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London he hath laid before us likewise a paper without Date either
as to time or place which he is pleased to term the Copy of an Instruc-
tion that Appears to us to have been a Consideration had upon
foreign whole and Cut Gold long since and if ever hath not of late been
made the Rule of his Conduct as Appears by Instructions he hath
Delivered to Severall of the farmers & receivers we find our selves
Obliged to Declare that when we Consider the Comprehensive and
General Terms of the Instruction of fifteenth of December Seventeen
hundred and thirty five we are in great Doubt whether his Lordship
Then gave or at any time Since hath given any Other Instruction
relateing to foreign Gold altho the agent hath been pleased to Inti-
mate that there is another which he had not found whereby he thinks
the rate of Cut Gold is affixed at three pounds the ounce Conceiving
that as he is Doubtfull as to the Value of Cut Gold by the said In-
struction he may perhaps have been Mistaken as to the Instruction

L. H. J.
Lib. No. 45

it Selfe and as a full and positive Information In Relation to Such
Instruction or the Instruction it Self if any Such there be is highly
necessary to be laid belfore this House and Absolutely so in order to
Enable us to make a Compleat and perfect Inquirie into severall
Grievous Impositions which we Apprehend many of His Lordships
faithfull Tenants have for some time past Laboured under we find
our Selves again Obliged to have recourse to your Excy Earnestly
Intreating that you will give Such Effectuall orders to the agent as
shall Oblige him to lay before us the Instruction he hath Intimated
he thinks Regulates Cut Gold at three pounds the ounce or in more
full and Explicit Terms Declare the Contents of the said Instruction
the Date thereof and when he received it from his Lordship.

Which Address was Read Approved and ordered to be Ingrossed
On Reading the Bill Entituled an Act for the ease and Encourage-
ment of Settlers on the remote and Back parts of this Province.
The Question was put whether the Exemption of paying Tobacco
in Specie be Confined as in the Bill or reach the rest of the Inhabitants
of the province who are not Tobacco makers resolved that it be pro-
posed as an amendment to the Bill to reach the rest of the Inhabitants
who are not Tobacco makers
For the Bill to reach the rest of the Inhabitants of the Province
who are not Tobacco makers.

p. 696

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