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Dr.(debit) James Morris Esq. Superintendent of Sable Island In Account With The Province of Nova Scotia

[Left page of ledger] Cr(currency)
1802
July 28 To Cash paid you... £ 12.15. 6
Novm 25 To paid your order to John Nevill... 29. 19. 6

1804
June 6 To paid you £ 70 & £ 30... 100 -- --
July 7 -- ditto --... 30. 12
Balance due J.M. 173. 7. 0
169. 4. 8
[scrawled initial?] £ 342. 11.8

[Right page of ledger]

1802
July 29th By your account for sundry supplys and
disbursements purchased for the use of the
Island...bal... 38. —
1804
July 7 By your Sallary as superintendant of the
Island from the 1st July 1802—to the first
of this month 2 years at £100 p annum p agreement 200. -. -
" [date] By 23 months wages of your son Guy Morris
per agreement @ 40 per mo 46. -. -
" [date] By 23 months wages of your apprentice
John Myers...@ 40 per mo 46. -. -
" [date] By your acco:t for fish purchased for
the use of the Island... 2. 11. 8
" [date] By an allowance for your board and other
expenses in Halifax 10 ------
£ 342. 11. 8

Errors excepted Halifax 7th July 1804 M.W.
Copy delivered Mr. Morris