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Halifax 30 April, 1836

Received from the Commissioners
for the affairs of Sable Island
by the hand of E Duckett Junr
One pound 10/ being half months
wages in advance for going to Sable
Island in the Mich.l Wallace.

[signature] Joseph Osborne
his X mark

£ 1: 10 --
Witness
[signature] E. Duckett Jun

850