered from England and that application with a view to obtaining the same be made to .Messrs. Baring Bros. \ Co., with m<.de!s and siH.i.nens of the coins (uu losed to them. llAi.iiA.x, N.S., Augusi.30, 1805. Gentlemen, The (^.overnmem <,f Nova Scotia having been desirous of procurini: for the public convenience eopiH^r coins pence and halfpence of the Provi.uMal mrrency to an extent which will represent in that currency in enual sums one thousan.l two hundred and lilty pounds and the provin-ial .se.M-etary being absent, I have the honor in obedienre to the commands of His Excellency ti,e l.ieutenant-Covernor, to renuest that you will have the .'oodne'^s t<, .lire^'t on behalf of ibis (iovernmeiu the execution of this service and make suitable anange- ments tor .arrying it into ellect so that the amount nuiN reach the Colony at the earliest period that may bo oonvunient. The number of coins re.piired being l.')n,(i(iO pence ecpial to iJtl^') 3110,(100 halilMnce " <>-•") id in sei'uri> and convenient Total :n currency. . i:l,L'."iii These it is re.iuested mav he imt in pajnt-s of IL'O halfpence w.. W [.ence each aic packages prof^rly distinguished and addrossod On Hek Ma.iestv's Skkvick, I'lll. iloNoliAtU.K .\ \yiKii .McNaB, RkCISIVKU (rBNKUAl,, IEmii A\, JioVA Scotia. Insurance beinj; made on the shi[>ment in London. Specimens of the coins at present in use here aro tr Mismitted. the new coinage being intended to be of ilie same weight and si/e and Ihicness, the oliver.se and r-jverse designs bei. ^ also the same with the single alteraf.oii of the year of Our Lord which will be IX-".") instead of \^i'': You will uiidcrsiand however tluu the Honorable .loseph llowo, at j.rc.M.nt m l.nndon, has been .ustri.cte.l to Miggest and communi<'ate to you any luoditications in the design whhh he may deem pro|ier and such if cumiiuml<:rtled vou aie rcipiesled i.. aiioiit. The Keceiver tnuieral of Nova Scotia will pay to your order o remit as you may direct the amount of chargi'S ai d expenses incident to the service. ANNALS OF Tlll^ NOVA SCnTlAN CUUHENCY. 83 i [ii the livenl oi voiir lieiii}.' uiial'ie lo imil('rtak« this onliir bo pleased to transfer its execution to such I)er.-on iw you or the Ihniorahk' .Mr, IIu.m'., it in I.oihIom, i.iivy select. I have, v."v;c., W.M. Keatino, l,)eputy-Secretary. Messrs. IJahiso Bros. I'i: Co.. London. Al'PF.NI>!\: IX. Em'Racis ri:oM Stati te-s ok IHiMinion ok Canada. 1.S(ks.— 31 Victoria. An Act resi)ei;tiiig the currency. Wliernas it. is expedient to have one nirrency for the whole Doniinii.!! if Canada; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and 1 louse of Conmion.s of < anada, enacts as follows : 1L The forej;oing .sections of this Act are a.s regards the I'rovince of Qnel«c, Ontario and New IJrunswick declaratory of the law in force in these rrovinccs before and at the time of the pa.s.sint; of this Act;— and an rej^ards the Provinco of Nova.Sotia, ihey sliall come into fone and take edoct in that province, upon, from and after liie day to bo appointed for iliat purpose by I'rochimation l.y the Uovernor;— Provided always, that any sum of money payable on and after i.iic (hiy last aforesaid, under any act or law of the Province of Nova Scotia passed before the said day, under any bill, note or instrument, contract or agreement made before the said day, if from the terms used or the date or place of makins;, it is to be presumed that some other currency than tliat hereby establisheil was intended, shall, nn or after the -aid day, be payable by a sum in the currency of Canada, of equal value witli lluil l)y which it would have Ijeen payable in any otlier currency if tliis Act luid not been passed. 12. And fiir the [irevenu.,a of doubts U) it enacted that all sums nu!ntioned in dollars and cents in the Imiwrial Act known ns the British N luland Rarim; shall as regards all such duties, jwnalties or sums of money accrued, incurred or payable in tlie Province of Nova Scotia, before the day of IStiS, be understood to be sums of the then currency of that Province, but as regar.L all such duties, penaltie, or sums of money accrued, incurred or payable on or after the ^aid day, they >hall lie understood to be sums of the ( urrency of Canada, as hereby established. la rhe .seventh section of the Act of the Parliament nf Canada passed in the pre.sMil session and intituled : .Irt ,1c/ ti' impose DtitirK ('II l'r''mi>-^»rii Soi,< ann.-cs. and be,-„nu.« a law of tne ^^f-\f;'7 ;;";;"« e .res nt session of the said Congress of tho year isns, then ti,. .Yo.lau.at.o,, .nen.u.nod '» ^^^^^^^ Z Zu sections of thin Act shall no, be issued, but h.st.a.1 thereof tb. .iov.rnor n>ay .ssno a 1 ""•' - ".!t,n "tli: passing of t„e said Uill. and appointing a day on and afuu- whi. ,be ..llowng ena.tn.nts shall come into force and bo law, that is to say ATPENDIX X. .r /•• , „„ r\.iv. .vii.iinTVT rsio Nov\ Scotia nrnivo TiTK nuNDRHn Estimate of the Numbf.i!, Weight ano Vai.vk ok ikk f m ■kk ( oins 'm. oKTKr, imo I^(o^ VKAKS I'REVIOLS TO CONFFUKRATION. ISSUED BY. Date. Denomina- tion. Weight in Tons. Issued i>y private (irms fro)n ITH'i. A'arions. Halfpcnnie-s [ssued by Provincial Uovernmont lSi>:'. Halfpennies IcSJl I'ennie.'! 1SJ4 Halfjiennies is'.i.! rcnnies 18:'.-' Halfpennies \ 1810 Pennies 1840 Ualfixmnios 1841! Pennies , ls4S Halfpennies 11 4 4 1 4 8 r re vahie : Face value -i^t^^^] f,,,- liuantity. , in old in new the year. I Currency. , Currency. t s. d. I S ti 400,(1(10 8;!(> (i •'!,'■''■*■'> "f L'17,7 i ;KI7 8 8 ;!,'■'-"■> -'• I ils,o;;i> 1:47 ;! -^ \ 0H8 fi4 •_'(io,oiio 8;!:{ i ''^,'''''''> •*" 800 000 1(1(10 i:> <'',o(i() no l.