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Account of Fees Due to Abraham Cuyler from 1st October 1789 to 24th June 1790, according to his Memorial
( includes a long list of petitioners)Transcribed by Janice Fralic-Brown
Abstract of Fees Established [1790] for the Secretary
For every 1000 acres Contained in a Grant---------------- £ 1 – 5 ---- If 100 acres -------------------------------------------- - 10 --- Between 100 & 500 --------------------------------------- 1 – 0 ---- Where the number of Grantees shall exceed each right ---- 5 ----
For the Register
For Recording a grant for and under 500 acres -------- £ 0 – 5 ---- for every 100 words said Grant contains -------------- 1 ---- For Recording a Grant from 500 to 1000 acres --------- 10 --- for every 100 words said Grant contains ------ 2 ---- for every 1000 acres after the first 1000 ---- 2 ---- For Recording the Grant of a Township ---------------- 4 – 0 ---- For the Certificate of Registry ---------------------- 2 – 6 ---- For every name contain’d in each Grant --------------- 1 ----
Clerk of the Council
Receives 10 % on all Memorials laid before the Council whether approved or rejected as there is the same Trouble – filing Memorials, etc. Extracted from the Table of Fees Signed {Wm Frost} {Clk Secys Office} Halifax 23rd November 1790A List of Petitions read at Council from 1st Octr 1789 to 16th May 1790 during Mr Cuyler’s Suspension and furnish’d by Mr. Thos Crawley
Geo. Hall a Grant 200 acres as pr Mr. Crawley’s acct £ 1 8 6 LeRoi do 200 do do 1 8 6 Bunten do 300 do do 1 9 6 LeBlanc, etc. do 4 grants 400 do do 6 18 0 Forjeron do 480 do do 1 12 0 Beausejour do 329 do do 1 8 6 Forrest do 485 do do 1 19 6 Edwd McDonald do 256 do do 1 19 6 Honble Thos Townshend do 1000 do do 2 5 6 Haly & Nepean [?] do 1000 do do 2 5 6 P. Ely, Loyalist do 280 do, a Loyalist do 1 8 6 Peter Grant do 500 do do 1 8 6 John Claghan do 250 do do 1 8 6 2 Licenses of Occupation to Kavanagh 2 19 8 Regent [?] Ingouville’s Conveyance 0 10 0 Muggach’s Patt do 0 7 6 Pitts do 0 7 6 Adams do 0 7 6 Sutherland’s do 0 7 6 Mathews’s do 0 7 6 Boisseau’s do 0 7 6 Nugent’s do 0 7 6 Nugents’s do 0 7 6 Jas. Lindsey’s do 0 7 6 half £ 33 17 8 £ 16 18 4 15 8 £ 32 6 10A List of Petitions read at Council from 1st Octr 1789 to 16th May 1790 during Mr Cuyler’s Suspension and furnish’d by Mr. Thos Crawley
Oct 1789 Samuel Bunten filing Petition / read etc [?] In a Council £ 0 11 -- William Bowen do 0 11 -- George Bowen do 0 11 -- Thos Saby do 0 11 -- ----- Gervois do 0 11 -- Fredk Aubery do 0 11 -- Hugh Watts do 0 11 -- Noah Morris do 0 11 -- John Rigby do 0 11 -- John O’Brian do 0 11 -- Michael Brown do 0 11 -- Abraham Hunter do 0 11 -- John McDonald do 0 11 -- Robt. Young do 0 11 -- Geo. Petrie do 0 11 -- Ingram Ball do 0 11 -- John Rigby do 0 11 -- John David do 0 11 -- Alexr Frazer do 0 11 -- Feb. 1790 Julian du Hammel do 0 11 -- Paul Beausejour do 0 11 -- Edwd Hayes do 0 11 -- Mathew Alexander do 0 11 -- Patrick Calahan do 0 11 -- Lawrence Kavanagh do 0 11 -- Do Do do 0 11 -- Apr 1790 Christian Frazer do 0 11 -- Philip Ingouville do 0 11 -- Paul Beausejour do 0 11 -- Maximin Forrest do 0 11 -- John Clarke do 0 11 -- John Sauby do 0 11 -- Samuel Chapman do 0 11 -- Wm Cox do 0 11 -- May 1790 Philip Ingouville do 0 11 -- Charles Martel do 0 11 -- Thomas Egan do 0 11 -- John Moorhead do 0 11 -- Donald McGilvery do 0 11 -- John Taylor do 0 11 -- Thos Davies do 0 11 -- Collin Campbell do 0 11 -- Michael Dyer do 0 11 -- Ph. Baker do 0 11 -- A.C. Dodd do 0 11 -- Ingram Ball do 0 11 -- John Smith do 0 11 -- Geo. Brown do 0 11 -- 16th May 1790 Geo. Petrie do 0 11 -- Cato Cox 0 11 -- Ann Boshy do 0 11 -- John Davison do 0 11 -- Solomon Brogan do 0 11 -- John Leaver do 0 11 -- Susana Archer do 0 11 -- Thomas Crawley do 0 11 -- Henry Neil do 0 11 --
Transcriber’s Note: These lists are from a Memorial of Abraham Cuyler, who was petitioning to be paid these fees as they would be due his office, from which he felt he had been unfairly suspended.
Source: Colonial Correspondence, Cape Breton : CO 217, V. 108, p. 324 – 326b
Contributed by Janice Fralic-Brown
Page written 2 April 2000
Page written 2 April 2000
