NEWFOUNDLAND.

RETURNS to an Address of The Honourable House of Commons to His Majesty, dated the 4th Instant ;-for,

P A p E R s

RELA TING TO THE

ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND .

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Colonial Department,} R.J. Wilmot Horton. 24th February 1824.

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 2sJrebruary 1824.

71. A· { 111 J

PAPERS RELA nNG TO THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLANI>.

N° 1.-A Return of 'the Total Amount of the INCOME of the Governor of Newfoundland, in each Year, for the last Ten Years; distinguishing the Amount received from the British Government in Pay and Allowances, and the Amount of Allowances and Fees of every kind received in the Island in each Year.

N° 2.-An Account of the Amount of GOVERNMENT RENTS in Newfoundland, and the Fines paid on renewal of Leases, for the last Ten Years; litating the Amount under each head in each Year, and the particulars .of each Lease renewed in the Year 18:22, stating whether or not the former leases had expired; if not, how long each of them had to run, the Rents reserved by the former and present Leases; the Amount of the Fine upon each Renewal, and the Fee paid for each Lease.

N° 3.-Return of the Amount received as CUSTOMS in the Island of Newfoundland, in the last Ten Years i distinguishing the Amount and Rate of Duty on earh Article in each Year, a~d how the same have been applied.

N· 4.-An Account of the Total Expenses of tIle CUSTOMS ESTABLISHMENT in each Year for the last Ten Years; stating the Names of each Officer, and the Amount of the Salary of each, in each Year; also, an Account of the Amount of Fees which each Officer received in each Year during the same period, in addition to the Salaries paid by Government.

N° 5 to N° 18 inclusive.-Copy of the Account of the RECEIPT and EXPENDITURE of the Governor of Newfoundland, in each Year, for the last Ten Years; stating the Amount received, distinguishing each Branch, and the manner in which the same was applied.

N° 19 to N° 28 inclusive.-A similar Account for the SHERIFF for the same time i stating particularly all Writs which have been paid for at the time of issuing, and all Writs which were not paid for at the time they were issued, but have been paid when Judgments have been recovered.

N° 29.-An Account oftRe Total Amount of all FEES, FINES, PENALTIES, and FORFEITURES, imposed, paid, or levied, in any Surrogate Court, or in any Court of Session, or before anyone or more Justices of the Peace in the Island of Newfoundland, which have been paid into the Supreme Court of the Island in each Year, since the passing of, and agreeable to the 49th Geo. 3. c. 27. s.16. Stating the Amount paid into the Supreme Court by each Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Surrogate, or Justice, in each Year i-and,

N· 30.-An Account of all Sums received by Justices of the Peace for LICENCES to retail Spirituous Liquors in the several Districts ;-and,

N° 3t.-An Account of all Sums received for Duties or Fees upon PnoBATEs of WILLS and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION, and how the same are applied.

N° 32.-An Account of the Total Amount of the DROITS of ADMIRALTY received in New­ foundland for the last Twenty Years; distinguishing the produce of each, and from what, at what dates, and by whom the said Droits were received, and for what purposes applied.

N0 33.-CoPY ofa Letter from the Commissioners of the SIXPENNY DUTY to John Barrow, esg. dated 26th June 1823, transmitting an Account of the Amount of all Monies received for the use of Hospital from the Fishermen; distinguishing, if possibJe, those fishing in open Boats on the Coast of Newfoundland, for the last Ten Years; stating the Gross Amount collected, the Poundage paid for Collection, the Names of the Collector and his Deputies, and the Net Amount paid into Greenwich Hospital, in each Year. N° 34.-An iv PAPERS RELATING TO THE -

N° 34.-An Account of the Distribution of the Sum given by His Majesty for the SUFFERERS at St. John's Newfoundland, by the FIRE of February 1816; stating the Names of the Parties, and the Amollnt paid to each, and in wh~t Currency.

N° 35.-Further Account of the Application of the BAI,ANCE.

N° 3G.-An Account of the Names of all PUBLIC OFFICERS, Civil and Military, in the Island of Newfoundland, the Description of the Office, the Amount of Salaries, Allowances, and Fees received by each, whether paid by Great Britain or by the Island, nnd whether the Duty is performed in person 01' executed by Deputy, with the Names of all such Deputies.

N" 37.-A Return, as far as relates to the NAVY OFFICE, of the Names of all Public Officers, Civil and Military, in the Island of Newfoundland.

N° 38.-An Account of the Number and Rate of BRITISH SHIPS of WAR on the Station of Newfoundland, in the last Summer, and the Number and Rate of Ships of War now on the Station.

N° 39.-An Account of the Number of NAVAL OFFICERS of each Rank who have been_ invalided on the , in each year since the Peace.

N° 40.-An Account of the Number of NAVAL OFFICERS of each Rank promoted on that Station in the salDe period; and the Names and length of Services of those promoted.

N° 41.-CoPy of the REPORT or ME:lIORIAI, to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated in December 1822, from the Committee appointed by the Inhabitants of St. John's in Newfoundland, at a public Meeting held there on the 10th of August 1822.

N° 42-COPY of the Appointment of Richard Alexander Tucker, Esquire, to the Office of CHIEF JUSTICE of Newfoundland.

Colonial Department,} 2+ February 18~4. R. J. Wilmot Horton. ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 5

A RETURN of the Total Amount of the INCOME of the Governor of Newfoundland, in each Year, for the last Ten Years; distinguishing the Amount received from the British Government in Pay and Allowances, and the Amount of Allowances and Fees of every kind received in the, Island in each Year.

AMOUNT AMOUNT received from received in the British Governmellt. Island. YEAR. NAME.

Pay. Allowances. Allowances. Fees.

------"0 --- (for Stationery.) £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. 1 January to 17 March 1813 Sir J. T. Du~kworth, K. B. · 166 11 6 · 0 0 4 5 - -

18 March to 31 Dec. 181 3 Sir R. G. Keats, G. c. B. · 633 8 6 · 0 · 15 15 - -

1 January to 31 Dec. 1814 · . DO 0 - · 800 - - 0 0 0 20 - - -

1 January to 31 Dec. 181 5 · 0 DO 0 0 0 800 - - 0 . · 20 - - -

1 January to 15 April 1816 · 0 DO 0 0 0 231 13 lOf · 0 0 5 15 10 -

16 April to 20 Oct. 1816 , Esq. · 515 1 4f 32 8 6* 10 5 - -

21 Oct. 1816 ~o 20 Oct. 1817 0 DO (resident in the Island) 1,000 -- 94 9 - 20 - - -

Do 0 DO 0 0 I.! 0 21 Oct. 1817 to '24 Feb. 1818 - · 345 4 4 . · 6 19 2 -

25 Feb. 1818 to 18 July 1818 John Bowker, Esq. DO 0 · 394 10 3 34 11 - 7 17 10 -

1 June 1818 to 20 Oct. 1818 Sir Charles Hamilo}Do . · 125 3 - 19 2 10 5 3 ton, Bt • 0 0 - -

21 Oct. 1818 to 20 Oct. 1819 0 - Do - DO 0 · 1,000 - - 8g 17 7it 20 - - --

21 Oct. 1819 to 20 Oct. 1820 · 0 DO 0 DO 0 · 1,000 - - 128 14 10 20 - - -

21 Oct. 1820 to 20 Oct. 1821 0 . DO · DO . · 1,000 - - 142 18 6 20 - - -

21 Oct. 1821 to 20 Oct. ~822 · 0 DO · DO 0 · 1,000 - - 135 18 5 20 - - -

REMARKS.

B (j PAPERS JtELATING TO THE

N° 2.-AN ACCOUNT of the Amount of GOVERNMENT RENTS in Newfoundland, and the F!nes paid on the Renewal of in the Year 1822; stating whether or not the former Leases had expired; if not, how long each of them had to run, the Rents

AMOUNT OF. RENTS PARTICULARS OF EACH LEASE - - - RECEIVED FlNES

"...... on I \ Contents If any For For Renewal Building Leases Leases and Gran's HOLDER OF LEASE. of Buildings YEAR. of in the in the Vicinity Leases. Ground. thereon. Town. of the Town.

'-v--' £. s. d. £. s. d. Trustees of A. R. P. B. Thomas, merchant 0 adwelling-house, 181 3 1,535 2 6 167 14 - bO wm 9 - 3 .;::,:: barn and stable. ::> DO 11 2 1814 1,553 12 6 Ig6 .18 6 "0 ------181 2 6 "0'" Sarah Street, residing in 6 2 28 dwelling-house 5 1,549 215 - 6 :;:'" ...gJ "';>, . and outhouses. 1816 1,3 11 15 - 300 19 - @Ol Elizabeth Calver - - 4 ~ 30 dwelling-house 1817 68 - 6 ... '" Henry Duggan, baker - 3 1 - 5 5 157 - '"Q) '" Q) - - - - 1818 1,006 18 4 315 12 oo...c Rev. John Power - 2 - 26 - - - - "'OJ ... - 181 9 881 4 6 270 10 6 .... Heirs of John Williams, esq. 2 1 30 - - - 1820 920 9 6 198 2 - 0 John Broom, esq. - - 1 - 27 - -- 1821 885 13 6 265 13 6 Z Thomas Williams, merchant 1 - 31 - - - 1822 875 14 10 386 For particulars of David Tasker, dO 7 1 23 3 - Lease& renewed - - - - - in 1822, see op- Thomas Ryall, builder - 2 1 - - - - posite. DO -- - - 3 3 - - - - DO - - - - 1 1 11 - - - DO - - - - 1 1 11 - - - George Winter, barrack clerk 2 - 32 dwelling and out- houses. Do - - - - 3 2 - - - - John & Rt Brine, merchants - 3 23 - - - Do - - - - - 3 39 stock-house Susannah Warne - - 1 3 25 -- - Wm Armstrong, marshal of 10 2 8 farm-house and Sup. Court. outhouses. John Brine, merchant - 1 - - dwelling-house Peter Doyle, farmer - - 2 20 - - - William Foley, dO - - 2 - 10 dwelling-house N. W. Hoyles, merchant - - 2 - - - - Henry Duggan, baker - - 2 20 - - - George Hutchings, farmer 1 - - dwelling-houses John Dowsley, shopkeeper 3 1 3 dwelling and out- , houses. William Kydd, merchant - 8 2 - - - - Johanna Bourke - - 7 2 - dwelling-house John Casey, farmer - - 3 2 - . -- Tho' Tremlett, esq. - - 1 2 - dwelling-house Anne Cookesley, residing in 11 1 - barn and stable England. James Anderson, farmer - 5 - 21 dwelling and out- houses. Do - -- - 4 - 20 - - - John O'Donnell, farmer . 6 - - dwelling-house P. W. Carter, esq. - - 6 1 - - - - Thomas Nurse, shopkeeper 2 - -- - - Henry Duggan, baker - 5 - - - - - Elizabeth Wyse - - 6 - 20 dwelling-house Anne Cookesley, residing in 7 - -- England. - - I

OBSERVATIONS: NO provision wh~te~er was made for ~he renewal of these LeaSes, which were only made for twenty-one year.;, and would have fallen 1I1to government 111 three or four years; and it was at the repeated solicitation of the holders that the governor was induced to renew them, that the parties might not have to complain of an insecure tenure. It is also proper to remark, that the instrument of renewal given. to these parties is a Grant, renewable every thirty years ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. -I

Leases, for the last Ten Years; stating the Amount under each head in each Year, and the particulars of each Lease renewed reserved by the former and present Leases, the Amount of the Fine upon each Renewal, and the Fee paid for each tease.

. . . . - - - RENEWED IN THE YEAR 182.2. .

RENT FEES ON RENEWAL FINE reserved by /'- Wben Lea;;e RENT , \ REMARKS. presellt Grant, upon Renewal, to reserved by t() take effect at carried to To the To the Expire. Original Lease. expiration of Public Acct. Secretary. Surveyor. Original Lease.

£. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. 21 October - 1825 5 8 - 10 16 - 7 16 2 2 - 2 2 - Renewed in one Grant. 21 October - 1826 2 17 6 } -{ 5 15 - } 24 October - 1824 6 -- 6 - - 12 - - 1 11 6 1 11 6 24 October - 18 24 3 -- 3 - -' 6 - - 1 11 6 1 11 6 20 October - 1826 1 4 - 1 12 6 2 8 - - 15 - - 15 - 24 October - 1825 - 15 - - 15 - 1 10 - - - 24 October - 1824 1 15 - 2 8 - 3 10 - - 10 6 - 10 6 24 October - 1824 1 2 - 1 2 - 2 4 - - 10 6 - 10 6 24 October - 1824 1 .5 - 1 5 - 2 10 - - 10 6 - 10 6 24 October - 1825 3 15 - 5 10 6 7 10 - 1 11 6 1 11 6 24 October 182 1 2 6 2 - - 5 4 6 5 1 11 6 1 11 6 Renewed in one Grant. 20 October - 1826 1 17 6 } 6{ 3 15 - } 24 October - 182 1 16 6 Renewed in one Gral~t. 4 2 12 6 3 13 - 10 6 - 10 6 24 October - 1825 - 12 - } - 24 October - 1824 2 5 - 2 5 - 3 15 - } 1 5 6 1 5 6 20 October - 1826 1 15 - 3 10 - 3 10 - 24 October - 18 24 - 7 6 I 1 16 - 3 5 - - 15 - - 15 - Renewed in one Grant. 24 October - 1825 - 15 - } 20 October - lfi26 1 - - 1 15 - 2 - - - - 240dober - 1824 10 10 - 1·0 10 - 21 - - - - 24 October - 1825 - 15 - 1 - - 1 14 - - 10 6 - 10 6 24 October - 1824 - 12 - - 12 - 1 4 - - 10 6 - 10 6 )0 - - 24 October - 182'~ 2 - - 1 - 4 - - 20 October - 1826 - 5 - - 10 - - 10 - - 10 6 - 10 6 24 October - 1824 - 12 - - 12 - 1 4 - - 10 6 - 10 6 24 October - 1824 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - - - 24 October - 1824 2 17 - 1 12 6 5 14 - - 15 - - 15 - 24 October - 1825 2 2 - 2 2 - 4 4 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 20 October - 1826 1 17 6 1 15 - 2 - - - - 20 October - 1826 1 15 6 1 6 - 3 11 - - 15 - - 15 - 24 October - 1824 1 10 - 1 10 - 3 15 - - 10 6 - 10 6 24 October - 1825 2 15 - 2 15 - 5 10 - - - - 2 2 -

24 October - 1824 2 5 - 1 5 - 4 10 - 1 11 6 1 11 6

I 1 1 1 , 24 October - 1824 3 2 - 2 - - 6 4 - - - !!o October - 1826 1 10 - 1 10 - 3 - - 1 11 6 1 11 6 20 October - 1826 1 )0 - 1 10 - 3 - - - - 24 October - 1825 - 15 - - 15 - 1 10 - - - ·20 October - 1826 1 5 - 1 5 - 2 10 - 1 11 6 1 11 6 !!4 October - 1825 2 5 - 1 10 - 4 10 - -- 11 6 20 October - 1826 1 15 6 1 15 - 3 11 - -- - 1 £. 81 11 - 83 18 6

OBSERVATIONS-continued. years for ever, at the option of the holder, but not to take effect till the expiration of the original lease, of which the conditions remain inviolable till such expiration. In some of the cases herein detailed, ground occupied by two persons under one lease to one party, has, on renewal, been divided into two lots, on the mutual request of such parties, and the fines apportioned agreeable to their own arrangement. The fines fixed at two years rent. 8 PAPEgs RELATING TO THE

N° 3.-A RETURN of the Amount received as CUSTO~JS In the Island of Newfoundland, in the last Ten Years;

4 Ger.. :1. c. 15· 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. By 52 Geo.3. c. 106. 01 Geo. 3. c. 97· - I British Plantatiun RUM and SPIRITS WINES MOLASSES COFFEE - r ! \ I \ at 6 d. per Gallon. at 1 s. 6d. per Gallon. at £. i. per Ton. at 10 s. per Ton. at 1 d. per Galloll. at 7 s. per Cwt. YEA[l~ ------'--.----'

£. 8. d. £. s. d. £. 8. tl. £. 8. d. £. 8. d. £. s. d. 1813 12,7 2 4 13 - 896 17 - 183 6 - 103 12 6 1,007 16 10 23 3 - 18 14 10,460 1 - 6,462 13 6 57 4 6 230 5 11 942 2 - 22 5 5 181 5 10,920 .5 - 3,759 1 6 569 19 10 23 1 13 6 861 4 8 289 18 /) 1K16 10,349 8 6 1,539 19 6 63 18 4 64 16 9 1,47 1 17 10 160 19 5 181 7 2,373 16 - 807 15 - 122 13 4 37 13 2 780 16 8 - -- 1818 8,668 2 6 1,216 17 - 97 7 4 18 8 6 1,02 3 17 - ',2 13 11 181 9 6,594 7 6 1,590 3 - 153 3 10 64 13 7 1,508 11 3 49 - 3 1820 9,446 8 6 2,207 - 6 547 8 5 79 14 7 1,598 3 6 29 7 5 1821 9,3°8 12 6 854 12 6 442 14 6 85 6 8 1,286 7 10 61 8 I 1822 4,522 16 6 647 18 6 148 14 8 22 4 II 1,206 17 10 38 -11 Ditto Received on sundry Articles, under the Acts of the 3d Geo. IY. c. 44 and 45. ------/ ------TOTAL £. 85,368 II - 19,982 18 - 2,386 10 9 I 93R 10 1 11,687 15 5 746 16 10

N. B.-The Net Proceeds of the Revenue remitted by the Collector to the Heceiver General of His Majesty's Customs, , as soon as practicable, after eacb Quarter closes. No Arrears due.

N° 4.-AN ACCOUNT of the Total Expenses of the CUSTOMS ESTABLISHMEN'f in each Year, for the last of the Amount of Fees which each Officer received in each Year during

Arth' Holdswth ·Geo. Bayly, Peter MeV rie, John Moore, George Johnston Incidental Expenses Brooking, Comptroller; Surveyor; Waiter & Searcher; Hayward, Collector; Waiter; Allnually. his Salary. his Salary. hi, Salary. his Salary. 'his Salary. YEARS ------'--.---' £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. 181 3 200 - - 50 - - I ~5 ------125 9 1 181+ 200 - - 50 - - 25 ------98 19 9 181 5 200 - - 50 - - I 35 - - 35 - - - - - 201 10 3 1816 200 - - 50 - - 35 - - 35 -- - - I 207 13 5 181 200 _. 7 - - 50 - - 35 - 35 - - - . - 258 19 3 1818 200 - - ,50 -- 35 - - 35 - - - -- 276 13 - 181 200 - 9 - 50 - - - - - 35 - - 35 - - 204 - - 1820 200 - 50 ------35 - - 35 - - 1,889 8 II 1821 200 -- 50 - - - -- 35 - - 35 - - 1,131 12 2 1822 200 -- 50 - - .. - - - 35 - 35 - - 220 II 2

REMARKS: IX 1815, the office of Surveyor abolished, and two Waiters and Searchers appointed instead and the Surveyor's fees equally divided between them. ' The Salaries of the Collector and Comptroller, although paid in England, are inchided in the Total A - I' Expenses. nnua Expenses. for building and fitting the Custom House included in the Incidental Expenses in 1820 and 1821. 9

distinguish!ng. tJ:!e Amount a~d, Rate of Duty ,on ellen Article in each Year, and bow the ,same h.av:e beena~pli!3d.

6 Goo. 2, c. 13 •. 4 Geo.-a.. c. 15. ~5 Car., 2. c. 7. 4 Geo. 3,C'. 1:8. - I------I------Ir~------~-~--~~--~\ FOREIGN COFFEE FOREIGN SUGARS TOBACCO COCOA TOTAL.

at £.2. 19.9. per Cwt. at 1 d. per Pound. at 1 d. per Pound. YEARS " '--v---'

£. 8. d. £. 8. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. ------14,939 8 4 - . 1813· ------18,174 1!1 4 - - 1814· 111 5 2 207 16 - - 2 17 3 16,954 1 4 18 t 5· , ------13,651 - 4 - - 1816. -~ ., - - - - -' - - - " - - 4,122 14 2 - - 1817· ------11,097 6 3 - - 1818. ------7 6 9,960 6 11 -- 181 9. ------13,g08 2 11 -- 1820. ------12,03'9 2 1 -- 1821. ------9 4 - - - 6,587 2 8 - - 1822. ------574 15 9 - - Ditto.

--~--4---·1----··-3---4---9-~22,008 1~ -- TOTAL. 111 5 2 207 16 - 3 Geo. lV. c·44 & 45. 574 15 9

A. H. Brooking, Colr. Geo. Bayly, Comptr.

Ten Years; stating the Names of each Officer, and the Amount of the Salary of each, in each Year; also, an Account the same period, in additi~n to the Salaries paid by Government.

Total Annually, FEES received by e:lch Officer in addition to their Salaries. including r ., ---- \ all the Salaries. Collector. Com ptroller. Surveyor. Waiter & Searcher. Waiter & Searcher. ------YEARS '--v---' £. ,8,. d. £. ,S. d. £. S. d. £. s. d. £. S. d. £. S. d. 401 9 1 1,599 8 2 764 8 9 739 8 5 ------181 3. 373 19 9 1,547 6 - 754 11 5 720 13 9 ------181 4. 521 10 3 1,919 14 6 942 10 6 - - - 457 14 6 457 14 6 - - 1815. 527 13 5 1,999 16 9 833 7 10 - - - 406 - 5 406 - 5 -- 1816. 578 19 3 1,584 16 11 780 7 1 - - - 366 1 4 3t?6 1 4 - - 181 7. 596 13 - 1,700 14 6 831 14 7 - - - 366 1 11 366 1 11 -- 1818. S24 - - 1,703 5 11 835 13 3 - - - 362 18 4 362 18 4 -- 181 9. 2,209 8 11 1,804 4 10 889 9 11, -- - 386 19 9 386 19 9 -- 1820. 1,451 12 2 1,714 16 7 844 10 9 - - , - 373 19 6 373 19 6 - - 1821. 540 11 2 1,'r;2,7 '3 7 841 1 7 - - - 387 - 1 3~7 - 1 - - 1822. ,

A. H. Br(Joking, ColI' Oeo. Bayly, Comptr•

. ; c 10 . PAPERS RELATING TO THl:

N°' 5 to 18 inclusive.-Copy ofthe Account of the RECEIPT and EXPENDI'fURE of the Governor of Newfoundland, in each Year, for the last Ten Years; stating the AmQunt received, distinguishing each aranch, and the manner in which the same was applied.

N° 5.-Vice Sir RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS, K. B. Governor of Newfoundland, In account with The Right honourable The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

-1813 : Dr £. s. d. July 30. TO my Bill on their Lordships, in favour of,­ The Magistrates of the district of St. John's 40 3 15 5 October 20. Joseph Simms, Esq. ~ 100

To my Bills OIl Joseph Smith, Esq. Agent for Newfoundland, in favour of,­ Thomas Tremlett, Esq. 6:10 -- James Blaikie, Esq. - 63 Mr. William Armstrong 50 Mr. Timothy Phillips 36 Thomas Coote, Esq. go Rev. John Clinch 54 William Carter, Esq. 54 -- William Lilly, Esq. - 54 Rev. F. H. Carrington 54 John Cookesley, Esq. 54 Donald Campbell, Esq. 54 Lieut. David Buchan 54 -- John Bland, Esq. 227 5 - Mr. Lionel Chancey - 25 Mr. William Lampen 24 5 - To my Bill oh their Lordships, in favour of,­ John Bland, Esq.

