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D Coloured covers/ Couvenure de couleur I I Covers damaged/ Couverture endommagde Covers restored and/or laminated/ Couverture restaurie et/ou peliicul^e Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture manque Coloured maps/ Cartes giographiques en couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleua ou noire) Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Planci^as et/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material/ ReliA avec d'autres documents □ Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin/ La re liure serr^e peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distorsion ie long de la marge intirieurr □ Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^es lors dune restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, lorsque cela itait possible, ces pages n'ont pas iti filmies. 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Tous lea autras axamplairas originaux sont filmte an commandant par la premiere paga qui comporta une ampreinte d'impreasion ou d'illustration at en terminant par la derniAre page qui comporte une telle emprelnte, Un des symboles suivants apparaftra sur la derniAre imege de cheque microfiche, selon le caa: le symbole -'♦• signifie "A SUIVRE". le symbole V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planchan. tableaux, etc.. pauvent Atre film^a A das taux da rMuction diff^rants. Lorsqua le document est trop grand pour itra reproduit en un saul clichA. ii est film* A partir de I'angle supArieur gauche, de gauche k droite, et de haut an baa. en prenant le nombra d'imagea nAcaasaira. Las diagrammes suivants iiiustrent la m^thoda. 1 2 3 4 5 6 (Circular.) President's Office, Kingston, ^ ///>//' ^^^ SIRi the v^ry exJwrbit.ant prices demanded by the Farmed for every article of Provifion and Forage required for the use of His Majfflys Troo^ serving in this Province, induces His Honor Lieutenant General Drummond, with a view to put a stop to that syftem of extortion, which fo generally prevails, and ofaBing at t lie fame time upon the mofi fair and liberal principle, to call upon the Magiflrates of the tespeclrve Vis- triffs to affemble, in order to adopt and report, for his infor^ mation and guidance, Jiich a fcale of Prices to be paid for ihofe articles as may appear to them, upon mature confidera- tion, under exi fang cm umflances, to be equitable and ]ufi,as well towards the Government as the individual. I am tncre- fore to signify His Hano/s desire that you be plesfjgj^to attend With your brother Ma,^flyates, at the usual place ^^ which they meet on occafions of a public nature, on the /W^- day oj /:;2>^ ..^ - <' next, for the purpo/e abovementioned. The propriety of regulating thofe prices so tliaf in nth^t cafe, whin articles fnall be brought away at the. exp nice of the purchafer, or he delivered by the Farmer at any military Pcjt or Depot no difficulty may arise, cannot escape your ob^erva- tion» I have the honor to he^ Sir, Your Mojl Obedi^nt^ Humble 6e(vant, ry^^ ' ^/^'r z-:^/-/ /^: / / ' / y /^ff/e.^ yt'^^^. «-'- \* t ^viv^w' 1y^^//u?y i. An Officer (.fth^ Comnufariat Dcpariuichi will k JireSlcJio alUnd with the Masj/irafa^ in vr.icr to point cut to then,, th'Jc articles, tW prica ofid'uh it wll be mere imtnediutm the ob. jetl oJ ihe Mtcti>:gtofcti!f. ^/// / y