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Madeira, Dr. Houston's journey to, 416.
-, -, trade with Virginia, 406 p.230.
-, -, vines for Georgia from, 416.
-, -, wine for Virginia from, 241 iv.

Magna Charta, 188.

Maine, 238 p. 122.
-, -, Augusta, fortification and settlement at, 129 p. 83.
-, -, condition of, 129 p. 83.
-, -, Berwick, white pines seized at, proclamation concerning, 185 i.
-, -, settlements in, 129 p. 83.

Manufactures of Great Britain affected by trade in the Plantations, 14, 23 ; and see Plantations ; Trade and Navigation of Great Britain.

Martinique, Governor of. See Champigny, Marquis de.
-, -,-,order for evacuation of St. Lucia etc., 291.
-, -, strength of, 72 p. 40.
-, -, trade of, 24 p. 17.
-, -,-,with Barbados, 410.
-, -,-,with Canso fishermen, 70.
-, -,-,with the Plantations, 72.

Maryland, Act confirming to the Governors the duty of 3d. per tun upon the burthen of ships and vessels (1704), 87 p. 57.
-, -, Act for laying an imposition on negroes and on several sorts of liquors imported and also on Irish servants (1715), 87 p. 57.
-, -, Act for laying an imposition on several commodities exported etc. (1704), 87 p. 58.
-, -, Act for the relief of creditors in England against bankrupts who have imported any goods into this Province not accounted for, 87 p. 58.
-, -, Act for repealing such part of an act for laying an imposition on several commodities exported etc. (1723), 87 p. 57.
-, -, Acts affecting British Trade and Navigation, instruction concerning, 176 i.
-, -, Acts of, collection of, 87 p. 57.
-, -, Acts passed in, not obliged to be transmitted, 87 p. 56.
-, -, Assemblies of, address of, 87 p. 61.
-, -, boundaries of, 372.
-, -,-,commission to settle, 314 i, 376.
-, -, duties in, 87 p. 57.
-, -, Governor of. See Calvert, Charles ; Hart.
-, -, circular letter to concerning Georgia, 444.
-, -,-,instructions, additional, for, 205 i.
-, -, Grant of (1632), to Lord Baltimore, 52.
-, -, Irish servants, duty on, 87 p. 58.
-, -, lands near Great Mountains, claim to, 314 i.
-, -, Lieutenant Governor of. See Ogle.
-, -, map of, with Three Lower Counties, 511.
-, -, negroes, duties on, 87 p. 58.
-, -, Proprietor of. See Calvert, Charles.
-, -, queries as to laws, manufactures and trade affecting Great Britain, reply to, 45.
-, -, tobacco on Rebecca sloop from, 130.
-, -, trade of, 31 i p. 22.
-, -,-,tobacco, 87 pp. 59, 61.

Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire ; and see New England.
-, -, Act in addition to an act directing the admission of town inhabitants, referred, 42 i, 155.
-, -, Act in addition to the act encouraging the killing of wolves, etc., confirmed, 38.
-, -, Act in addition to the act for the relief of idiots, referred, 324 ii (v).
-, -, Act in addition to the act for the settlement of the estates of intestates, confirmation of, 38.
-, -, Act (1727) in addition to several acts for the settlement and support of ministers etc., referred, 9.
-, -, Act affecting trade and Navigation of Gt. Britain, 352.
-, -, Act for allowing necessary supplies to the Eastern and Western Indians and for regulating trade with them, referred, 42 i, 155.
-, -, Act for apportioning and assessing a tax of £68 16s. and a tax of £20 laid on the town of Weston for not sending a representative, referred, 5.
-, -, Act authorizing Commissioners to determine the western boundary of that part of this province, formerly the Colony of Plymouth and the Colony of Rhode Island
-, adjoining, 324 ii (vi).
-, -,-,referred, 380.
-, -, Act for the better curing of fish, referred, 5.
-, -, Act for the better regulating swine, referred, 5.
-, -, Act continuing Act to prevent the oppression of debtors, 99 i.
-, -, Act for dividing the town of Taunton and erecting a new town there by the name of Raynham, confirmed, 38.
-, -, Act empowering Commissioners to determine the bounds with N. Hampshire etc., confirmation of, 38.
-, -, Act empowering Courts to adjourn and remove from the towns appointed etc., confirmed, 38.
-, -, Act for encouraging the killing of wild cats, referred, 5.
-, -, Act for the encouragement of making paper, 87 p. 54.
-, -, Act for encouraging the raising of hemp, etc., confirmed, 38.
-, -, Act for erecting a county to be called the County of Worcester etc., confirmed, 38.
-, -, Act for explanation of and supplement to the act referring to the poor, confirmation of, 38.
-, -, Act in further addition to the act for the due regulation of weights and measures etc., confirmed, 38.
-, -, Act in further addition to an act for the relief of idiots, etc., referred, 380.
-, -, Act further to exempt persons commonly called Quakers from being taxed towards the support of ministers etc., referred, 324 ii (ii), 380.
-, -,-,Act for granting £3000 to Governor Belcher to enable him to go on in managing the publc affairs, Governor's assent to, 499.
-, -,-,-, requested, 344 i.
-, -,-,transmitted, 267, 267 i.
-, -, Act for grant unto H.M. several rates and duties of impost and tunnage, referred, 324 ii (i), 380.
-, -, Act granting £5400 for the support of Government etc., referred, 42 i, 155.
-, -, Act for issuing bills of credit, Governor's instructions concerning, 505.
-, -, Act making more effectual provision for the calling of precinct or parish meetings, referred, 42 i, 155.
-, -, Act for making a new town in the County of Worcester by the name of Dudley, referred, 324 ii (viii), 380.
-, -, Act for naturalising Protestants of foreign nations etc., confirmed, 38.
-, -, Act for payment of members of H.M. Council and the Representatives from Oct. last, etc., confirmed, 38.
-, -,-,referred, 324 ii (iii), 380.
-, -, Act to prevent deceit in the gauge of cash, confirmation of, 38.
-, -, Act to prevent frauds in musterrolls, confirmation of, 38.
-, -, Act to prevent persons concealing the smallpox, referred, 324 ii (iv), 380.
-, -, Act to prevent unnecessary lawsuits, confirmation of, 38.
-, -, Act for regulating the soldiers, confirmation of, 38.
-, -, Act for regulating fees, clause concerning Admiralty fees contrary to Charter, 99 i.
-, -, Act for the relief of and to prevent the oppression of debtors, 99 iii.
-, -,-,confirmed, 38.
-, -,-,hardships suffered under, letter concerning, 99 iv.
-, -, Act to subject the unimproved lands belonging to non-resident proprietors to be sold for payment of taxes or assessments levied by order of the General Court, referred, 42 i, 155.
-, -, Act for supplying the Treasury with £5,400, referred, 42 i, 155.
-, -, Act for supplying the Treasury with £6000, confirmed, 38.
-, -, Act for supplying the Treasury with £3800 for the payment of Francis Wilks, Agent for the Province, referred, 324 ii (vii), 380.
-, -, Act concerning Support of Ministers of other denominations than the Church of England, petitions against, 9.
-, -, Acts (4), approved, 11.
-, -, Acts (6), approved, 193.
-, -, Acts (8), confirmed, 476.
-, -, Acts, list of, 324 i.
-, -,-,transmitted, 447.
-, -, Acts laying a penalty on sale of strong drink to Indians, (1693, 1725, 1729, 1731), 86.
-, -, Agent of, 42 ; and see Wilks, Francis.
-, -, Assembly of, 508.
-, -,-,address from, to House of Commons, 508 p. 286.
-, -,-,concerning patents from the Crown, 188.
-, -,-,reply to, 185, 188.
-, -,-,adjournment of, 295.
-, -,-,conduct of, 508 p. 286.
-, -,-,extraordinary powers assumed by, measures to prevent, 505.