->o,0(l0 .'>41 11! I 3110.000 .'i41 lo 4 L',10(> tid ■J.KiO t)7 i85(i Pennies. 18-50 llalfp' nnies Issued by Imperial C ^' eminent ., bSOl Cents. ... ...1 1801 Half cents.. I ...| 18()i; Cents ; i ...! lS(i4 Cents ' ! 1 ,,.: 1864 Half cents. ^ :; 150,000 .541 11! ■'!' :.',lo(i 00 ' 1 :; j 300,000 , 1.50,000 541 1:; 4| 2,100 07 •> .-.41 Pi 4 i 1 •J,100 (iO i 11 1 800,000 800,000 541 13 4 ' 1 2,100 07 1 8,000 00 . 1 1 400,000 ' 1,000,(^00 2,000 (10 5 10,000 00 4 800,000 8,000 00 1 ' 400,000 2,000 00 05 ■10,0011,000 i $ c 20,270 00 3,345 00 4,018 27 9,000 00 4,33?. 33 4,333 33 4,333 33 111,000 00 10.000 00 -! Kt.ooO'oo 90,243 20 APPENDIX XT. Coins, Mbi.ai.s ast) T(.ki.ns Rf.i.atino 10 Nova Pootia. A. AvoNVMors ( oiNS Issiiio i;v Pi:iv.\tk Fihms. 1. Uhr. uitoKH nAMPAX NOV V s<.oT,A A bust to tho left in military costume. .,..',, ^ AVr. mnTANN.v E,. 1814 Po.tanuia .0 the loft, with a spri. Il bor r.u'hl hand and . tr.dont ,n her left. Before her i- an eiuajicno.nt between two war vessels^ Copper. Si/.e 27 .u,lhu>oiras. There are three varieties of this coin diil'erin^r in minor details. 2. O'.r. IIAl.FCKNN. r.KKS ISb") P,ust nf 1 .cor^'e 1 1 1 to t be ri,. lit, Rn: nM.iiAN .\ .sliii, under full sail to the ri-hl. Copier. Si/6 20 m. ;!. O'.r. . HALF cuNSV TOKEN • 1M4 Bust of (ieorge 111 to the right. iJer. FORTHEOOSVBNiBNOKor TKADii* A ship Under sail to tho right. Oopr«r. Si/,e 27 ni. ( ANNALS OF THE NOVA SCOTIAN CUERIiNCY. 88 ( This lias the same olnerse as tlin ( 'a.ritt it Alport coin. 4 OM vo\ \ ?coTiA A.M. Nt:>\ i.RUNMvi.-K st«K5H A ship umltir Sail to tlio llgllt. n,v n'vnr..Nsv iokkn A icnmle li^'ur. to tho left, sealwl oa a hal« of go-ds, will, a pair of scales ui her exten.lcl right lian.l a.ul a comtiC(,pia in her left. A ship in tho ^listanco Copjxir. S./e tiH m. -, Ohr llAiri'lONNY li.KISN NOVASfOTl.v A ship tiHiler fuil Sail to tlio right. ii. r. .' coMMKHCiAi. cuAN.iB • IS].^ An hulian with a ho^^ an.l arrow ; a .log by his side. Copper, bus 2h .n. (1. (;/.(■. HALF iBS.NY Clahle front of a warehoiiHe. A'w. .1 13 in script. Cojiper. Siws 28 m. 7. Oh'. Same as last. Ni'i- A crowned harp within a wreath. Copier. Si/.o JS m. , , ,, . n t>i„„u tIL t." c'oins ari rude in w.,rknuu,sl,ip and indi.sti.u tly «,rnck. The huil.ling resembles that on the Black coins Nos. ]S and 19. 8 OIrr nvin'KNNv ■ioki:n 181.^) Ihist of lioorge ill to tlie right. n.r. .iKNviNK u.ur.sn co,.iM.-u 15ritannia seated lo the left as in No. I. Cop(ier. Size -^i m. Tlicre aro lliree varieties of this miii ditlering slightly in detail. «i O'.v |,^n■■|■l.:ss^ loKi^s 1S1.5 Bust of < .eorge 1 1 1 to the ri.'ht. /■,r. MCKss u) NAVi,.vnoN A THAOi: A «hip nnder fulUail to the right. Copi^er. Size 2, ni. There arL> two varieties of this coin //r. oiiKAT iiRiTAiN i'.iistofdp.orge III ti. theriglit. , , , , , i />•;,.. roMMEKCE 1S14 Britannia to the left seate.l with a sprig in her e.xte.uled right hand and a pahn branch '' "T,!:;!: a^r ';a.^':s oHhis ..in. The pahn hranch nrobab.y re.rs to the victories gained during the war " "ll'. Ohr. iHAOH . NAV..AfON lSi;i I'enuvle. to the left, s.^ated on a bale of goods with a sprig in her extended right hand and a cadncens ill her left. r „^, tji^o o.. ™ Eev ri K,.' (oi.cKu .■h.tkraui.b lo i-ACKn. Within an inner circle .ak 1 i-aR.h | isn. Copper. Size - m. This coin is sai.l to have be.-i imported by a smull-wares merchant named Haliburton who dul business m Halifax He afterwards fail.'.l and left the province. •,,■.■■ ;i i.> n here weie many other .oins. espe.Mally " Wellington t.ikens." imported into Nova Scotia, but it is impossible to separate them fnuu those impi.rted into the other provinces. Coins Bi'.Anis.; TiiK Namks ..K X.ivA SoOTiA Mkh.hants. V 0/,r . „Aii- CKNNV TOKEN • ISH lUi.st of < ie..rgo IT I to tho right. /■',. c^^^». K v.^ . aukiit ^ amoht Halifax A ship under sail to the right. Copper. Size :.-. ni. ^^^l?:\::z:-: ,=:::^. r '^r::'':;;;:s;v.,f theoovern.... .... n... coppe... ""S^:;:; arc twovarie,i..oftl.iscoi„,inoneofwh,ch .„,.,. the win.,„ws are not sashed. Those are much lighter tl,an the last .les.'rihed, showing that tlum, hnporte.l in ISl.-, were for protit. ,5. nh. . sTA.,B . SANSON HAMKAx • 1^1:- Indian with bow an.l arrow ; adog by liissulo. ,!. r. „A,...c.:SNV roKKN NOVAS. oriA A .hip under ,.,11 sail to the right. Coj.per. Mze .8 ni. Two varieties .htlering in the harhs -f tin. arrow. ,0. 0,„. ..AMTKNS^ 1..KKX 181. W.hu, au iiiuer .ir^le a keg bavin, its hea.l inscribed scKi. | KAas with .u- on the si.le. pavabi.h | »v | .Mn,i« v. ] wmm | A',r. iMORTKK OK moNMOSdioHv iiARinvAUi: AC. Within an muer , i uAiiKAX I N h Copper. Size 2S in. v,„^,„.^ „(• n'rc-U-n" the .'onntrv with copper Hardware linns seem to have .l..iie the lu.ger part ol lh.» bus.nebs ot h.i,v1> .n. .i.e ... change. 36 ROniORT WALLA(!E MdiACHLAN ON TlIK 17. Obr. HAi.Ki'KNNY iDKiA' 1815 Bust of Georj;e III to the iii,'ht. I{,r. ■ I'AYAniE uv roiiN ai.hxk barky • Halifax A sliip niuler full suil to tlio right. Copper. 8i/,o 2«i id. Tliere are three viirietios of this coin, diflbrinjf mainly in tlie aize luul position of tiio date. 18. Olir. wiioi.ESAi.'-: .V KKTAii, MAUDWAKE BioitB Ki . LSM A Urgo huil(liii),' with ii gateway in the centre. Her. nvin^AX nova wotia A kef.' ntanding on end int | dry | (ioons | stoue Copper. Size 22 m. There are two varieties of this coin dili'ering in relative positions of the letters. 22. Ohr. KOBEKT noi'woon >* eon | nova sarriA | crossfield a | wbi.i.inot'iN | milij* 7.'