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Provincial Secretary Office
Halifax September 28th 1860

Sir

The Provincial Government having decided to appoint you as one of the Justices of the Peace to adjudicate on the accounts in cases of wreck on the Isle of Sable in the place of J.B. Creighton Esq.r deceased, you are hereby authorized so to act during the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor.

By His Excellencys Command
Wm H Keating
Deputy Secretary

[address at lower left]
John Naylor Esq.r J P
&c &c
Halifax