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Various documents including: statement of expenditure of the sum of £300 granted for the encouragement and relief of Mi'kmaq in 1846 and spent at various agencies; list of applications on behalf of Mi'kmaq that are before the House; petition of inhabitants of Pictou (142) recommending that Indian Point be purchased for the Mi'kmaq; a letter from Dr. Anderson to Bishop [?] on this subject; Rev. C.H. MacKinnon's letter requesting supplied for the Mi'kmaq in Sydney County; Letter from Rev. L. Byrne regarding Mi'kmaq near St. Mary's, French River, County of Digby.
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Statement of the expenditure of the sum of £300 granted for
encouragement and relief of Indians in 1846
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Extended by the Honble E. [?M.] Dodd and [illegible] to
Crawley, Indian Corn [illegible] for Indians Affairs
in the Island of Cape Breton } 100.
The Right Revd_ Bishop Fraser Comr. for
Do in the Eastern Counties of NS Proper } 50
The Right Revd_ Bishop Walsh for the
Shubenacadie Indians } 40
W. B. Taylor [Esqr.?] for Queen's Co_ Indians 15
[?J] Hekman Esqr for Lunenburg Do 10
The Honble Judge Wilkins for Windsor Do 9 - 15 [this line crossed out]
By Provincial Secretary under the direction
of the Lt. Governor } 93 -- 12
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£ 308 - 12
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The sum overexpended and due to the Provincial
Secretary being £ 8 - 12.
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Statement of expenses incurred [sums expended in - crossed out]
with the sanction of His Excellency
[and advanced from the Treasury in relieving Indians during severe illness - crossed out]
in addition &c
[For the relief of Indian at Bear River in the Counties of Annapolis and Digby, during illness - crossed out]
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By A Whitman Esqr. 47 - 14 - 1
Dr Bent's bill for attendance & medicine 28 - 3 - 1
Dr Leslie's Do ----- Do----------- 18 -
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Total Bear River Indians -------------------------------- £ 93 - 17 - 2
Mr. Wm. Nicole's bill for attendance ------------- 8 - 16 - 6
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102 . 13 . 8
Near Pictou
By Board of Health ---------------- 98 - 4 - 9
Bill of Drs Anderson & Johnson 150 . - .
Bill of Johnson & [?Mcold] Druggists 5 - 1 - 9
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Total for Pictou Indians . ----------- 253 . 6 . 6


Date: 1846

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 40

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