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No. 335.

Know att Men sy THEese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Tobique Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the County
of Victoria in the Province of New Brunswick and Dominion of Canada, for and act-
ing on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council assembled, Do hereby
release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady The
Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel
or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Tobique Indian Reserve
ia the County of Victoria and Province of New Brunswick containing by admeasure-
ment one hundred and thirteen acres be the same more or less and being composed of
parts of lots A. B. C. D and E and coloured yellow on the accompanying sketch as
surveyed by C. E. Beckwith Land Surveyor of Perth in October 1884, and more par-
ticularly described as follows—Beginning at a post marking the intersection of the
eastern boundary of the Tobique Road and the northern boundary of lot number
twenty eight of the tier of lots bordering on the eastern shore of the River St. John
and formerly part of the Tobique Indian Reserve, thence north easterly through the
post marking the western extremity of the boundary between lots A. and B. twenty
seven chains and eighteen links more or less to a post marking the western extremity
of the boundary between lots B. and C. thence northerly ‘through the post marking
the western extremity of the boundary line between lots C. and D. to the eastern
boundary of the Tobique Road in front of lot D. thence north easterly following the
eastern boundary of said Road and the posts marking the same, to the post marking
the intersection of said boundary with the northern boundary line of Lot E. thence
South Seventy six degrees and fifty minutes east along said northern boundary ten
chains more or less to a post marking the western boundary of the old road line,
thence South thirteen degrees and ten minutes west following the posts marking the
said western boundary sixty six chains and twenty five links more or less to a post
on the said northern boundary of lot 28, thence North seventy six degrees and fifty
minutes west twenty two chains more or less following said northern boundary to
the place of beginning—all bearings are magnetic.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty ‘The Queen, her
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and
upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most
conducive to our welfare and that of our people.

AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to
our credit and interest thereon paid to us and our descendants,

AND. WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Tobique Band of Indians
do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise
to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully
done, in connection with the sale of the said parcel of land.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals
this 29th day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety three

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- his j
SSE OE FRANK x Franois (Chief) [L.S.[
JAMES FARRELL HOGHS

pas : ETER x SOLIS S.

Tempy Indian Agent B ae 8 5 [L.S.]

Nori x Brar [L.S.]

mark
JOHN x BERNARD [L.8.]

JouN x MATTHEW [L.S.]
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JOHN x SAPPIER , ,L8 4
NicHouas x Lona [L.S.]
JouHN P, Soxis [L.S.]
JOSEPH x TRUMBLY [L.S.]
PETER x FRANCIS [L.S.]
JOSEPH x ALEXANDER [L.S.]

Cuas x NICHOLAS
MircHet x LAPORTE
XAVIER x ALEXANDER
JOSEPH x ELLIS
JOUN x FRANCIS
PETER J. x FRANCIS
JOHN x MITCHELL
FRANK x Mortin
FRANK FRANCIS JR

DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, James
PRovINcE or NEW BRUNSWICK Farrell of the City of Fredericton in the
County OF VICTORIA Province of New Brunswick, Indian Agent
To Wit: and Francis Francis Chief of the said

Band of Indians.

AND the said James Farrell for himself saith :—

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by a majority of the male

members of the said Band of Indians of the Tobique Reserve of the full age of twenty-
one years then present.

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned
for that purpose and according to their Rules.

That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given.

That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Super-
intendent General of Indian Affairs.

That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a

member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur-
render.

And the said Francis Francis says:

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority of

the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years
then present.

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of said Band of Indians

summoned for that purpose, according to their Rules, and held in the presence of the
said James Farrell

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a
habitual resident on the Reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land
mentioned in the said Release or Surrender.

That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said
meeting’ or council.

Sworn before me by the above Deponents,
James Farrell and Francis Francis x | JAMES FARRELL
the Parish of Andover in the County his '
of Victoria this fifth day of May A. | FRANCIS x Francis Cluef
D., 1893 mene
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(Annex B)

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Tobigue Indian Wat, Victoria County,

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Neil McQuarrie, Police Magistrate, District of Andover & Perth Civil Court: and
I the said Police Magistrate do hereby certify that the foregoing Affidavit was by me
first read over to the above deponent Francis Francis, who seemed perfectly to under-
stand the same, and made his mark thereto in my presence

NEIL McQUARRIE,

" J. P. and Police Magistrate for the District of
Andover and Perth, Civil Court.

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 20th June 1893
JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council

Recorded, 24th July, 1893.
| Lib: 188, Fol: 373.

P. PELLETIER

Acting Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 336.

Know Att Men By THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Band of Indians resident on our Reserve on the North Thompson
River in Kamloops District in the Province of British Columbia and Dominion of
i Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council
assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto our
Sovereign Lady The Queen, Her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGU-
LAR, a right of way through that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate,
lying and being in the North Thompson Indian Reserve in the Kamloops District and
Province of British Columbia and the right of the Department of Indian Affairs to
grant permission to the Company represented by Mr. John F. Smith of Kamloops

} B.C. to begin operations on the said Reserve which is the Natural Outlet of the coal
field now discovered on the property of the said Company adjoining the said Reserve
for the purpose of following the Coal by means of an adit from its outcropping on the
said Reserve to the boundary of the property of the said Company and to use same
afterwards as a right of way, Also permission to extend said right of way from the
outerop of the coal beds through the said Indian Reserve to the most convenient point
for shipping the coal and to add to the area of the said right of way a landing place

on the left bank of the North Thompson River say plot of land equal to about four
acres in extent at the river end of the right of way

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said right of way unto Her said Majesty THE
Quren, Her Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to dispose of the same to such
person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Deminion of Canada
may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people.

AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the disposal

thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be
paid to us and Our descendants.

| AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Band of Indians do on
') behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to
| ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully
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done, in connection with the disposal of the said right of way.
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