(T. Arms. Motto ohadatim. Date 1 ^')2. I have not been able to locate either Crossfield or Wellington Mills. The above coin is said to have been 8trui-k for a proposed firm of millers that int^'iided to commence oixrations in Nova Scotia in 1852. No specimen exists in Canada This and the following coins were intended as advertisement cards rather than for circu- lation. 23. Ohv. •komeut itkves- | cheap | family | .stoke I Wallace K(v. ENoouu.MiE I corxTKv | i.Mi'OiiTKKs CopfHir. Sizc 20 m. 2-1. Ohr. Female bead to the loft surrounded by thirteen stars, on the head is a coronet inscribed i.iokrty; nudernoath is the date 1SS2. R,l. BI.AKLBY \ P'» I (IKKAT OKY | SALT OOOD.S | WAUEHoUSB ! HALIFAX | N. 8 | O' (;UANV1LLE & OUKK ST. Bra.^S. Size 28 ni. The obverse of this coin is a copy of the ton dollar piece of the I'niled States. An evident mistake has been made in the e.vpression "dry salt good.s." As tlie coin was struck in llngiand where the name drajnirs is api)lied to what are called dry goods merchants in this country, the die makers, behoving it had something to do with dried codlish, added the word salt. 2.5. Ohr. * QASs' TEA « STORK Witlilu a beaded circle Halifax | v. s. Rir. * tea * CHFxjLB Within a beaded circle 1882 Brass. Size 24 m. Made by Dawson in Montreal. 2li. Olii: UOOD FOR I 1 I R. s. Rcr. plain. Brass. Size 25 ra. This is a I'ar cliCMUe made in the United States for Richard Slieppard of Halifax. 27. Obr. HALIFAX stbamuoat coMi'AXv. .V sidc-whecl stcaiH vessel to the left, barque rigged. IJfr. FBKKV I TOKEN Copper. Size 20 m. This was used as a ticket on a ferry between Halifax and DartiimuLii. It wa.s for a tin;- very rare, but as some time ago a large ho.ird was found in ttie ollico of the company it is now i„iiunon. C COI'NTLIIFEITS OF THE CoiNAOE OF I8:!2. .•^ovA .scoiTA Laureuted l>'.ist of George 1\' to the IcUt, rudely executed. 2b. <>br. I'HOViNCi-: Riv. o.NB I'ESNY tokEN 18:j2 A two-loaved thii~tle. Three varieties differing in the stylo of work. Brass. Size ;;4 m. ANNALS OK THE NOVA S(^OTIAN CURRENCY. 87 . (Halfiienny of 18'.'4.) (Penny of 1S:12.) (Halfpenny of 1832.) 'JO. Obv. PI' .VINOB OF NOVA W.'OTIA BtlSt aS ill Isflt. Rir. HAi.Fi'KNNY ToKKN 1H.".2 A Uiintli'. Bra88. Size -'« m. Four varieties ililfering an to rudeness of liniali 30. Ohv. As last. Jifv. HAiFi'EN'NY TOKEN 138L'. A thistle. Copper. Size 28 m. This is tlio variety with the wrong date. D. COINH ISSt'RD MY liTB ritOVINCIAI. GoVKKNMBNT. 31. Obv. I'BOViNXE OP KovAscoTiA Laureatt'd bust of George IV, young portrait. K,i. iiAi.FPBNNY TOKKN 1823 A tliisllo. Copper. Size 28 lu. Two varieties differing in the shape of the thistle. 32. OI'V. I'RoviNCB OF N0VA-8CoTi\ Bu.st of George IV. llci: As last. Copper Size 2s in. There are six varieties of this .'oin, d'llering mainly in arrangement of the hair and in the features of the King. 33. Ohv. As 31, but the features are much older. i.'cc. ONE I'KNNY TOKBN 1824 A tliistli*. Copjwr. Size 34 m. Three varieties differing in minor details. 34. Ohv. As last. Eev. As No 31 ; date 1824. Copper. Size 28 m. Three varieties. . 35. Obr. As No. 33. Rev. As No. 33 ; date 1832- Copier. .Size 34 m. 36. Obv. As 33. if«'. As 31; date 1832. Copper, hize 2S m. 37. Obv. puoviNCK OP NOVA BcoTrA Head of Victoria. JRa: ONK I'HNNY TORBN 1S40 A thistle. Copper. Size 34 ra. Two varieti .;8. 38. Ohv. As last. R.v. As 31 ; date 1840 Copjier. Size 28 m. Three varieties, 39. Oh>: As 37. Rev. As 37 ; date 1843 Copper. Size 34 m. Two varieties. 40. Obr. As 37. Rev. As :U ; t^r. Size 2.) m. This and tlu« three following are rejected patlorus, 44. Obr. A- Uist. . . , n «• on «cT. ■ NovA-scoiiA irAi.F CENT • Ix.I A Wreath of Tohes euclosing au imiK^fia! crowu, <.>pper. Nzp .0 m. Sec. 11., 1892. 8. (Halfpenny of 1840.) (Penny of 1843.) (Halfpenny of 1843.) 38 UOBERT WALLAiK iMoLACllLAN ON TIIK •15. (ihv. A« 43. Hfr. ONK cBsr M)VA HCOTIA A wroatli nf roseH and Muv-tlowor- ontwinwl onolosinir a rrnwn anil tlm date 18til. Co|)|)ei ."^iy.o '.'."i in. 4ii. Oh,: Ast;!, lUv. As last, lint n \i.i ( i;sr iiisteivd of cent. Copper. Size 20 m 47. Ohi. Ax l.'l, but with tin- liiust and liMtern aniallor. 'Ihi'sc are tlie .sumo ii.s ni' the roiinlar Enjj;li.>ili ('oina>r ui. Two varieties 48. Obr. .\n last. (Half cent of 18(il.) I\ir. Same a.s 4(1, Copjier. Size 20 ui. li», Ofci. A8 4; (Cent of 1862.) iJt'c. Ab 45; date ISti-- Coiiikt. Si/e L'.') ui. 50. O'-r. A.s47. (Cent of 18(14.) Rir. As 4.'); date IStH Copiier. Size C") ni. 51. 06'. As 47. (TTalf.'pntof 1S04.) Jitt: Ab 40; ilate l.'^ii4. Coiijier. Size 20 in. F. List or Mkiuls Hki.atino to Nova S'otia. 52. 01, i: uiioMcrs xv. d. <.. rii. ki n.u. i;k\ /,.' . m vivikk. Yoiin;.' i'liireateil bnst of l.oiiis in to^ra- Htr. i.ti)OVu\)BLiiGrM itsdaum i-.r .numum. Ki. m.ixx-.xn View of the fort and hiirbonr of I.ouislmrK, witli VHSSel."? in the liarlionr and at sea. ISi/f 4.; in. Struclt to coninioniorato the ronipiiUion of tl^e fortilii'ations of liOiiisburg. 5:1 Qln: unoiici'ti w. i'.kx. ciuusii.\MhNiMis An older l'u,>^t ihan the last. ('>n the truncation of tlie bust III VIVIKR. R .")2. Siy.e42m The reverse of a medal coinnieiuorative the Iroaly of pnace of 17ii3 ha,s been used at the Mnsee Mon^^tairo to striiso tins me lal ■55. O'"'. A pro.strate nalced female fitinre on a roi'K pointinjr to an inverted 7/1 i/r-(/c/i. Kcstint; on the IVmale is a^'lobe, inscribed in tlieir proiier places, canmia amkricv ; to the left is a soldier wit' a nlU^Uel and bayonet, and to the rijibt a sailor with liis hat raised, llet ween them i.s a scroll inscribed i-.mutkh in • iiki.i.a ; l)eliind ttie ^'lolie is tlie Union .laclN ; and above Fame olowin;^ a frnmpet, and in lier left hand two laurel wreatlis; in the distance are live Iwats and a hiijii rock To tho leli. on the rock in tl.e foreground, r. nM;ii. r. Rir. loviMiov ufi . TAKKs Ml '('( iviii 111 the forej/roiiihl is a battery sholliii;^' a forliliml town lu the right. To the left a liglithonse on the ocean, in front of the battery .ire eiithl war vessel.s and a nnmhtM- of small boats, one of the fK U'.l I K BIM'KI ., lliiliumiu smted m a . liniiot .Iniwn l>y a lion, .suppmU'd by tlui ti«nro of JiiHtife to Uie led and of Liberty to tlio riK'tit. Thogrouml.m wKU'h tli.w stuna w .