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Bahama Islands, account of, 512.
-, -, Act for levying divers sums of money for defraying the public charges, to lie by, 87 p. 56.
-, -, Charter of (1670), 113.
-, -, Council of, President. See Thompson, Richd.
-, -, Council and President of, letter from, 310.
-, -, Councillors. See Thompson, Richd.; Spatchers, William: Howell, J.; Spencer, Thos.; Thompson, Richard, Junior; Lorey, Thos.; Pindar, William.
-, -, defence of, 128.
-, -, description of, 512.
-, -, fortifications of, 128.
-, -, Governor of. See Rogers, Woodes; Phenney, George.
-, -,-, instructions, additional, for, 205.
-, -, importance of, to British navigation, 128.
-, -, Independent Co. from Bermuda at, return of, 375.
-, -, inhabitants of, from Bermuda, 512.
-, -, lease of, to Governor Woodes Rogers, 114.
-, -, lessees of, evidence of, 182.
-, -,-, expenses incurred by, 128.
-, -,-, payments to older lessees, 128.
-, -,-, surrender to the Crown, 128.
-, -, Lords Proprietors of, 128.
-, -,-, lease of islands to Governor Woodes Rogers by, 114.
-, -,-, surrender to the Crown, 257.
-, -, pirates, danger from, 128.
-, -, proposal to transport negroes from Jamaica to, 7 i.
-, -, Providence, Independent Company, Captain of. See Rogers, Woodes; Fitzwilliam, Richard.
-, -,-, settlement on, 512.
-, -, purchase by the Crown, 128.
-, -,-, advantages of, 512.
-, -, quit rents in, 128, 137.
-, -,-, account of, required, 128, 137, 182.
-, -, report upon, 137, 182.
-, -, sale of to the Crown, Mr. Shelton's services in, 278.
-, -, seal, old, defaced, 343.
-, -,-,-, returned, 312.
-, -, Secretary of. See Shelton.
-, -, shipbuilding, 87 p. 61.

