History of Halifax City Part 24

Account submitted to Parliament by the Lords Commissioners the following year:

Blankets, Woolens and Shoes for settlers, and presents for Indians 1,325 4 8

Supplies for Fishery, Surveyor's Instruments, Bricks and Garden Seeds 2,729 12 9

Lighterage and Shipping Settlers, package and charges of Hospital Stores, etc. 336 0 3

Medicines, Sugar, Live Stock, Drugs, Instruments, etc., for Hospital 680 14 8

French Bibles 102 17 10

Cash paid for Victualling Settlers 12,068 5 6

Treasurer of the Navy's account for Bedding and Victualling during voyage 7,354 19 0

Ditto on account of Sarah, Transport, from Liverpool 67 18 8

Treasurer of the Ordnance account for field pieces, swivel guns, small arms and powder 3,592 4 4

Printing and incidental expenses by directions of the Lords of Trade 445 19 10

Ventilators for 6 Transports 102 11 0

Two Fire Engines 72 16 0

Bill to Capt. Ives for a Boat 40 0 0

The Treasurer for Weights and Scales 21 7 0

Thomas Handc.o.c.k, Esq. 1,528 15 6

Pay of Surgeons, Apothecaries and Midwife, exclusive of what they received at Halifax 860 0 0

To Transport Service for conveying settlers to Nova Scotia 23,672 1 3

Fees thereon 147 19 9

Fees on money received from the Exchequer, exclusive of the sums charged on the foregoing articles 473 4 6

To Freight, Bed, Bedding and Cabins for 514 pa.s.sengers on board the Alderney, Nancy, Fair Lady and Two Friends, Transports, and incidental expenses attending embarkation, etc., etc. 3,144 4 4

To expenses repairing and fitting Sloop, New Casco 833 19 6

Gratuities 322 Foreign Protestants from Holland 338 2 0

Cash paid on account of Victualling settlers 4,500 0 0

Cash to Treasurer of Ordnance for Bills drawn by Governor 1,000 0 0

To Governor Cornwallis for the purchase of stores, payment of officers, package of stores, artificers and laborers, and contingent expenses, exclusive of 2,500 paid to his regiment for the four pence stopped for provisions to 11th Sept., 1750 35,268 0 2

Lieut. Martin's disburs.e.m.e.nts at Boston, for materials, vessels and stores 6,503 18 2

To Apthorp & Handc.o.c.k, disburs.e.m.e.nts at Boston, for materials, vessels and stores 6,924 14 6

Thos. Gunter's Bills remitted him at Boston, on account of Expedition to Chignecto 2,600 0 0

Benj. Green, Treasurer, by his account from Sept. 20, 1750, to Nov. 30, 1750 3,621 14 0

Richard Bulkley, Paymaster of Works, from 1st August, 1750, to Nov. 30 4,073 16 3

To hire of Transports retained in the service and not paid by the Navy 4,002 2 4

To Foreign Settlers employed in public works at 12d. per day, till the money advanced is thereby reimbursed 1,005 0 0

To Col. Phillips' (now Cornwallis') Regt., to return deductions for provisions to Christmas, 1750 3,919 5 8

To provisions supplied Cols. Warberton's and Lascelles' Regts., Artillery Company, Independent Companies, seamen in vessels, laborers and artificers 17,832 3 8

Victual and transporting Lascelles' Regt. from Ireland 8,581 3 9

To Office of Ordnance for Timber, Materials and Tools sent from Annapolis, hire of vessels, magazine of powder and payment of officers and artificers employed by the Board 10,417 15 3 -------------- 173,838 2 3

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By account of Money granted by Parliament for Nova Scotia Colony Regiment, March 23, 1748, granted upon account towards the charge of transporting to His Majesty's Colony of Nova Scotia, and supporting and maintaining there such reduced officers, etc., etc. 40,000 0 0

1749. Granted upon account for defraying the charges incurred by transporting to H. M.

Colony of Nova Scotia, and supporting and maintaining settlers not provided for by Parliament 36,476 3 10

1749. Granted on account for supporting, maintaining and employing the settlers, March 19, 1750 39,778 17 2

Exceedings 57,682 19 3 -------------- 173,938 2 3 --------------

CHRISTOPHER KILBY.

The charge for contingencies, and the last charge of 10,417 15. 3., probably embrace the expenditure on Government buildings--the two churches of England, St. Paul's and St. Matthew's; also the fortifications and other government works then in progress.

WHITEHALL, February 20, 1750.

Estimate for 1751 74,970 1752 96,639 1753 58,559 1754 47,741 1755 55,799 1756 61,657 1757 40,068 1758 15,753 1759 13,081

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