£. 2,16g 11 gf

1813: C' £. s. d. July 30. BY Cash paid to the Magistrates of the district of St. John's, for expen8es incurred in the maintenance, house-rent, &c. of several passengers brought into St. John's in the American ships W. P. Johnson, Eliza Castnr, and Arab, detained by H .. M. ships on the Newfoundland Station, during the command and government of Admiral Sir J. T. Duckworth, K.B. (The circumstances which created a necessity for this payment are related in my letter, N° g, of the 30th July, to the Earl Bathurst.) - Receipt, W 1 October 20, By Cash paid into the hands of Thomas Coote, Esq. Supreme Surrogate, to be paid to Joseph Simms, Esq. Magistrate for the distri!!t of Twillingate and Fogo, in aid of the SUbscription raised by the inhabitants of Morton's Harbour, for building a Church; by au­ thority of the Earl of Liverpool, d,ated 6th June 1812 _ N° 2 100 -- By Salaries paid to the Officers of the Supreme Court, and to the Surroga;tes and others; 'Viz. Thomas Tremlett, Esq. Chief Justice, between the 21st October 1812 and this day, after deducting the property tax - N° 3 630 James .Blaikie, ~sq. Clerk of the Supreme Court, during·the same penod, deducting the property ta."l: --- ~ N° 4 '63'

. (continued.\ :tSLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. II

N°' 5 to 18.~Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors

N° 5.-Vice Admiral Sir RICHARD GOODWlN KEATS, K. B. Governor of Newfoundland In account with .The Right honourable The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

(continued.) 181 3 : £. s. d. October 20. By Salaries pilid to the Officers of the Supreme Court, and to the Surrogate and others-continued. Mr. William Armstrong Marshal, during the same period, without deducting the property tax, he having made affidavit that this is the only part of his income derived from any source whatever in Great Britain - N° 5 50 Mr. Timothy Phillips, Gaoler, during the same period, without deduct· ing the property tax, for the same reason - N° 6 36 Thomas Coote, Esq. Supreme Surrogate, during the same period, deducting the property tax - N" 7 90 Rev. John Clinch, Surrogate for the district of Trinity, during the same period, deducting the property tax N° 8 54 William Carter, Esq. Surrogate for the district of Ferryland, during the same period, deducting the property tax N° 9 54 William Lilly, Esq. Surrogate for the district of Conception Bay~ during the same period, deducting the property tax - N° 10 54 Rev. F. H. Carrington, Surrogate for the Island, during the same period, deducting the property tax N° 11 54 John Cookesley, Esq. Surrogate for the Island, during the same period, deducting the property tax N° 12 54 Donald Campbell, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period, deducting the property tax - N° 13 54 David Buchan, Surrogate, during the same period, deduct- ing the property tax N° 14 54 John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, during the same period, deducting the property tax N6 15 227 5 - Mr. Lionel Chancey, Surveyor of Lands, during the same period, without deducting the property tax, he having made affidavit that the whole of his income derived from every source whatever in Great Britain, does not exceed the sum of 25 1. per annum N° 16 25 Mr. William Lampen, schoolmaster,during the same period, allowing an abatement ill the property tax, he having made affidavit that the whole of his income derived from every source whatever in Great Britain, does not exceed £. 55 per annum - N° 17 24 5 - By paid .fdhn Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, the Balance due to him on the public account -- " N° 18

£. 2,169 11 gt

Vice Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, this Accountant, maketh Oath and saith, That this, his Account, is just and true? according to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) R.. G. Keats.

Sworn before me, at St. John's Newfoundland,} the 4th Novembe:r 1813. (signed) Tho' Coote, Chief Magistrate. PAPERS RELATING TO THE

N°S 5 to 18.-,-Iteceipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; 18f3-18'l2-continued.

N° 6.-'-Vice Admiral Sir RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS, K.,B. Governor of. NewfouruHand, In account with The Right honourable The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury'.

r 18 14 : D £. oS. d. October 20 TO my Bills on Joseph Smith, Esq. Agent for Newfoundland, in favour of,- Cresar Colclough, Esq. James Blaikie, Esq. - Mr. William Armstrong - 50 -- Mr. Timothy Phillips 36 Thomas Coote, Esq: - go Reverend John Clinch 54 William Carter, Esq. - 54 -- Gerrard Ford, Esq. -- 54 William Lilly, Esq. 54 Rev. F. H. Carrington 54 -- Woodley Losack, Esq. 54 -- Lieut. David Buchan - 54 -- John Bland, Esq. 227 5 Mr. William Lampen 24 5 - Mr. Lionel Chancey - 25

To my Bills on their Lordships, in-favolli" oj~­ Cresar Colclough, Esq. Right reverend Dr. Patrick Lambert

Rev. John Clinch, and D. Durell, Esq .. 200

~- £. 2,064 15 -

cr October 20. BY Salaries paid to the officers of the Supreme Court, and to the £. 8. d. Surrogates and others; viz. Cresar Colclough, ~sq. Chief Justice, between the 21st October 1.813 and this day, afteLdeducting the property tax - Receipt N° 1 James Blaikie, Esq. clerk, during the same period, dedllcting the property tax - N° 2 Mr. William Armstrong, Marshal, during the same period, without deducting the property tax, he having made affidavit that this is the only part of his income derived from every source whatever in Great Britain - - N° 3 50 -- Mr. Timothy Phillips, Gaoler, during the same period, without deducting the property tax, he having made affidavit that this is the only part of his income derived from every source whatever· in Great Britain ------N° 4 Thomas Coote, Esq. Supreme Surrogate, during the same period, deducting the property tax ------N° 5 go Rev. John Clinch, Surrogate for the district of Trinity" during the same period, deducting the property tax - - - _ N° 6 54 William Carter, Esq. Surrogate for ,the district of Fel'ryland during the same period, deducting the property tax -- '- N° 7 54 Gerrard Ford, Esq. Surrogate for the district of Bonavista, during the same period, deducting the property tax - - _ _ NU 8 54 William Lilly, Esq. Surrogate for the district of Conception Bay, during the same period, deducting the property tax --- Ne 9 54 Rev. F. H. Carrington, Surrogate for the Island, during the same period I deducting the property tax - - - _ _ N° 1~ 54- - (continued.) ISLAND OF NE\YlWUNDLAND. 13

N°S 5 to.. 1:8.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-cont11111ed.

N° 6.-Vice. Admiral Sir RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS, K. B. Governor of Newfoundland., In account 'witlt The Right honourable The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's TreasUl'y,

(continued,) C' £. s. d. 1814 : By Salaries paid to the officers of the Supreme Court, and to the October 20 Surrogates and others-cuntinued. Woodley Losack, Esq. Surrogate for the Island, during the same period, ded ucting the property tax 1'\ ° II Lieut. David Buchan, Surrogate for the Island, during the same period, deducting the property tax N° 12 5·l Jehn Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, duritlg the same period, deducting the property tax _ N° 13 '227 5 Mr. William Lampen, schoolmaster, during the .same period, allowing an abatement in the property tax, he having made affidavit that the whole of his income derived: from every Rource whatever in Great Britain, does not exceed £.55 per ann!lm - N° 14 2,+ 5 -

.Mt. Lionel Chancey, Surveyor of Land~, during the same period, without deducting the property tax, he having made affidavit that the whole of his income from every source whatever in Great Britain, does not exceed £.25 per annum N" 15 25 By additional Salary to C. Colclough, Esq. Chief Justice, during the same period, de4±eting the property tax, by authority of the Earl Bathurst, dated 1 April 1814 - }\°I6 27 0 -- By allowance to the Right reverend Dr. Patrick Lambert, Bishop 0f Chytra, as head of the Catholic Church in this Island, during the same period, allowing an abatement in the property tax, he haYing made affidavit that the whole of his income derived from every suurce whatever in Great Britain, does not exceed £.75 per annum N° 17 71 5 By Cash paid into the hands of tpe Reveren.d John Clinch and D. Durell, Esq. l\Iagistrates for the district of Trinity, in aid of the Subscription raised by the inhabitants for rebuilding the court house and jail (this sum voted in the year 1802) vide letter from George Harrison, Esq. N°4163, dated 2d May 1814 - N° 18 200 --

£. 2,064 1.5 -

Vice Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, this Accountant, makcth Oath, and saith, That this, his Account, is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.

(signed) R. G. Keats.

'Sworn before me, at St. John's Newfoundland,} the 2d Ikcember 1814.

(signed) TllOS Coote, Ch. Magistrate. 14 PAPEItS RELATING 'ro THE ~

N°; 5 to 1S.-Receipt and Expenditure ofthe Governors of Newfoundland; 1Si3-1S22-continued.

N° 7.-Vice Admiral Sir RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS, G.C. B. Governor of Newfoundland, In account v:ith The Ri.,.ht honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. "

1815 : October 20. TO my Bills on Joseph Smith, Esq. Agent for Newfoundland, in £. $. d. favour of,- C

James Blailde, Esq. G 63 Mr. William Armstrong 50 -- Mr. Timothy Phillips 36 Thomas Coote, Esq. go Rey. John Clinch 54 -- William Carter, Esq. 54 Gerrard Ford, Esq. 54 William Lilly, Esq. 54 Rev. F. H. Carrington 54 John Cookesley, Esq. 54 Lieut. D. Buchan 54 John Bland, Esq. 227 5 - Mr. William Lampen 24 5 - 1\lr. T. G. W. Eaststaff 22 10

To my Bills on their Lordships, in favour of,­ Right Rev. Dr. P. Lambert 71 5 - Mr. D. Duggin 12 19 11

£. 1,875 4 11

18 15: October 20. BY Salaries paid to ,the Officers of the Supreme Court, ~nd to the Surrogates and others; viz.

To Cresar Colclough, Esq. Chief Justice, between the 21st October £. s. d. 181 4 and 20th October 1815 (after deducting the property tax) Receipt, N° 1. goo James Blaikie, Esq. Clerk, during the same period, deducting the property tax - N° 2.

Mr. William Armstrong, Marshal,.during the same period, without deducting the property tax, he, having made affidavit that this is the only part of his income derived from every source whatever in Great Britain ,. N" 3. 50 -- I\lr. Timothy Phillips, Gaoler, during the same period, without deduct­ ing the property tax, he having made affidavit that this is the only part of his income derived from every source whatever in Great Britain N° 4.

Thomas CootE, Esq. Supreme Surrogate, during the same period, de- ducting the property tax - - - - - _ N° 5. 90 -- . Rev. John Clinch, Surrogate for the district of Trinity, during the same period, deducting the property tax -- ,- N° 6. 54- - William Carter, Esq. Surrogate for the district of Ferryland during the same period, deducting the property tax - -' N° 7. 54 -- (continued. ) ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 15

N°' 5 to 18.-R~ceipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-contillued.

N° 7.-Vice Admiral Sir RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS, K. C. B. Governor of Newfoundland, In account with The Right honourable The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

181 (continued.) \ 5 : Cr October 20. By Salaries paid to the Officers of the Supreme Court, and to the Surrogates and others-colltillUfd. £. $. d.

Gerrard Ford, Esq. Surrogate for the district of Bonavista, during the same period, deducting the property tax N° 8. 54 --

William Lilly, Esq. Surrogate for the district of Conception Bay during the same period, deducting the property tax N° g. 54 --

Rev. F. H. Carrington, Surrogate for the Island, during the same period, deducting the property tax N° 10. 54 -- John Cookesley, Esq. Surrogate for the Island, during the same period, deducting the property tax - N° 11. 54 -- Lieut. D. Buchan, Surrogate for the Island, during the same period, deducting the property tax N° 12. 54 John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, during the same period, deducting the property tax - N° I;}. -227 5 -

Mr. William Lampen, schoolmaster, during the same period, allowing an abatement in the property tax, he having made affidavit that the whole of his income derived from every source whatever in Great Britain, does not exceed sst. per annum - N° 14. 24 5 - Mr. T. G. W. Eaststaff, Surveyor of Lands, during the same period, deducting the property tax N° 15. 22 10 -

By allowance to the Right Rev. Dr. P. Lambert, Bishop of Chytra, as Head of the Catholic Church in this Island, during the same period, allowing an abatement in the property tax, he having made affidavit that the whole of hiB income derived from every source whatever in Great Britain does not exceed 75l. per ann. - N° 16. 71 5 - By Cash paid to Mr. David Du'ggin, Surgeon, for medicines purchased by him as surgeon of the St. John's Volunteer Rangers, for the use of that Corps; authorized by Sir J. T. Duckworth N° 17. 12 Ig 11

£. 1,875 4 11

Vice Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, this Accountant, maketh Oath, and saith, That this, his Account, is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) R. G. Keats.

Sworn before me, at St. John's Newfoundland" the 25th OctOber 18 15. J , (signed) Tho' Coot~, Ch. Magistrate. PAPERS RELATING TO' THE

1'."0' 5 to IS.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; IS13-18~2-c012tinlled.

N° 8.-Vice Admiral FRANCIS PICK MORE, Goveruor of Newfoundland, In account with The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

1816: Dr £. s. d. October 20. TO my Bills on Joseph Smith, Esq. Agent for Newfoundland, in favour of,- C;csar Colclough, Esq. 473 12 6 James Blaikie, Esq. 66 15 7 1'1'11'. William Armstrong 50 iUl'. Robert Seares 36 Thomas Coote, Esq. 95 7 11 Rev. John Clinch 57 4 9 William Carter, Esq. 57 4 9 Gerrard Ford Esq. 57 4 9 Rev. F. H. Carrington 57 4- 9 James Richard Dacres, Esq. 57 4 9 John Cookesley, Esq. 57 4 9 David Buchan, Esq. 57 4 9 John Bland, Esq. 240 17 7 Mr. T. G. W. Eaststaff 23 17 - Mr. William Lampen 24 13 To my Bills on their Lordships in favour of,- P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. 41 8 1 Do 32 8 6 ------£. 1,485 13 6

r ] 816: c £. s. d. .OctoDer 20. BY Salaries paid to the Officers of the Supreme Court, and to the Surrogates and others; viz.

Cresar Colclough, Esq. late Chief Justice, between the 1st January and 30th June 1816, (after deducting the property tax to the 5th April 1816, inclusive _ Receipt, N° I 473 1~ 6 James Blaikie, Esq. Clerk, between the 21st October 1815 and this day,dectucting the property tax • N02 66 15 7 Mr. William Armstrong, Marshal, during the same period, without deducting the property tax, be having made affidavit that this is the only part of his income derived from every source whatever in Great Britain . N° 3 50 -- Mr. Robert Seares, Gaoler, during the same period without deducting the property tax, he having made affidavit that this is the only part of his income derived from every source whatever in Great Britain • N0 4

Thomas Coote, Esq. Supreme Surrogate, during the same period, deducting the property tax • _ N° 5 95 7 ° 11 Rev. John Clinch, Surrogate for the district of Trinity, during the samd period, deducting the property tax • • • N° 6 57 4 9 William Carter, Esq. Surrogate for the district of Ferryland during the same period, deducting the property tax - • '. N° 7 57 4 9 Gerrard Ford, E'q. Surrogate for the district of Bonavista during the same period, deducting the property tax· • ~ Ne 8 57 4 9 (continued.) IS"LANDOF N £W]>'OUNDLAND.

N°S 5 to lS.-Receipt and -Expenditure of the Governors 'of N ewfoundlar.'d ; '18'13-1822 -continued.

N°, B.-Vice Admiral FRANCIS PWKMORE, Govern{)r-of Newfoundland, In account with ~he Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His 'Majesty's 'rreasury.

(continued.) ,181.6 : £. s. d. . October 20. By Salaries paid to the Officers of the Supreme Court, and to the Surrogates arid others-continued.

Rev. F. H. Carrington, Surrogate for the district of Conception Bay, during the same period, deducting the property tax - N° 9 57 4 9 James Richard Dacres, Esq. Surrogate for the Island, during the same period, deducting the property tax - N° 10 57 4 9 John Cookesle.y, Esq. Surrogate for the Island, during same period, deducting the property tax - - N° 11 57 4 9 David Buchan, Esq, Surrogate for the Island, during the same period, deducting the property tax - N° 12 .'57 4 9 John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, during the same period, deducting the property tax' - N° 13 240 17 7

Mr. T. G. W . .Eaststaff, Surveyor of La~d~, during the same period, deducting the property tax - N° 14

Mr. William Lampen, Schoolmaster, during the same period, allow­ ing an abatement in the property tax, he having made affidavit that the whole of his incorrie derived from every source whateve-r in Great Britain, does not exceed £.55 per annum -- N° 15

By paid Artificers repairing the '"Cellar at Government House - N°.16 £.18 10-

By dO for sundry necessary repairs to the Fences round Government House - N° 17 5 II By paid Hunt, Stabb, Preston and Co. for materials purchased of them for repairing the Cellar at Government House, and some necessary repairs to ,the Fences - N° 1817 7 41 8 '1 By an aUowance equivalent to the keep of one Horse for the Governor from the 18th May 1816 to this date. Vide 1\1r. Goulbufll's letter to Sir R. G. K€ats, dated 2 July 1814 32 8 6

Vice Admiral Francis Pickmore, this Accountant, maketh Oath and saith, That this, his Account, is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) Fra' Pickmore.

:Sworn be~.or, e me, at St. John's Newfoundland, } the 30th November 1816. .(signed) Tho' Coote, .Chief M!igistrat6'.

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N°' 5 to 18.-Receipt and Expenditure of t~e Govern~rs of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-continued.

N° g.-Vice Admiral FRANCIS PrCKMORIl, Governor of Newfoundland, In account tvitlt The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His 1\1f\jesty's Treasury.

18 17 : Dr £. s. d. October 20. TO my Bills on Joseph Smith, Esq. Agent for Newfoundland, In favor of,- Francis Forbes, Esq. 158 18 - DO 1,000 James Blaikie, Esq. 70 Mr. William Armstrong 50 Mr. Robert Scares 36 Thomas' Coote, Esq. 100 Rev. F. H. Carrington 60 Robert Carter, Esq. 60 John Bowker, Esq. 60 Thomas Richard Toker, Esq. 60 Hobert Rowley, Esq. 60 John Baldwin, E~q. 60 David Buchan, Esq. - 60 - - John Bland, Esq. 252 10 - Mr. T. G.W. Eaststaff 25 l\I r. William Lam pen 25 Vice Admiral Pickmore 802 14 9 William Carter, Esq. 401 7 4 Philip Carteret Le Geyt, Esq. 146 10 Mr. Joseph Templeman 48 3 3 To my Bills on their Lordship5 in favor of,­ Robert Brine, Esq. 350 9 John Bland, Esq. 1,333 15 2

---~ 5,220 7 7

1817 : Cr N° of Receipt. October 20. BY Salarie~ paid to the officers of the Supreme Court, and £. s. d. to the Surrogates and others; t'iz.

Francis Forbes, Esq. Chief Jus-tice, between the 24th August 1816 and 20th October 1816, inclusive, (the former Chief Justice having been paid in England to the 23d August 1816 inclusive) - 158 18 DO --- between the 21st October '1816, and ihis day 2 1,000 - James Blaikie, Esq. Clerk, during the same period 3 70 Mr. William Armstrong, Marshal, during the same period - 4 50 Mr. Robert Seares, Gaoler, during the sarrie period 5 36 Thomas Coote, Esq. Supreme Surrogate, during the same period 6 100 Rev. F. H. Carrington, Surrogate, during the same period 7 60 Robert Carter, Esq. Surrogate, during, the same period _ 8 60 John Bowker, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period - 9 60 Thomas Richard Toker, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 10 60 Robert Rowley, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 1-1 60 John Baldwin, Esq. Surrog

(continued.) ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

N°s 5 to 18.-Receipt and-Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-continued.

N° 9.-Vice A-dmiral FRANCIS PICK MORE, -Governor of Newfoundland, In account with The Right honourable the Lord~ Commissioners of I-lis Majesty's Treasury.

( continued.) N° of 18 17 : C' Receipt. £. s. d. October 20. By Salaries paid to the officers of the Supreme Court, and . to the Surrogates and others-continued.

David Buchan, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 13 60

John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, during the same period 14 252 10 Mr. T. G. W. Eaststaff, Surveyor of Lands,duringthe same period 15 25 Mr. William Lampen, Schoolmaster, during the same period 16 25

Vice Admiral Pickmore, Governor of Newfoundland, between the 1st January 1817 and this day 17 802 14 9 William Carter, Esq. Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court, during the same period 18 401 7 4 P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. Secretary to the Gov(Jrnor, during the same period 19 146 10 - l\'Ir. Joseph Templeman, Clerk to the Secretary, during the same period - 19 48 3 3 By an Allowance equivalent to the keep of one horse for the Governor, from the 21st October 1816. to this day, 1-ide 1\1r. Goulburn's Letter to Sir R. G. Keats, dated 2d July 1814 94 9 - By Cash paid by Capbin Buchan, Surrogate, to Patrick Kough, for materials and workmanship, painting Government Bouse, repairing doors, windows, locks, &c. in the Spring 20 132 111

By Cash paid Messrs. Dickley, Angel & Co. for sundry articles for Government House ,,1 2 13 9

By Cash paid Messrs. Hunt, Stabb & Co. for dO • 22 - 18 11

_By Cash paid Jas C. Parker, for the apparatus f.or a patent water closet; by authority of 1\1r. Harrison's Letter of 24June 1817 23 11 9 7 By Cash paid Messrs. Stabb & Co. for materials £. s. d. for erecting a water closet, and some other repairs in Government House; by the same authority 53 3 9 24

By Cash paid workmanship and labour on the foregoing - - 55 2 25 108 5 9 By Cash paid John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff of the Island, being the balance of his public f1ccount 1,333 15 '1

£. 5,22.0 7 7

Vice Admiral Francis Pick more, this Aceountant, maketh Oath Rnd saith, That this, his Account, is just and true, according -to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) PraJ Pickmon:.,

:5worn before me, at St. John's Newfaundland,} the 1st December 1817. (signed) Tho' Coote, Chief Magistl'l\te. '2-0 'PAPEHS REL'ATINGTO 'l'H-E

N _0, 5 to IS.-Receipt and Expenditure of-the Governors of Newfoundland; IS13-1822-COl!tinued._

N° lo.-Vice A.dmiral FRANCIS PICKMORE, -GGvernor of Newfoundland, In account wid, The Right honourahle the Lords Commissioners of-His l\-Iajesty's Treasury.

1817 : £.s. d. December 22. TO Cash, being the amount of two Bills drawn this- day on their1 Lordships, in favour of Mr. William Thomas, by authority Of 3,000 Earl Bathurst's Letter, of the 12th July 1817 ----J

,£. 3,000

-N° of· Receipt. £. 8. d. June 30. BY Cash paid J. Wilkes, for a stove and -funnel, for -Go­ vernment·house . 4 3 10 By Cash paid Eastman, for beds and blankets, for Govern- . ment-house 38 2 8 By Cash paid Hart, Robinson, & Co. in aid of a subscription raised by the inhabitants of Conception Bay, for the relief of that district; by authority of Earl Bathust, 12 July 1817 3 100 -- .22. By Cash paid Mr. William Thomas,to be applied under the inspection of the Society for improving the Condition of the Poor of St. John's, in affording employment in useful labour to such objects as upon due examination appear to be totally destitute, and unable to procure the means of subsistence; by the same authority - 4 200 -- By Cash paid Mr. W. Thomas, for-the passages of-distressed people to Ireland - 1818 : January 14. By Cash paid _ _ DO - for passages of distressed people to Halifax, &c. 49 15 - By Cash paid -- DO --- to be applied under the inspection,.ofthe Poor Society, as before-mentioned 7 750 .February 13. ByCash paid -- DO _ - _ dO 8 500

12. Dy Cash paid J. & R. Brine, for provisions supplied the Go­ vernor's labourer, equal to a military ration, from 26th September 1817 to this date - - - - _ 9 12 - ;1

"~O. By Cash paid Hunt, Stahb, & Co. for necessary articles, and for repairs of Government-house -- £.226 18 2 10

By Cash paid artificers employed on the same - 173 9 - 11 400 7 ~ By Balance due to their Lordshps _ 280 II 3 Sp.e Supplementary Account oUhe Governor, for -1819, N°2. ..£. 3,000 -- ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 21

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N° 1 I.-Commodore JOHN BOWKER, Governor of Newfoundland, In account with The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

Dr £. G. d. 1818. TO my bills on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, payable to Mr. William Thomas, drawn at the under-mentioned periods; viz. March 28. for £.1,000 -- April 17. 500 May 23. 300 June 10. 100 11. 400 30. 334 17 6 2,634 17 6

£. 2,634 17 6

cr 1818 ; £. s. d. March 28. BY Cash paid Mr. William Thomas, to be applied under the illspec' tion of the Society for improving the Condition of the Poor of St. John's, in affording employment in useful labour, to such objects, as upon due examination appear to be totally destitute and unable to, procure the means of subsistence; by authority of Earl Bathurst's letter, of the 12th July 1817 - 1,000 -- April 17. By Cash paid DO - to be applied as above stated • 500 May 23. By DO - DO - - - - dO - 300 June 11. By DO - DO - - - - dO 0 400 30• By D' - 0 D' 0 dO 0 434 17 6

£. 2,634 17 6

Commodore John Bowker, this Accountant, maketh ,Oath, and saith, That this, his account, is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) John Bowker.