«.tn-vMi witli.//. m-(/,-/,« ; :ib.,ve m h srroll inwribe.! i.Ki.fs-isx il-itm. bohiw, MixvviiJ. nriiHS. Sia>4:'. III. ,V,) (jhv. S.inie as mverBe of Inst. Ihr. Inscription to tlie left, iii-ai.ai.oh ic | i.auim..-' moouio 1 m w 1 1 siAiiARA | ionhon | iuly. 25 At top, mn- llfV I «0U K I MON.K? TOUN.'.' 1 HKr. Hi A. IS | IIAWKK | <(. II.KKON | N-V. --'O To fiKbt, UU-XVN POINT | OI..EH8T | AK,. 4 I i,Aon.H t uoM AWKN | Ai'.;. II'. At bottom, MisDKv | iKUOisASi. | Aid. 1 Aiiu.s, .•oi.si.sling of a //. ur-rf- -/;//. ro- vorswl. surromMlwi by a Lmrter inscrib.'.l ikufima imk-a. .Supporter; a crowne.l lion to loft and ii borsH to rinla ; ribbon inficriljea, w. imit mhv. ..ko. ii ik. mi ; iumIit ibe arum, mihcmx. Bronze, hizo CJ ni. till Obv. Ai.M'' iiosiAUKN 10..K • .MB liUKToN Ilulf lent,'tli biiht of Hosmven to tbe risht. Rer. lofi.siioi im. A riklo vinw of wbat in intendo.l to represent tbe town and barh^ir of l.ouisburjr, four vessels in tbt) liarliour. AV. in. '-'ti IT.'iS. Urass. Size 4(i ui. Tliisan.llbesiv follo'vin^ medals were strurli by I'in.liliorlc, of ]-oudon. Tiioy aro all rude in linisli and niailo from tlie " pinclibeck " brass. til. Olir. Sanio as lust. />', r. As last, exoeia tbat tbero are the ve>>els in tbt< barbuur and a ball from a mortar is about to strike the fort on tbe summit of tbe hill. Brass. Sizo4l)in. Hi;. Ohr. AOM' ijoHAWKS rooK <-Arii i.Hfc-ioN A tl,ree..|uaner liyure of Boscaxveii in naval uniform to the right with a baton in his ritht hand. AVr. Similar to tid, Init the town is on tlie left, and the date 17f>. Brass. Si/o :!7 m. /t.^u™ ko'mau,,.., k View of tbe town and harbour of Louisbnrk;. &. lui, -6 17:.8. Brass. Si/e :!V m. (14. (Jbi. As ei'2 AVr. Similar to (iO, but the town is to the left. I'>ia.s.s. Sizo ■J4 ni. 6.-1. Oftr. TO iiUAVi.; AOM' uom'Awi.s I'.usl of Bo.scuwen in armor to th.' rit^ht ]{„■. i BiuuBNOKU euisoNioK lU. 1758. An oth.'er to tl,o ri..'ht kneeling: ami inesontin;: his swor.l to another oHicer to the left, standing and holding, a sword ovor him. ( op,,er. Size -".-. m. Oti. 0^r. NONA MOT.A I.I held, . MON i.s siHKN.:iH with a Malte.se .-oss und.rneatb, the whole partially onelosed bv two spr'ns of May-llowcr. R„: ,;mi.|.-,ham..: ! so. iktv In -ield .oK.s | oi- 1 mkm, ,..:.-.>,.■ with similar sprigs .,t May-ll..wer. White metal '^""Tllis'is the oarliest numismali.^ recognition of the May-llower, as this medal appoare.l some years before the i:oina^:e of is.")!!. (17 Oh,: I.M.1I.-AX TIOMrKKNN.M.; soC„.TV AcnlSS the tioM, TOKKN I o, l MHMnKUSHir. /;, ,. VNION IS STKHN..rn .\ u .vath of Umivl .Mi.l.dnt.' a fasoes, White me.al. ^.ze 38 m. tis. Ohr. ,.KU ,|.s. M KT .•- M US.. lOT IS ..SO viNcns Amis fhi..f Vert. A lamb to the loft, below mi.«, Sup- norlers a man to the left and a w.^inan t.. tlie ri^'hl ; crest, a ra.luited cross. ' T; uui'ax Lmas . vrnoi.10 forv,. Ans^,SK^CK soci.iv. rn. vkhv m:vl' ,ohn >..,i.,aN.N. v. .,. cKKSim^Nr. ; a (Ireek'-Toss inseribe.l |.|.i;i...r | . ikom.siH to ] abstain 1 iHOM au. 1 i.st.ik.c.vt.no ouink.-s V 1 kxcioit csbd VK, U,,.V I ANOnVOtmKll O. ^ MKOKAl M .S | AM. , O 01. O, NIKS ASCK i TU. | CA.SKA | P.ACnC. | O. | INXBMPKUANCK The ;orn..rs ..• tbe eross are radiated, ami eoi.tain the words koivoko 1 .4 ..as" 1841 | hau.ax | xova s,.nx White metal. Si/e 44 ni. ,,, Ohr S' MAKV ,v S' IVVTKa-KS TEM..K.ANCK SOCIK-V nMSOKI, IN UAIIfAN ,1V TIUO l. ...V'' 0« WA..S,, IMIi The \'ir.ii, Marv. in tbe Ibre.rouiul of a lands-'ape with a .•! dd on ber knee who holds a lamb with a nbbon; in 1 lef h ii. it; leaver; . itb b,. ri,bt she is pa.tin. ,t,.;^t ,..,. Lsr cvimcK M...sn..,., iuki.aso. A'... «k v.e imk .•nu.oH.N oi- | s.usts. | ro.n.^s „. 18. St. a nek, .vitb' .n.ier.in tl,e f.,re.nmnd standing trea.lin, on a snake ; -o tbe left, in the distance, are a spire, martello tower and a cross, to tbe ri^bt, r...'kH and trees. White metal. Mzt^ 4.. m. TO, nhr. .ATHOlf loTAl. A„ST,SAS,K M.OAI, ..C TMK CI ,A OC IIAUIAX nV.S" .AT.IK. .K.IIN nlOOINBOTIlAM KOVNOKR [•■Kio 2. l*^-"'7 Same scene as last. A't '■. As last. White metal Size 4:1 lu. 60 ROBF.RT WAT.LACE MrLACIIT-AM ON THE 71. Ohi. cnAMi'ios Oh- fiAiiKAx iiAundi u iin 11 ^laTWr. A sliicM iirt;piit iMisiiint: ii kiiigtidlier to tli- Ii'l't utaiiilini; mi a iiimiiid ; hffdrfi wliirli isu M;i.v-tl<.wer. /.'(). A wrcRtli uf Miiy-llow <'rc WlnUi nii'tal. Size 3'.' in. This inedul was tiiven by l>r. (otHWoll tn lio coinimtnil ior aimunlly at tlin Halifax icuatla. Tim dit-K wero enirrrtve | I l!OM | I.OM lONDKimV IHOS | SlIII'S .SI'IKKH | Ii Al V \ MZKH A DI.ACK | UAIIUA\ siiKKs lions M'lS I COACH bcukwh ; wa.siiki:^ | asi> imvi.t.^ oi i:\ i-iiv | nrsriiii'Ti' ; ihamkh | kouckd a- maciiink | \voi;k I vMi.r dookh .vc Lead. Si/.ti '^2 in. Tlifso are advoitisinu' cardf* of a liarduan^ nianulac Ini iiij: firm at I'lirtniontl. Tlicy arc rudely oxui'Ulcd liavinj; hevn luado at tlic ronipany's work.s. G- COMMINION ToKE-NH r.~BII IN Till. I MrlKKKS T I'lir.HUVrKHIAN ( 'lllKOII hX IN No\ A S(.ijllA. 74. Antkioni.'