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     England, New York, Pensilvania, Virginia or any other phu..c Lib. H. V.

     or places upon the Continent of America from the 19th of Iune

     1689, for & during the time & continuance of our Comission.

     And all our Officers & others concerned are hereby required

     to assist, produce and submitt to Examination all Bookes

     Accompts papers & other Vouchers which relate to or shall be

     necessary for this service. And for the better & more

     effectual executing this our Comission You are also aided

     a Comission out of his Majesties High Court of Admiralty

     for the examining upon Oath any person or persons you shall

     think fitt for the discovery of all frauds &ca as by the said

     Comission and Instructions doth more at large appear, Given

     under our hands and the Seale of our office the 11th day of

     May 1697.

                                 Edw. Ayscoghe.

             Jo: Parkhurst       Michael Cole

             Robert Murray       Ia: Vernon

                                 John Paschal

      A true Copy as appears of Record

    in    the Secretaryes Office at Boston in New England

      Examd p Isa Addington Secry

     A Letter  Sr

     Comissrs of     We herewith send you an Act passed in England

     his Majts Entituled an Act for preventing frauds and Regu

      lating abuses in the Plantation trade, and desire that

             you will not only do & perform all the matters &

     things therein contained so farr as concern you and the

     persons acting under you but assist & encourage our severall

     Officers within your Government in the Execution of the said

     Act And all other the Laws for the Security of the Trade and

     Navigation and Revenue of Customs in this Kingdom. We

     are

                  St your very humble Servants.

     Custom house London             Jo: Austen

       12th Aprill 1697.             Sam. Clarke

                               Ben: Overton

       Governr Maryland         Robt Henley

     Cr

                                                 p.'SO

      The last Letter we writt to you dated the 27th of the last

     month, being only upon the Subject of the peace, and a Dupli

     cate thereof having been sent at the same time by a different

     conveyance, We doubt not but one or both of them will in due

     time reach your hands, and therefore now referr you thereunto.

     But our former Letter dated 2nd Septemr being upon several