Sworn before me, at St. John's Newfoundland,} the 1st July 1818. (signed) Tho' Coote, Ch. Magistrate.

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N055 to IS.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; 1813~18!1~---,continut'd.

N° 12.-Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, In account wit1! The Hight honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

1818 : Dr £. s. d.

October 20. TO my lliIls on Joseph Smith, Esq. Agent for Newfoundland, In favour of,- Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. 389 9 Francis Forbes, Esq. - - 1,000 James Blaikie, Esq. 70 Mr. William Armstrong 50 Mr. Robert Seares 36 John Bland, Esq. 25 2 10 - William Carter, Esq. - 500 P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. - 182 10 - Thomas Coote, Esq. - 100 Rev. F. H. Carrington 60 Robert Carter, Esq. 60 Thomas Richard Toker, Esq. 60 Robert Rowley, Esq. - 60 John Baldwin, Esq. - 60 Henry Shiffner, Esq. - 60 Honourable John Gordon 60 Mr. Joseph Templeman 60 Mr. William Lampen 25

To my Bill on their Lordships payable to my own order - 35 6 2 To dO --- in favour of John Bland, Esq. - 1;072 8 8 -- £. 4,192 15 7

C' N° of 1818 : Receipt. October 20. BY the Salaries paid to the officers of the Supreme Court, £. s. d. and to the Surrogates and others; viz. Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, be­ tween the 1st June 1818 (the date of His Majesty's Letters Patent) and this day - 389 - 9 Francis Forbes, Esq. Chief Justice, between the 21st October 1817 and this day 1,000

Janu~s Blaikie, Esq. Clerk, during the same period 2

Mr. William Armstrong, Marshal, during the same period 3 50 Mr. Robert Seares, Gaoler, during the same period 4

John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, during the same period 5 252 10 - William Carter, Esq. Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court, during the same period -' - - - - _ 6 500 -- P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. Secretary to the Governor, during the same period ------~ 7 182' 10 - Thomas Coote, Esq. Supreme Surrogate, during the same period ------_ _ _ 8 100

Rev. F. H. Carrington, Surrogate, during the same period 9 60 (continued.) ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 23

N°' S"to IS.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Governor,s of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-continued.

N°12.-Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, In account with The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

(continued.) N° of cr Receipt. 1818 : .s. d• BY the Salaries paid to the officers of the Supreme Court, £. .october 20. and to the Surrogates and others-continued.

Robert Carter, Esq. during the same period 10 60

Thomas Richard Toker, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 11 60

Robert Rowley, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 12 60

John Baldwill, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period - 13 60 Henry Shiffner, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 14 60 - Honourable John Gordon, S'Jrrogate, during the same period 15 60 -- Mr. Joseph Templeman, Clerk to the Secretary, during the same period 16 60

Mr. William Lampen, Schoolmaster, during the same period - 17 25 By an allowance equivalent to the keep of one horse, for the Governor, from the 19th July 1818 to this day (vide Mr. Goulbum's letter, 2d July 1814) 19 ;: 10 By Cash paid J. and R. Brine, for provisions supplied the Governor's labourer, from the 1st March to the loth October 1818 - 16 3 4 18 35 6 2 By Cash paid John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff of the Island, being the balance of his public account - 19 1,072 8 8 I

£. 14,19 2 15-7- I

Vice Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, this Accountant, maketh Oath, and saith, That this, his account, is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.

(signed) C. Hamilton.

Sworn before me, at St. John's Newfoundland, ') the 21st November 1818. f

(signed) Tho' Coote, Chief Magistrate. 24 PAPERS RELATING TO THE

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N° 13.-Vice Admiral Sir CUARLEiI HAIIIILTON, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, In account with The Right honourable the Lonls Commission erR of His Majesty's Treasury.

181 9: Dr £ .. s. d. October 20. TO my Bills on Joseph Smith, Esq. Agent for Newfoundland, In favour of,- Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. - 1,000 P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. 182 10 - Francis Forbes, Esq. - 1,000 James Blaikie, Esq. 70 William Armatrong 50 Robert Seaflls - 36 Thomas Coote, Esq. 100 Rev. F. H. Carrington 47 - 3i David Buchan, Esq. - 12 19 8!.:. Robert Carter, Esq. 60 John Bowker, Esq. 60 Robert Rowley, Esq. 60 Honourable John Gordon 60 Henry Shiffner, Esq. 60 W. N. Glascock, Esq. 60 William Carter, Esq. 500 Mr. W. Lampen 25 John Bland, Esq. 25 2 10 - 1Ur. Joseph Templeman 60 - - To my Bill on their Lordships, payable to my own order 114 - 9~ To my Bills on their Lordships, in favour of £. s. d. John Bland, Esq. viz. - - N° 1. 177 14 6 2. --- 200 3· --- 300 4· --- 497 16 II t 1,175 11 5f To my Bill on their Lordships, in favour of John Partridge and Denis Hanigan 193 12 6 -~- £. 5,179 4 9

181 9: cr N° of Receipt. £. s. d. October 20. BY Salaries paid to the under-mentioned Officers, on the Civil Establishment; viz. . Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. Governor ofNewfoundland, between the 21st October 1818 aud this day - 1,000 - - P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. Governor's Secretary, during the Same period - ______1 182 10 Francis Forbe!, Esq. Chief Justice, during the same period 2 1,000 James Blailrie, Esq. Clerk of the Supreme Court during the same period - - _ _ _ ~ _ _ 3 70 William Armstrong, Marshal, during the same period 4 50 Robert Seares, Gaoler, during the same period 5 36 Thomas Coote, Esq. Supreme Surrogate, during the same period 6 100 -

(continued.) ISLAND OF' NEWFOUNDLAND. 25

N°S 5 to 18.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors of N ewfounClland; 1813-182 2-='continuecZ.

N° 13.-Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, In account with The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Ma,iesty's Treasury.

(continued.) Cr N° of 1819 : Receipt. C. $. d. October 20. By Salaries paid to the under-mentioned Officers, on the Civil Establishment-continued. Rev. F. H. "Carrington, Surrogate, between the 21st Oc­ tober 1818 and 2d August 1819- 7 47 - 3t David Buchan, Esq. Surrogate, hetween the 3d August 1819 8!. and this day 8 12 19 2 Robert Carter, Esq. Surrogate, between the 21st October 1818, and this day 9 60 John Bowker, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period - 10 60

Robert Rowley, Esq. Surrogate, dudng the same period 11 60

Honourable John Gordon, Surrogate, "!luring the samB period - 12 60

Henry Shiffner, Esq. Surrogate, iluring the same period -- 13 60

William N. Glascock, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period - 14 60 William Carter, Esq. Judge of the Court of Vice Admiralty, during the same period ' 15 500 Mr. William Lampen, Schoolmaster, during the same period - 16 25

John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, duril\g the same period 17 252 10 -

l'IIr. Joseph Templeman, Clerk to the Secretary, during the same period 18 60 - -

,By an Allowance, equivalent to the keep of one horse for the Governor, from the 21st October 1818 to the 7th June 1819, and from the 8th June to this day, for two horses; by authority of Mr. Lushington's letter of 8th June 1819 89 17 7t By Cash paid J. and R. Brine, for Provisions supplied the Governor's labourer, from the llth October 1818 to the 10th instant 20 24 3 2

By Cash paid .John Bland, Esq. High Sherifi' of the Island, being the Balance of his public account --- 21 1,175 11 i5f

By Cash, John Partridge and Denis Hanigan, for works. &c. performed at the Government House, as per Account transmitted 22 193 12 6 £. 5,179 4 9

(signed) C. Hamilton, Governor.

'Vice Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, this Accountant, maketh Oath and saith, That this, his Account, is just and true, accoraing to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) C. Hamilton.

'Sworn' before me, -at" st. J oho's Newfoundland,} the 19th November 1'819. (signed) In' Broom, Chief Magistrate.

71. G ~P~-\:P,EltSRELATlNG TO TJ-l'l::

W' 5 to 18.-Receipt antI Expenditllre of the Governors of NE'wionnclland; 1813-1822 - continued.

::N° 14.-Vice Admiral Sir Cli~RL'ES HAMl'LT01l~ Governor ill New.fotindlanrl, ' : in account witk The Right honourable the Lords Commis.sioners of His ,Majeftty's TretUlUTY; for tile, erection of a New,.Collrt House at St.John's Newfoundland.

1818: 1)r £. .~. d. ,N ovember 7. TO my Bill on their Lords'hips at 30 days sight, in favour ef Browu, 1ioy~e~ & Co. 490 8 6 To dO --- in faveur of Wilking and Rendells 145 6 - '9· Tp dO --- in favour ofW. and H. Thomas 288 15 - 10. To dO --- in favour of Denis Hanigan 142 11 - 21. To dO --- ill favour of Tho' Stabb"Esq. 169 3 7 December 5. To dO --- in favour of Mr. W. Thomas 200 To dO _ - - _ dO _ _ _ do 100 9· To dO --- in favour of Tho' Stabb, Esq. 500 - To.d° - -. _ dO _ _ _ dO 302 14 6 10. 'fo dO --- in favour of J. and R. Brine 254 1 3 11. To dO --- in favour of Tho' Williams & Co. 180 15· To dO --- ill favour of Miller, Fergus & Co. 250 1819 : 'June - 11. To dO --- ill favo)lr of Tho' Willifl,lns & Co. 100

October "20. To dO --- in favour of Parsons and Kough 200 - To dO -- ~ _ dO _ _ _ dO 247 8 - ,22. To dO --- in favour of J. and R. Brine 152 16 - To dO --- in favour of Stabb, Preston & Co. 290 7 1O!

£. 4,01 3 11 8!

1818 : r N° of £. s. d. C Receipt. August - 22. BY Cash paid Harris Prentiss, for board and plank 1 169 3 7 September 30. By C3$h paid for hire of Labourers, between tbe 'J5 A\lgust an4 30 September, as per List • - - - - 2 114 4 9 October 14· By C3$h p

6. ~ By Cash paid WilkiHg and Rendell$, fur lumber 9 145 6 - 7· By Cash paid Brown, Hoyles. & Co. for timber - 10 490 '8 6 l17· By Cash paid J. and R. Brine, fQr timber \Uld hand~pikes 11 52 3 6 By Cash paid Parsons and Kough~ f(lr sundrie~ - U 65 2 4 By Cash paid l'AolJitiiS pollard, for ro(;k~ . 13 12 - ... By Cash paid T. Ryall, for timber 25· 14 39 6 10 'J8. By Cash paid Stewarts and Renni~,wl' 6C~ 15 9- 10 30. By Cash paid for hire. of Labourer!!, Sawyers, &e. hetween the 1st and 30th November, as per Li~t -. _ ._ 16 183 - 4! December 1. By Cash paid Mark CmfOl'I, fol' 8!1lttht&work 17 60 17 3 By Cash paid W. Newman, for balk . 18 6 10 7· By Cash paid Baine, Johnston & ,Go. for slates and stoaes 19 31 5 - (ccmti,lued.) ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND 27

N··· 5 to lSi-Receipt and Expenditure of the Gov'er!Hir of Newfoundland; 1'813-1:S11<.l=-60ntinued .

. N° 14.-Vice Admiral'Sir OH A RLES HA'M'IL'I'ON, Goverhor-of Newfoundland, In account' with .The Right 'honourahletheLords 'Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury; for the erection of a -New ,Court House at St. John'-s Newfoundland.

(continued.) i N° of ' £. s. d. Receipt; .. December 11. By Cash paid Parsons and Kough, for carpenter's work per­ ~ formed, as per Voucher 20 Ill. By Cash paid Bulleys, Job and CW8S, for bricks and slates 21 7 23 By Cash paid W. and H. Thomas, for slates and plank 22 297 2 8 26. By Cash paid Thomas Williams & Co. for nails and scantling - 23 92 3 5 31. By -Cash paid for hire of Labourers, Sawyers, &c. between 1st and 31st December, as pel' List ---- -; 24 81 8 - 181 9: January 31. By Cash paid dO, between the 1st and 31st January, as per List,, 25 50 13 - February 1. By Cash paid J'da:rks Gorman, fOl' laths 50 2 6 11. By Cash paid Theophilus Stewart., for building sticks 23 12 28.: By Cash paid for hire of Labourers, Sawyers, &c. between the 1st and 28th February, as per List ---- 2,8 31 9 3 I . March - 13. I By Cash paid Parsons and Kough, for carpenter's work per- : formed, as per Voucher - . 29 313 31• : By Cash paid for hire of Labourers, Sa\vyers, &c. between the' 1st and 31st March, as per List - 30 55 7 -

April - 30. By Gash paid d·, between the 1st and 30th April, as per List - 31 31 4 6

May - 31. By Cash paid dO, between the 1st and 31St May, as per List - 32

June 2.\0 By Cash paid JalT1es Wall, for slater's work 33 41 6 - By Cash paid Parsons and Kough, for carpenter's work per- formed, as per List ----- 34 399 12 9 By Cash paid dO, for painting - 35 31 6 - By Cash paid dO, for sundries 36 16 9 3 By Cash paid f{)r hire of Labourers and Sawyers, between the 1st and 15th June, as per List ----- 37 9 14 -

·July 3. By Cash paid Thomas Atkins, for painting and glazing 38 54 19 4 20. By Cash paid Mark Coxon, for blacksmith's work 39 15 18 9 24. By Cash paid Adam M'Larty, fQr iron bolts 40 1 19 6 By Cash paid Bulley's, Job and Cross, for nails, &c. 41 13 19 3 By Cash paid Tho' Williams & Co. for do • 42 102 8 2 By Cash paid Hunters & Co. for lead and nails - 43 22 19 6

October - 9.. By Cash paid John Michell, for lime 44 48 9 - By Cash paid Jamei Mulloy, for building sticks - 45 6 15 - By Cash paid Thomas Atkins, for glazing 46 9 18 - c.By Cash paid J. and R. Brine, ,for timber 47 162 16 - 8.!: £. 4,013 11 2.

(signed) C.l1amilton, Governor.

Vice Admiral Sir C11arles Harriilton, this Accountant, maketh Oath and saith, That this, his "Atcount, is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) C. Hamilton. Sworn before me,tt St, Johllg NeWfoUnJland,} the 19th. No"Vemilm! 18tg'. (signed) J onn Broom, Ch. Magistrate. PAPERS RELATING TO THE

~O, 5 to IS.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; IS13-1822.-cantinued.

N° 15.-Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, In account witl! The Right honourable.the Lord's Commissioners of His Majesty's Trea~ury.

Dr £. $. d. 181'9 : TO this Amount recei ved from the Executors of the late Vice Admiral Pickmore, Governor of Newfoundland 1,352 12

N. B. The above sum of £. 1,352. 12. l. is produced by the balances uf two Accounts of the late Vice Admiral Pickmore.. VIZ. £. s. d. BALANCE of an Account of £.10,000 d-rawn for in July IS16, on account ofsutferers by fire Balance of an Account of £. 3,000 dmwn under authority of Earl Bathurst's Letter of the 12th July 1817 --- -- 2.S0 11 3

£. 1,6S6 12 4 From which deductions were made previous to paying over the amount to this Accountant, for funeral expense~ of the late Governor. By authority of Earl Bathurst - £.333 10 3 Stamp fOl" receipt ------10 - 334 - 3

Aprils· To Cash received from the produce of 210 barrels of Flour, sold at auction 26 March 1S19, as per Account Sales transmitted, N° 1 - 4 2 3 12 3 To Cash received from the Treasurer to the Society for improving the condition of the Poor of St. John's, for 137 bags of Biscuit of 1 cwt. each, at 248. per cwt -

.May 24. To cash received from the produce of 300 barrels of Flonr, sold at auction the 19th instant, as per Account Sales tran8milted, N° 2 245 S

June 1. To Cash received from the produce of 569 barrels of Flour, sold at auction the 21 st ult. as per Account Sales, N° 3 J S12 17 -

9· To Cash received from the produce of 200 barrels of Flour, sold at auction the 2Sth ult. as per Account Sales, N° 4 341 18 6 IS. To Cash received from the produce of 276 barrels of Flour, sold at auction the II th instant, as per Account Sales, N° 5. 386 1 5

£. 3,7~6 10 11

ISIS: C' N° of £. s. d. Receipt. September :23. BY this Sum paid Mr. William Thomas, Treasurer of the Society for improving the condition of the .Poor of St. John's, f?r sundry disbursements made by P. W. Carter, Esq. JustIce of the peace, for the relief of the distressed inhabitants of St. John's, omitted to be included in the general statement transmitted by Captain Bowker with his Accounts, while administering the Government of this Island 87 9 5

December 10. By this Sum paid the Magistrates of St. John's, being the amount recovered by judgment in the Supreme' Court against them, at the snit of J. and R. Brine, for flour issued by their direction for the relief of the distressed inh~bitallts. of Bay BulIs.in January IS17 323 - 3 (continued.) ISLAND OF NE,VFOUNDLAND. 29

"W' 5tol~.-Receipt-and Expenditure Of the Governors of Newfoundland 1813-t822-continuea.

Noi5~-Vi1:e Admiral Sir CHARLES HA-IIHLTON, Bart. Goveroor"ofNewfoundland In account with ' "The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

(continued. ) r NQ of £. 8. d. 1818 : C Receipt. "December" (2 By Cash paid to Bun-el Rutledge" for employment of poor peop'le in ploughing up a part of the Barrens inclosed in the vicinity of Fort Townshend, under the immediate inspection of the Governor 3 12 - - .1819: May 5. By Cash paid to Jeremiah Neale and William ;Furniss, for poor people employed under them in grubbing up ground on the Barrens in the vicinity of Fort Townshend, under the immediate inspection of the Governor 4 38 - - .13· By Cash paid to Michael Allen, for the employment of poor people in inclosing and breaking up ground on the Bar- rens in the vicinity of Fort Townshend, under the.immediate o! in~pection of the Governor 5 III 5 -..

Auzust.12. By Cash paid to Hunt, Stabb, Preston, and Co. for store hire for bread and flour provided by the late GoverIlor dUTing the distresses of this Town, and which could not be accommodated in the Government Storehouses, from the 23dJuly 1818 to the 23d May 1819, at £.10 per month - 6 100 --

By an allowance to Mr. Thomas Shanks for his custody and trouble of issuing, from time to time, of bread and flour for the relief of the inhabitants St . .J ohn's - 7 10 --

October By Cash paid Mr. William Thomas, Treasurer to the Society for improving the condition of the Poor, the amount of articles of clothing and food supplied to the destitute "sufferers by the recent fire in-the town of St. John's, 011 the 19th July last 8 Ey Balanee due to their Lordships paid into the Exchequer - 2,739 19 Sf

(-signed) C. Hamilton, Governor.

Vice Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, this Accountant, maketh Oath and saith, That this, his Account, is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed)C. Hamiltoll.

Sworn before me, at St. John's Newfoundland,} .the 19th N@vemlier 181 9. "(signed) JollTI Broom, Chief Magistrate.

H PAPERS RELATING TO THE

- N U'5 to 18.-Receiptand E;xpenditure .of the GDvernors of NewfDundland;-IS1'3-182~-.c9fttinuttl.

Nil 16.-Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES HAMILTDN, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, In account wit!, The Right hDnDurable the Lords CDmmissiDnersof His Majesty's Treasury.

182.0: OctDber 20. TO my Bills .on JDseph Smith, Esq. Agent for NewfDundland, in £. 8. 4- favDurof,- Sir Charles HamiltDn, Bart. - 1,000 P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. - 182 10 , - Francis FDrbes, Esq. - - 1,.000 James Blaikie, Esq. 70 William Armstrong - 50 Robe~t Seares - 36 Rev. John Leigh 60 Robert Carter, Esq. - 60 Hercules Robinson, Esq. 60 John Toup Nicolas, Esq. - 60 David Buchan, .Esq. - 60 Octavius VernDn, Esq. 60 William Minchin, Esq. 60 - - William Carter, Esq. 500 Mr. William Lampen - 25 Jehn Bland, Esq. 252 10 - Mr. Joseph T~mpleman 60 To my Bill on their Lerdships, at 30 days sight, payable to my own order - 151 8 9 To my Bills on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, in favDur .of John - Partridge and Denis Hanigan 570 -10 6 To my Bills on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, in favour of Jehn Bland, Esq. for the sums under-mentioned ; viz. £.1.0.0 2.00 256 3 8 363 16 1 9 19 ·19 9

£. 5,237 19 -

N° of Receipt. £. s.·d. -182.0 : BY Salaries paid to the under-mentiDned Officers 011 the October 20. Civil Establishment; viz. Sir Charles HamiltDn, Bart. GDvernDr .of N ewfDundland, be- tween the 21st OctDber 1819, and this day _ _ _ \" . ·1,000 P. C. I;e Geyt, Esq. GovernDr's Secretary, durif!g the same penDd - - - - _ _ _ _ _ 1 18~ 10 Francis Forbes, Esq. Chief Justice, during the same periDd _ ~ 1,.000 James Blaik~e, Esq. Clerk .of the Supreme CDurt, during the same penDd - ,'- - - _ _ _ _ _ 3 70 William Armstrong, Marshal, during the same periDd 4 50 Robert Seares, GaDler, during the same period 5 36 Rev. John Leigh, SurrDgate, during the same periDd _ {i 60 RDbert Carter, Esq. SurrDgate, during the same period 7 60 Hercules RDbinsDn, Esq. SurrDgate, during the same periDd _ 8 60

(centinued. ) I.sLAND O:FNEWFOUNDLAND.

N°S,S to IS.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; ISI3-1S22-continued.

N° lQ.-Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, In account with The Right honourable the Lords CD~missioners of His Majesty's Treas~ry.

(continued.) , N° of Receipt. £. s. d.

By Salaries paid to the under-mentioned Officers on the 1820.: Civil Establishment-contin~d. October 2-0. John Toup Nicolas, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period - 9 60 David Buchan, Esq. Surrogate, during the sam!' period 10. 60. Octavius Vernon, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 11 60 William Minchin, Esq. Sllrrogate, during the same period - 12 60 William Carter, Esq. Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court, during the same period 13 500

Mr. William Lampen, Schoolmaster, during the same period 14 25 John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, during the same period 15 252 10 - Mr. Joseph Templeman, Clerk to the Secretary, during the same period 16 60 - - By Cash paid Messrs. J. & R. Brine, for provisions supplied the Governor's labourer, between the 11th October 181g, and loth October 1820 17 22 13 11 By an allowance, equivalent to the keep of two horses for the Governor, between the 21st October 1819 and this day - 128 14 10. By Cash paid J. Partridge & D. Hanigan, for works performed at the Government-hDuse, as per account herewith trans­ mitted, by authority of Mr. Lushington's letter, of 8th June 181g, approvjng all Estimate, for - £. !l32 6 4 And Mr. Harrison's letter, of 3 1st Jan. 1820, for 30.0. ------19 532 6 4 By Cash paid J. Partridge & D. Hanigan, for annual repairs at the Go.vernment-house, as per account herewith trans- mitted' " 20 By Cash paid John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff of the Island, being the balance of his public acco.unt --- 21 919 Ig 9

£. 5,1173 Ig -

(signed) C. Hamilton, Governo.r.

'Viee Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. thi~ Accountant, maketh Oath, and saith, That this, his Account; is just and true, according t~ the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) C. Hamilton.

Sworn before me, at St. )ohn's Newfoundland,} the 13th November 1820.. (signed) John Broom, Chief Magistrate. '32 'PAPERS 'REL.ATING TO THE

N°' 5 to 18.-Receipt and ; Expenditure of the' Governors of N ewfoundlarrd; i S13-1822-continued.

N° 17.-Vic.e Admiral Sir CHARLES HA:MILTON, Bart. G1lvernurof Newfoundlan'd, In account with The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners (jf His Majesty's Treasury.

Dr £. s. d.