*h. 0/^tlii, been eoiinectcil with St. Andrews rhurcli, New CdaSirow. Tt, like mo>t of the Kirk Connre^ations in I'ictou 0 m. This church was oivani/od after tbe " disruption"' in Scotland by members who came out fiuin tlu^ Kirk. The Kev. I>. B. Blaiii was the (irst minister ; who was installed as pastor about tbi; year |S48. 711. ("ANSoOiiver Inhabitants!. Ohr, km:u 1 II. .M' K. I c\Nso. for I'(iigald) M(:K(eichan.) lUr. I'lain, iiprigbl oblong. 2:1 x liO ni. Organized as a Church of Scotland, but now conneited witb tho rresbyterian Cbiircb in f'anada. This must net he confounded with the town of <'anso as it is a district, more genet allv known as Itiver Inbabitanls, on the (.'apo l>reton shore u. si.iM. wiU.iii l.'ud.M liiu.,-. Nsilli ■ priininoiital ...morH, f.».l<.ni! cut curner.t, V.> x '.'7 iii. TliiB i» a town, (ir more propoily u MiLnrb M' ll.ilifux, a.ToHS tl.« UmUmi Imiu tlu.t -iiv. TIih lirat paHlor wan tlie Ubv. .luiiifs MorriBon, sent out in 18i;7, l.y th.- (-hm-ow Coioiviiil S<.ciHty in .■ui.nrrti.m vviU. iho Chnrrl, ol HcolhiiKl Thf (-•iiiircli iH now in llu' I'liion Hi. lioror.AH.S) (Hliulifniicailic.) Ol.i: Ki-v,i) ! A. I>i'-K I |ioi(,i VHS I IWKi. Jt,r I'lain.siiuBrc, witli the iivscription runiiinj? o:i .Mr. Di.'.l* waH oriluim"! hy tlio n.iwly uri.'ani/« tirst I're.,i.yt<.ri«n Minister ra'.diuly ..rdained in tl.o im.viiK'e. Ilis THE I Kil;K (■.)NOKE...VilO.N.- I O. I IVM.I lows | AM. I Wl-.M BUANCU, K. .1. i UV | KKV W . M .MlI.l.AN. I(n:"nm un ,n Ikk.micmi.Rami) | -k mk." | > '""• n'--' ^vithin lioaded lines with ornamental eorners, oblonn cut cornern, H» X -'7 111. , ,, . This plare wan settled, tr,„u 8utl.erlan,l>hire, alum. tlu. year \^U,. A.s the people had heen n.a.nly adherents of tho ChniT.h of Scotland hefore en.inratin*.', they kept up their , Id .■onneetion without any re^rularly appointed KirU inini..tor, ul'hou^h timy were foi a time under the ,har,'e nf the Rev. Alex. Sutherland who was not ot that eonnection At the di.srnpiion most <.f the memhers .i..iue.l the Tree ( hureh ; still a munher hold to tho Kirk and these wore ministered to hy the lUv. William M.Millau whnso name np,,ear« on the token. Hoth .he eon.'re,'a- ti„ns at i:arltnwn and West lirnneh Uiver .lohn refused h. join the Union ; althoujrh «ineo tho Vree ( h.ireh was formed, the two deiK^minations worship in the same buildiui;. 83. KcoNoMv. Dhr. A. IvKitiiS I cosaHECi'^ | okcxi.somv /iVi. I'lain, ohlonu rounded corners, li) X •-':; m , , ., r, This place WMs ocrasionallv visited hv the Kev. ,lohn limwn. ot '..ondonderry, until tho settlement of the Rev. Andrew Kerr, in IS17. Ho hek.n-ed to .ho Antihu.-her .section of the Sece-ssion (Inir.h. It may ho noticed that " ((economy " is .spelled with an initial 0. (i/!r' a' communion tahle hearin-.' a chal.ce and a plate of hivad, underneath is tho inscription tm.h oo | in liKMKMIlHANCK I OC mi; 1 1.1 Isl. --I'' , ,, ll,r (i<,n Foulun | riivr , .siton.o | o..o,;v, svvk is | thk cK0^s ok ovn | I.o.u. .h:s,s C u.a.sT, ! nv w„,.m nth WORM. I 1. OK.T.KUCI. I NTO | MK, ASP 1 . Mo | THK WolM.,.. | OAl. V C V U, rOU.ul, - m After the death of Mr. LhU the |)ou>.dass Church was divided Tho division ol which Klm.Miale wits the ccntn* had the Ihn-. Koherl lllackwood aa the lirst minister. ,S,1, tiAllilodl. Ohi. A four jiointeil st:lrlll^e litiure, indented. iir round corners, 'J:.' .\ 2."i m. Rn: I'lain, < This was a settlemcm from (iairlock in Scotland, hence the name. the Church efScotlan.l, whirl, connection, like most of the Kirk connre nations o desi-n is one ot the simplest. The token is, doiihtless, liO years old. he conj.'ret,'ation hecame connected with f riiUni, it still r.taius. Tho ^"' tyiri^u^l cm i:cir. I ouEicMui.i.. 1 lS5o. Nvithin heade.l lines with ornamental corners, lUr. THIS no IN I iu-.mi:muiianci-^ I OF MR i Lcxjii, M.^-1. withiu headed lines uith ornamental corners, ohlonj; cut ciirners. 1'.' v -7 m. i i- ■ i i ti , The church formed, up to ISls, a pan of the W.sl Uiver congregation ^vhen the eliar^'e was sub-dividod. The Kev.Ceoiro ratlorson. D.O., the iiis.ovian of tho county ot I'irtou. ordained ,n 1S4(), was appointed its lirst minister. 62 ROBKRT WAIiF.ACK .M.r.ACIILAN ON TllH ,s7. ..\v coniicrtoil with iho I'nmhyterian (Miiiri'li in ('unik>lH. 88 iiwm; iiivKit. nin: An olilonn indcntutinn norratcd. AVi'. rUiin, oliliintt, 1-' x I ■ ni. ThU tokiMi in iinimI in tlin niitiyin>j or l)runi!li conKru^ratioiiM nf tlw Linden Cliun.li. S9. 90. (illAM) HiVICU- Oln: KHi;i: cmi.cii | i.i:\m> uivuu ('. H. for ('(«1«) I'lfoton.) Iliv. TMI-- DO IN I iii-.Nii;MUiiANCK | OH" MR | I (.'oit XI iM ovnl, -"-' X -'S in. Orgiuiizcd Hlioitly alMT tin) disrnittion, with tho HfV. Jiuuei* lioss lis the llrst uiiniater. Halifax. 0^1'. PC I H I 1784 for I'ircsbytoriHn) l\hiiri'h) lUiilifftx.) Jiir. A Hide repreHPntation of liio burning liii.Nh, lu'iirly rfHind, 'JH x 30 m. This congregation whs or^Miu/..^d aa ii Connn'^MtioiiiU Cluinii by tho 'MiwsenlorB" of Halifax, and wii8 com- IHttted mainly of CfrmrHgationalistH and PresbyteriaiiH. The first (mstor was tbo Kev. Aaron duvoland, installed 17,50. He aft<>r«ards n-movod to the Unitt-d States, of which bis givat-jireat grandson is now i're-idont. On the breaking out of the revolution in the thirteen coloniei to the t-outh nust of the Congregational mInisterH of N'va Scotia, as sympitlii/.erB with tho movement, left their ehargcf; nnd iis some of them were rt^i>hu,Ml by I'l-tsbyterians the .■oiigregatinii« joined the Presbytery. The lir.st I'rcMbyterian minister settled over tlio Halifax .•ongrciralion wns the Hev. Thos. Itussell, who came out in 17Ki. Alter .