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I certify that the Bearer has been on
Sable Island and doing Duty as a
Servant of that Establishment for the
space of time of two months and nine days
at the rate of three pounds currency p.r month

[signature] J.W.E. Darby

[at bottom left]
to Commissioner for the
Affairs of Sable Island

[at bottom]
Halifax Sept.r 5th 1843