July -- 2. _TO my Bill on their Lordships, at 30 days sjght, in favour of Patrick

Kough,llt 5' per cent premium - '0 - £.'150 --

To dO _ - dO - 0 do 150 _ _

To dO -- dO _ 0 • dO .100 _ _ 400 To premium received for the same 20

-September 20. To my Bill on· their Lordships, at 30 days sight, in favour of P:KOl1gh, at 5 per cent premium 200 To premium received for the same 10 21. To my Bill on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, in favour of P. Kough, at 5 pee cent premium 200 To premium received for the same 10 24· To my Bill on their Lordshjps, at 30 days sight, in favour of P. Kough,

at 5 per cent premium ---- '" - 0 - 100 To premium received for the same 5 26. To my Bill on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, H.lfavour of P. Kough, at 5 per cent premium 100 To premium received for the same 5 28. To my Bill on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, in favour of P. Kough, at 5 per cent premium 100 To premium received for the same 5

I October 3· To my Bill on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, in favour of P. Kough, at 5 per cent premium 100 To premium received for the same 5 .20. To my Bills on JosElph Smith, E3q. Agent-for Newfoundland, in favour of the under-mentioned officers on the Civil Establishment, for their respective Salaries; viz. Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. - 1,000 P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. - 182 10 Francis Forbes, Esq. - - 1,000 James Blaikie, Esg. - 70 William Armstrong - 50 Robert Seares 0 30 Richard Perchard 5 7 S 14 5 John Toup Nicolas, Esq. 100 David Buchan, Esq. - 60 James Murray, Esq. - 60 ,Cbarl€s A. Baker, Esq. ·60 William Minchin, Esq. 60 William Martin, Esq. 60 Robert Carter, Esq. 60 -' William Carter, Esq. 0 500 Anne Lampen 0 19 8 John Bland, Esq. 7 252 10 Mr. .Joseph Templeman 60 George Holbrook, Esq. 89 6 Thomas P. Westcote, Esq. - 3f 66 11 6 31. To my Bil[.on.their Lordships, at 30 days sight, in favour of P. Kough,

at per cent premium - - - _ 0 _ _ 0 5 100 To premium received for the same 5

:November 15. To my Bill on their Lordships, at 30 days s~ght, in favour of P. Kough, I

at 5 per cent premium -- 0 .~ -£"200 _ _ To dO dO 100 To dO - _ d~ 100 To dO do 100 To dO do 100 To dO dO 116 3 10i 716 3 10i To .premium received for the same 35 16 2! (c01Itinued. ) ISLAND OF NEW·FOlJJ!l:DLANl>. 33

N°S (, .tu IS.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; 1$13~182g-C()nti71U6d.

N° 17.-Vice Admirai Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, I'll account with The Right honourable the Lords COlnmi~sioneis of His Majesty'5 Tr~aeury.

1821 : (c01itinued.) Dr £. 8. d.

November 26. To my Bill on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, In favour of James Stewart, at 8 per cent premium -- £.300 To dO _ dO 300 dO To do 30 0 ------goo To premium received for the same 72

To my Bill on their Lordships, at ~lO days sight, in favour of ·Messrs. Baine, Johnston & Co. at 6 per cent premium 300 To premium received for the same 18 To my Bill on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, in favour of Mr. T. Hogan, at 6 per cent premium 250 To premium received for the same 15 To my Bill on their Lordships, at 30 days sight, in favour of Mr. A. Hoysett, at 5~ per cent premium - 268 10 3t To premium received for the same 14 1 lli ---£. 7,740 17 g1

r N° of £. s. d. c Receipt. November 30. BY Cash paid John Partridge, for fitting l1p a temporary jnry room in the Court House, previous to the receipt of orders for its completioil 11 18 8 1821 :

G July 13· By Cash paid Richard Lombard, for lathing and plastering d 2 38 12 ,~ 30. By Cash paid John Michell tor lime, for the new Court House 3 5 14 - By Cash paid ~1ichael M'Lean Little, for hire of ground whereon the frame of Court House was prepared 4 22- October 20. By Salaries paid to the Officers under-mentioned on the Civil Establishment; viz. Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, between the 215t OctoLer 1820, and this day 1,000 P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. Governor's Secretary, during the same period 5 182 10 - Francis Forbes, Esq. Chief Justice, during the same period - 6 1,000 James Blaikie, E.<;q. Clerk of the Supreme Com'ft, during the same period 7 70 , William Armstrong, Marshal, duriNg the same peri0d - 8 50 Robert Seares, Gaoler, between the 21st October 1820 and 23d August 1821 g 30 5 7 Richard Perc hard, Gaoler, between the 24th August 1821, and this day 10 514 5 John Toup Nicolas, Esq. Supreme Surrogate, between the 21St October 1820, and this day --- .. 11 100 David Buchan, Esq. Surrogate, durirrg the same period 12 60 James Murray, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 13 60 Charles A. Baker, E;;q. Surrogate, during the same period 14 60 William'Minchin, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 15 60 William Martin, Esq. Surrogate, during the same period 16 60 - Robert Carter, Esq. Surrogate, during the ,ame period - 17 60 - William Carter, Esq. Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court, during the same period - 18 500 - -

(continued.) 71. I 'PAPERS RELA.,TING TO 'THE

N°' 5 to 18.-Re,ceipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-continued.

'N° 17.--Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES HA'MILTON, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, ,In account wltl, The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners·of His lVlajestys Tre1!sury.

N' of ·1821 : (continued.) cr .Receipt. ·October 20. lly Salaries paid to the Officers under-mentioned, on theCivi-l £. s. d. Establishment-continued. Anne Lampen, Administratrix.{)f the late Wm, Lampen, Schoolmaster, between the 21st October 1820 and 30th July 1821 - 19 19 78 John Bland, High Sheriff, between the ~ 18t October 1820, and this day 20 252 10 - Mr. Joseph Templeman, Clerk to the Secretary, during the same period 21 60 George Holbrook, Esq. Surveyor of Lands, between the 11th May 18~ I, and this-day 22 89 6 at Thomas P. Westcote, Esq. Atturney General, between the 1st August 1821, and this day 66 II 6 By Ca~h paid :Messrs. J. & R. Brine, for Provisions supplied the Governor's Labourer, between the 11th October 1820, and loth instant - 19 1 4~ lly an Allowance equivalent to the keep of two horses for the Governor, between the 21st October 1820, and this day, as per scale 25 42 18 6 Nov. - 16. By Cash paid Mr. Pat. Kough, for completing the erection 'of the New Court House, Jail, and Sheriff's and Jailer's houses, at St. John's, conformable to their Lordships approval of the Supplementary Estimates, as authorized by the Earl Bathurst's letter of the 14th March 1821, as per accounts and other documents, herewith transmitted 26 2,117 - 1 26. By Cash paid John Partridge and D. Hanigan, for annual and casual repairs, at the Government Huuse, as per account herewith transmitted 154 13 5 By Cash paid John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff of the Island, being the Balance of his Public Account

£. 7.740 17 '9i

( signed) C. Hamilton, Governor.

'Vice Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. this Accountant, maketh Oath and saith, That this, his Account, is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) C. Hamilton.

Sworn before me, at St. John's NeWfoundland,} the 4th December 182~

(-signed) John Broom, Chief Magistrate. ISLA~iD OF :\,EWJo"OU:\,DLAND. 35

N°' 5 to 18. -Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-cuntinued.

N° 18.-Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES HAMILToN,Bart. Governor of N~wfoundland, In account with The Rigbthonourable the Lords CommisRioners of Hi~ Majesty's Treasury.

Dr 1822: October 12. TO my Bills on Robert Gwilt, Esq. Agent for Newfotindland, ill favour of the under-mentioned Officers on the Civil Establish­ £. 8. d. ment, for their rel>pective Salaries; viz. Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. 1,000 P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. - 182 10 Thomas P. Westcote, Esq. - 300 James Blaikie, Esq. - 70 William Armstrong 50 Richard Perc hard 36 John Broom, Esq. 42 3 10 James Murray, Esq. - 60 David Buchan, Esq. - 60 Robert Carter, Esq. 60 Gerrard Ford, Esq. no John Toup Nicolas, Esq. 32 14 2t R. C. Curry, Esq. - 27 5 9 William l\lartin, Esq. 32 14 ~t 6.!. James R. Booth, Esq. 20 17 4- John Eagar, Esq. 6 8 2~ Peter Fisher, Esq. 15 9 -.!... William Carter, Esq. - 500 George Holbrook, Esq. 200 l\1r. Robert C. Bray 30 4 ).!... John Bland, Esq. 252 10 - l\Ir. Joseph Templeman 60 To Cash received of William Lane, Esq. Assistant Commissary Ge­ neral, for my Bill, dated the 7th instant, for £.1,000, on their Lordships, in his favour, at 30 days sight, at 12 f per cent pre- mium 1,1 27 10 - To Cash received of DO, for my Bill, dated this day, for £. 1,191. 12. 7t· on their Lordships, in his favour, at 30 days sight, at 13ft per cent premium 1,348 - 8

£. 5,574 7

r N° of 1822 : c Receipt. September 17· BY Cash paid the Trustees of Bonavista Church, being a con­ tribution on the part of His Majesty's Government, in addi­ £. 6. d. tion to the sum raised by the inhabitants for building the same; included in the vote of Parliament for the present 200 -- year·

-October 12. By Salaries paid to the under mentioned Officers on the Civil Establishment; n~. Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, be­ tween the 21st October 1821 and ~oth October 1822 1,000 P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. Secretary, during the same period - 2 182 10 - Thomas P. Westcote, Esq. Attorney General, during the same period ------:... - 3 300 James Blaikie, Esq. Clerk of the Supreme Court, dunng the same period --- -. . Mr. William Armstrong, Marshall, dunng the same penod - 'Richard Perchard, gaoler, during the same period -- John Broom, Esq. :Supreme Surrogate, between the 20th May and 20th October 1822 7 42 3 10 James Murray, Esq. Surrogate, between the 21st October 8 60 1821 and 20th October] 822 David Buchan, Esq. Surrogate, during the same pel:iod 9 60 Robert Carter, Esq. Surrogate, during the same pe~-IOd 10 60 11 60 Gerrard Ford, Esq. Surrogate, during the same penod John Toup Nicolas, Esq. c. B. Surrogate, between the 2] st October 1821 and 7th May 1822 ( continttfd. ) 36 PAP,ERS HELATING TO THE

NQ· 5 to 18.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Governors of Newfoundland; 1813-1822~continited.

N° 18._Yice Admiral Sir CHAR,LES HAMILTON, Bart. Governor of Newfoundland, In account u:ith The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

r 1822 ; (colltinued.) C N° of R.ceipt. October 12. By Salaries paid to the under-mentioned Officers of the Civil Establishment-colltinued. £. s. d. R. C. Curry, Esq. Surrogate, between the 8th May 1822 and 20th October 1822 13 27 5 9 William l\IartiIl, Esq. Surrogate, between the 21st October 1821 and 7th May 1822 14 32 14 2! James R. Booth, Esq. Surrogate, between the 8th May and 11 th September 1822 15 20 17 64 John Eagar, Esq. Surrogate, between the 12th September and 20th October 1822 16 6 8 21.2. Peter Fisher, Esq. Surrogate, between the 19th July and 20th October 1822 - 17 15 9 -4I William Carter, Esq. Judg~ of the Vice Admiralty Court, be. tween the 21st October 1821 and 20th October 1822 18 500 - George Holbrook, Esq. Surveyor of Lands, during the same period 19 200 i\-Ir. Robert C. Bray, Schoolmaster, between the 6th August 1821 and 20th October 1822 20 30 4 11-4 John Bland, Esq. High Sheriff, between the 21 st October 1821 and 20th October 1822 21 252 10 1\1r. Joseph Templeman, Clerk to the Secretary, during the - same period 22 60 By Cash paid Messrs. J. and R. Brine, for provisions supplied the Governor's labourer, between the l!th October 1821 and 10th October 1822 23 17 3 By an allowance, equivalent to the keep of two horses for the Governor, between tbe 21st October 1821 and 20th Oc- tober 1822, as per scale 24 135 18 5 By Cash paid Mr. P. Kough, carpenter, for materials and work performed at the Court-house, in part of an estimate ap' proved by their Lordships, per Mr. H-arrisorrs letter to me, of 3 November 1821 - 25 166 17 9 By Cash paid Denis Hanigan, mason, for materials and work performed at the Court house, in part of Estimate approved as above 26 93 18 10 By Cash paid 1\1r. P. Kough, for materials and work performed at the Government house and garden, in part of Estimate, approved as above 27 115 8 8 By Cash paid Denis Hanigan, for materials and work perfonned at the Government house, in part of Estimate, approved as aLove 28 29 By Cash paid John Blanfj, Esq. High Sheriff Gf the Islam] being t11e Balance of his public account _ _ ~ ~9 i 1,717 5 9 i---- £. 15,574 7 61. I ...

(sign .. d) C. HarRlilton, Governor.

Vice Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. this Accountant, ma'keth Oath and saith, That this, his Account, is just and true, acco.rding to the best of his know ledge and belief. (signed) C. Hamilton.

Sworn before me, at St. John's Newfoundland, } the 15th October 1822. - (signed) John Broom, Ch. Magistrate. ISLAND 01' NEWFOUNDLAND. 37

N°S 19 to N° 28 inclusive.

AN ACCOUNT of the RECEIPT and EXPENDITURE of the SHERIFF of Newfoundla1ld, in each Year, for the last Ten Years; stating particularly all Writs which have been paid fOr at the time of issuing, and all "Vrits which were not paid for at the time they were issued, but have been paid when Judgments have been recovered.

N° 19.-District of St.JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND,' In account witlt JOHN BLAND, High Sheriff.

Dr £. 8. d. £. s. d. DISBURSEMENTS for the undermentioned Services, from ~oth October 1812 to 20th October 1813. 1. Salaries for three Police Magi~trates - 200 2. Salary for Clerk of Probate Court 40 3· Salaries for High Constables and Petty Constables 383 4· Salary for Clerk of Arraigns 130 -- 5· Amount of account of Clerk of the Peace 88 7 - 6. DO -- dO _ of Coroner - 30 14 - 7· DO _ _ dO _ for Gaol and Gaoler's expenses 110 7 4 8. DO _ - dO _ for stationery, printing, coals, candles, and other incidental expenses for the several courts - 461 1 -

9· Incidental expenses of Government house and garden - 63 13 6 10. Relief and medical attendance for paupers --- 95 6 11. Passages for indigent persons, and for others sent out of the Island, un~er judicial sentences 461 13 5 12. Simon Solomon, Surveyor of chimnies -- 20 13· Sum allowed for surveying Fishing-rooms in Trinity 70 J 4. Assessments for the church 14 10 - 15· For repairs of Government wharf 1 13 4

£. 2,089 5

cr £. s. d. £. s. d.

1. BY Balance of last year's account --- 123 9 10 f 2. By money rect:ived for. licensing Public Houses in the district after ileductmg customary charges 674 10 -

~. By fees r~ceived from Captain Cooksley, R. N. Sur- rogate, pursuant to Act 49th G~o. 3. c. 27 -- 30 4· By dO -- from the Court of SessIOns} _ ,dO _ 29 in Bay-bulls ---- 5· By do -- from Deputy Sheriff, Con-} _ dO _ 1 13 3 ception Bay ---- 6. By dO _ - in Probate C(\,urt, for granting a~ministra- tions and probates of Wtlls - d ~ 118 8 4 7· By dO -- for writs in Supreme Court, at the time of issuing ------349 13 6 8. By dO _ - - dO -. - . paid for af~er j~dgments 196 13 g. By fines and forfeitures In Court of SessIOn - 5 10. By money received from his Excellency the Gover~or, for support and re~ova~ ?f Passengers brought mto St. John's, in the ship Wilham, P~.Johnson, and othe~ American vessels . 40 3 15 5 11. By dO _ - received from ~. C. Le Geyt, Esq. belllg a proportion of the Prmter's account agamst the district ------19 14 11 By Balance received from the Governor 142 6 4 f 2,089 5 1 ,. All ,,,rits issued from the Supreme Court are presu,me.d 2,089 5 1 to be paid for at the time of entry, and the Shenff IS £. held responsible. J. Bland, St. John's } High Sheriff. 20th October 1813· K .PAPERS RELATING TO THE

N°' 19 to 28.--Receipl :lnd Expenditure of the Sheri.ff of Newfouvdland; 1813-1822-ccntinued.

N° 20.-District of St. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND, In account with JOHN BLA1\D, High Sheriff.

Dr £. s. d. £. s. d. DISBURSEMENTS for the_ under-mentioned Services, from 20th October 1813 to 20th October 1814. Salaries for three Police Magistrates _ 200

2. Salary for Clerk of the Probate Court - 40 - 3· Salaries for High Constable and Petty Constables 378 Salary for Clerk of Arraigns 130 5· Amount of account of Clerk of the Peace 81 15 - 6. Do do - of Coroner _ 36 14 - 7· D' -- dO • for Gaol and Gaoler's expenses 141 12 ·7 8. Do -- do - for stationery, printing, coals, candles, and otherincidental expenses, for the several courts - 627 13 81

g. Incidental expenses for Government house and garden _ 64 5 6 10. Relief and medical attendance for paupers 47 5 7 11. Passages for indigent persons and (or others sent out of the Island under judicial sentences _ 51 11 12. Simon Solomon, Surveyor of chimnies 20

BALANCE carried to next year's account 137 13 9~ 320 15 10f

£. 1,956 11 2

r c £. s. rl. £. Ii. d. 1. BY Money received for licensing Public Houses in the district, after deducting customary charges 835 4 2. By - do - unaccounted for last year - 23 4 3· By fees received from the Court of Sessions, Burin 80 4· By dO _ from Deputy Sheriff, Conception Bay - 21 9 13 1~ I 5· By dO - in Probate Court, for granting administrations and probates of Wills, pursuant to Act 49th Geo. 3. c.27 - 184 8· 2' 6. By dO- for writs in Supreme Court at the time oC issuing 3.77 - 9 7· By dO - . dO paid for after judgment . 8. By fines and forfeitures in Court of Sessions 237 - 4, 1,956 II 2

£. 1,956 11 2

·8t. John's, } 20th October 1814. J.1I.land. High Sheriff. ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAYD. 39

N°' 19 to 28.-ReceiJ>t and Expenditure of the Sheriff of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-continued.

N" 21.-District of ST. JOlIN'S NEWFOUNDLAND , In account with JOHN BLAND, High Sheriff.

Dr

DISBURSEMENTS for the under-mentioned SE'rvices, from 20th October 1814 to 20th October 181 5. £. s. d. £. s. d. 200 1. Salaries for three Police :Magistrates - - -- 0 2. Salary for Clerk of Probate Court - - 4 - - 50 - 3· DO _ Clerk of Surrogate Court -- - - 8 4· Salaries for High Constables and Petty Constables - 37 - - 130 - 5· Salary for Clerk of Arraigns - - 6. Amount of account of Clerk of the Peace - 94 ~ 6 7· DO _ _ dO of Coroner - 47 15 - 8. DO _ _ dO for stationery, printing, coals, candles, and other incidental expenses for the several.courts - 545 13 2 DO _ _ dO of Gaol and Gaoler's expenses 253 10 - 9· 1,739 - 8

10. Incidental expenses for Government house and garden - 1 0 5 18 9 152 11. Relief and medical attendance for paupers - 7 - 12. Passages for indigent persons, and for others sent out of the bland under judicial sentences -- .'- 99 19 .- 20 -- 13· Simon Solomon, Surveyor of chimnies - - - 10 4 - 14· Sum allowed for surveying land - - - - - .- 12 -- 15· DO for repairing road across the barrens - - 20 14 - 16. Assessment for the church - - - -- BALANCE carried to next year's account . 294 7 7f - 715 10 4f

£. 2,454 11

C· £. s. d. £. s. d. 137 13 91 1. BY Balance from last year's account - By money received ~or licensing Public Houses in the dis- 2. 8 S trict, after deductmg customary charges --- 85 - By fees received from Captain Cooksley, R. N. Surrogate, 3· 68 14 11 pursuant to Act 49 Geo·3· c. 27 ---- _ dO 6 6 By dO from Deputy Sheriff, Conception Bay 1 4 5 4· 0 18 2 By dO from Court of Session~, Ferryland 4 5· 6. By dO in Probate 'Court, for granting administrations and probates of Wills, pursuant to Act 49 G. 3· • - 229 13 4 By dO for writs in Supreme and Surrogate Courts at the 7· 736 - 6 time of issuing - - - -. • • - 8. By dO for dO J>aid for after judgment 208 12 10 g. By fines and forfeitures in Court of Sessions - By Sum received from his-Excellency the Governor, for 10. 10' 4 I military men slIlN'eying land - • • • - - 2,454 11 -2'

£. 2,454 11 -!

J. Bland, St.John's, } H. Sheriff. 20th Oct. 1815· PAPERS RELATING TO THE

N°S 19 to 28.-Receipt and Expenditure ofthe Sheriff of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-conlinued.

N° 22.-DISTRICT of ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNPLAND, Itl account with JOHN BLAND, High Sheriff.

J;)lSBURSEMENTS for the under-mentioned Services, from 20th October 1815 to 20th October 181~. £. s. d. £. s. d.

1. Salaries for three Polic~ Magistrates - 200 2. Salary for Clerk of the. Probate Court 40 3. DO - for dO of the Sqrrogate Court - 50 4. Salaries for High Constable and Petty Constables 498 5. Salary for Clerk of An:aigns 130 6. DO - for Clerk of Court of Oyer and Terminer 40 7. Amount of account of perk of the Peac~ 93 15 - 8. DO dO of Coroner 49

g. DO _ - dO of Gaol and Gaoler's expenses 297 ,~ 6 10. DO -- dO for stationery, printing, coals, candles, and other incidental expenses for the several courts -

11. Incidental expenses for .Government house and garden - 12. Relief and medical attendance for paupers 13. Passage! for indigent persons, and for others sent out of the Island under judicial sentences - 14. Simon Solomon, Surveyor of chimnies 15. Contribution to sufferers by fire .16. Conveyance of public dispatches BALANCE carried to next year's account

C' £. s. d. £. ~. d. 1. BY Balance from last year's accoun.t - 294 7 7t 2. By money received for licensing Public Houses in the dis- trict, after deducting customary charges - 661 4 - 3· By fees received from Captain Cooksley, R. N .. Surrogate, pursuant to Act 49 G.3. c. 27 . - . - - . _ 18 13 dO _ 4· By do from Captain Skekel, R.N. Justice of Peace 10 5· By dO from Captain Baldwin, R.N. Surrogate _ dO 17 10 6. By dO from Captain Buchan, R. N .. _ . dO dO - 11 IS 7· By dO from Deputy Sheriff, Conception Bay 240 8 2 8. By do in Probate Court, for granting administrations and probates of Wills; pursuant to Act 49 G.3. _._ 202 4 4 9· By dO for writs in Supreme and Surrogate Courts at the time of issuing -. _ . _ _ _ _ _ 1,426 9 6 10. By dO paid for after judgment - 11. By fines and forfeitures in Court of Sessions 105 19 8 .12. By dividend on a protested bill of John Hill & Co • 13 13 ::l 3,002 6~ ------4 ~ £. 3,002 4 6k

St. John's, } J. 20th Oct. 1816. Bland, H. Sheriff. ISL:A.ND OIf NEWI'OUNDLAND.

'N°S'19 to 28.-Re.ceipt and Expenditure of the Sheriff' of Newfoundland; 1813-182'l.-Continued.

,N° 23.-District of St. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND, In account with JOHN BLAND, High Sheriff.

Dr

DISBURSEMENTS for the under-mentioned Services, from 20th October 1816 to 20th October 1817. £. s. d. £. s. d.