-, -,-,Governor's salary, 412.
-, -,-,instructions disregarded, 267.
-, -,-,Governor's speech to, 464.
-, -,-,Journal of, 142, 447, 464.
-, -,-,-, and acts transmitted, 101.
-, -,-,meeting of, 464.
-, -,-,prorogued, 101.
-, -,-,refusal to vote supplies, 295, 508.
-, -,-,refusal to fix Governor's salary, 499.
-, -, bills of credit, 99 i, iv.
-, -,-,dispute concerning, 505, 508.
-, -, block houses, proposal for, 455 ii (vii), 455 v.
-, -, Boston. See Boston.
-, -, boundaries with New Hampshire, Commissioners for, dispute concerning, 260.
-, -,-,township on, sold by, 129 p. 86.
-, -, Charter of, 87 p. 53, 101, 129 p. 83, 188, 294, 346.
-, -,-,Admiralty jurisdiction reserved to the Crown under, 99 i.
-, -,-,interpretation of, 508, 508 i.
-, -,-,powers under, 508 i.
-, -, civil and military officers of, salaries due to, 508.
-, -, coins, currency, paper money, issue of, 412.
-, -,-,heavy discount affecting fees and salaries, 99 i, iv.
-, -,-,silver, value of, 99 i.
-, -, Constitution of, nature of, 87 p. 53.
-, -, Council of, 295.
-, -,-,minutes of, 99 ix (b), 447.
-, -, Councillors. See Wibird, Richard ; Wibird, Richard, Junr. ; Sherburne, Joseph ; Husk, Ellis.
-, -, .-, shortage of, 464.
-, -, Court, Admiralty, Advocate General of. See Auchmuty, Robert; Shirley, William.
-, -,-,-, charges against officers of, 99.
-, -,-,dispute concerning, 99, 99 i.
-, -,-,Vice Admiralty, Judge of, case of, 307.
-, -,-,-,-,fees of, complaint concerning, 99 i.
-, -,-,-, jurisdiction reserved to the Crown, 99 i.
-, -, deputy Sheriff of. See Darrell, John; Nichols, William.
-, -, expedition against Canada, Sir Charles Hobby's regiment raised for, 259 i.
-, -, felons, importation of, 188.
-, -, frontiers, repair of forts of, 352.
-, -, garrisons in, pay in arrears, 295.
-, -, Government of, power over supplies, dispute concerning, 508, 508 i.
-, -, Governor of. See Shute, Samuel; Belcher, Jonathan ; Dudley.
-, -,-,instructions for, additional, 205.
-, -,-,no alteration to be made in, 505.
-, -,-,peculiar position of, under the Constitution of, 87 p. 53.
-, -, Governor and Council, petition to, 99 vii, ix (a).
-, -,-,powers of, 505.
-, -, House of Representatives, address from, 101.
-, -,-,-, report upon, approved, 505.
-, -,-,Committee of, report by, concerning Colonel Dunbar, 129 p. 82.
-, -,-,journal of, 267.
-, -,-,-, called for, 100.
-, -,-,meeting with Indians at, Casco, 294.
-, -,-,powers of, dispute concerning, 508 p. 286.
-, -,-,supply of Treasury, 307.
-, -, votes of, 129 ii.
-, -, Indian Chiefs, Conference with, at Falmouth, 352, 352 i, 359.
-, -, Indians, meeting at Casco with Governor and House of Representatives, 294, 295.
-, -,-,quarrel with, 294.
-, -, lands between Kennebeck and St. Croix Rivers, claim to, allowed, 387.
-, -, lands between Penobscot and St. Croix Rivers, claim to, upheld, 346.
-, -, lands east of Kennebeck River, claims to, 188, 301.
-, -,-,dispute concerning, 188.
-, -,-,included in Charter, 188.
-, -, lands at Pemaquid, instructions for desired, 185.
-, -, laws etc. affecting Great Britain, queries, reply to, 465.
-, -, Lieutenant Governor of, (Mass, Bay). See Tailer, William; Winthrop; Brinley; Phipps, Spencer; Mascarene, Paul; (New Hampshire) Dunbar, David; Vaughan.
-, -,-,to command in Governor's absence, 516.
-, -,-,salary and perquisites of, 122.
-, -,-,Phipps, Spencer, erroneously entered in text as New Hampshire (v. Corrigenda), 194.
-, -, manufactures in, 87 p. 58.
-, -, merchants of, complaint from, 496 ii.
-, -,-,memorial from, 496 ii.
-, -, mines, copper, 87 p. 60.
-, -, naval stores in, raising of, 404, 465.
-, -, negroes, importation of, instructions concerning, 188.
-, -, and Nova Scotia, 294.
-, -, Pemaquid, lands in, complaints concerning, 101.
-, -, Pennecook, township of, sale of, 129 p. 86.
-, -, poverty of, 508.
-, -, proprietors of land in, petition from, 85.
-, -, Provost Marshall. See Paxton, Charles.
-, -, Quakers, act concerning, 324 ii (ii).
-, -, Registrar of. See Boydell, John.
-, -, Saco River, Governor Belcher's visit to, 352.
-, -, queries concerning laws etc. in the Plantations affecting Great Britain, reply to, 465.
-, -, seal, old, defaced, 343.
-, -,-,-, returned, 312.
-, -, Secretary of. See Willard, J.
-, -, settlements in, Governor Belcher's opposition to, 129 p. 83.
-, -, settlers in New Hampshire discouraged by, 238 p. 122.
-, -, Treasurer and Receiver General of. See Allen, Jer.
-, -, Treasury of, empty, 508.
-, -,-,supply of, 101, 295, 307, 412, 464.
-, -, woollen and linen manufactures in, 87 p. 58.

Meremack River, settlements near, 129 p. 83.

Mexico, Bay of, 160 i.

Minis. See under Nova Scotia.

Mississippi River, 160 i.

Montserrat; and see Leeward Islands.
-, -, Council of, minutes of, 48 iv.
-, -, inhabitants of, decline of, cause of, 72 p. 40.
-, -, sugar, rum, molasses exported to Northern Colonies from, account of, 98 ii.
-, -, trade of, declining, 72 p. 40.

Muscongos Company, the, lands of, taken for Navy, 85.