24 February 1817

Part of report of joint Committee on Public Accounts. Signed. (See No. 61 for first part of report)

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 98

25 March 1817

Petition of sundry merchants and others in Trade resident in town of Halifax to Assembly relative to the Instance Court. Petitioners "apprehend that under the most favourable practice the Court in question is perfectly inconsistent with those rights and privileges which His Majesty and His Ancestors have graciously been pleased to bestow upon this Province and of which the trial by jury forms a principal branch." Injustice of having one man act as judge and jury and of cost of appeals. Necessity of regulating Custom House fees which are heavy. Signed.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 99

3 April 1817

Extract from Journal of Assembly, including report of Committee on Vice-Admiralty Court and resolutions thereon. Committee appointed to lay resolutions before Lieutenant Governor and send them to England.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 100

31 March 1817

Extract from Journal of Assembly. Report of Committee of House on merchants' petition. Report and resolutions of 3 Apr. 1811 read. Resolution to send them to England now that war is over and Govt. has more time to consider N.S. and her interests. Signed. (For petition see No. 99 and for report of 1811 see No. 100)

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 101

2 April 1817

Speech of Lieutenant Governor on closing legislature.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 102

2 April 1817

Draft of address of council and Assembly to Sir John Sherbrooke, congratulating him on his promotion to chief command in British North America.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 103

24 February 1818

Memorial of magistrates of Halifax to Legislature, praying that part of the Common, which is at present useless, be divided and leased; also recommending that part of Common be used by House of Correction to employ inmates under the supervision of the magistrates. Enclosing minutes of session of County Court. Signed. Enclosures: No. 105 Minutes of Court Court, No. 106 Plan of divided Common.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 104

12 February 1818

Minutes of special session of County Court relative to dividing off part of Common. (Enclosed in No. 104)

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 105

12 February 1818

Plan of Common divided according to the ideas of the County Court. (Enclosed in No. 104)

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 106

14 December 1817

Copy. Dalhousie to Bathurst, suggesting appropriation of Castine duties collected by Halifax troops stationed in Castine. He has consulted with Council, who agree with him that "the following proposal" in one "Which will distribute its benefits to every Class of Society and in no degree interfere with any Establishment already formed." "A Seminary for the higher branches of Education is much wanted in Halifax, the Seat of the Legislature, of the Courts of Justice, of the Military and Mercantile Society. It has occurred to me that the founding a College or Academy on the same plan and principle of that in Edinburgh, is an object more likely than any other I can think of, to prove immediately beneficial to this young Country. The Edinburgh College provides for the higher Classes of Greek, Latin and Mathematics. Professors are appointed on small salaries having the privilege of lecturing in open class to Students who take their admission Tickets at one, two or three Guineas for the whole course or term -- These Classes are open to all Sects of Religion, to strangers passing a few Weeks in town, to the Military, to young Men of the Law, in short to all who choose (sic) to devote an hour to study in the forenoon --- the Professors are able and diligent, as on their personal exertions depends the Character of the Class, and of the Individual himself who presides in it. Such an Institution in Halifax open to all occupations and sects of Religion; restricted to such branches only as are applicable to our present States and having the power to expand with the growth and improvement of our Society, would, I am confident, be found of important Service to this Province. The amount of Castine Duties, after deducting a payment made to General Gosselin, is £10.750 Currency; from that I sum I would set aside £1000 for another purpose. I would apply £3000 to a Building of Stone and sink the remainder as a fund for the support of the Professorships --- I am aware that this would scarcely be sufficient without the Legislature of the Province aided us by an annual vote. As a situation for this Institution, I would suggest that area in front of St. Paul's Church, over the Grand Parade. As Trustees of the Institution, I would suggest Officers ex Officio high in rank and always present. The Lieutenant Governor, The Chief Justice, the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, the Treasurer of the Province, the Appointed Minister of the Scotch Church in Halifax." Recommends plan.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 107

6 February 1818

Copy. Bathurst to Dalhousie, acknowledging receipt of dispatch of 14 Dec. 1817. He has transmitted suggestions as to appropriation of Castine duties to Regent, who entirely approves.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 108

27 March 1818

Draft of address of Council and Assembly to Lieutenant Governor. They hope that Govt. "will take effectual steps to prevent foreign fishing vessels from resorting under any pretence to the harbours creeks and bays on the seacoast of N.S. and such parts of the shores of the bay of Fundy as are within His Majesty's Dominions and of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Prince Edward Island Cape Breton and the Magdalen Islands the Labrador Shore and the Straits of Belleisle." Discussion of rights of foreigners to fish in these places. "British Fishermen are in a great measure excluded from the most valuable Fisheries on the Labrador Shore under pretence of exclusive privileges which the North-West Company and other companies and Individuals claim under certain pretended leases made to them by His Majesty's subjects and the same evil arises from the improvident grants which have been made of the Magdalen Islands." They ask Dalhousie to call Govt.'s attention to these matters.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 109

24 February 1818

Message from Lieutenant Governor to Assembly, communicating letter from Bathurst on subject of the militia. Signed.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 110

1813-1815

Extracts from the minutes of the Halifax Committee of Trade on gypsum. (1) Extract of letter from Committee to Ward Chipman, Chairman of Legislative Committee in New Brunswick dated 16 July 1813. Necessity of New Brunswick and N.S. working together re: regulating gypsum trade. Debates in Assembly. "This Committee have… made it in some degree a rule, not actively to interfere where the General Assembly have debated the subject, but we will, in this instance, as we did in a former one with regard to Canada, arrange the question for and against the measure." Arguments against placing duty on gypsum exported from N.S. and New Brunswick Arguments in favour of placing such duty. (2) Extract from memorial of Committee of Trade to Bathurst. For memorial see Vol. 304, No. 66 (3) Extract from letter to Atcheson of 12 Nov. 1815. As regulating of gypsum trade is in hands of Assembly, Committee do not like to interferer; they refer him to article on gypsum in memorial. "New Brunswick, I fear, will avoid a Duty because they erroneously think it doubtful whether the Lower House of this Province will continue the duty another year; Cape Breton is alone under the Control of the King but we are all under the influence of his recommendation." Asks for treatises on how gypsum acts on the soil. (This document is undated, but is placed among those for 1818, and appears to have been used when provincial act for regulating the gypsum trade was repealed; see Assembly Journals for 1818.)

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 111

15 June 1818

Abstract of monies paid for provisions and utensils for Welsh emigrants to settle in Shelburne County. Signed.

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 305 number 112