1. Salaries for three Police Magistrates - 200 2. Salary for Clerk of Probate Court 40 3· Salaries for High Constable and Petty Constables - 358 4· Sum paid the Constables for extra services at the fire in St. Jolm's, by order of his Excellency the Gove,nor - 45 5· Salary for Clerk of Arraigns 130 {). Amount of Gaol and Gaoler's expenses 57 2 10 - 7· DO _ of account for stationery, printing, coals, candle8, repairs, and other incidental expenses, in the several courts, court house, and Gaol 82 7 ~ 2,17 2 11 3 8. Incidental expenses for Government houSe and garden 187 4 9· Relief and medical attendance for paupers 24-8 13 7 10. Passages for indigent persons, and for others sent out of the Island under judicial sentences - 15 12 II. Simon Solomon, Surveyor of chimnies . 20 12. Sum allowed towards the expense of painting' the church 3 2 2 13· Conveyance of public dispatches ------' 476 11 8

£. 2,649 2 11

C' £. s. d. £, ,s, d. 1 6 1. BY Balance from last year's account - 9 14- 2. By money received for licensing Public Houses ill the district, after deducting customary allowances 107 8 - 3· By fees received from Captain Buchan, R. N. Surrogate, pursuant to Act 49 Geo. 3. c. 27 ---- 16 6 12 4· By dO _ received from Captain Rowley, R. N. Surrogate 9 8 2 6 5· By dO _ received from Captain Baldwin, R. N. Surrogate 6. By dO - in Probate Court, for grantin~, atlministrations and probates of Wills, pursuant to said Act -- 82 16 6 By dO - for writs in Supreme and Surrogate Courts, at 7· the time of issuing ---- 1,002 13 6 8 By dO _ for dO - paid, for after judgment By Balance rec.eived from H. E. the <;'overnor J .333 15 2 9· 2,.649 ;2 11

£. 2,649 2 11

J. Bland, St. John's, } High Sheritf. 20th October 1817·

... 1 L I ~. 42 PAPERS RELATING TO THE-,

N°' 19 to !l8.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Sheriff of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-contillucd.

N° 24.-District of St. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND, In account uith JOHN BLAND, High Sheriff.

Dr

DISBURSEMENTS for the under-mentioned Services, from 20th October 1817 to 20th October 1818. £. i. d. £. s. d.

1. Salaries for three Police Magistrates 200 2. Salary for Clerk of Probate Court 40 3· DO - for Clerk of Surrogate Court 50 4· Salari~s for High Constable, and six Petty Constables 288 - .5· Salary for Clerk of Arraigns 130 - - 6. Amount of account of Clerk of the Peace for the year 1817, omitted to be furnished at the time, from indis- position, and other accidental causes 254 7 7· Amount of dO - for the current year - 186 5 - 8. DO -- of dO - of Coroner's account for the year 181 7, omitted to be furnished at the time, from indisposition and other accidental causes - 66 13 DO g. -- of dO - for the current year 48 16 Do _ 10. - of Gaol and Gaoler's expenses 198 8 6 11. Stationery, printing, coals, candles, aad other inciden tal expenses in the several courts 377 13 6 ------1,840 3 12. Incidental expenses for Government house and garden - 239 12 2 13· Relief and medical attendance for paupers 229 2 9 14· Passages for indigent people, and for others sent out of the Island under judicial sentences 29 16 - 15· Simon Solomon, Surveyor of chimnies 20 ---- 518 10 11 £./ 2,358 13 11

cr 1. BY l\Ioney received for licensing Public Houses in the district, for the YEar 1817, the amount having been £. s. d. £. s. d. omitted at the time, from indisposition and other causes, after deducting customary allowances - 167 8 2. By dO -- for the current year - 352 3· By Fees received from Hon. Captain Gordon, R. N. Sur- rogate, pursuant to Act 49 Geo. 3. c. 27 6 5 4· By dO -- in Probate Court, for granting administrations and probates of Wills, pursuant to said Act _ _ 74 12 2 5· By do -- for writs in Supreme and Surrogate Courts at the time of issuing _ _ _ _ _' ,_ 63 1 12 9 6. By dO -- for dO - paid after judgment 7· By fines in Court of Sessions for the year 1817, the ac- count for that period having been omitted _ _ 22 10 4 8. By dO -- dO - for the current year 31 17 9· By Balance received from H. Excellency the Governor _ 1,07 2 8 8 ,------2,358 13 11

£. 2,358 13 11

St. John's, } J. mand, ~oth October 1818. High Sheriff. ISLAND' OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 4,3

N°S 19 to 28..~Receip.t and Expenditure of the Sheriff of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-continued.

N° 25.-District of St. JOHN'S NEWt'OUN DLANJ;>, In account with JOH~ Br.AND, High Sheriff.

£. s. d. £. s. d. DISBURSEMENTS for the under-mentioned Services, from 20th October 1818 to 20th October 1819. Salaries for three Police Magistrates 200 -- 2. Salary for Clerk of Probate Court 40 -- 3· Do for Clerk of Surrogate Court 50 -- 4· Salaries (or High Constable and sil( Petty Constables 288 5· Salary for Clerk of Arraigns ]30 164 15 10 6. Amount of account of Clerk of the Peace 0 7· DO _ 0 d" -- of Coron~r - 69 7 10 8. DO _ _ dO 0 - of Gaol and Gaoler's expenses 13"2 13 6 g. DO for stationery, printing, coals, candles, and other incidental expenses in the several courts 454 12 1,519 9 3 f

10. Incidental expenses for Government house and garden 38 13 10 11. Relief and medical attendance for paupers - 418 18 5 12. Passages for indigent persons, and for others sent out of

the Island under judicial sentences 0 93 5 9 Sum allowed towards repairs of a public Bridge 5 - - 555 18 -

£. 2,07~ 7 3 f

cr £. s. d. £. s. d. the 1. BY Money received for licensing Public Houses in disttict, after deducting customary allowances 23 8 7 6

2. By fees received from Captain Shiffner, R. N. Surrogate, pursuant to Act 49 Geo. 3. c. 27 7 10 6 5 6 3· By dO from Captain Glascock, R. N. dO - 0 dO - 3 By dO in Probate Court for granting administrations and 4· 65 19 probates of Wills, pursuant to said Act - 0 0 - By dO for writs in Supreme and Surrogate Courts at the 5· 489 9 time of issuing 0 0 - .-' 0 0 -

6. By do 0 0 for - 0 dO paid for after judgment 18 7· By fines in ,Supreme Cou~t 16 8. By dO in Court of Sessions 54 4 By fees received from Theophilus Stewart, for writs in 9· 7 8 - Supreme Court, when sitting in Harbour Grace 0

0 dO 0 15 10. By dO from William Hayward - By Balance received from his Excellency the Governor - 1,175 11 5f 11. ------2,075 7 3f

£. ~,075 7 3f

J. Biand, St. John's, } High Sheriff. .2oth October 1819. 44 PAPERS RELA'1'ING TQ THE:

N°' 19 to 28.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Sheriff of Newfoundland; 1813-1822-contz'nued.

N° 26.-District of St. JOHN'S N£WFOUN'DI,AND, In account with JOHN BLAND, High Sheriff.

Dr £. s. d. £. s. d.

DISB'URSEMENTS for the under-mentioned Services, from 20th October 1819,t0 20th Ootober 1820. .1. Salaries for three Police Magistrates ~oo '- 2. Salary for Clerk of Ptobate Court ' 40 3· Salaries for High Constable and six Petty Constables 288 4· Salary for Clerk of Arraigns 40 - 5· Amount' of account of Clerk of the'Peace 146 9 DO _ _ dO _, of. Coroner _ 6. 60 - 2 7· Do - ~ dO _ for Gaol and Gaoler's expenses 94 13 2 8. DO for stationery, printing, coals, candles and other incidental expenses, in the several courts 5 9· Incidental expenses for Government house and garden 10. Relief and medicai atteridance for paupers, 11. Passages for indigent persons, and for others sent -out of the Island under judicial sentences 118 12 - 12. Simon Solomon, Surveyor of 'chimnies 20

l3· Conveyance of public dispatches J 10 6 568 6 ---5 £. 1,741 19 11

c' £. s. d. £. s. d.

1. BY Money received for licensing" Public Houses in the district, collected after the close of last year's account _ 39 5 6 2. By dO for the current year, after deducting charges 170 4 3. By fees received from Captain Robinson, R. N. Surrogate, pursuant to Act 49 Geo. 3. c. 27 4. By dO from Captain Buchan, R. N. - dO 2 12 9 5. By dO from Lieut. Minshin, R. N. _ dO 4 6 6 6. By dO in Probate Court for granting administrations and probates of Wills, pursuant to said Act 46 18 4 7. By do for writs in Supreme Court at time of issuing 465 7 9 8. By dO - do paid for after judgment

9. By fines and forfeitures in Court of Sessions 92 5 4 10. By Balance received from his Excellency the Governor _ 919 19 9 ------'1,'741 19 11

£. 1,741 19 11

S1. John's, } J. Bland, 20th October) 820. High Sheriff. ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAN V.

NoslgtO 28.-Receipt and Expenditure of the Sheriff of Newfoundlalld; 1813-182'..l-Continued.

.N° 1!7.-District of St. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND, In account with JOHN BLAND, High Sheriff.

Dr £. s. d. £. s. d.

DISBURSElIH'.NTS for the under-mentioned Services, from 20th October 1820 to 20th October 18!!!.

1. Salaries for three Police :Magistrates 200 2. Salary for Clerk of Probate Court 40 a· DO - for Clerk of Surrogate Court - 25 4· Salaries for High Constable and six Petty Constables - 288 5· Salary for Clerk of Arraigns l1eO 6. Amount of account of Clerk of the Peace 161 7 4 7· D' dO - of Coroner - 69 7 8. DO d' - for Gaol and Gaoler's expenses 117 3 5 'g. DO _ _ for stationery, printing, coals, candles, and other incidental expenses for the several courts 503 14 9 ._----- '1,514i!1 6 10. Incidental expenses for Government house and garden - 45 16 '>v 11 • Relief and medical attendance for paupers 342 1 4 12. Passages for indigent persons, and for others sent out of the Island under judicial sentences 328 6 9 1,3. Conveyance of public dispatches 4 2 ------720 6 5 ------£. 2,234 18 11

£. G. d. £. s. d. BY Money received for licensing Public Houses in the 'I.. district, after deducting customary charges 149 17 -

2. By fees received from Captain Nicolas, R. N. Surrogate, pursuant to Act 49 Geo. 3. c.27 --- 5 9 By d' - from Captain Buchan, R. N. - dO 1 16 3 3· By dO _ from Captain Baker, R. N. dO 9 12 9 4· By dO - from Lieut. Minchin, R. N. dO 11 8 9 5· ,.-6. By d' - in Probate Court, for granting administrations and probates of Wills, pursuant to said Act 56 16 4 By d· - for writs in Supreme and Surrogate Courts, at 7· the time of issuing ------469 8 6 8. By dO - for dO - paid for after judgment - 10 g. By fines and forfeitures in Supreme Court 2 18 5 10. By do -- in Court of Sessions By dO -- on Master of Lady Sherbrook, for breach 11. of Passengers Act 55 -- By B~lance received from his Excellency the Governor - 1,462 11 11 2,234 18 11

£. 2,234 18 11

St. John's, } J. Bland, 20th October 1821. High Sheriff.

M PAPERS RELATfNGTO THE

N°'19 to 2S.-Receipt lmd Expenditure of the Sheriff of Newfoundland ; 1813-1822.-continued.

N~ !l8.-District of St. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLJl-ND, In account with JOHN BLAND, High Sheriff.

Dr £. s. d. £. s. d. DISBURSEMENTS for the under-mentioned Services, from 20th October 1821 to 20th October 1822. 1. Salaries to three Police Magistrates 200 2. Salary to Clerk of Probate Court 40 3. Do - to Clerk of Surrogate .Court 25 4. Salaries for High Constable, and six Petty Constables - 288 5. Amount of account of Clerk of the Peace 240 14 10 6. D' -- do - of Coroner - 79 16 6 7. DO - of Gaol and Gaoler's account _ 2,7 6 S 4 8. Do - for stationery, printing, coals, candles, and other incidental expenses for the several courts 449 16 1 t-._'- 1,599 10 9 9., Incidental expenses for Government house and garden - 44 10 8 10. Relief and medical attendance for paupers 666 10 3 11. Conveyance of public dispatches and papers 12 18 6 ,12. John Lambert, for attendance on Surveyor of Lands 21 10 6 ------7tl5 9 11

£. 2,345 - 8

r c £. s. d. £. s. d.

I. BY Money received for licensing Public Houses in the district, after deducting customary allowances 210 2. By fees received from Captain Murray, R. N. Surrogate, pursuant to Act 49 Geo. 3. c. 27 - 1 18 3 By dO - from Captain Buchan, R. N. _ dO _ 3· 18 3 By dO - from Lieut. Curry, n. N. d. _ 4· 4 6 By do - from Captain Fisher, R. N. dO _ 5· 1 18 -9 6. By dO - in Probate Court, for granting administrations and probates of Wills, pursuant to said Act 56 16 6 7· By dO - for writs in Supreme .and Surrogate Courts at time of issuing 341 17 8. By fines received in Court of Sessions _ -6 8 9. By money returned by John Moore, for the intEllded passages of paupers to Prince Edward Island, by order of the Governor; the vessel being fotced back by tempestuou! weather, in the winter of 1kst year - 13 15 _ 10. :!3lilance received from his Excellency tire Governor '.. 1,717 5 9 8

£. 8

St. John's, "\ J. Bland, 20th October I8z2.f High Sheriff. ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 47

-N° 29.--

and FORl'EITURES, AN ACCOUNT of the Total Amount of all FEBS, FINE!>, PENALTIES, Session, or hefore anyone .imposed, paid, or levied, in any Surrogate Court, or in any Court of have been paid into tbe or more Justices of the Peace in the Island of Newfoundland, which to the 49th Geo. 3. Supreme Court of the Island in each Year, since the~passing of, and agreeable Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, c. 'J7. s. 16; stating the Amount paid into iheSl!preme Court by each Surrogate, or Justice, in,each Year.

YEAR From what Court received, or by whom paid. SUM. TOTAL AMOUNT. '---.r---I £. s. d. £. s. d. Court of Session, St. John's ,200 8 6 1810 - { Captain Muddle, R. N. Surrogate - 18 ------218 97 Court of Session, St. John's 177 - 6 Captain Muddle, R. N. Surrogate - 12 9 9 18u Lieut. Forbes, R.N. Surrogate 49 11 - {Justices of Peace, Greenspond 7 Deputy Sheritf, Conception Bay ----61 16 3! Court of Session, St. John's 218 5 - ,1812 Deputy Sheriff. Conception Bay 58 8 3 - { R. C. Sconce, It. N. Surrogate 10 'J86 133

Court of Session, St. John's 196 13 5 Captain Cookesley, R.N. Surrogate 30 Bulls - 29 { Court of Session, Bay of Deputy Sheriff, Conception Bay - 1 13 3 257 6 8

Court of Session of St. John's 237 - 4 80 181 4 - Deputy Sheriff, Burin -. - { Do _ dO ConceptIOn Bay 219 13 11 536 14 3

Court of Session, St. John's 'J08.12 10 Captain Cookesley, R. N. Surrogate 68 14 11 "'5 . { Deputy Sheriff, Conception Bay - 164 5 6 Justices of the Peace, Ferryland - 40 18 2 5

Court of Session, St. J ohti's 105 19 8 Captain Cookesley, R. N. Surrogate - 18 13 - Captain Skekel., R. N. Justice of the Peace 10 '1816 - Captain Baldwlll, R. N. Surrogate - 17 10 - 11 - { Captain Buchan, R. N. Surrogate 15 8 2 Deputy Sheriff, Conception Bay - 240

Buchan, R. N. Surrogate - 11) .Captain 9 Captain Rowley, R. N. Surrogate - 6 12 "1817 - 8 >I 6 { 'Captain Baldwin, R. N. Surrogate 3015 3

Court of Session, St. John's, for 181 7 - - 211 10 4 - for cur.rent year - 31 17 - ;1818 ,- DO _ dO -- do { Gordon, R. N. Surrogate 65- , Hon. Captain 60 12 4

Court of Session, St. John's -- 54 16 4 Captain Shiffner, R. N. Surrogate ~ 7 10 6 1 ').19 - 6 { Captain Glascock, R. N. Surrogate 35 . 65 1\l 4

Court of Session, St. John's -- 9!1 5 4 Captain Robinson, R. N. Surrogate 1 9 Captain Buchan, R. N. Surrogate - 2 1'J 66 Lieut. Minchin, R. N. Surrogate 4 100 4 7 (continued. ) PAPERS ltELATING- TO THE

N° 29-AccQunt Qf Fees, &c. ,paid intO' the Supreme Court Qf the Island_continued.

YEAR From what Court received, or by whom paid. SUM. TOTAL AMOUNT~

£. s. d. £. s.. d. CQurt Qf SessiQn, 5t. John's 57 18 5 Captain NichQlas, R. N. SurrQgate 5 9 1821 Captain Buchan, R. N. SurrQgate I 16 3 { Captain Baker, R. N. SurrQgate 9 12 9 Lieut. :Minchin, H. N. SurrQgate ~ 11 8 9 86 5 10 CQurt Qf SessiQn, St. JQhn's - 6 8 Captain Murray, R. N. SurrQgate - 1 18 3 1822 Captain Buc-han, R. N. Surrogate - - 18 3 - {Lieut. Curry, R. N. Surrogate - 4 6 Captain Fisher, R. N. SurrQgate I 18 9 5 6 5 TO'TAL

N. B.-The Fees, Fines, Penalties, and FQrfeitur.es arising in the Sessions and SurrQgate CO'urts, have been always paid directly intO' the hands Qf the High Sheriff, and have been ap­ plied by him tQwards defraying the public expenses of the Island. The foregQing Return has accordingly been prepared by him from his bQoks, and I believe it to' be ill every respect CQrrect. R. A. Tucker, Ch. Jus. Qf Newfoundland.

_N° 30.-

AN ACCOUNT of all Sums received by Justices Qf the Peace for LICENCES to' retail SpirituQus LiquQrs, in the several Districts O'f NewfQundland, fO'r the last Five Years; and hQW the same have been applied.

SUM DISTRICT. YEAR RECEIVED. HOW APPLIED. '---v---J £. s. d. - 1818 399 1819 '1.70' 1 Parm~nt Qf cQnstabl€s~ O'r general purpQses O'f Saint JQhn's 1820' - 243 9 6 {he dlstnct, after deductIng the chatges of the -j 1821 173 17 Clerk Qf the Peace. 1822 245 - 1818 72 12 181 9 - 10'8 7 6 } £. ,68 .•" Ih, g'n~al po",';'", th, d;,'ri,'; CQnceptiQn Bay 1820' - 139 3 the remall~der amQng the Justices, Sheriff, Clerk, { 1821 12 7 ~c. accO'rdIng to' ancient practice, the Magistrates 1822 6u 10 In the Qut-PQrts having nO' salaries. - 1818 12 181 9 - 12 Trinity 1820' - 12 } H.lf 10 Ih, gm,,1 po",,,,,,, 0' th' "',!ricl' { 1821 12 the O'ther half to' the Justices. • 1822 NQne issued. - 1818 - 181 9 - BQnavista 18!.!O' } N,,, ;"ood . { 18,21 1822 - 1818 - 181 9 - r.go ",d TwiI· { 1820' lingate. - } N,,, ;"",d. 1821 1822 1818 1819 Bay of Bulls 1820 - } N,,, ;"",d. -{ 1821 1822 (continued.) ISLANn OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 49

N°30-Account of all Sums received by Justices of Peace for Licences, &c.-contmued.

SUM DISTRICT. YEAH. HOW APPLIED. RECEIVED.

f .. s. d. 1818 - 35 181 9 - 45 £. 77· 7· to the general purposes of the dis­ Ferryland 1820 - 45 trict; t~e rem,ainder tothe J ustices j ·Clerk of the 1821 40 -- Peace, &c. . 1822 15 l 1818 181 1 9 = Trepassey 1820 fNone issued. 1821 1822 -

1818 - In consequence of the death of both Magis­ 4- 15 trates of this district, the Return is incomplete; 181 9 - 1820 but £.23. 15. appears to have been received as Placentia stated, of which £.14.2. applied to the general 1821 19 { 1822 None. purposes of the district; the remainder to the Justices, Clerk, &c. 1818 '1 181 9 ='II Burin 1820 - !"j' None issued. 1821 1822 - I 4 14 6 To expenses incident to the district.

1818 1'\ 181 9 = Fortune Bay 1820 - f NOlle issued. 1821 1822

_N° ,31.-

\N ACCOUNT of all Sums received in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, for Dutie.s or Fees upon PROBA TES of WILLS and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION, since passing of the Act 49 Geo. 3. c. 27; and how the same are applied. •

TOTAL .AMOUNT. HOW APPLIED. YEAR SUM.

'-.~ ---- £. s. d. £. s. d. 1810 194 7 9 .18ll 206 7 8 1812 118 16 4 118 8 4 181 3 Applied towards carry- 1814 1 84 8 2 1815 229 13 4 ing into execution the pro- 202 4 4 1816 visions of the 49 Geo. 3· 1817 82 16 6 1818 74 12 2 c.27· 1819 65 19 1820 46 18 4 1821 56 16 4 l822 56 16 6 £. 1,638 4 9

R. A. Tucker, Ch. Ju~. of Newfoundland.

N 71 • 50 PAPERS RELATING TO THE =

N0 32.-AN ACCOUNT of the Total Amount of DROITS of ADMIRALTY received in Newfoundland, for the last were received, and for

NAME OF VESSEL, NAMES NAME or description of and DATE DECRETAL PARTS of Property Captured, Seized, RESIDENCE CAPTOR, SEIZOR, of of &c. of the Registered Agent, or and adjudged as or other Person acting for the SALVOR. SENTENCE. SENTENCE. Droit. of Admiralty. Captor, Seizor, or Salvor.

Bayonaise Non-commissioned, re- - No Agent 8 October - 1803 Condemned as the pro­ siding in Fortune Bay. perty of enemies; two thirds allowed the captors.

Deux Amis - Non-commissioned, re- - - No Agent - - 8 October - 1803 Condemned as the pro- siding in Newfoundland. perty of enemies; two thirds allowed the captors.

Rookland - Cutter Fly, of London, d George R. Robinson, 30 June - - 181 3 The vessel, 230 hh • salt, John Phillips, master, St. John's, Newfoundland, and 13 pictures, condemned non-commissioned. merchant. as enemies property; the proceeds of sales of a quan­ tity of wine and 4 cases of hats, held by the Court as the property of Portuguese subjects.

Washington Cutter Fly, of London, George R. Robinson, 30 June - - 1813 Condemned as enemies John Phillips, master, St. John's, Newfoundland, property. non-commissioned. merchan t.

6381ba. of Cotton, Found and on shore in Tre- - - - Nil. . 17 December 1810 Adjudged as a Droit some old Rigging. passey, in Newfoundland. - - - -

1 Junk of Mahogany Picked up at sea - by the - - - Nil. - - - 17 December 1810 Adjudged as a Droit Magnet, Chs M'Lachlan, - - master.

1 Spar Found in Placentia - - - Bay, - - - Nil. - - 17 December 1810 Adjudged as a Droit in Newfoundland. - - -

1 Spar Found - - - in Witless Bay, - Nil. - 17 December 1810 - Adjudged as a Droit in Newfoundland. - - - - -

Triton Found derelict - - - by His Thomas Stabb, mer- 25 July - 1812 The salvors to receive Majesty's ship - one Jason, the chant, St. John's, New- half the value of the vessel Hon. J. W. King, com- foundland. and cargo. mander.

Sails and Rigging - Clement Touit, John - - - Nil. 22 May Nicolle, Labrador. - - 1815 - Adjudged as a Droit ISLAND O}' NEWFOUNDLAND. 51 '""

at what Dates, and by whom the said Droits Twenty Years; distinguishing the Produce of each, and from what, what purposes applied.

REMARKS or to the Appropriation ofthe Proceeds Applicable to the SALE or DISPOSAL of the Property, by order of Court, thereof. arising from Droits of Admiralty, which have been paid into the Registry

Amonnt of Amount of Amount of Rate of Commission, Amount of If the Proceeds bave been paid per centum, out of Court, by whom received, Gross Proceeds, exclnsi ve of Brokerage, Net Proceeds Charges, Commission, as charged in the uuder wbat Authority, Date of as per 'Jct Sales. any Commission. Agency. 8th Column. paid into Court. Payment.

