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We the Subscribers having been requested by Mess.rs Fairbanks & Allisons to say what sum we think they should receive for the hire of the Schooner [illegible: Junius Harb?], lately returned from Sable Island with Sailors from the wreck of the Ship Amazon; and having considered all the circumstances connected with said voyage, are of opinion

That Mess.rs Fairbanks & Allisons should receive as compensation for the same the sum of

One hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings currency.

Halifax N.S. 24th June 1853
[signature] [initials illegible] Wainwright
J.G.A. Creighton

[in pencil, centre]
June 1853

Having considered the circumstances
connected with said voyage

[in ink, middle left]
112. 10. 0
1. 5. 0
________
[Total] £113. 15. 0

[in ink, lower left]
Fees two sovereigns