Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

27 November 1806

Petition of John Newton and Hibbert N. Binney, Collectors of Impost and Excise for the district of Halifax asking for a compensation for their loss of duties on the seven vessels which entered while the revenue laws were non-existent, the cargoes of which had been largely sold and consumed within the province. The officers’ commissions on the duties amounted to £69. 16. 10. Signed. Overleaf. Dismissed 6 Dec.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 13 number 69