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We are of opinion the within agreement for the location and settlement [word?] of the [illegible] refugee Negros therein Named being concluded upon at [illegible][illegible][illegible] and Contract; is a sufficient justification to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor to cause to be issued to thereas the Provision allowed [illegible] by Government in the [illegible] manners to each family so long as they continue to Occupy the Lands herein conveyed [word?] to [illegible].

Council Chambers
Halifax [?] July [?] 1816 } Mich. Wallace [?][Signature]

Deed } William Cochran
to Isaac Fitchet of
Sergeant Pilotte