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shore of said Island by the sea or to have been procured from some wrecked or stranded ship or vessel in which case such kind of property shall be sold and the neat proceeds thereof after payment of the charges shall be paid to the Proprietor or his agent on due proof of ownership being made; or otherwise lodged in the Treasury of the province for the right owner or owners agreeably to the Rules & Regulations therein set forth.

And by the 1st Vict. cap: 12 Sec:5 after reciting that it is to remove doubts as to the duty and the authority of the said commissioners it is enacted that all goods wrecked shall be removed to Halifax there to be received kept and disposed of by the commissioners of Sable Island for the benefit for the owner of such goods, after payment of salvage and expenses agreeably to the provisions of the said in part recited Act unless the said Commissioners shall give to the said Superintendent orders to the contrary.