Each volume of the annual Journals and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia includes an index. The relevant index references to 'Indians' and 'Indian Affairs' for the years 1818 to 1852 have been extracted and are listed below. The references lead primarily to petitions directed to the Indian Commissioners and to annual reports of the Commissioners, plus related appendices.
The appropriate microfilm retrieval numbers for these annual JHA volumes are 3528 (1800-1818), 3529 (1819-1832), 3530 (1832-1838), 3531 (1838-1842), 3532 (1843-1846), 3533 (1847-1849) and 3534 (1849-1852).
Indexed under "Indians"...
Note: In the bound Volume XVI, Part 5th and Part 4th are bound out of sequential order.
Page 819
Fifty pounds granted and paid to Bishop Fraser to compensate the "clergyman in charge of the Indians in Cape Breton."
One hundred pounds granted and placed "for relief of the Indians of this province."
834
Thirty Resolutions of the House, including one hundred pounds for "the relief of Indians," above, and fifty pounds to Bishop Fraser, above.
and see Cape Breton
Instruction "of Indians," 819, 834.
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