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fame quit-rent* a*> ©tier lands are fubjeft to in the province
within which they are granted, as also fubje£t to the fame
conditions of cultivation and improvement* via.
To every person having the rank of a field officer* stxx>
acres.
To every captain 3000 acres.
To every subaltern or ftaff officer 2000 acres.
To every non-com million officer 200 acres.
* To every private man acres.
We do likewise asthonfe and require the Governors and
commanders in chief of all Our faia colonies upon the con
tinent of North-America, to grant the like quantities of
land, and upon the feme conditions, to such reduced officers
of Our navy of like rank asferved on board Our ships of
war in North-America at the times of the reduftion of Lou
afbourgand Quebeck in the late war, and who shall personal
ly apply to Our refperiive Governors for such grants.
And whereas it is just and reasonable, and eflential to Our
interest and the security pf Our colonies, that the several
Stations or tribes of.lndians, with whom we are conne&ed,
And who live under Our protection, should not be molested
or disturbed in the pofleffion of such parts of Our dominions
And territories as not having been ceded to or purchased by
Uj, are reserved to them or any of them as their hunting
grounds, We do therefore, with the advice of Our Privy
Council, declare it to be Our royal will and pleasure, that
bo Governor or commander in chief in any of Our colonies
of Quebeck, East Florida, or Weft Florida, do presume,
Bpon any pretence whatever, to grant warrants of survey
Or pass any patents for lands beyond the bounds of their re
fpedive governments, as deferibed in their commissions; as
Blfo that no Governor or commander in chief in any of Our
Other colonies or plantations in America, do prefuroe for
theprefent, and until Our further pleasure be known, to
grant warrant of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond
the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the
Atiantick ocean from the weft and north-weft, or upon any
kSiL W k at ¥7 er * W^ Qh r been ceded to or pur
chased by Ls as aforefaid, are relerved to the said Indians
or any of them. ‘
And We do furthm- declare it to be Our royal will and
pleasure, for the present as aforefaid, to reserve under Our
sovereignty, proteftion and dominion, for the use of the
sand Indians, aH the lands and territories not included within
the limits of Our said three new governments, or within the
limits of the territory granted to the Hudson’s Bay Compa-
thc latuis territories lying to the west
ward of the sources of the rivers which foil into the sea from
r a n af T?5 and 5 aad We do hcTth Y
a P am of our all Our loving
fubjeds from making any purchases or settlements
® r taking pofTeffion of any of the lands above referved£kh
tl?™ Caallwe ** d liccn lor that
‘•■*"**• Person,
whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated
forih^ 1VC * r n any T 1^ 11 Ac COBntriw above de.
fonbed, or upon any other lands, which not hiving been
ceded to or purchased by Us, are still roforved to dfe said
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And whereas great frauds and abufrs have bees commit
ted in the purchasing lands of the Indians, to the great Dre
a \ d reat diit:.iaioS of
‘si d r Prder therefore to prevent such irregu
hritmr for the future, and to the end that the Ind.ans may
ke convinced of Our jufhee and determined resolution Z
remove ail reasonable cause of difeontent, We do. with t£
** of Our Privy Council, ftriaiy enjoin and require’
that <k> pnrate person do presume to mike any
from tht said Indiana of anv lands referreand to
iana within those pares of Our colonies, where We have
thougbtprmcr’to allow fettlemeat; but that if at anytime
Any of the fold Indians ihould be #*> r . C
laid lands, the fame flidll be purchased only for ss, in Our
name, P“blick meetiugor afesnbly of the said In
duns, to betefdfathatpurpofcby the Governor or eom-
H s- h f A f j° ar colo y refpeaively. within which
Attd ,n case Hull lie within the limits
of ahy propreemry *: cerement, they Hull be purchased only
fc* the use and m tis n*me of f,d. ptoprieuAes, cotw
to such dire£tfon* And inftrudions as We or they ft, .if
think proper to give for that purpose: And Wc do, by the
advice of Our Pnvy Council, declare and enjoin, that the
trade with the fa*#4ndians shall be free and open to all O -I
fubjeas whatevtrj proyded that every person, who mar
incline to trade with the (aid Indians, do take out a licent -
for carrying on such trade, from the Governor or commar,
der in chief of any of Our colonics refpeaively, where forh
person (hall reside, and also give security to observe Lb
regulations as We shall at any time think fit, by Ourfclve.
or by Oor commissaries, to be appointed for this nurpofe
to direa and appoint for the benent of the said trade: And
We do hereby authonfe, enjoin, and require the Governo-s
and commanders in chief of all Our colonies refpeaivelv
well those under Our immediate government, as those i,n
der the government and direction of proprietaries, to nranl
such licences without fee or reward, taking efpeeial care
tnfert therein a condition, that such licence (hall be void
and the security forfeited, in case the person, to wtam ,hL
fame is granted, shall refufe or neglea to observe such rt
g "AlTw ai 7’r lh | l thi " lC P /° per t 0 P rcrcribe as aforefaid*
And We do furtherexprefsly enjoin and require all offi
cers whatever, us well military a, those employed n
management and direfUon of Indian affaire wifhin the Terri
tones reserved, as aforefaid, for the use of the said IndiaT ‘
to seize and apprehend all persons whatever who Hind’ 1
charged with treasons, misprisions oftreafon, murders o?
other felonies or nufdemeanors, (hall fly from justi ce and
a^l refllge .! n thc L faui rerritory, and to fend them un de- a
proper guard to the colony where the crime was committed
thetme. 7 U<l aCC “ fed ’ “ ° rder to uke th * “fal for
G t? ° a . r “ urt St- James’s, the y.h day of Ofto
beri763, in the third year of Our rei?u
GOD SAVE THE KING. ’
A M E R I c A.
m Kcvernier 23.
ROM the Havana we learn, that the Britiftt
traders there remain well fatisfied with the
behaviour of Gen. O’Reily.
our Govc mor, with the Go
vernor of North-CaroHna, and the Lieutenant
vjryyyiior of Virginia, arrived here from Augusta • an d
this day Governor Dobbs went on board his Majesty’s fliin
YV?’ Fau^ier O” board The Arundel
Vi 7 f n " d 7- iU ? Vt u d her ’ i” *>is Majesty’s foip Arundel from
argima, Capt. Prevoft, commanding officer of the thr e
companies of Royal Americans destined to relieve the inde
pendent companies in this province and Georgia ‘ nde ’
St AucniHlnr J to^ rt *? n , ‘5 th regiment is gone from
£i f th' and ig f
ind^dent ~“p-
St fentencT °* GCn ' ral to
T'S'TV'* i.
SflSrsfeSsr.3a.-Aac
L e S; nfef.L h V Ch D “ tCh thureh ’
i"| jcceral vail magazine, of coffee, cotton,
and other merchaodize; few lives were loft -—That at!
ufeaf ■ *^h B r“ t T' ed *u* ,f ade on a.
f C, Th ? th ? z,a of September the Earl of Nor
demll^ri 4 “ r ‘, V ' d a ‘ Dubli ". and was receired with great
SffifESS f fjoy r by * U l e K ree * ofjreople
the iISS?/?"** the 16,h * September :_ I hat
Right Hou. Charles fowalhend, Paymaller of the forces;