Barbados; and see Sta. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominico.
-, -, Act for erecting magazines and building a town hall (1726), 78 i.
-, -, Act, Excise, copy of, 174.
-, -,-,-, renewal of urged, 517.
-, -, Act granting the 4½ p.c. etc. (1663) breviate of, 80 xii.
-, -, Act laying a duty on foreign sugars, molasses and rum imported etc., copy of, laid before House of Lords, 164 i.
-, -,-,-, required, 89 i.
-, -,-, order in Council confirming, 89 i.
-, -, Act laying a duty on negroes, 78 i.
-, -, Act for laying a duty on urine etc. imported, transmitted, 349.
-, -, Act for laying an imposition on wines- (1730) (1731), referred. 386.
-, -, Act for limitition of actions and avoiding suits and securing peaceable possession of estates etc., transmitted, 349.
-, -, Act concerning payment of debts (1724), repeal of, 78 i.
-, -, Act concerning possession of inhabitants, 78 i.
-, -, Act for preventing of excessive canning (1730), referred, 386.
-, -, Act for the punishment of runaway slaves and of slaves who shall harbour them, copy of, 174.
-, -,-, referred, 386.
-, -,-, transmitted, 349.
-, -, Act settling an additional salary on Governor, petition concerning, 78 i.
-, -, Act for supporting the honour and dignity of the Government, Governor Worsley's petition for arrears due upon it, 177.
-, -,-, recovery of arrears under, 261 i.
-, -,-, referred, 214.
-, -, Agent of. See Leheup, Peter.
-, -, Assembly of, 291.
-, -,-, address from, 237.
-, -,-, clerk of, failure to render papers, 349.
-, -,-, complaint against, 420.
-, -,-, factions in, 174.
-, -,-, in favour of Sugar monopoly, 80 xxiv.
-, -,-, Governor's salary, additional, representation upon,47 li.
-, -,-, instructions concerning Governor's additional salary, 481 i.
-, -,-, message from, 517.
-, -,-, minutes of, 174, 473.
-, -,-, question of Secretary's accounts and fees, 237.
-, -,-,-, recommendation concerning, 237.
-, -,-, representation from, 80 xxii, 83.
-, -,-, Speaker of, chosen by, explanation of, 517.
-, -, Attorney General, instructions concerning arrears of duty, 392.
-, -,-, powers of, 261 i.
-, -, Council, Deputy Clerk of. See Webster, Wm.
-, -,-, difficulty in getting a quorum, 88.
-, -,-, minutes of, 58, 174, 291, 349.
-, -,-, President of. See Barwick, Samuel; Cox.
-, -,-, vacancies in, 69.
-, -, Council and Assembly, Governor Worsley's speech to, 237.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 237.
-, -, Councillors of. See Ashley, John; Haggatt, Othniel; Hall, Hugh; Davers, Thomas, Captain; Colleton, J.; Davers, J.; Applethwaite, Thomas; Salter, Timothy; Maycock, Thomas; Leslie, William; Peers, Henry, Junior.
-, -,-, absentee, 88.
-, -, Court, Chancery, proceedings of, 349,350.
-, -, Court of Common Pleas, Clerk of, failure to render papers, 349.
-, -,-, list of causes, 174.
-, -, duties in, arrears of payment, order concerning, 392.
-, -, evacuation of Sta. Lucia, St. Vincent and Dominico, orders concerning, 25.
-, -,-, provision for, 291.
-, -, exports, value of, 31 i p. 22.
-, -, forts and fortifications of, repair of, instructions for, 303.
-, -,-, copy required, 256 i.
-, -,-,-, urged, 349.
-, -,-, ruinous state of, 349, 420.
-, -, 4½ p.c. duty, 98.
-, -, Governor of. See Worsley, Henry; Chetwynd, Walter; Howe, Lord; Granville, Sir B.; Lowther; Irwin, Lord; Belhaven, Lord.
-, -,-, circular letter to, concerning Georgia, 444,.
-, -,-, equipage money for, 280.
-, -,-, instructions for, 303, 303 i, ii.
-, -,-,-, additional, 205.
-, -,-,-, 96th, 164 i.
-, -,-, message to, 517.
-, -,-, salary, additional, instructions for, draft of, 479, 480.
-, -, liquors imported, duty on, 174 i.
-, -, merchants, planters, etc., complaint by, 480.
-, -, miserable condition of, 420.
-, -, naval officer, Deputy appointed, 349.
-, -,-, lists of, 58.
-, -,-,-, not sent in, 473.
-, -, negroes, duty on, revenue from, 78 i.
-, -,-, imported, duty on, 174 i.
-, -, prerogatives of the Crown, infringement of, 517.
-, -, President and Council of, petition from, 474.
-, -, revenue of, 78 i.
-, -,-, in arrears, method of recovery, 78 i, 214.
-, -, representations from, concerning trade between Northern Colonies and French Sugar Colonies, 65, 80, 80 v, vii.
-, -, St. Anne's Castle, 78 i, 421 i.
-, -,-, magazine in, 473 i.
-, -, St. Michael's parish, new Coroner for, 349.
-, -,-, town in, 78 i.
-, -, seal, old, defaced, 343.
-, -,-, returned, 312.
-, -, Secretary of, 349; and see Whitworth; Micklethwaite.
-, -,-, Deputy. See Webster, William.
-, -, ships and goods, duty on, instructions concerning, 421.
-, -, Some short observations on and reasons in answer to the three Representations from the Assemblies of Barbados, Antigua and St. Christophers, reply to, 31 i.
-, -, storekeeper. See Durousseau, Samuel.
-, -, stores of war, account of, 421 i, 473, 473 i.
-, -,-, decayed, 420, 421 i.
-, -, sugar, rum, molasses exported to Northern Colonies from, account of, 98, 98 ii.
-, -, Sugar Trade, monopoly, 24 p. 16.
-, -,-, . representation concerning, 474,.
-, -, taxes in, evasion of, 78 i.
-, -,-, method of recovery, 78 i.
-, -, trade of, 87 pp. 61, 62.
-, -,-, effect of French and Dutch on, 72 p. 40.
-, -,-, illegal, 24 p. 17.
-, -,-,-, with Martinique, 410.
-, -, Treasurer of, accounts of, 174, 174 i, 473, 473 ii; and see Hothersall, Byrch.
-, -,-,-, transmitted, 347, 420.
-, -,-, arrears of duty to be paid to, order for, 392.

