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{BY HIS EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT GENERAL
SIr John Harvey,
K.C.B., K.C.H.G., Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over Her Majesty's Province of Nova-Scotia, and its Dependencies, &c. &c. &c.}

[signature to the left of previous] J Harvey

{To the Treasurer of the Province}

£500— {You are hereby required to pay unto}

the Commissioners for Sable island the sum of five hundred pounds granted in the last Legislative Session for the employment of the schooner Daring_ (when not employed in the Sable island service) 'for protecting the fisheries on the Eastern Coast of the Province as far as practicable'

{out of the Provincial Revenue 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.}

{Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Halifax, this} 26th {day of} Nov {in the} 11th {Year of Her Majesty's Reign, Annoque Domini 184} 7.

{BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND}
[signature] R D George