£. s. d. o. o. 7. Registrar £. 23. 5.'­ Registrar Poundage, 88 18 3 This sum not accounted 5 p' cent for by T. Tremlett, e8q . late Marshal - 13.19.- Registrar and Receiver of }Vlarshal - 3 p' cent Droits of Admiralty in Newfoundland.

r ge This sum not accounted 2• 7. 10. £·76. 2. 6. Regr - £.15. 19 . .5. Reg Pd , 5 p' cent 137 17 11 £.53 for by T. Tremlett, esq. late Marl - 26. 12. 4. Marshal - 3 p' cent Registrar and Receiver of Droits of Admiralty in Newfoundland.

r ge Paid to John Barnett, esq. 6. Regr - £.115 10 8 Reg Pd , 5 p' cent 969 6 £.2,378 19 6 Sub Agent to the American 16 12 7 Interest Marl - 71 17 - Marshal - 3 p' cent Commissioners. S29 3 10 Remitted to Lord Arden 2,395 12 1 £.IS7 7 S in July lS14, on alct of the wine sold by the court. 122 6 6 Paid Hart, Robinson & Co. of Newfoundland, mer­ e hants, being the proceeds of sales of four cases of hats, as per 5th column.

ge Barnett, esq. r Regr Pd on sales of 4,317 10 Sf Paid John 6. 7f· Reg - £.237 13 9 Agent to the American i vessel and dollars, Sub Vessel &}6~2 ~ ~ Mar on} IS 1 Commissiollers, in October Property vessel .5 5 p' cent 80 lS13· 16, 5\. 4 201 5- £.255 15 2 Marshal on vessel, dollars J -'--_ 3 p' cent £.4,803 12 6

ge 12 - 9f Salvors allowed one half r 1 1. Regr Pd , 5 p' cent £.19. 18. 6f. £.6. 17. 10. R eg - £ .- 19. the gro&s proceeds, balance' due the Court for Fees.

r ge 19 19 - Salvor allowed, £·9· 19. 6. Regr - £.1. 1. - Reg Pd , 5 p' cent £.21. -- Court Fees g. 19.6.

r ge - Salvors allowed, £.8. -- _ £._ 16. - Reg Pd , .5 p' cent 13 7 £.1. 1. O. Regr £.16. -- Brokerage - 16. - Salesman, 5 p' cent Court Fees 5· 7· - Balance due the Court for Fees, £·7· 4· 3·

r ge 11 S - Salvors allowed, £.6. -- Regr - £ .- 12. -I Reg Pd , 5 p' cent l £.12. -- Balance due the Court for Fees, £.7· 3· 3· Court Fees 5. S. -

I r g S73 17 5 This vessel was found de- Regr • £.51• 16. - Reg Pd ·, 5 p' cent £.79' 15· o. relict, and towed into St. Marl - 1. 7. Marshal - 3 p' cent John's, in Newfoundland, by His Majesty's ship Ja- son; £.600 paid the salvor's age~t; £. 17S ..10. 10. remitted to Sir C. C. De Cresplgny, Receiver of Droits, the 15th January lS~8; £.95.6.7. re­ mitted to G. F. Hampson, esq. III 181S.

r ge til 4 2 Half allowed the salvors, Regr - £.7. 7. 6. Reg Pd , 5 p' cent £.133· £.46. 15. 10. £.147. 15. o. Brokerage, 7. 7. 6. Brokerage, 5 p' cent £.14. 15· -I (continued.) 52 PAPERS RELATING '1'0 THE

N° 32.-Account of the Total Amount of the D,oits of Admiralty

NAME OF VESSEL, NAMES NAME or description of and DATE DECRETAL PARTS of Property Captured, Seized, RESIDENCE CAPTOR, SEIZOR, of of &c. of the Registered Agent, or and adjudged as Ol: other Person acting for the SALVOR. SENTENCE. SENTENCE. Droits of Admiralty. Captor, Seizor, or Salvor.

Providentia, partly laden James Kelly, and others, Thomas Williams, of 4 Dccenlber 1816 Adjudged as a Droit with Tobacco, Rice, of Burin, in Newfound­ St. John's, Newfoundland, and Staves. land. merchant. I I

204t tons of Balk - J. and W. llidout, and Nil. 3 December 1819 others, of St. Mary's Bay, Adjudged as a Droit in Newfoundland.

22,4!l5 feet of Board, Samuell\fatthews, Tho­ - July and 562 Staves. mas Rogers, of Fortune Aujudged as a Droit Bay, in Newfoundland.

d 9 t h Staves - - John Wikely, of Fortune --- Nil. __ _ Bay, in Newfoundland. 5 September 1822 - Adjudged as a Droit _

1 Pipe of Brandy - Picked up at sea by John John B. Bland, of St. 6 September 1822 _ Adjudged as a Droit _ Hodgley, of the Med. John's, Newfoundland. packet.

1 Cask of Palm Oil Picked up at sea Codner, Alsop & Co. St. 10 October - 1822 John's, Newfoundland. Adjudged as a Droit

Vice Admiralty Office, St. John's Newfoundland, } 10th October 1823. ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 53

- received in Newfoundland, for the last Twenty Years-continued.

R E lYI A It K S Applicable to the SALE pr DISPOSAL of the Property, by order of Court, or to the Appropriation of the Proceeds arising from Droits of Admiralty, which have been paid into the Registry thereof. r-~------~------~------~------~------'------~\ Amount of Amount of Amount of Rate of Commissioll, Amount of If the Proceeds have been paid per centum, out of Gourt, by whom reeeived, Charges, exclusive of Commission, Brokerage, Net Proceeds Gross Proceeds, as charged in the under wIlat Authority, Date of 8S per alet Sales. ally Commission. Agency. 8th Colullln. paid into Court. Payment.

Cargo, £.3,189 1 2 Cargo, £.1.093 4 2 Reg' - £.159 9 3 Reg' Pdge, 5 p' cellt £. s. d. £.923. 10. paid to the Vessel - 65 -- Vessel - u5 -- Marshal - 84 7 9 ~1arshal - 3 p' cent salvors as per decree, on 9 3 10 - their paying half expenses £.3,254 1 II £.1,158 4 2 £:243 17 - 2 on the cargo. After the date of the decree, the court was ge Value of Tobacco Reg' Pd on £. 26. 2. informed of a quantity of taken from Kelly and at 5 p' cent. £. 1. 6. 1. 17 7 3 tobacco having been taken Kel'wick, £.26. 2. 940 17 3 from the vessel, and was deli vered to the collector of the Customs of Burin, viz. 5,333Ibs. from P. Kelly, and 1,064Ibs. from M. Ker­ wick (sold for £.26. 2. as in 6th column) which is accounted for to the claimants' agents, :l'.1essrs. Bulleys, Job and Cross, of St. John's Newfoundland, merchants, to whom the proceeds held by the court were paid on their producing a monition from the High Court of Ad­ miralty, dated the 7th January 1817·

8 Reg' Pdge, 5 p' cent £. s. d. Paid Salvors, £.69 3 2 £.187· 13· g. £.83. 18·3· Reg' - £·9 7 Mar' - 7 3 10 Mm I 5 p' cent on first 87 4 - Court Fees • 18 - 10 £.100, p'centon £.16 11 6 2! remainder. £.87 4 - Balance due the Court for Fees, £.15. 15. 2.

ge Reg' - £.7. 4. - Reg' Pd , 5 p' cent 110 -- Two-thirds Salvage on £.144. 1. 6. £.15· 9· 4· Mar' - 11. 8. 2. Mar' 5 p' cent on first 18,525 feet of board, which £.100, 2f on re­ sold for £.125. 4. amount­ mainder; the same ing to £.83. 9. 4.; half on for paying money 3,goo feet of board, and into Court. fj6z staves, £. g. 8. 9.; Balance due the Court for Fees, £.13. 7· 5· Total, £.92.18.1.; Court Fees, £.17. 1. 11.

ge Salvor 15 - Reg' £.1 10 7 Reg' Pd , 5 p' cent 8 17 - - - £.5 £.30. 11. ...,. £.17. 11. O. - Court Fees 3 2 - Mar' - 2 13 - Mar' 5 p' cent on first - ' £.100, 2~ on re- £·4 3 7 mainder. £.8 17 - Balance due the Court for Fees, £·9· 9· 3·

ge 8 2 - Salvor - £.5 6 Reg' £.- 18 6 Reg' Pd , 5 p' cent - £.18. 11. o. £.8. 12. o. - Court Fees .. '2 16 Mar' - 18 6 Marshal 5 p' cent on - £.100. -- £.1 17 - £.8 2

Balance due the Court for Fees, £.9· 15· 3·

Be Salvor £.1 17 RegT Pd , 5 p' cent II 2 9 - - 4· £.1. 4. 6. Heg' - £.- 3 9 Court Fees 5 5 £.3. 14· 9· Mar' - 3 9 Marshal 5 p' cent on - - - - £.100. £.- 7 6 £.2 2 9 Balance due th~ Court for Fees, £.12. 5. 10.

Wm Carter, Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court.

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-N° 33.-

. Copy of a'LETTER from the Conunissioners of the SIX-PENNY DUTY to John Barrow, Esq • . dated 26th June 1823, transmitting an Account of the Amount of all Monies received for the use of Greenwich Hospital from the Fishermen; distinguishing, if possible, those fishing in open Boats on the Coast of Newfoundland, for the last 'Teri Years; stating the' Gross Amount collected, the Pound,age paid·for C0l\ection, the Names oCthe Collector and' his 'Deputies, and , the Net Amount paid into Greenwich Hospital, in each Year.

SIR, Sixpenny Duty Office, Tower Hill, 26th June 1823. IN obedience to their Lordships directions, as signified to us by your letter of 2·2d instant, we < now transmit to you in triplicate, a Return, assimilated as much as possible to the one required by , the precept of the Honourable House of Commons, but the ·books uf this Office do not enable us to distinguish accurately between Fishing and other Vessel", and they afford no meaRS whatever of distinguishing open Boats. Those Vessels included under the head of Boats, in the Return, . may be considered as generally employed in the. Fishery of N~wfoundland; those under the head , of Ships, comprise fishing and all other Vessels which have paid at Newfoundland. We presume that the precept applies to the Fishery{)f Newfoundland alone; but as the words may bear reference to fishermen in. general, it may be proper to observe, that it would be impossible to make any satisfactory selection of the fishing vessels that may have paid in various parts of. the kingdom, from the mass of accounts in which they are intermixed with othfrs. We have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient Servants, John Barrow, esq. (signed) .C. Kinsey. , &c. &c. &c. R.H. Hay.

AN ACCOUNT of all :Monies received for the use of GREENWICH HOSPITAL, by P. C. Le Geyt, Esq. Secretary to the Commander in Chief at Newfoundland, for the last Ten Years; stating the Gross Amount collected, the Poundage . paid for collecting, and Net Amount paid into the Hospital in each Year.

·Those Vessels under the head of Ships, comprise Fishing alld all other Vessels which have paid the Sixpenuy Duty. Those under the head of' Baals, may be considered as generally employed in the Fishery, but there are nO.means or distinguishing opm Boats.

Total Amount 'Receiver!" Mr. Le Geyt's Total Amonnt of Net Amount SHIPS. BOATS. of Commission Commission, Commission and Paid into the Collection. at Newfoundland, YEAR £ •. 7-1; per Cent. lucide!1tal Charges. Hospital. ------£. 12 -1;. p' Cent. ------'---v---' --- £. s. d. £. s. d. £. .s. d. £. s. d. .£. ~. d. £. s. d. '£. s. 'd. 1 81 3 433 6 9 87 6 - 6 1,30 9 7 3 179 7 9 84 14 11 264 2 8 1,045 4 7 10 82 8 1 181 4 708 17 9 1,114 4 1, 3 1 234 15 9a- 119 2 11 353 18 8! 1,469 9 4 18 15 550 3 1~ 1,002 16 6 1,552 19 7i 210 - 4f 100 14 5 310 14 9f 1,242 4 10 16 1,668 1 21 1816 504 8 4 1, 3 13 3 7 3 13 5 109 1 7 322 15 - 1,345 6 7 12 11 1,258 181 7 558 699 14 4 7 3 154 6 10 82 16 - 237 2 10 1,021 4 5 1818 d6 0 8 2 !2 511 8 93 9 1,44 5 .5 175 3 ·94 17 6 St.7? '~9 9 1,170 6 ·8 181 82 6 8 2 2 9 5 7 593 1,175 14 9 147 10 77 5 10 222 8 8 953 6 I 1820 6 6 1 6 6 5 3 - 9% 73 19 1,299 19 10 t 174 84 8 6 284 14 2 1,01 5 5 8 Premium on Bills - - . 25 19 2 1821 2 6 1 ! 1,036 59 3 5 444- 2 9 137 19 7~ 67 7 9 205 7 4f 831 2 2 1822 474 5 4 343 - - 817 5 ~i I 113 52 16 1 3 3 229 18 7! 587 6 84 Premium on' Bill. 0 - - 63 19 3*

NAMES of the COLLl:CTORS of the Sixpenny.Duty at NEWFOUNDLAND.

St. John's and Torbay P.W. Carter & P:M'I\ie. y Conceptior: Bay J. F. Crawley. FortuneHarbours B.. a , ._ Jersey. _ and _Briton.~ _.. J A nthorm. Labrador.1 Battle Harbour, and!. C. Curry. Great and Little Placentia . . Cape Charles -- _J R. o'derin and Paradise _' _ W. E. Bradshaw . Labrador R. Booth. Trinity and Ship's Cove, Salmon J cr b F'erryland Rt Carter. and English Harbour _ _ . mc. Twillingateand Fogo Andrew Pearce. Bay of Bulls --- J. L. Mackie. Burin and Mortier Wm.Hooper. Bonavista G. Ford. St. Laurence Lawn, Corbin .and} W. Matterface . St. Mary's J. Burke. . Burin ---- ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 55

_N° 34.-

AN ACCOUNT of the Distribution of the Sum given by His Majesty for the SUFFERERS at St. John's Newfoundland, by the FIRE of Febnlary 1816; stating the Names of the Parties, and the Amount paid to each, and in what Currency.

Vice Admiral FRANCIS PICK MORE, Governor of Newfoundland, In account witl, The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

£. 8. d. 1816: D' July 8. TO my Bill upon their Lordships, at 3 days sight, payable to my own order, in pursuance of authority communicated in 1\1r. Harrison's letter of this date, copy of which accom- panies this Account, marked A fO,OOO £.\ 10,000

1816 : C' N° of Receipt. £. 8. d. Jtlly 8. By Stamp for Bill drawwthis day, on their Lordships for £.10,000 1 6 - . November 14· By Cash paid to George Allen, a donation, to afford temporary relief and assistance for suffering~ occasion- ed by the calall1itousFire, on the 12th February 1816 1 25 By - Do - to Thomas Atkins ---- 2 100 By D" Thomas Bates - 3 31 6 - By Do Patrick Brazil - 4 61 By DO John Brennan - 5 36 6 - By DO Daniel Buckley 6 25 By DO Thomas Bulger 7 83 By DO John Burke 8 112 By DO Lawrence Byrne 9 '20 By DO Patrick Byrne 10 31 6 - By DO Jane Candy 11 10 By DO Mary Carew 12 10 By DO James Cash 13 35 By DO Thomas Child - 14 31 6 - By DO Catherine Cleary 15 20 By DO William Cody 16 25 20 By Do John Comerford 17 26 By Do Thomas Connell 18 6 - 0 By DO Michael Cottar 19 3 By DO Patrick Crane - 20 15 20 By DO James Delahunty 21 - 10 By Do Michael Dougherty '22 Do Mary Driscoll - 23 40 By 20 By Do Michael Dyer - 24 By Do Michael Eagan 25 4 46 6 By DO James Farrell - 26 - DO Thomas Farrell 27 25 By 0 By DO Edward Finn 28 4 25 By DO Edmund Foley - 29 0 0 By DO William Freeman 3 4 1 20 By DO John Icurlong - 3 DO Charles Gilliher 32 15 - By 29 By DO Patrick Gleeson 33 DO Martin Glindon 34 25 - By Go - By DO Dorothy Guest 35 DO Thumas Hayes 36 25 - By 15 - By DO Dennis Hennessy 37 John Higgin5 38 70 By D' - 25 - By DO Philip Hogan - 39 0 29 By DO Catherine Huson 4 41 10 - By DO Bryan Kavanagh 42 10 By DO Martin Keating - 43 30 By - 1)" George Kellond (continued.) 56 PAPERS rtEL_~'I'ING TO THE

N0 34.-Distribution of the SUIll given for the Relief of Suffer-ers by Fire - continued.

Vice Admiral FRANCIS PICKMORE, Governor of Newfoundland, In account 1cith The night honourable the Lords Commissionllrs of Hi~ M.ajesty's Tr~asury •.

(continued.) N° of r 1816 : C Receipt.' November 14· By Cash paid to Margaret Kelly, a donation 10 afford £. s. d~ . temporary relief and assistance for sufferings OCQa- sioned by the calamitous Fire on the u Feb. 1816 44. 30 By DO to James Kersey - 45 10 By DO John Long 46 16 6 By DO James 1\1 acbraire 47 96 15 - By DO Andrew M'Coubrey 48 20 - - By - DU Michael M' Donald - 49 31 6 - By - DO - 0 Margaret M' Grath - 50 30 - - By - DO 0 - Adam M' Larty 51 100 - - By DO Augustine 1\1:' Namara 52 30 By 0 Do - - Michael Meehan 53 50 By DO William Mitchell . " 54 20 -

0 0 20 By DO - William Mullowney 0 55 By 0 DO 0 - James Murphy 56 36 By - DO - 0 Elizabeth Nurse 57 20 By - Do Jonathan Parsons 58 60 - - By - Do - - Richard Perchar£l 59 100 By Du William Phipard 60 30

- 0 By. - DO - John Roach 61 20 - By - DO Mary Ronan 62 3 By - Do ~ 0 Bridget Rourke 63 21 0 0 By 0 DO William Ryan - 04 6 - - By 0 Do - - Honor Thomey 65 10 By - DO - - Edmund Walsh 66 21 6 - By - Do Mary Walsh 67 15 By DO 0 - Patrick Walsh (1.) 0 68 31 6 - - 0 By - Do 0 Patrick Walsh (2.) - 69 31 6 - By - Do - 0 Peter Walsh 70 25 By - DO Jane and Judith Ward 7 1 50 By 0 DO Honor Williams 7 2 25 By Cash paid to David Buchan, Esq. Surrogate, to be . applied by him in monthly payments, to the relief- of Daniel Breen, for sufferings occasioned by the· aforesaid Fire - 73 26 6 Bv 0 DO - for Michael Brown 74 15 By 0 DO 0 0 Patrick Casey (1.) - 75 30 By - DO - - Patrick Casey (2.) - 76 12 By - Du - 0 James Carhin - 77 36 By - DO - - John Clark 78 15 By 0 DO -- Mary Cleary 79 12 DO 0 0 By - Michael Connor 80 9 - By 0 DO Patrick Connors 81 20 DO By - - Maurice Cummins 82 HI DO - By - Thomas Curtin 83 4 By 0 DO -- Matthew Delany 84 15 By - DO John Donovan 85 12 By - Do - Philip Durnford 86 12 0 Do - By Matthew Furlong 87 12 DO -- By - Edward Gorman 88 9 By 0 DO Mary Grave -. 89 0 DO 4 By - Joseph Hackett 90 9 Do 0 By - - Sarah Humbert 91 6 0 Do 0 By - William Jenkins 92 30 DO 0 By -- Morgan Kavanagh 24 - DO 93 By - James Kelly 15 DO 9'~ By - Michael Kelly - 95 20 0 DO 0 By - . Philip Kelly 96 9 DO 0 By - - John Knollin 97 30 By DO 0 0 - 0 - Bartholomew Knox 98 9 By Do 0 - - Michael Lanigan 99 9 DO 0 By - - ,Charles M' .earthy IDO 15 By - DO Patrick Mara 0 10.1 12 DO 0 By - - Charles Mitchell 102 12 By - DO - - . Maurice Nugent 1'03 6 By DO 0 - - - Edward 0' Donnell 104 6 DO 0 By - - William Power 105: DO 15 By - - - Nichol

Nt> 34·-Distribution of the Sum given for the. Rell'ef of Sullererstr by F'lre-/Jonfznue . d.•

Vice Admiral FRAN·CIS PICKMORE, Governor of Newfoundland, , In account with The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

( cootinued.) 1816 : C' N° of Receipt. November 14· By Cash paid to David Buchan, Esq. Surrogate, to be applied by him in monthly payments, to the relief £. s. d. of Edmund Read, for sufferings occasioned by the calamitohs Fire on the 12 Feb. 1816 _ _ _ 107 By - Do - for Patrick Redmond 9 108 15 0 By DO 0 0 Philip Roach 109 9 By 0 DO Robert Seilley 0 110 12 0 By Do 0 0 Patrick Shea 0 111 12 0 Do 0 By - John Spry 112 20 By 0 DO 0 - Charles Stacey 113 12 By 0 lJO Patrick and l)eter Staflord 114 15 0 DO 0 By - Thomaa Summers ll5 12 18. By DO 0 0 John Burke - 116 35 By Do 0 · - John Murray - 117 35 By Cash pail!. to James Brine, a donation to afford temporary relief and assistance, &c. ll8 39 6 - By 0 DO • 0 James Crow 0 119 15 0 DO 0 0 By Michael Doyle 120 ;36 6 By D~ - William Evans 121 70 By DO - -- William Gleeson 122 3 1 6 0 Do 0 0 By - John Harding 123 30 0 Do By · James Laughlin 124 10 DO · By Robert Parsons 125 40 By · Do James Walsh . 126 20 - - DO 0 Bv · - Philip Williams 1117 25 22. By Do John Brine 128 10 By DO · George Burton 12 0 · DO - 9 4 By · · - Vincent Costigan 130 1'2 By .. D" · Philip Dwyer . 131 15 DO · By ,- · - l\-1ichael Fannan 132 3 1 6 - By DO William Findlay 133 15 · Do By - - - Denis Hanigan 134 0 - DO 3 - By - - - John Keiley 135 6 - - By - DO 0 - Widow Kennedy 1i15 51 By · DO - - James Lane 137 50 0 DO By Morrissy and Dallon 138 3 2 12 - By - Do Mary Mulloy - 139 10 By D" 0 - James Ready - 140 10 By DO Joseph Rose 141 10 By DO 0 - .Michael Ryan - 142 21 G - By · DO Francis Steers • 143 10 By DO - · Maurice Sullivan 144 4 By DO Michael Tobin - 145 88 By DO · 0 Thomas Walker 146 10 - - By DO Catherine Whyte 147 10 By Cash paid to David Buchan, Esq. Surrogate, to be

applied to the monthly relief of James Kennedy 0 148 25

23· By Cash paid Tho~as Stahb, E~q. Treasurer to the Society for betterIng the condltlon of the Poor of St. John's, to be applied by the said Society to the relief of objects whose sufferings· are connected With the distress occasioned by the aforesaid I"ire - 149 300 -- December 6. By Cash W. I-Iaynes, for freight and victualling of 50 distressed persons sent from St. John's to Ireland, in the schooner Eliza 150 155 -- By Cash paid to James Stewart, for freight and victual- ling of 100 distressed persons sent from St. John's to ireland, in the Ploughboy • - - 151 3 10 - - By Cash paid R. Langley, for 61 distressed persons sent to Ireland in the brig Elizabeth --- 152 187 11 - 9 .. By Cash William Haynes, for 125 distressed .persons sent to Ireland in the schooner Stephen Kmght 153 3 87 10 - .. By-Cllsh tcrWilliatn: Haynes! for 27 disttessedperso11s

sent to England 1D the brIg Ben and Susan· 0 154 83 14 -

16. By Cash paid William ~-Iaynes, for 100 distressed per- 10 sons sent to Ireland 1D the schooner Lark 0 " 155 3 - - (continued.) 'i] • P -.sl-l PAPERS RELATING TO THE

N° 34.-Distribution of the Sum given for the Relief of the Sufferers by Fire--'-confinited.

