306 No. 432. Know att Men sy tHese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Alnwick Band of Indians résident on our Reserve at Alnwick in .the County of Northumberland in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, _for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Cuunceil assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereian Lapy 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 Township of Alnwick in the County of Northumberland and Province of Ontario containing by admeasurement eighty seven hundredths of one acre be the same more or less and being composed of a portion of Location No. 67 of the Indian Reservation in the said Township of Alnwick, which may be described as follows: Commencing on the West boundary of the said Location at the South West angle of the Lot of land occupied by the Alnwick Agricultural Fair Grounds; thence Southerly along said boundary five chains more or less to the Cobourg Road; thence North Easterly along the said Road to the Southerly limit of the psaid Fair Grounds; thence Westerly along the said Southerly limit, three chains and, fifty links more or less to the point of commence- ment. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Ture 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 con- ducive 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 the Interest thereon paid to us and our descendants annually or semi- annually as to the Department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interest, the value of improvements to be paid to Locatee. * AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Alnwick*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 land and the disposal of the moneys arising therefrom. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 5th day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred. Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre--) PETER Crowe Chief [L.S.] sence of M. Cuuss [L.S.} J. THACKERAY THOMAS MARSDEN - [L.S.] PETER CROWE JOHN COMEGO {L.S.J Wm. Luxkzs at Se] SaMpson CoMEGO [L.S.] JAMES MARSDEN x [L.S.] Tuog. C. Sart [L.8.] JosHua PAUL [L.S.] HENRY COMEGO ENOCH CROWE Curis. MARSDEN JNO. H. CHASE JOHN PAUL GeO. E, BLAKER ALBERT CROWE Moses M. MARrsDEN GrorGce M. BLAKER 307 KE. CoMeco x JOHN BLAKER JosH. ToBIco JAS. BEAVER DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, John Province of Ontario Thackeray of the Township of Alnwick County of Northumberland : in the Province of Ontario Indian Agent j To Wit: of the ‘Alnwick Band of Indians and Peter Crowe Chief of the said Band of Indians. . AND the said John Thackeray 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 Township of Alnwick 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 Peter Crowe 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 the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their Rules, and held in the presence of the said John Thackeray That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an 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 said Deponents J. Thackeray & P, Crowe at the Town- J. THACKERAY ship of Alnwick in the County of Nor- PETER CROWE thumberland this 7th day of March A.D., 1900. W. Bressin J P Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 27th March 1900. JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 14th April 1900. Lib. 163, Fol. 324. i JoserH Porr i Dep. Registrar General of Canada.