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To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and suc-
ecssors forever, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of lands as above
described, in trust, to sell and convey the same to such person or persons and upon
sich rent as the Government of the said Dominion of Canada shall or may deem most
conducive to the interests of us, the said Chiefs and Principal Men, and our people
in all time to come.

And upon the further condition that the moneys received from the sale thereof,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expense of management be placed at
interest, and that the interest so accruing from such investment shall be paid annually
or semi-annually to us and our descendants in all time to come for ever.

And we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the band aforesaid do, on behalf of
our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm whatever the Government of
this Dominion of Canada may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the

aisposal and sale of the said lands.

In WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men, have set our hands
and have affixed our seals unto this instrument at River Desert, in the said Province
of Quebec and Dominion of Canada aforesaid, this nineteenth day of August, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

Signed, sealed and delivered] ATNON PAKINARRERTIK, Chief, [L.S.]
in presence of: § PacuacHecu, Dy. Chief, [L.S.]
JNO. WHITE, ANTMEN Prxirr, Dy. Chief, [L.s.]
S. R. Brook. And 24 other Indians, members of the
band.

And we hereby on oath certify before Robert Lyon, Esquire, Junior Judge of
Her Majesty’s County Court for the County of Carleton, in the Province of Ontario
and Dominion of Canada as aforesaid, that the annexed release or surrender was
assented to and executed by the Chiefs and principal members of the band of Indians
therein mentioned, assembled at a meeting of such band and tribe summoned for such
purpose, and who were entitled to vote thereat.

Sworn before me at the City of Ottawa,] Jno. WHITE,
in the Province of Ontario, this fourth| ATNON PAKINARRERTIK,

day of February, in the year of Our}
Lord one thousand eight hundred and|
seventy-four. J
Ropert Lyon,
_ Junior Judge of the County Court in and for the County of Carleton.
Recorded 22nd October, 1874. |
Lib. S., folio 135. \

R. W. Scort,
Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 187.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Vicrorta, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Queen, Defender of the Faith, &e., &e.

Know ant MEN sy THESE Presents that I, John Aldous, the Commissioner ot
Public Lands for Prince Edward Island, under the authority of an Act passed in the
sixteenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled: “ An
Act for the purchase of lands on behalf of the Government of Prince Edward Island,
and to regulate the sale and management thereof, and for other purposes therein men-
h tioned,” in consideration of the sum of one shilling of lawful current money of the

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said Island to me in hand paid by Henry Palmer and Theophilus Stewart, the Indian
Commissioners of Prince Edward Island, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
have granted, bargained, released and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, -
bargain, release and confirm unto the said Commissioners of Indian Affairs, and their
successors in office, all that tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being on
lot or township number thirty-nine (39), bounded as follows: that is to say: Com-
mencing at the south-west angle of a tract of land in possession of Daniel Sinnott; thence
according to the magnetic north of the year 1764 south forty-five degrees east sixty-
seven chains, or until it meets Novell River; thence following the various courses of
the same for the distance of thirty chains on a right angle with the side line north-
east: thence (N. 45° W.) north forty-five degrees west sixty-six (66) chains, or until
+t meets the south-east angle of a tract of seventy acres in possession of Charles Mc-
Carthy; thence following the south-east boundary of the respective tracts of land in
possession of Charles McCarthy, Daniel McCarthy and Daniel Sinnott, (S. 45° W.)
south forty-five degrees west (30) thirty chains, to the place of commencement, con-
taining two hundred and four acres of land, a little more or less, as delineated on the
office plan of said lot or township number thirty-nine, together with all and singular
ihe rights, privileges, easements, advantages and appurtenances whatsoever to the said
tand and premises belonging or in any wise appertaining, or therewith now or here-
tofore holden, used and enjoyed. To have and to hold the said tract of land, with the
appurtenances thereunto belonging hereby granted and released unto the said Indian
Commissioners, to the proper use and behoof of the said Commissioners for Indian
Affairs, and their successors in oftice, and to no other use, intent or purpose whatso-

ever, as fully, amply and beneficially as the original grantee or grantees thereof from
the Crown were possessed of the same or entitled thereto.

Ix Witness Waereor, I, the said John Aldous “ The Commissioner of Public

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Lands,” have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the seventh day of April, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Siened, sealed and delivered in the ]
presence of: \

Tuomas SWALEY. JOHN ALDOUS, [L.S.]
The Commissioner of Public Lands.

Approved.
D. DATING

Lieutenant-Governor.

Received the seventh day of April, A.D. 1859, from the within named Indian

Commissioners, the sum of one shilling, being the consideration mone which is ex-
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pressed to be paid in the within written conveyance.

Witness my hand:

JOHN ALDOUS,

“The Commissioner of Public Lands.”

This is to certify that this sheet of paper contains a true and correct transcript
of the original conveyance, taken from Deed Book No. 1, folio 53, kept in the office of

the Commissioner of Public Lands for Prince Edward Island.
Given under my hand at Charlotte Town in said Island, this 24th day of February,

HENRY WADMAN,

Assistant Commissioner.

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