Barnstaple, trade with Newfoundland, 148, 404 i p. 225.

Bellfontaine, trade at, 259 xi.

Bermuda, Act to supply the deficiency of the several funds in. these islands, for finishing the fortifications and for defraying the other charges of this Government, disallowance of, 87 p. 56.
-, -,-,-, urged, 71.
-, -,-, repeal of, 168.
-, -, Assembly, attitude towards whale licences and Governor's salary, 458.
-, -,-, Governor's additional salary in arrears, 242.
-, -, Court, Admiralty, case of Rebecca sloop, 130, 130 i.
-, -, felons imported, instructions concerning, 242.
-, -, Governor of, instructions, additional, for, 205.
-, -, Independent Co. at Bahamas, return of, 375.
-, -, inhabitants of, increase of, 512.
-, -,-, settle in the Bahamas, 512.
-, -, Lieutenant Governor of. See Pitt, John.
-, -, negroes, duties on, instructions concerning, 242.
-, -, seal, old, defaced, 343.
-, -,-,-, returned, 312.
-, -, ship of war for, need of, representation concerning, 375.
-, -, shipbuilding, 87 p. 61.
-, -, trade of, 24 p. 17.
-, -,-, with Virginia, 406 p. 230.
-, -, whale licences, additional salary for Governor in lieu of, 375.
-, -, whale licences, instructions concerning, 242.
-, -,-, Lieutenant Governor's salary affected by, 458; and see Pitt, John.

Bideford, trade with Newfoundland, 148, 404 i p. 225.

Boston, article on hat making published in, 359 p. 202.
-, -, Court of Assize, clerk of. See Rolfe, Benjamin.
-, -, Court of Common Pleas, Clerk of. See Ballantyne, John.
-, -,-, Judge Byfield's ease heard in, 99 i, ii, v–xii.
-, -,-,-, Commission appoint special judges for, 99 vii, viii, ix (b).
-, -,-, .-, judges' refusal, 99 ix (a).
-, -, Court, General, at, petitions against Col. Dunbar heard in, 85.
-, -,-, Vice-Admiralty, case and appeal tried in, sent home, 33.
-, -,-,-,-, copies required, 15.
-, -,-,-,-, Judge of, proceedings of. Col. Dunbar's complaint of, 387.
-, -,-,-, proceedings in, charges concerning, 238 p. 122.
-, -, Grand Jury, foreman of. See Buttolph, Nicho.
-, -,-, presentments by, 99 ix.
-, -, letter from "A Lover of Government and Liberty" (i.e. J. Belcher), 508 i.
-, -, Lex et Libertas anonymous letter, published in, 99 iv.
-, -, Post Master. See Marshall; Shirley, W.
-, -, ships trading to Fredericks fort, procedure of, 301.
-, -, trade of, with French at Nova Scotia, 259 iv.
-, -,-, illegal, with French, 72.

Boston Weekly News-Letter, copy of, 294, 294 i.

Bristol, merchants trading with Newfoundland, memorial from, 162 i, 163 i–iv.
-, -,-, petition of, 235.
-, -, merchants, traders and masters of ships trading to Newfoundland, petition from, 144.
-, -, Society of Merchant Adventurers of, petition from, 254 i.
-, -, trade with Newfoundland, 148.

Brunswick, N.H., Governor Belcher's visit to, 352.