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April 25
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Monday, 25th April, 1757.
The House met according to Adjournment: The Members were
called, and all appeared as on Saturday, except Mr. Reynolds, Mr.
Chapline, and Capt. Jordan.
His Excellency communicated to Mr. Speaker the following Mes-
sage, viz.t
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
The inclosed Instructions are, as you will see, sent to me by the
Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. I Recommend it
to you to Frame a Bill agreeable thereto.
25th April, 1757. Hor.o Sharpe.
And the following Paper, viz.t
Whitehall, October 9th, 1756.
Sir,
It having been Represented to his Majesty, That the several
Islands and Colonies, belonging to the French in America, have in
Times of War been frequently supplied with Provisions of various
Kinds, by Means of the Trade carried on from his Majesty's Islands
and Colonies, to the Colonies and Settlements belonging to the Dutch
and other Neutral Powers: It is his Majesty's Pleasure that you
do forthwith, upon the Receipt of this Order, give immediate Di-
rections, that an Embargo be laid, during his Majesty's Pleasure,
upon all Ships and Vessels Clearing out with Provisions, from any
Port or Place within your Government, except those which shall be
employed in carrying Provisions to any other of his Majesty's
Colonies and Plantations, which Ships or Vessels are to be allowed
to sail from Time to Time, provided that the Masters or Owners
do, before they are permitted to take any Provisions on Board, enter
into Bonds, with Two Sureties of known Residence there, and Ability
to answer the Penalty, with the Chief Officers of the Customs of the
Ports or Places from whence such Ships or Vessels shall set sail,
to the Value of One Thousand Pounds, if the Ship be of less Burthen
than One Hundred Tons, and of the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds
if above that Burthen, that the Cargoes of such Ships or Vessels, the
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