•oiifiuue.l diMputings between Uie two parties in the ,on;tregation the .lilliculty was settled, in 17S7, by the CongregatioiialiMts pgreeing to accept ,1 I'resbvtorian luiiiislor chosen by the Principal of the Kdinburgh Tlniversity ; while the I'resbyleriaiis yicMed the point that the church should remain inde|HMuient of tlie Presbytery. The llrst minister, chosen under this agreement, was the Ko-. Andrew P.rnwii, installed 17s7. The (bun h continueil indei*ndent until I84(i when it joined the Pre.sbytery. byterian) Clliurch) H(alifax) N(ova) S(cotia.) /i'«. I. Coti. I \i XXIV a chalice 'n outline, oval, 27 x SO m. I have not been able to trace tbi.s token to any cbiirdi ; having obtaiiKnl it from a collector who a.ssured me that it had licen in bi.s father's [wssession for a number of years and that he had secured it when travelling witli samiiles ill liie Lower Provinces. OH. Haimav. 0/,r. R. f. H forH{elief^r{burcb,ni(alifax.1 /.Vr. LSIS across the tield, round, 24 in. This church was organiwd by the Kev. Henry Paterson who was sent out in iSlS, by the Relief Presbytery of Sctlaiid to organize a clmrch of its own order. It afterwards became cc.nnccted with the Cliurch of .Scotland when it was called 8t. .Andrew's Church. 91. PLm.hax. Ohv. s'. .loiis's cui:-iivTKEiAN iiiuncii 18ii3 Within a parallelogram uai.iiax | N. 8. Ihr. nils DO IN 1 KiMKMimAX. K | 01 Ml). | ui T i.ivi A MAN | KsAMiNE | iiiMsKi.i-. obloug cut comers, 21 X 27 m. A Free I bun h was organized in Halifax in ls);i witli the \U'\. Kali.h Uobb as their lirst minister. This church was built in the norih end, but afterwanls a new building known as Chalmer's Church, was built in the ceutre of the city niieii ibe conKregatioii removed to the new place a party broke off and wor.shipped in tho old Ijuilding until Kt. .lohn's Church was erected. B ANNAJ.S OF THK NOVA SCOTIAN OUJIKKNCY, 63 95. Hai.ikan Obv. I'OI'LAR UKO\H I 1'KB.snVIBFllAN | f'Ul'RC'ir Her. HBV. !•. li. M'. (iKBfiOK | iiAi,ii-Ax s.s. | ..S4:'i olilonK, I'ut coniorM. 1S< x SO ni. The Kev. P. C. Mdiregor, the lirst ininislor, was inilucUHl iu 1N4:;. The (.■ongregation is now known as Park Stroel Chiiioh. {Hi Hoi'BWKI I.. Ohr. s' I (x)i r-MiiA i cini;!!! an ornament l)elnw. Kir. THIS I iiO IN I i!KMi;MuuANfiv | ui MH rouiid, ?)l! ni. Thin fdrmeil a piirt of the Ka.st Kivor Congret-'ution, oru'aniztMl, in 1M.'4, in connciction with tlio Cliurtih of Scotland. It afterwards hecanie a separato congre^ulioji, and .still reiains its oonnn. lion with tlie old Kirk. 97. LowKK Seiti.kmbst (Now tilasgow). Obv. 1.0WEH striT. for 8CTT(iuuwnt) batweon „w) beaded ovals, corners radiated. Jicv. Plain, oblong', 20 x 22 m. An early chunih built in the most accessible part nf ubat was known as the I,owor Settlement of the East River of Pictou. The congregation was organr.^ed about the yeai 1788, by tlm Rev. .lanies McGregor, D.I)., who was for many years the only minister in the county of Pictou. He bad the whole of Pietou and parts of the neighbouring counties for bis parish, .\ftor the arrival of fellow workers, and " the parish " divided, he confined his labours, more particularly, to the district of which this church wab the centre. Tiie church, built nearly oppo- site where Stellarton is, cm the lower part of the East River, was called James Church after the founder. The town of New (ila.'='_'ow grow up two miles hirtlier down the river whore the congregation built the new .lames Church ; and in this church the original tokens woie U8ee.ciraen8 of Mr. Brown's token. 99. LONDOSDEKIiV. Ohr. THE rUBSllYTEKIAN 1 CHI RCII | l.ONOONDKliKV | KSJ4 l!ee. THIS DO IN I RiiMEMuKANoii | OK MK | 1 coi!. XI 24 oblong cut corners, 21 x 27 m. A new token made to be used in the same church as the last. I'X). LOCHAIJICK. Obr. LOonAURR I I'i; | s': map.v's | ihkk cnrucii 1 ls.')l. , , , on /,',.■. Tins DO IN lUvMKMiiKASCK oi MB In tho Centre across the lield I con. xi. 24 oval, 22 x 30 in. Lochaber in Anligonisb Cuunly and St. .Mary's, in Guysborongh, are two townshii.s from which the member- ship of this congregation are drawn. Th.^ lirst minister wa.s the Rev. Alex. Campbell, who can.e from Scotland in 1848. 101, Maui. AMI. (Jhr. MAITI.ASI) I IMUOSIjVTnltI,\N | (;oN( 1RK0,\TI0S lUr. REV'.' I. s. ciiow I 1845, oblom; cut corners, 21 x 27 m. This formed part of the Douiilass Congregation until 181.^ when the church was divided. The northern half, consistin.' , f Maitland, Noel and smaller setllements, .-ailed :Mr, Crow to bo their pastor. Towards tho close of his ministry Uie congregation split, the larger part .•ontinuing under Mr. Crow. After his death the congregation became' a Congregational ( buich. Only one or two of these tokens are known, as the supply on band was destroyed when the parsonage was burnt iu 1S57. 102. Maitianh. Olli'. I'llEMlVIERIAN I C0NC.RK0AT10N-, | MAIILANO. h'ev THIS IX. IN UBMEM»H,\>. M oi" ME A cluilicfi OH a table, .iblonu' cut corners, 19 x 27 m This token was made for the congregation that split olf from Mr. Crow's church, by whi.'b it is still ased. lO:!. McLknnan's Moi ntun. Ob<\ U L M) indented) for M(r)L(onnan's) M(oiin1ain.) 64 ROBERT WALLArK :\I(LA(;iILAN OX TIfl': lUr. Plain, oliloiig cut corners, 18 x -Ji" m. Tins is clHimc..! as tlie tirst cliurch organized, in tin. Province of Xovu Scotia, in •■onnection will, the Oinrdi of Scotliuul. Tlic Pin-. l»onakl A. Praser came out iVom Scotlan.l in 1M7, an.l was at once cail.'