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BY HIS EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
SIR COLIN CAMPBELL
KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE MOST HONORABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN AND OVER HER MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF NOVA-SCOTIA, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, &c. &c. &c.

[signature on left]
C. Campbell

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TO THE TREASURER OF THE PROVINCE
You are hereby required to pay unto

[handwriting]
the Commissioners of Sable Island the sum of One Hundred and seventy five Pounds, being the expense incurred in the employment of the Schooner Victory in the protection of the Fisheries, fm 29th June to 29th October, out of the balance of the grant of 1837 for that purpose

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out of the Duties of Impost and Excise appropriated for the support of Her Majesty's Government, as granted by the General Assembly of the Province, and in so doing this shall be your Warrant.

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Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Halifax, this 31st day of December, in the 2d Year of Her Majesty's Reign, Annoque Domini 1838.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND,
[signature]
Rupert D. George

[handwritten number in left column]
£175