Vice Admiral FRANCIS PICKMORE, Governor of Newfoundland, I'll account witlt The Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

(continued.) N° of 1817 : cr Receipt £. s. d. January 4· By Cash paid William Haynes, for 116 distressed per- sons sent to Ireland in the schooner Union 156 364 5 10. By Cash to John Broom, Notary Public, for drawing Charter. parties for the 7 passenger vessels before mentioned ,157 7 7 31. By amount of Bill drawn by me on the Lords Com- missioners of the Treasury, 30 November 1816, in favour of C. C. Jones, for freight and victualling of 220 distressed persons sent to Ireland in the brig Mary, which Bill was accepted by me, and is- charged to this account by authority of a letter from Geo. Hanison,- Esq. dated this day, copy whereof is anneXEd to the receipt - 158 698 By amount of a Bill under similar circumstances, ill fayour of Mr. P. Gibbs, for 220 distressed persons, sent to Ireland in the brig Britannia - 159 633 I\Iay 31. By amount paid by Captain Buchan to the Society for improving the condition of the Poor of St. John's, for relief during the winter, to persons deprived by - the consequences of the fire of the 12th Feb. 1816, of the means of subsistence, the accounts of which are attested, and remain in my possession 160 798 10 9 October 10. By amount paid to Mr. Robert Lee, Deputy Assistant Commissary General, in consideration of his sufrer- ings and loss by fire; by authority of Mr. Harrison's letter of the 24th June 1817 - _ _ __ 161 10') By Balance due to their Lordships - 1,781 7 3 £. 10,000

Vice Admiral Francis Pick more, this Accountant, maketh Oath, and saith, That this, his Account, is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.

(signed) Pra' Pickmore.

Sworn before me, at St. John's Newfoundland,} the 1st December 1817.

(signed) Tho' Coote, Ch. Magistrate. ISLAND O~' NEWFOUNDLAND. 59

_N° 35.--

ACCOUNT of the Application of the BALANCE of the Sum given by His Majesty for the Sufferers at St. John's Newfoundland, by the FIRE of February 1816.

Vice Admiral FRANCIS PICKIIIORE, Governor of Newfoundland, In account with The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

Dr £. s. d.

TO the Balance of an Account of £.10,000, transmitted to your Lordships on the 1st December 1817

C' £. s. d. December 10. BY Cash paid John Bland, Esq. High Sheri!!", being the amount paid by him, under the authority of the Court of Sessions before my arrival, for the passages from this country, of men, women and children, who ~vere destitute and unable to procure the means of subsistence

By Cash paid dO, being' the amount paid by him under the same authority, for the support and attendance upon diseased and helpless people, left without any other means of subsistence

By Billance due to their Lordships See Supplementary Account of the Governor, N° 2, for 1819. £. t,781 7 3 60 PAPERS RELATING TO THE.

N° 36.-AN ACCOUNT of the Names of all PU·BUC O:rYICERS, Civil and Military, in the Island C)f Newfoundland Great Britain or by the Jstahd, and whether the Duty is performed in perSOI

Paid by Great Britain. NAME OF OFFICER. DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFICE. SJtLARY. ALLOWANCE.

£. s. d. Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt. - - Governor - - - - 1,01)0 - - House, and keep - of 2 horses. Philip Carteret Le Geyt - - - Secretary -- - - - 182 10 - - - -

Joseph Templeman - - · Clerk to dO - · - · · 60 - -- · - John Stark . -- - · DO · - - · · ------Thomas P. '~hstcote - - · Attorney General · . - · 300 - - - - · Francis Forbes, to 30 Sept. · Chief Justice ) · · · - - · - 1,000 -- · Hichard A. Tucker, from 1 Oct. · n° · · . · - J { · · - . James Blaikie · · · Clerk of the Supreme Court - · 70 -- - - - William Armstrong - · - Marshal · · - · - 50 - - · 0 0

0 0 John Bland - · 0 High Sheriff · - - · 252 10 - 0 · -

0 Richard Perchard · - - - Gaoler · · - · 0 36 -- · 0

0 0 0 0 James Blaikie - · Clerk of Probate Court 0 0 - 0 - 0 -

0 0 John Broom - - - Sup. Surrogate - · · · 100 -- 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 James BIaikie · Clerk of Surrogate Court 0 · · 0 0 · 0

0 0 0 0 James Murray 0 0 0 0 Surrogate - · - 60 - 0 0 - 0 David Buchan - - D" · 0 0 0 0 60 -- - 0 · 0 John Toup Nicolas, to 7 May DO 0 0 0 ,- 0 - - · · 60 0 0 DO 0 0 0 0 Roger C. Curry, from 8 May 0 - - } - - { 0 DO 0 William Martin, to 7 May 0 - · · - · · - 0 0 JaB R. Booth, from 8 May to 11 Sept. _ DO 0 0 0 0 · 60 - - 0 0 12 DO 0 0 0 0 John Eagar, from Sept. 0 · - · · } { 0 at the rate of "\ 19 0 Peter Fisher, from July - - D" - - 0 0 - · { £. 60 per ann. J - 0 0 DO 0 0 Gerrard Ford - - - 0 60 - . 0 ., - - - 0 · 0 0 Robert Carter - DO 0 - · - 60 - .- - · 0 POLICE:

0 John Broom 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - Chief l\Iagistrate, St. John's - 0 0 · James Blaikie 0 - 0 · - Magistrate · - - - 0 0 0 - 0 · · Peter W. Carter DO 0 · - 0 - - - - - 0 0 · · .. 0 · J. L. L. Chancey Clerk of Peace 0 · - - - · - - 0 William Pbipard 0 -- · 0 - - - High Constable - · - 0 0 John Power 0 · · · · · - - · Constable · - · - 0 - 0 0 - - 0 Thomas Morton - DO 0 0 - 0 · · · - - 0 0 0 0 0 .. :Michael Knight DO 0 · - · - - - 0 - - - 0 - 0 Robert Seares 0 - - - - DO - - - - - · 0 - James Lambard 0 · - - DO 0 · - 0 - - - - 0 John Freeman Do - - · - - - 0 - - - - - 0 John Bunting - - - - · · - - Medical 0 0 · - Attendant on 0 - prisoners in 0 gaol. - - J. L. L. Chancey 0 · - - Coroner - - 0 .. - 0 - - W iIliam Carter 0 - - · · Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court. 0 · · 500 - - 0 Peter W. Carter 0 Registrar • • _ _ • - - · I 0 · John Stewart • 0 - - - 0 - 0 0 - - · - Marshal - 0 0 · - George Holbrook 0 · - - - - - Surveyor of Lands · · - 200 - Joseph Beacon 0 - - - - · · - Master of School ofIndustry, 51. John's 0 - Susannah Warne 0 - - - 0 _ .. Mistress • - dO 0 - · 0 Sarah Loveys - · · - 0 - · - · Assistant - . d" - - · 0 - R .. C. Bray 0 - · - - - - · - · Schoolmaster, Harbour Grace - 25 Samuel Wolfrey 0 - - - · - nea~in!l' prayers where no· resident - - - mISSIonary. · · - - - · George Williams DO 0 0 - - - - - 0 - - Thomas Walley D" - · · - - · · · - - 0 - · - 0 Thomas Gaylor - D' · · ------0 - 0 Janles Bel! - DO · · - · - - - - · · - 0 · - - - - - · - - - - ISL<\;ND. OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

,theDes~ription of the Offiee, the Amount of Salaries, AlI{)wances and Fees. received by e:J.ch, whether paid by, or executed by Deputy , w:ith the Names of all such Deputies; 1822.

Pa~d frQrp Crown Rents, or Fees received in the Suprcm'e Court,&c. Whether the Duty is . ,. F'EES. performed in Person or by Deputy; REMARKS. SALARY. •<\LLOWkNCE. if by Deputy, his Name • - l £. s. d. £. s. d.

20 Tn person The allowance of £.20. is for stationery. _ do _ 57 6 £·95· 5. 2. The allowance of 5 p' cent, and the Fees are calculated on an average of 3 years. 30 ...:. - Allowance for abstracting genl returns of the Island. 60 - o dO. _ dO. " dO.

-" '. dO. _ dO.

£.20. " dO. 123 - a house £.18. _ dO.

~ dO ~ . £.85· o dO .

40 - " 0 0 dO. " dO. 50 - dO. dO.

_ _ 0 dO. _ _ do. _ dO. dO. dO. d·. --- d·. dO. £.26. 11. S. o dO.

do. 250 - d". 175 _ _ dO. 175 219 14 10 £.80. o 0 ~ dO. 78 . - £.20. dO. 35 - £.20. dO. £20. do. 35· -- do. 35 £.20. £.20: dO. 35 dO. 35 £.20. .£. 20. dO . 35· 20 - dO.

£.4-8. 7· 4· dO. £.48· 4· 8. " dO. £·54· 5· 1. dO. '0 . £.30 . 10. o. By Deputy, Wm. Thomas . - ! :. £.19· 9· 3· .:. - In person. . ' I 0 dO. ~ - .- d"; dO. 20 -- :. :. ..- dO. ,dO. 15 -- dO. 15 -- dO. 15- -- ~ _ dO. :. 15- - do. 15 - Q (cOllliIll7td.) PAPERS RELATING TO THE

N° 36.-Account of the Names of all Public Officers, Civil and Military, in the

Paid by Great Britain. NAME OF OFFICER. DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFICE. SALARY. ALLOWANCE.

£. .s. d. Richard lUtt Noble - - - Naval Officer - - - - 100 - - - - -

Arthur H. Brooking - - - Collector of Customs, St. John's 200 - C~eorge Bayly ------Comptroller - dO - -- 50 - - - John Moore and G. J. Hayward - - - Waiters and Searchers - - - 35 each - - -

Sub-Collectors at the Out P-orts ------. -

C~eorge Holbrook (St. John's) - Justi~e of the Peace ------A. H. Brooking - - - DO ------John Terrington - - 0 :} DO ------Thomas Danson (Conception Bay) DO ------John Buckingham - DO ------Oliver St. John ------Du - - - - - .. - - - Charles Cozens - -- DO - - - Matt'" Stevenson ------Clerk of the Peace ------Benjamin Scott - - i1 Deputy Shei"itf - - William Martin ------High Constable ------George Vanderhoff - - Coroner - - - - - James Cowan Do ------George Williams - - DO ------William Andrews - j ------Do ------George Skelton (Trinity) - J uotice of the Peace - IV illiam Kelson Do. ------.. ------.. - (;eorge Garland, jun. -- :1 DO - - - - - (~eorge Skelton ------Clerk of the Peace - .. - - - - - Thomas Powell - -- Dr Sheriff - - - - - llichard Anderson ------:J Gaoler ------(;errard Ford (Bonavista) - - Justice of the Peace - - - - .Tohn Edgar (Greenspon d) - - .Do ------Rev. T. G. Laugharne (Fogo and} ------DO. - - Twillingate) - ~ _ ------0 .. .. John Peyton, jun. - - - - DO 0 ------.. - - .Tohn L. Mackie (Bay Bulls) .. DO - - - ...... - .. Michael Coady - - - =} DepY Sheriff .. ------.. - - Hobert Carter (Ferry land) .. Justice of the Peace .. - Andrew Morison - - - =} DO ------.. - - Francis Tree - - - - Deputy Sheriff .. Ph. Tree ------.. - - -- - DO - - - - .. - - Hichard Gorman ------Clerk of Peace and Surro. Court, and Gaoler. ------Josiah Blackburn (Placentia) - Justice of the Pea<:e William Hooper (Burin) - - Died in 1823; no Return. - - DO - - - - .. ~tephen Lawler - - - DO ------James Rodgers ------.. - - Deputy Sherift· ------John Anthoine (FortunE: Bay) - - - - - Justice of the Peace ..------ISLAXD OF NEWFOUNDLAXD.

Island of Newfoundland, the Description of the Office, the Amount of Salaries, &c.-contiliued.

Paid from Crown llents, or Fees received in the Supreme Court, &c. Whether the Duty is FEES. performed in Person or by Deputy; REMARKS. SALARY. ALLOWANCE. ifby Deputy, his Nome.

£. s. d. £. s; d.

0 0 - - - - Half of those re- By Deputies: ceived at St. John's. - £.328. 0 Aaron Hogsett, St. John's. - £.1°5· 0 Ja' F. Cawley, H' Grace. 0 £.25. 0 John Clinch, Trinity. £.29· g. 5· Andw P"arce, Twillingate. 0 £·3. - J. L. Mackie, Bay Bulls. 0 £.15· 0 Rob' Carter, Ferryland. 0 - 0 W. B. Jackson, Trepassey. 0 £.10. 0 Wm Magill, Placentia. - £.20. 0 Wm Hooper, Burin. - £.14· 0 John Anthoine, Fortune Bay.

0 0 0 - - - £.1,748. 16· o. - 0 In person. ------£.858. 7· 5· - 0 - dO. ------£.382. 13. 1. each - 0 0 dO. 10. 4· AndW Pearce, Twillillgate. J£. £·77·105. 16. o. John Clinch, Trinity. £.414. 2. 2. JR' Bayly, Harbour Grace. £.g. 3· o. J. L. Mackie, Bay Bulls.

0 0 £.22. 2. 0 R' Carter, Ferryland. 0 - 19. · £·3· o. o. John Burke, Trepassey. £·35· It. 5· W. G. Bradshaw. Placentia. £.78. 15· 10. W'" Hooper, Burin. £.66. 11. 8. John Thorn, Fortune Bay. £.13· 17· 6. T. niatterface, Little St. Laurence.

0 - -- - l 0 0 0 0 0 In person. - 0 - -- · - - 0 0 0 0 · dO. ------0 - 0 0 0 0 dO. 0 0 0 · · - about £.35. 0 0 · dO. - · - 0 0 0 about £.35. - - 0 dO. · - - - · · not served a year 0 - - dO. 0 - - 0 · · 0 0 0 0 0 - dO. 10 - - · - - about £.70. - - 0 dO. - 0 - - · - about £.130. 0 0 0 dO. 10 - - - - .. - £.7. 10. - . · - dO. - · · - - · not accounted, but trifling. 0 dO. ------dO - 0 0 0 dO. · · · - · - - dO - - - - dO. - 0 - · - - - dO - -- - dO. - - · - - - - £.t. 0 0 0 0 dO. - - - 0 0 - - - 0 - 0 0 do. - · 0 - - - 0 0 0 0 · 0 do. 0 - 0 - - - - 0 £·3· - . - dO. 0 0 0 -- - - about £. 12. -- dO. - - .- - - - about £.3. - 0 0 dO. n 0 0 0 - 0 - - - £.6. 11. 4. · d • - - -- 0 - 0 - - - 0 0 dO.

0 - · - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - dO.

0 0 0 0 0 dO. - · - - · - -

0 0 0 dO. - 0 ------0 d". - 0 -- - - £.21. O. O. - -

0 0 0 dO. - 0 · - - £.6. 15· 1. - 0 0 0 - - - - 0 · £.6. 15· 1. dO.

0 0 dO. · - 0 0 - - £.20. 10. S. - 0 0 dO. - · · 0 · - £.20. O. O. -

0 0 0 0 dO. 22 - - - £·7· 7· g. -

- - - - - 0 0 - - - - - dO. 0 dO. - - - 0' ------£.28. - - 0 · dO. ------0 - - 0 dO. - · (colltillued.) PAPERS ltELATIXG TO TlIE'

N° 30.-Accoullt of thE: Names of all Public Of-fices, Civil and Military, In the

Paid by Great Britain. NAME OF OFFICER DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFICE.

SALARY. ALLOW AN.CE.

MILITARY: £. s. d. Major William Moore -- - Commanding Officer of Troops ------General W. Knollis -- - Lieutenant Governor of St. John's - 173 7 6 - - - Lieutenant Colonel George Reeves - Lieutenant Governor of Placentia - 173 7 6 - - - £·54, house andl Ensign R. W. Green - - - Fort Major - - - - - 86 13 9 f office rent, and, '1 forage for a horse] Lieutenant Charles King - - - Clerk to the Commandant· - - 91 5 - - - - William Lane - - - - Assistant Commissary Ge~eral - 351 6 3 A house - - C. W. Beverley - -- - Deputy Assistant Commissary General 173 7 6 £. 36 house rent Robert Lee DO ------173 7 6 - £.36 - William Stevens - DO ------173 7 6 - £.36 - Joseph Wheeler -- - - Conductor and Issuer of Stores - 9 1 5 - - - - Samuel P. White - £·54 house andl - - - Barrack Master - - - - 173 7 6 { office rent - -J George Winter - - - - Clerk to Barrack Departmcnt - - 91 5 - £.20 house reut J ames Barnard - - - - Barrack Serjeant - - - - 27 7 6 - - - Rev. F. H. Carrington - - - Officiating Garrison Chaplain - - 100 - - - - - :Major G. G. Lewis· - - - Commanding R. Engineers - - - - - £. 18 orfice rent Serjeant W. Maxwell - -- Town Serjeant - - 2 - - 44 1 Quarters - " Corporal Alexander l\1'Donald - Fort Major's Clerk - - - - 18 5 - DO - - Corporal John Burke -- - Medical Issuer -- - - '.8 5 - DO - - 1. Q. Short - - - - Staff' Surgeon .. - - - - 260 1 3 DO - - £. 80 gratuity, John Terrington . - Ordnance Storekeeper 1 - - -- - 250 - - J £·35· 10. for fuelS 1 and a house -- William Byrne - - - - l\Iaster A rmourer - - - - 91 5 - £.16.18. housel I { rent, fuel, &c. -J Thomas Wilkey - - - Assistant - DO - - - -- 73 - - £.2. 11, 1,0. for fuel Robert Radford - - -- Writer in Office - - - - 4.5 12 6 - - - Robert Snook - - - - Issuer of Stores . - - .. - 63 17 6 - - . Henry Snook - - - - Barrack Serjeant - - - '- 27 7 6 £. 20 house rent William Moore . -- - Warder of the Gate - ]2 - - 45 6 Lodge - Martin Jordan - -- - Office Keeper - - - - - 45 12 6 - Bryan Kavanagh - \'Vharfiuger ------. ..- 63 17 6 _f Lodge - - John Bulger - - -- Clerk of the Works Civil Depart-l l ment, lloyal Engineers - .-J 182 10 - £.26 house rent James Reilly - - - - :Master Carpenter - - - - - 109 10 Denis Hanigan - £.8 - dO - - - - l\laster Mason - - - - - 109 10 - £.8 - dO - Benjamin Heyland - Office Keeper ------2 - 39 6 Hut - - Daniel Breen - - - - { Clerk of the Works, Treasury De-) partment, R. Engineers _ -J 9 1 5 - £.30 house rent James Stickley - -- - Toolkeeper and Issuer of Stores 22 16 3-J £.13· 13· g. l house rent -} ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

Island of Newfoundland, the Descri,ption of the Office, the Amount of Salaries, &c.-continued.

Paid from Crown Rents, or Fees received in the Supreme Court, &c. Whether the Duty is FEES. performed in Person or hy Deputy; RElIL\.RKS, if by Deputy, his Name, SALARY. ALLOWANCE.

In person,

o 0 Non resident,

o dO,

In persoIl,

dO. dO,

dO,

o dO,

o dO,

o 0 do.

o dO,

o dO. dO, dO,

o dO,

o 0 • dO,

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dO,

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dO. dO, dO.

o 0 0 <1°, dO. dO,

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R 66 "PAPERS RELATING TO THE

- N°37·-

A RETURN, so far as relates to the Navy Office, of the names of all ·PUBL.1C OFFICERS, Civil anti Military~ in the Island of Newfoundland; the description of the Office, the amount of the Salaries, Allowances and Fees, received by each, whether paid by Great Britain, or by the Island, and whether the duty isperformed in Person or ,executed by Deputy, with the names ·of all.such Deputies.

AMOUNT OF SALARIES, Whether paid 'by . Whether fhe Duty DESCRIPTION ALLOW ANCEl'>, &c. Great Britain is performed NAl.\lES. OF OFFICE. in P~rson or.by Per Annum. or the Island. Deputy. ------I------~r--~------_j '------~) ------1-______- Vice Admiral Commander in Chief Pay as Vice Admiral £. s. d. Sir Ch. Hamilton, bt. and Governor. at thc rate of --- 1,460 Allowance during the } time his flag is flying within the limits of his 1,.095 station, at the rate of -

l\lr. John R. Mayne. A-cting Naval Salary - - - - - l50 By Storekeeper. III Person. in addition to his wages Great B~itain. as' Master of the Sir 1. 109 18 8 Francis Drake J

.Mr.·John Holmes. Clerk to Ditto. Salary - - - 15 - 7 in addition to his pay as Clerk of the Sir 44 19 5 FranCis Drake } Navy Office. } 28th June 1823. T. B. Martin. E. Bout'erie. Rob. G. Middleton.

AN ACCOUNT of the Number and Rate of BRITISH SHIPS of WAR on the Station, of Newfoundland, in the last Summer, and the Number and Rate of Ships of War now on the Station. -In the last Summer. One Sixth Rate; a Storeship and Hospital Ship. Two Sixth Rates; Cruizers. Two Sloops --- Do Two Gun -- Do At Present: One Sixth Rate; a Storeship and Hospital Ship, One Sixth Rate; - Cruizer. Two Gun Brigs; Do

Admiralty Office, } 14th February 1824 .

- N°39·-

AN ACCOUNT of the Number of NAVAL OFFICERS -of each Rank who have been Invalided on the Newfoundland Station, in each Year since the Peace.

None. 1819 1 Captain. None. 1 Lieutenant. 1 Commander. 1 Lieutenant. 1 Captain. 1 Lieutenant. None. 1 Lieutenant. 1820 - None.

TOTAL 2 Captains -- 1 Commander - - 4 Lieutenants.

Admiralty Office, 1 14th February 1824. f -ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

promoted on the AN ACCOUNT of the Number of NAVAL OFfiCERS of each Rank .and Length of Newfoundland Station in each Year since the Peace, .and the Names Services of those Promoted. PROMOTED '1'0 THE RANK OF r -". -.., Years. Captain. Commander. Lieutenant. L--..---' I 1816 - - none. none. none. 181 7 - - none. none. 1 1818 - - 1 '2 4 181 9 - - 1 1 '2 1820 - - none. 1 -I 1.821 - - none. 2 3 1822 - - none. 1 2 1823 - - 1 1 none.

TOTAL. 3 8 13 \

Admiralty Office, } 14th February 1824.

Names and Services of the Officers promoted. CAPTAINS:

------,--~~~------)Service as I Length of r~------~------/~ Commander. Lieutenant. . months. years. months. yeurs. mont1ts. years. 6. 1. Honourable John Gordon 4· 6. 2. 3· 1. Henry Shiffner 5· g. 5· 7· 10. 15. 7· David Buchan 7· 2. 3·

COMMANDERS: 10. 1. 8. 10. William Nugent Glasscock 8. 2. 10. 3· Roo-er Hall -- g. 1. 12. 10. Ba~tholomew Bonifant 6. 2. Venables Vernon 6. 1. Octavius 2 6. William Minchin 4. 7· 1 11. 6. 10. William Martin - 4. 5· 1. 7· 3· Richard Chamberlayne 12. 10. 8. 1. J ames Bradley (a) -

LIEUTENANTS PROMOTED: ------~~~~ Service as r Service as Midshipman. Midshiprrian. years. mOllths. ye;':;:-;;;;nths. 8. 6. 8. 4· John Buck Toker --- Honourable Ed~ard Gore - Valentine Herbert Jones - 14. 2. FrederIck - : - 7. 10. 10. 8. Charles i. Frederick Moore Boultbee Hon. George J. CavendIsh 8. g. 10. Frederick Stanley --- 7· - 8. 11. 11. Edward Stewart Clerkson 6. Alexander Brown --- William Burnett - -.­ 7· Charles Henry Ackerley 12. Honourable William ~eIth 7· 9· Francis Decimus Hastmgs 3· 68 PAPERS RELATING TO TilE

COpy of the REPORT or MEMORIA L to the Right honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated in December 1822, from "the Committee appointed by the Inhabitants of St. John's in Newfoundland, at a public Meeting held there on the loth of August 1822.

Copy of a Let~er from the Committee of the Inhabitants of St. John's Newfoundland, to the Ricrht honourable Earl Bathurst, K. G. dated 6th December 1822. I:> M.y I .or d , St.John's Newfoundland,. 6th _ December 1822; THE Committee of the inhabitants of St. John's Newfoundland, having been informed, that it is in the contemplation of His .Majesty's government the next session o.f ~arIiament, to make a revision of the laws of thIS country, have. the honour of transmIttmg to your Lordship, a Report on the state of Newfoundland, to which they respectfully request your Lordship's attention. We have the honour to _be, &c. Patrick Morris, Chainnan. W. Carson. Patrick Doyle. Geo. Lilly. Thos. Best. , (signed) Henry Shea. John Wynn. Jolm Burke. Timothy Hogan. Right honourable Earl Bathurst, R. Brine. &c. &c. &c. Rob. R. Wakeham.