.l to tno cPurch at Mcl.ennau's Mountain. Tho ihurdi still hoMs to it^ old ticM. 104. McPbn nan's Mountain. OI,r. SAINT JOHN'S I M' l.r.SNAN's | MOUNTAIN lilt;, "no THIS | in kkmkmuhanch | of mh" oval, I'L' x ;;i in. A new token nse.l in the same chur.'h as tlie last. .MrPonnau's Moi.niain rocoivcd its name from tho name of the tir.st settler at the iiK.nth of the hruok that Hows past the base of the mouiitniii. ^""' Obr'tiZZi^n ci!KSu>- cono^' between t«o circles. Within the circles W. P | min'< | lsl9, for \V(illiau.) l'(atrick) >iiN(iste)R. [!iv. Plain, .-([uare cut corners, 10 m. The Kev. William Patrick came from Scotland in 1.S15. and was at once settled overihe Merigomish Congrega- tion, which position lie retained until 1844. The congieiiation received tl,e early attention ..f I'r. M<'(;regor, and was considered under his pastoral charge until the arrival of Mr. Patrick. 106. Mu.sciUonouoiT Ohv. MUsQUiDAuoiT cuKsiiYTKHiAN (luiicii, forming all oval encl<.sing kf.v" .1. ,S. | 1841 | i. tou. xi, 28. ■->!!. for for .I(ohn) 8(i)rott) within lieadcd lines with ornamental corners. iJcr. Plain, ol'long cut corners, 'Jii N ;I7 in. , Musquodoboit was separated from Stewiacke Church, in l>!6. with the Kev. ,]ohn Laidlaw as r^Iinister. The Rev. .lohn Sprott became Pastor in PM) Thi;^ church was urgani/ed under Ihughei -ection of tho Secession church. The name of the place is incorrectly spell on the token. 107. Misciuoi'oiioir. Ohr. ii' ANDUKWs I cnriicii i MVSyuonor.oiT I N. S. 7?,r. Tins IV, I IN i kkmemi:kan!-i • op mb oblontr cut corners, It) x 'Ji; in. This is a dmrch built in unother part of the settlement known as Little River. lOS. Nkw Annan. OfT. NHW ANNAN 1 I'KBSm-TEUlAN 1 (-ONnRBlIATION /■i,r. Plain, oblong cut corners, 10 X SO m, This for a time formed part of the Talamagouche Congregation. 109. New Glasgow. Obr. C0.\1MUNI0N token 1 s! ANI>i!KW's, | N i-W <;i.AS(iOW. | ISo."). Rev. THIS DO IN I nraiiiMBEANCE ] t^F MK. | I. Toii. Ni. L'4. williin headed lines with ornamental corners, oblong cut corners, 19 x 27 m. A ihnrch was Imiltin 1819 nt Frafer's Tilountain. about tv\o miles from New (ila.sgow. where afterwards the greater number of the members resided. Por this reason the building was removed into the town. The congrega- tion still retains its connection with the Clmrch of Scotland. 110. Nkw (iLAsc.ow. Obv. A communion lable bearing a clialice and a plate .,f hivad, below is the inscriptiomiiis no | in UI-.MFMliltAXOK I 1>F MK | I.FKE 22.19 RrV. GOI. FORUU) 1 TH.Vr I SUOFLl. I Ol.oHV, .,.\VIi IS | IIIM .-KoSS OF OFK i l.ollP .1 ESFS CuUIST, | U^ WlIoM THE WOllI.ll 1 IS CUCtTFIKI) UNTO | MK, AND I UMO | TIIll WOlil.I). I i;\L. U. V. M. roUIld, 24 III. This token is similar totlioono used in the Elmsdale Church except that it is a size larger with letters Hiightly larger. \ token of tlie same kiii.1 is used in e .•hiiicli in I'.irmingham, Kn-huid. Tliis congregation, known as Pri'iuiiive Chun-h was formed in iMii, by members who sei^araled from .lames ' Lurch. The lirst minister, the h'ev. ».corg(' Walker, was indncte.l in 184S. Afterwards when the building was burneil down, the congregation unite.! witli lohn Knox Church, and has sin^e been called the Pnited I Lurch. 111. .NfW CiI.AHOoW. Ob,: InllN KNOX I I IIUMTI, 1 MCW-C.l.ASliOW . | " THIS 1)0 IN | UKMF.MUHANCF OF ME." /,',). FiiKB eiiFKcH "1 scoTLANO. Bolow Is tie' bumiiig bush and a ribbon inscribed Nice ta.mmn (.o>si mku.uur ; on the giv.nndwork \< tlie. maker's name eKAwimio oi.,v when it was with Miotliind erected into a separate .-hiirtro and, liUo .Maitluiid, it divided towards the cIomi of Mr. ("row's ininiBtry aii'l the part remainini.' under Mr. Crow allerwaids became Coiigrej-'alional. Tlie initial " 1'" in Mr. ( row's name ;> wron^', it should be "T " as on the Maitland token. 114. ONSloW. (}l,i: +.|uiiu .). Baxter + On.-'(■(■. riain, snua'-e, i'l; in. This was a I'.uivher iMicresfaiion se|>arated from Truro in 181ii, tlie Kev. Hoberl Douulaes was the lirst minister, and Mr. 15axter assumed ehart'e in \>^'A2. 115. I'lClOIF. Ohr. I'AUli-li I o|.- I cK-ror luv. itr.v" I T. M' ('. I 1^1(1 forTihoiiias) Mc('(ulloch) >nal, bS x -.is m. The iirsi church In the vicinity of Pj'tou was bnili in 17S7 uii the harbour and across the river at Loch Broom; but in 1804 when tlie town be!.'an to i/row and became a centre, the people there organized a separate conj^reg'atioii. They were supplied occasionally by the l!ev. I'r. Mc'iresior and the Hev. Ouucan Koss. On the arrival of I'r. M.l'alloch in I'ictou, in 180;!, on liis way to Prince Edward Island, he was inducud to remain in Picton and was inducted as pastor of the church in LS04. llii. i'lrmr. Ohf. I'liisc'K sruEicr | ciirr.rn, | ciuror liir. " DO THIS I IX HEMBMURAMTi) | (W Ml-;" OVal, 22 X IIO Ul. This is a later token used in the same church as the last ; like inosf of ihe early chuicliea in Pictou, it was organized as an A lit ibur'_'h?r. 117. Picror. Ohr. St. a r P fori^t. A(,udrew'a) <\hurch,i rdcton). Ih'.r. Plain, irrejxular obloUL' cut corners, 2:5 x ;!i> in. In the year 1S2-1 a con;;iv>:atiun in connection with the Old Kirk wa.-^ organized in Pictou with the Rev. K. J. McKenzio as minister. The church still retains its orijjinal <.u..i:-JCtioii. 118. Pic-iou. Ohr. s' ANDKHWR CIU'ECII CliaoC | NOVA SCOTIA 1850 Hi I. THIS no I IN liKMBMlJR.V.