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By His Excellency
Lieutenant-General Sir JOHN COAPE SHERBROOKE, Knight of the Moft Honourable Order of the bath, Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in Chief in and over his Majefty's Province of Nova-Scotia, and its dependencies, &c. &c. &c.

To the Honorable Michael Wallace, Treafurer of the Province,
You are hereby directed to pay unto The Commissioners of Sable Island the sum of Four hundred pounds towards the support of the said Establishment the present year.
£400.0.0

out of the Duties of Impost and Excife appropriated for the Support of His Majefty's Government, as granted by the General Affembly of this Province. And in fo doing this fhall be your Warrant.

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Halifax this 31st Day of Decem 1812 in the 53rd Year of His Majefty's Reign.

J. C Sherbrooke.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND
H. H. Cogswell
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