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acres of land Acting Surveyor application appointed Assembly assigned British Butler's Rangers Captain certificates Chief Justice claims clergy reserves Clerk Colonial concession corps Council Chamber Crown lands Deputy Surveyor Deputy Surveyor-General Detroit District of Luneburg entitled Esquire Excellency J. G. Simcoe Excellency's Executive Council fees further grant of land Home Government Honourable HUGH FINLAY hundred acres Indian Instructions James Baby July laid Lake Lanaudiere Land Board Land Committee Land Office Board late letter Lieut Lieutenant Governor Lord Dorchester Lordship Lower Canada Loyalists Majesty's Mecklenburg ment Messrs miles Minutes of Council Navy Hall Order-in-Council patents persons Peter Russell petition be granted petitioner prayer praying for lands present Province purchase quantity of land Quebec Rangers Read received recommended referred Regiment regulations Secretary settled settlement settlers Sir John Johnson Smith survey Surveyor-General's Office thereon thousand acres town lot township tract Upper Canada waste lands William Osgoode York
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Page 54 - Canada for the time being and all other persons whom it may concern are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly.
Page 204 - Indians; in order, therefore, to prevent such irregularities for the future, and to the end that the Indians may be convinced of our justice and determined resolution to remove all reasonable cause of discontent, we do, with the advice of our Privy Council, strictly enjoin and require, that no private person do presume to make any purchase from the said Indians of any lands reserved to the said Indians within those parts of our colonies where we have thought proper to allow settlement...
Page 170 - Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof...
Page 205 - Appeals, unless good and sufficient Security be given by the Appellee to make ample restitution of all that the Appellant shall have lost by means of such Judgment or Decree, in case, upon the Determination of such Appeal, such Decree or Judgment should be reversed, and Restitution awarded to the Appellant.
Page 194 - Province, one or more parsonage or rectory, or parsonages or rectories, according to the establishment of the Church of England...
Page 124 - Us and we do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers and loving subjects in Our said Province and all others whom it may concern to take due notice hereof and to give their ready obedience accordingly.
Page 204 - Settlement: but that if at any Time any of the Said Indians should be inclined to dispose of the said Lands...
Page 209 - Us, by one of Our principal Secretaries of State, speedy notice thereof, that so you may receive Our Ratification, if We shall approve the same : Provided always, that you do not, by colour of any Power or Authority hereby given you, commence or declare War without Our Knowledge and particular Commands therein...
Page 225 - An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, entitled, ' An Act for making more effectual provision for the Governm'ent of the Province of Quebec, in North America,' and to make further provision ' for the Government of the said Province...
Page 16 - Tract contained within the same patent; and the patentee shall be at Liberty to withdraw his Stock, or to forbear working in any Quarry or mine, in proportion to such Cultivation and Improvement, as shall be made upon the Swamps, sunken Grounds and Marshes which shall be Included in the same patent. That when any person who shall hereafter take up and patent any...