ARE P 0 R T of the State of NEW,FOUNDLAND, for the information of the Right honourable Earl BATHURST, Principal Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, &c. &c. &c.

THE Committee of the inhabitants of St. John's Newfoundland, in consequence of being informed, from the highest authority, that it is inthecontemplation of His Majesty's government, to make a revision of the laws of this country, consider it their duty to commu­ nicate to your Lordship their view of the prese!).t state of the island; the causes that have led to it ; and most respectfully to recommen'd the adoption of such measures; as they deem best calculated to lessen the accumulated evils under- which the country now labours. Preliminary to their Report, the committee beg leave to call the attention of your Lord­ ship to the petition of the inhabitants of this town to our most gracious Sovereign, forwarded by his Excellency the Governor the early part of last year. With, the most painful sensations, the committee, in common with the oth€f petitioners, observed a report of a discussion which took place in the House of Lords last session, wherein your Lord­ ship is stated to have said, "that inquiry had been made into the allegations contained in " the petition, and that they were found, -in many instanaes, grossly e'Xacrgerated." The petitioners, yielding to no body of men in the empire in attachment,-loyalt~ and veneration to their beloved Sovereign, most sensibly -feel the imputatiO'ncast O'n them. . The c?mmittee are not aware o~ the so~uces from whenc.e. your, Lordship. derived your Il1fOrm~tlOn, b~t had your. Lord.shIp reqUl~e~ from the pet.ItI~ners' ~xplanatlOn respecting the vanous subjects contamed m the petItIOn, they had It III theu power most fully to prove the facts stated in the petition. They w€re of recent occurrence, and too well known and glaring, to be controverted by ex parte statements. The petitioners complain of the delay in passing the Act for the rebuilding the town of St. John, and of the great inco~v:el1ience! and the los~ that arose therefrom; o~ the manner in which justice is admmIstered III the subordmate courts; and of the Incompetency of the persons who generally presided therein. They referred to a number' of cases then recently decided; the case of Crawford' and Co's insolvency, where from the surrO'gate's utter ignorance of the laws, which he was sworn to administer, an ,immense loss accrued to the creditors of that firm residing~ere; the unparalleled case of, Lond~egan, so inhumanlyflog~d by the orders of Captam Buchan' and the Reverend Mr. LeIgh; and the case of BaIrd versus Long and J e~nings ; tM most glaring features' of the latter case' were suppressed, as it was proved III the supreme court, that the surrogate before whom that case was heard .gave a judgment according to previous instructions received from his Excellency -th~ Governor, 'ISLAND{)FNEWF(1UN1>LAN'D. '69

IGovernor, wi~houtin~uiring into the law or merits of the case' and these two industrious :men were rumed, without the possibility o~ obtaining legal' redress.- The petitioners further state, that t~e naval surrogate~ wt;re m the habit of exacting Greenwich Hospital dues from fishermen m open boats, which IS too notorious to require proof ," These ~re the facts .stated in the petit~on, and the co~mittee are not aware of eXb.ggera~ taon or mlsrep~esentatlOn; they were chiefly developed m the supreme court of the island. and .the committee have only to refer to the -records to prove their correctness in every ,partIcular. Th~ com~ittee consider it a duty they owe the petitioners and themselves, thus far to explam theIr statements; they now beg leave to call the attention of your Lordship to the present state of Newfoundland, a country of great extent, the oldest of the British settle~ ments in America, placed nearly in the same latitude as EnD"land, with a climate peculiarly .favourable to the health of its inhabitants, possessino- mor~ of the elements of commerce than any other of the colonies of North America, a~d of the greatest importance to the parent state, not only as a valuable acquisition to the commercial interests of the empi~. but as the best nursery for seamen to support the naval ascendancy of the empire; now, after the lapse of near three centuries, being almost in the same state as when first dis· covered by Cabot. With a population of one hundred thousand persons, without any certain mode of employment or subsistence, without a government efficient for any local purpose, without roads, without means of education fOl' the people, without any of those institutions which are necessary for the government of every civilized country. The trade and fisheries, hitherto the chief support of the people, languishing for want of due en­ couragement. The committee, in their endeavours to trace the causes that have led to the present state of things, have observed that it has been the constant and prevailing policy to view New­ foundland merely as a fishing establishment and a place of trade; this policy so long ,adopted towards this country, they do not hesitate to say, was the primary cause. From the earliest period, the attention ot the settlers, as well as transient persons, were exclusively turned towards the fisheries, and the commercial pursuits connected with them. They were the only source which the inhabitants looked up to for support, consequently they were subject to the vicissitudes of such uncertain employments.; when the fisheries 'flourished, the inhabitants were enabled to obtain a comfortable subSistence; when they declined, they suffered in exact proportio~ to that .decline; s~ch have invariably been t~e situation orthe people; and suoh eve~' Will be their stat~, unbl they can g~t more certam means of employment than ~an be. afforded by the .fishe;t'les. Merchants wIll only employ their capital as long as there 18 a fa~r prospect of gal~; If that prospect be reversed, th,ey will withdraw from the trade; and It forms no prmClpal ofmerotwtde economy to enqUIre how the people are to exist,. by whose labour ~nd industry in n~ore prosper~us times, they gained all their wealth and Importance.. If t~IS .mode of reasom~g be true, II: refel'e~ce to ~rade in general, how much more applIcable IS It to the uncertam trade earned on m the 'fisheries of Newfoundland. From the earliest period, the affairs of Newfoundland were mai~ly inflyenced by merchants .residing in England, the trade and fisheries were a mo~opoly III their hands, to preserve which they exerted all their influence to prevent .the Improvement or settlement of th.e country, apprehensive that it would be fatal to t~elr monopoly. They represented the SO!'} as barren and incapable of improvement;. the ?lImat~ so extremely seve.re, as to render It . h b'table' aware that it was a faVOUrIte 0bJect With government to mcrease the naval :~:ng~; of th~ empire by the extension of the fisheries? they stated ,the moveable fishery carried on by themselves as.the best to promote that object, and that the sedentary fishery of the -natives would defeat It. The arties thus interested in the trade, influenced gover~ment to second all their views j Pb t I thrown I'n the way of settlement· a pohey was pursued, and laws were every 0 s ac e was . ' .. f h '1 h' h r d th t h d the direct tendency ofprevenbng the ~ult!VatlOn 0 t e SOl, to w IC 10rme, a a I d f th '1 d justly may be attributed the present wretc 1e state 0 e IS an '. . f!oundland was in a great degree placed m the hands of a few he governmen t 0f N eW 11 . . fl d b th . . I T and it is not at all surprising that they were m uence y e same .p,nnclp es meychants,. ' . bl overned merchants, in every age and country~ to sacnfice ev.ery whICh. had lllvana y. g wn Their ob' eot was to make money, and In the shortest bme othey lllteres.t . i:0 .1~elrtho i ., d durin~ a 10nD" period of a profitable trade and successful possible; thiS .acil y e1, ~unne ; made them t> consider their residence in Newfoundland fishery, to reah~e ,large f or r 'ears after which they expected to be able to retire, and merely as a pro atlOn. 0 ~ e",: y s industr in other countries. Within the last thirty or enjoy the fruits ofthell"tr~drel~~ons hav!retired from this country, carrying with them forty years, a g~eat num e Pt. de and fisheries. Fortunes, of from 50, 100, 200 and largf;l sums realIzed out of the d lab . ndividuals who came to the island without a shilling. 1 300,000 pounds, have be:t mat: y0 ntries It must appear evident, that such a continua,l and who are noW remove to 0 er c ~ in'uri~us to its interests; and it was only a country ".drain of capit~l must h3:~i be~n mrs earth in her fisheries, that could permit such to take possessing an mexhaustl e mUle Q w . ' ~~ S Th '11. ''PA'PERSRE=LAT'IN"G TO THE·

The adventurers to the other ..colonies had the impTovement and?ultivation of t,he soil to 'look to as the chief source of wealth and ,commerce, and even If they were succ.essful ·enough to realize a sufficient sum to enable them to retire, they could not bring their im­ ,provement along with them; the .country was at least so much benefited by them.

The peculiar state of N ewfoundlan~, where the lab?ur and sk!ll of tht; pe0ple being €xclusively turned towards the fisherIes, every oth.er Interest. beIng sa~l'Ificed ,to them,' permitted the adventurer to accumulate a fortune .WIt~out makmg the slrghtest Improv~­ ment. He remained in the country only a few months In the sUI?mer, he had no obJect In making improvements beyond ~hat was necessary to protect. hIS g:oods from the weather, until they were shipped off. It IS w~ll known, that the houses III whICh marry of the persons lived, who made the 1argest.fortunes m Newfoundland, were so mean, that the cottage of an English peasant 'Would be considered a palace in comparison.. These kind of houses are the improvements, if improvements they can be called, made III Newfoundland by the most ,wealthy merchants in the trade. A variety of causes have operated within these few years, to interfere with the monopoly of the merchants. Notwithstanding the imrediments thr~wn in the way, the population has ·very much increased ~ so many 11ands be1ng employed 1Il the fishery, cause the supply of fish very much to exceed the demand; the trade is very much divided, which keeps up a spirit of competition unfavourable .to the old state of things. The important. privi­ leges granted to the French and Americans, to .fish on the .best part. of our coasts, WIth the bounties and other encouragement they abtam from theIr -respectIve governments, enable them to supply the foreign markets at a price much lower than the British, which cause a rivalship that our merchants cannot contend with. These causes have very much inter.., fered with the monopoly so long in the hands of the merchants in the trade. The committee having endeavoured to state the injuries arising to the country from the undue influence of the mer.cantile interest, they have now to request your Lordship'S attention to the system of gover.nment, and the adminis~ration of justice which have so long prevailed, and whICh they conSIder a great source of eVIl. . Notwithstanding Newfoundl~nd is one ?f th.e oldest possessions of His Majesty in Ame­ rica, a century has not elapsed SlIlce any thmg hke a regular government was establ,ished. At this late period, it rests in the hands of a Governor, being at the same time admiral, holding the chief naval command on the station; he appoints and removes at his pleasure, the judges of the surrogate courts (who are generally selected from the officers of his fleet) the magist~ates, high sheriff, coroner, a~d e.very other o~cer under the Crown, with one or two exceptIOns; With so much unconstItutIonal authonty, he has no legal power for any local purpose whatsoev~r;. he may have the best. int.entions, ?ut, under existing circumstances, it is utterly out of hIS power to do any thmg for the Improvement of the country, or the permanent good of the people, unless he acts on his own responsibility. The Governors may have been inclined to do all the good their limited authorit.y would permit, but in consequenc~ of the. absence of that regular and constitutional authority, which would at the same tllne advlse what would tend to the honour of the Crown and the good of the country, they: have had persons for advisers whose s~le obje~t was their own private advantage. As might be expected. from .such an order of thmg;s, a lm~ of separation was drawn between the ~overn?r and the. l11~abltants, .and that confidence m the govern­ ment, so much to be deSired, dId not eXIst m the mlllds of the people They view the Governor, and those in authority under him, merely as persons whose sole object IS to make as much as possible by their offic~s, and then leave the country, if not in a worse, not in a better situation than they found It. Under such a government, it is impossible for the country to advance in improvement or civilization. The committee have no doubt but your Lordship will. see that it i.s a sy.ste~ of.go~ernme.n~ that ought no longer to exist. As respects the defectIve manner m whICh J~stIce IS admlllJstered, the committee do not think it necessary to enter further on the. subject, but to refer your Lordship to the petition of the inhabitants, and from the gracIOus reply of our most gracious sovereign they have every confidence that the grievances they complain of will be removed. ' The committee having endeavoured to trace the principal causes that have led to the present state of N ewfoundland, t~ey now beg. to recommend to your Lordship, such measures as they confidently hope, If adopted, WlIllay the foundation of its future pros': perity, and make it a more valuable appendage to the empire. It is admitted by every person conversant with the affairs of Newfoundland that the trade a~d fisheries are not capabl~ of affording employmen~ and subsistence to'the large popul,atlOn ~hat. have gTown up m the country. ] f not, It becomes a most important (juestlOn to lllqUlre how they a~e ~o be suprorted? In reply, th.e committee state, the soil a,ffords ample ~ea~s, a~d that It IS only by ItS more general culttvation the present popula­ tIon can be mamtamed 1Il the country. In Newfoundland there are millions of uncultivated acres, capable of producing food for a popUlation much greater than it now contains. If agriculture were more generally encour~ged, the country would afford a comfortable set­ tlement, not .only to the pres~nt populatIon, but to a !Sreat proportion of those persons who now find ~helr way to the Umted States.. ~he committee are aware, a very general opinion has prevaded, that the produce of the SOIl IS.nOt adequate to the labour and expense o()f the cultivation, I'SLA.N'D (H' NEWI!'OUNDLAND. 71

day's experience most 'cultiva~ion, tha~ which nothing; can be mDre illf?unded, ,as every have been employed in, fully.c;h,sproves It." In no o~e Il1stance w~ere skIll and Il1dustry cultivator, In opposition Improvmg .orcleanng the sOlI, have they faIled amply to repay the cultivated in the gr~at obstacles, :fine, fa:ms have ~een cleared au? successfully to ,t~e parts of the island; ,nelghbomhood, of ~t. J~hn s, Il1 ConceptIOn Bay, and m several' of the fish mixed can be ~ btamed m the country with very little trouble; the offal m~nure at present, instead the ,earth,Is found to answer for aU the purposes ,of husbandry; Wlt~ into the sea, With Its bemg ,!-sed for that purpose, the greater part is thrown back of to perfection attentIOn, mo~t of the natural pr~ductions of England can be brought flrop~r has been attempted, m t~IS c~untry. . It IS only on the margll1 of the coa~t that cultiv~tion very httle doubt, that there are the mtenor remalll~ un~xplored, and there can remaIIl but coast, It is found, parts, of the mtenor more favourable to agriculture than the sea many distance into the that the sOlI at the head of tIle large bays, which run a considerable the sea coast. As a proof country, is '\fiuch more h~xur~ant and produ,ctive than the soil on to the respective situations of the advantages of cultlvatJon, the commIttee would only refer state of agriculture, of the labouring classes. the few, who even in the present backward least beyond want; while attend'ed to their little farms, are in a comfortable situation, at are very little removed those who exclusively turned their labour towards the fisheries, from pauperism. employing tbe -soil Persons most obstinately opposed to the possibility of advantageously particularly favou:rable to of Newfoundland for the purposes of husbanllry, admit that it is twelve to twenty fold is the growth of potatoes and other esculent roots; an increase from quality not inferior to that the usual produce from the cultivation of the potatoe, and the sufficient quantity could be raised, of ~ny o~her country. With proper encoura~ement, a coast, would supply the. WhICh, WIth the abundance of fish to be naClon every part of the the produce of their own labourino- classes with a wholesome nutritious food, which being least for the necessaries of labour, ~ould make them independent of foreign supplies, at life. prevent ~he cultivation The causes which operated in the early stages o,f t~e fishery, to the, mterest of the the soil, have long since passed, away, and It IS no~ as much of every Just encourage­ merchant as it is of the more ,resident part of the commumty, that soil. The inte,rest of all ment sho~lld be given to the improvement and cultivation of the to theprospenty of the classes are the same; the prosperity of the one naturally leads other. state of beggary If the great body of t~e people of ~ ewfoundland remain in ,their present to be much ?etter and want, it is an illuslOn If the tradmg part of the commumty ~xpect goods, a propor,tlOn of their condition. To enable the people to buy and pay for tlmr in the ~shenes can labour must be turned into some more productive channe~s than their to convIll,ce the few afford. The experience of the last eight years oug'ht to be suffiCIent the overwhelmmg t?rrent merchants who remain in the country, and who were able to stem the tr~de, and fishenes of which brought destruction on so many respectable houses, that and If they follow up the the country are not alone adequate to the ~up~or~ of the people;, old system of supplying in the fishery, theIr rum IS equally certam, markets, the merchants of Newfoundland to c,ope with t~eir rivals in foreign , To enable as at much less expense than hItherto, whIch can~ot be done as l~ng fish must be catclled from dIstant ' ry f'or the maintenance of the people must be Importedb bl d h necessa " ld e to every t mg more general cultivation of the SOlI, the people wou e ena t ' B the for that part nes. t pYroportion of their food' it would afford profitable employment c~un it woulcl be far the most rafIse a grea t' ho cannot be e~ployed in the fishery; and o .t h e popul a IOn w '''h h . I effectual and best auxiliary to it. It IS well wore t e tna , to the c.onsid€ration~f , Th 'tt therefore recommend this most important subject repeat that it is by a more general cultIvatIOn of the SOlI e cOdmhn:l ,ee, d they a~'ain d' tl 'I d your Lor s IP, an b,' '. alone, that the present populatIOn can be supporte III Ie IS an due encouragement, , that many years must elapse, even with tr ,aware, , 'I It' t· d' y, The commIttee ared can make much progress m agncu ture. IS now a Ia mg cou~ paramount consIderatIOn; before Newfoundlan f't t d d fisheries must always be a to the interest of t~e country, and the encouragement 0 If S ralt~ a:hich if made available that the fishenes of New­ they are the great s.ourcf?t ';;C: 'rosperity. It has been said, e of MexiC{) and Peru; other will lay the foun~atlOn 0 1 S, U p lth su erior to those r P this country to participate foundland are mmes of natdIOn\ wea f them it yet remains for countries have reaped the a van age 0 , in their benefits. , and to 'f fishin anted to the French at the close of th,e last w~r, , g III a great the fIght 0 f 8 th dvantages of these great fishenes, are, ,Owmg to 1 r e give by the ,treaty 0 \ B't ': The French and American governments the 'Americans, t catched on this lost to the subjects 0 r~a t ~h ~~ fisheries on this coast, The fish deo-ree, on much lower terms bo~nties and other encouragemen s 0 e be sold in every market with the subject~ of coast by the subjects o~ ~hese E.o::;s, If~hey be not put on a footing have the effect of sappmg than.fish catched by BI~tIS~ss~ht 0'8sess over the British, must the fisheries altogether. , these powe~s, tile advan dag d luhverting The ,the foundauon of ~he tra e, an ,,' 71• ~"'2. , -:-PA'PERS RIr1.ATING TO TIrE

The committee are aware, that many other subjects might be recommended for. the im­ 'provement of the country, but they are impressed with the convictio~, th~ to be beneficial 'they must emanate from!l local gov.ernment that would sympathIze wIth the v.:ants and wishes of the peopl~. It IS only under sacha government. t~~t the country 'can Improve; it would foster the resources of the country, educate and cIvIlIze the people. No country, ancient or modern, improved without the aid of a local government; it cannot be expected that Newfoundland can form an exception to the past and present state of the world. Considerable improvement ha~ taken plac~ in the intelligence of the people of ~ewfound­ land; they are every day gettlllg more enhghtened; they see that the· cause whICh has led ;to their present degraded state, is the want of·a .local government that would watch over' the interests of the country.

The committee considered it unnecessary to adduce furtmr argumen~s to your L?rdship,. so distinguished as a statesm~n and legislat.or, .to prov; the advantage and necessIty of a, government formed on the baSIS of the constItutIOn of England. It has been said, that the people of Newfoundland ·are not in a situation to pay the' expenses necessarily~ttending a local government .. T.he committee have no hesitation in saying, that such i~ not the case; and have not the ~hghte~t doubt .of the competency of the countrv, even III its present depressed state, wIthout lllconvemence, to bear all the' expenses ri'ecessary for that purpose. It luis been a favourite object with interested persons to throw a cloud of misrepresentation on every thing connected with the country; its resources were little known, except to those who were making them subservient to their interest. If Newfoundland have. not possessed the means of paying the expense of a civil government, it must appear extraordinary that so many persons who came there without a shilling in their pockets were able, in the course of a, few years, to realize fortunes, to retire from the island, and live in splendor in other countries. The~onimittee 'can now point out to your Lordship individuals residing in London, Poole, Dartmouth, Bristol; Edinburgh, Greenock, Cork and Waterford, and other parts not alone of the United Kingdom, but even in the United States of America, who made their properties in New.. foundland, If individuals could in few years realize from the labour and industry of the: people sufficient to enable them to retire from the country to live independently in other countl'ies, surely it is not too much for the ·committee to say, that the same people can pay the expenses of thrir government which would revert back on themselves with mani .. . fold advantages. To prove the ability of the inhabitants to pay the expense of their government, the committee beg to state a few well known facts: The town of St. John's is the capital of ·the island, and the principal depositary for the supplies and productions of the fishery; ·the ground on which the stores, wharfs and dwelling-houses are erected, is chiefly ownea by persons residing in Great Britain, whose ancestors gained a title to it merely by occu­ pying it for the purposes of the fishery; in consequence of the great increase of trade and l)opulation, the ground has become valuable, and the rent now charged for that situate at the waterside of Saint John's, is from 20 to 405. per foot, on which large sums have been expended by the tenants in making the necessary erections; a sum not less than 30,000 l. is annually remitted from the town of Saint John's for rents; can it, then' be doubted that a people, who pay such large sums to absentee landlords, who do not contribute in the slightest degree to the support of the. country, could pay the expenses of a civil government 'I

.It is well ~nown, that the. mercantile hou~es, which accumulated all their capital in this trade, have 111 prosperous tImes, made profits. of from 20 to 30,000 pounds in one year~ a sum more than adequate to the support of a civil goverDlp.ent. The committee beg further to state to your Lordship, that the people of Newfoundland have been paying for many years duties on spirits and wine, out of which a considerable re,:enue has arisen; also a con~iderable revenue is raised from ~he rents of the public slllp-rooms let under the authonty of the Act 51 Geo. 3. c.45. With the rents for lands in the ,'icinity of Saint John's, let out for the purposes of agriculture, for which from 2s. 6tL to 205. per aore is annually obtained. Considerable additions win be made to the revenue of the <;ountry from the duties on foreign goods th,at may be imported under the free port Act. There are many other sources of revenue whICh could be resoFted to without incon_ venience, and .w,hich there can be little doubt would enable tll.e country amply to pay the charges of a CIVil government. . ,

Local governments have been ce~ed to·.the Cana,das, N o~a Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Bermuda, and some of the most mconslderable Islands m the West Indies while New.. foundland, of equal importance to the parent state, the most ancient ·of her possessions in America, is deprived of its advantages. The committ~e in conc1ud~ng t~eir Report, beg most respectfully and earneStly ~o press on'your LordshI'P,t~e neceSSIty of a govern~entsuc~ as t~ey recommend. NQihlllg els~ .can be of much serVIce to the country, or satwfy, the JUl>t WIshes -lilf the people. ; The ISLAND or NEWFOUNDLAND. 73

The committee have been info.rmed, that it is the intention of his Excellency the Governor to)eco!llmend to your Lordship, t~at. a governor and council should be ap ointed with leolslatIve powers, such an. u.nco~stItutI.onal goveJlnment would be most obn6xfous, and the people would prefer remammg m their present state. The committee therefore most humbly request, that your Lordship will not give your sanction to ~uch a system of government. (signed) Patrick Morris, Chairman. John Wynn. William Carson. John Burke. Patrick Doyle. Timothy Hogan. George Lilly. R. Brine. Thomas Best. Robert R. Wakeham. Henry Shea.

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Copy of the ApPOINnlENT of RICHARD ALEXANDER Tl:CKER, EsqUIre. to the Office of CHIEF JUSTICE of Newfoundland.

GEORGE, R. GEORGE THE FOURTH, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great :Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the faith; TO Our trusty and well beloved Richard Alexander Tucker, esquire, greeting; WE, reposing especial trust and confidence in your loyalty, integrity and ability, do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Our . Chief Justice of our Supreme Court of Judicature, in Our Island of Newfoundland, in America, in the room of Francis Forbes, esquire, to have, hold, exercise and enjoy the said office for and during Our pleasure, with such limitations and restrictions as are con­ tained in Our charter erecting the said Supreme Court of Judicature in Our said Island: And for 'so doing this shall be your warrant. Given at Our Court at Carlton House, the first day of October 1822, in the third year of Our reign. BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND. (countersigned) BATHURST.

Richard Alexander Tucker, Esquire, to be Chief Justice of Newfoundland in America. ---

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