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His Excellency
Sir John Wentworth, Baronet, L.L.D.
Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in Chief,
in and over His Majesty's Province of Nova
Scotia, and its Dependencies, &c, &c, &c

To Michael Wallace, Esq, Treasurer of the Province
You are hereby directed to pay unto The Commissioner
for Superintending the Island of Sable
the sum of Four hundred pounds
granted last Session of General Assembly
to pay the Balance due them and
toward the support of that Establishment
£400
Out of the Duties of Impost and Excise, appropriated for the
Support of His Majesty's Government, as granted by the
General Assembly of this Province. And in so doing this
shall be your Warrant.

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at
Arms at Halifax, this 31st
Day of August 1807 in the
47th Year of His Majesty's
Reign. (Signature) J Wentworth

BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND,
(Signature) J Wentworth

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