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Halifax NS

The Commissioners for Sable Island
To Edward Wallace
Cr (Currency)
1831
May 3 To 100 Bushels Potatoes 1/b £ 7 10 --
-- 100 do(ditto) Oats 1/10 9 3 4
-- 1 Bbl (barrel) Sugar 2 1 - 11 30/ 4 4 6
-- 3 Bbls S F Flour 47/b 7 2 6
-- 2 do Meal 27/b 2. 15 --
-- 2 do Rye 32/6 3 5 --
-- 1 do Oatmeal 1 - 3 - 10 20/ 1 16 9
-- 3 do Beef 50/ 7 10 --
-- 2 do Pork 77/6 7 15 --
-- 1 do Beans 3½ Bush 7/b 1 6 9
-- 1 Keg 5 Gall Vinegar 3/1 Keg 5/ 1 -- --
-- 28 lbs Tea 4/ 4 4 --
-- 20 lbs Coffee 9/ 1/6 -- 15
-- 28 Gallons Molasses 1/6 2 2 --
-- Pepper & Mustard 1 1 --
-- Bags for Tea & Coffee -- 5 --
-- 3 Bbls Seed Oats 11/4 Bbls 2/b 1 8 - 1½
-- 3 Fish Bbls for ditto 3/b -- 10 6
-- Garden Seeds -- 17 6
-- Poison for Rats -- 3 6
-- 74 Bbls for Potatoes & Oats 1/3 4 12 6
-- Tuckages 7 Loads 7 L -- 9 4
-- Cooperage 74 Bbls 4@ 1 4 8
-- Labour & Wharfage -- 10 --
£ 71 - 12 --

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