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By his Excellency Lieutenant-General
Sir John Coape Sherbrooke,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of Nova-Scotia, and its Dependencies, vide-Admiral of the same, etc. etc. etc.

To the Honourable Michael Wallace, Treasurer of the Province, You are hereby directed to pay unto the Commissioners of the Island of Sable the Sum of Three Hundred pounds for the support of the Estabilishment upon that Island during the year 1815.

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£300.0.0
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out of the Duties of Impost and Excise appropriated for the Support of His Majesty's Government, as granted by the General Assembly of this Province. And in so doing this shall be your Warrant.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Halifax, this thirtieth Day of December 1815 in the 56 Year of His Majesty's Reign.

By His Excellency's Command,
J. C. Sherbrooke
Henry H. Cogswell
D. Ser.

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