^CK I OF MK OVal, 22 X ii'i HI. This is a later token used in ihe same church as the last. For a lime the old tokens wore retained for two anion- the (iaclic simaking part of the coiiu'regation hut they were afterwards ineltod down to make new toliens conseipiently few of the old ones are to lie liad. 119. Picror. Ohr. riiTor 1 FUEK rncRCH | l^t^ lirr. i.icr A M\N' I BXUtiN'io I HiMsi:i.i- I I. (■•IK. \i 28 nhlon;; iMit corners, ID x 29 m. Orpanized.at the time of tl,e disruption, by a division of the St. Andrew's Church. The Rev. Murdoch Sutherland was the lirst miui-ter. When this token was discarded by the Picton Church supplies of it seemed to have been distributed amoni; a number of other churches, as I have specimens from three or four chundies in Nova Scotia, two in I'lince F.duard Isl.uid, ;iud one in Ontario. P2ii. Picror, Ohi: KNox's oiirnrH | phtov n. s. I!,r. " no THIS ] in rkmkmihiancb | of mp. " oval 22 \ :io ni. A later token used in the same church as the last. The mis-spolling of the niurie would make it liable to be confuunded with "Picton," in Ontario, w.uv Ihe letters " N. S.," n..t present. 121. Pro WASH. Ohr. piowAsii I 18(i8 I I. con. XIII within a headed i^val, ornaments in the corners. Siu;, 11., 1892. 9. 6B HOBERT WALLAOK MrLACIILAN ON TllR Hiv. "Tiiifl DO IN I liKMBMnr.ANOE | ov MB." | I. c'oR. XI, 24. withiii boR. of Ntnvcast!p-ni,on-Tyne, was ,s.'nt out to Qublmc, in 1 SOU. by the Lonaoii Missionary Society. Ho removed to New Carlisle, an.l aft.rward.s to .\uilu-r8t, N. S. ; remaining.' in each i-laiK. M. 24. .il 'long 4, with the Rev. , John McRae as iniiii.stor. Th(^ places were then known as Kr.st Uraic h Kaat River, and West l-.rancli East River. 125 St. Mary's ((iienelg). Ohv. h' MAi.v's within headed Hiie.s wiih oniaiiientul corners, Rn: REV" I I. cA.Mi'uni.i. I hSliO within beaded lines, Avith ornamental corner.':, ohloi..^ cut corners, 20 x 27 m. This is the name ..f;t large town.-^hip or district in Guysh,,r,,ugh County of wid.h tilenelg was the central church. The first settlement of the to\Mishii) was made in hSOl. The tirsl minister was the Rev. .\le.xander Lewis from the Secession C^hurch, Ireland, who arrived in 1«18. He went to Mono, Ontario, an.l was succeeded by the Rev. John Camphail in 1807. .Mr. Campbell had three stations, Glenelg, Caledonia and Sherbrooke. 126. S«)TSBVRN, (or Rogers Hill). O'lf. THIS DO IN I KEMEMBRANIE i OF MB | BCT M.r A MAN | EXAMINE ItlMSEI.K l\>r. Plain, with beade.l bonier, oblong; cut corners, 19 x J" iii. A. congrci:atiou organized in connection with the Church of Scotland which connection it still maintains. The first minister was the Rev. R-..!, M.'Aulay, setile.l in is;!;;. 127. SnELBCRN";. 0(/i'. P-C I S for P(resljyterian) ('(biiivh,) S(helburne). Rer. The burning biisli, sipiare, 18 m. Organized aliont the year 17.^4 by Loyalists with the Rev. Hugh Eraser, as minister, who liad been chaplain of one of the regiments during the war ; and who came out with them t.) tiieir new home in Nova Scotia. 128. Shket Harbock. Ohv. lltESriYTKIlIAS I C0K0KEG.\TI0N | SIlEBr HARUiM I< Riv. THIS DO IN- itEMEMBRANCK OP MK. In ouo line curved. under it is a chalice, the whole enclosed within beaded lines with ornamental corners, oblong cut corners, 20 x 27 m. 129. SlRINOVILLE. Obv. THIS I") IN I REMEMBRANCE | OF ME. | I. c'oE. M. 24. withir be.ide.l lines with ornamental corners. Rtr. Plain, oblong cut corners, 19 x 27 m. I;i this token the reverse common to many tokens i- use.l for obverse. The congregatii'U is made up of two churches nine miles apart : one at Si. Pauls live miles above Soringville, and the other at ChurcliviUe, four miles bel.iw. See Upper Setdement. i:)0. SlEWIACKR. 0';('. .). SMIVII STKWIACKE I8;!0. Ra: TdKKN in large letters across the Hold with a rosette above an.l another Ixdow, round, 22 in Tbe early setllers . C .'^lewiacke were mainly Scotch Iri-h, from the North of Irclan.l. Tliey had hidoniie.l to tlie Associate Svnod an.l received o.'casiona I visits from llii' Rev. D. Cock, an.l also fioiii Dr. .Mc< iregor under whos« [lastoral .'harpe they t'onsi'lered themstlves iiiitd the I'icton field was divide.l when tlie Rov. 1>. Ross gave them every third Sunday. In lS;Jo the Rev. Jlr. Graham was settle.! as their liist regularly appointed ANNALS i)F TIIK NOVA S(X)'l'IAN' CIIRRKXC.'Y, 67 minister. When lie iliod, m ls;;(», the Kov. .1. Smith wIh.hh nanio apjieaiM on tbo token was called to supply Ills piacu. l?\. Sydkhy Minks. OIjv. svdnky minks 1 iKKHB. ciii licii i M. ^V. IM'J. for M(utthew) \V(il8on) williin bnadud lines with ornamental comers. Rtv. Plain, cblout; i.ut corners, -1 x -7 m. Mr. Wilson, the first pastor of the church, continued in charge over forty years. ^ 132. Tjitamaoouchh. Ohv. i ATAMAtioicHB in a curved line Rev. Plain, oval, 19 x 20 ni. This place was visited occasionally by the Kcv. Dr. McGregor; on the arrival of Mr. Mitchell it was considered as part of bi.s cluirj^e until KS2(i when the Rev. Hugh Ros.s became its f.rsl regularly appointed niinif^ter. I'.W. Thitui. Ohr. TKtRi) NOVA scoTfA 1771.' betwecu two circlyn. M'. \ \>. C | for Mi ini.-^telr D(aniel) ('(opointed Presbyterian minister who rninaincd inthe i)rovin<'e. He arrived in 1770 and returning to Scothui.; ill 1771, he came out again in 177--', liringing with him a supply of the tokens and the t. I unt 1 the arrival of the Rev. George Oiunore in 17S4. This seems to be on. ^.- rud... cf -..s .er.es of tokens in design and execution. 142. Yarmovth. 0/;!'. I'KBSRVTEItlAN 1 OONdtiir.ATlOS, I YARMOUTH. n „ , 7.Vr. T,..s DO IN 1 nKMKMBRvscE | OF MB. | .. COB. X,. 24. within beaded lines wit'o ornan.entnl corners, oblong cut corners, 19 x 27 m. n. Recapitulation. A.— Anonymous coins B.— Private coins • • • C. — Counterfeit coins D. — Provincial Government coins. E.— Imperial Government coins. . . F.— Medals G. — Comnumion tokens Numlier. Varieties. Total. 6 „, 11 17 J».) 5 21 ?, r> 8 12 18 :!0 9 1 10 22 22