191 No. 234. | We, Thomas Mercer Jones, of the Town of Goderich, County of Huron, Huron - District and Province of Canada, and Frederick Widder, of the City of Toronto, County of York, Home District and Province aforesaid, Esquires, the attornies of. the said Canada Company, incorporated under and by virtue of an Act. made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, en- titled: “An Act to enable His Majesty to grant to a Company, to be incorporated by Charter, to be called ‘ The Canada Company,’ certain lands in the Province of Upper Canada, and to invest the said Company with certain powers and privileges, and for other purposes relating thereto,” being constituted and appointed such attornies by virtue and in pursuance of an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of His Ma- jesty King George the Fourth, entitled: “An Act to alter and amend an Act for enabling His Majesty to grant to a Company, to be incorporated by charter, to be ealled ‘The Canada Company, certain lands in the Province of Upper Canada,” do hereby, in consideration of the sum of two hundred and seventy-five pounds law- ful money of the Province of Canada, to us, as such attornies, as aforesaid, paid by Samuel P. Jarvis, Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, grant and release, yield up and surrender unto Our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and to Her heirs and successors, all that certain parcel or tract of land situate as follows : Delaware, County of Middlesex, London District and Province of Canada aforesatl, containing by admeasurement four hundred acres of land, be the same more or less, and all the right, title and interest of the said Canada Company to and in the same and every part thereof, to have and to hold unto Our said Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. In Witness WuEREOF, we the said Thomas Mercer Jones and Frederick Widder have hereunto subscribed our hands, as attornies of the said Canada Company, and affixed our seal of office at the City of Toronto, in the Province of Canada, this twelfth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- two. Signed, sealed and delivered) THOS. MERCER JONES, [L.s.1 FREDK. WIDDER. fies. in presence of: \ Donatp McDONALD, THos. COLLIER. Received the above deed with memorial 24th day of March, 1842. SAML. P. JARVIS, Ch. S. I. Affairs. We certify that the above +3 a true and correct copy of a deed of surrender to Her Majesty the Queen, dated as above, and recorded in Vol. 18, folio 147, of Deeds. HERBERT HAMILTON, CG. G. HALLSWELL. J. MICHEL, No. 235. PROVINCE OF CANADA. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QurEN, Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these presents shall come,—GREETING : Whereas, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, certain Indians of the Oneida Tribe, to the number of four hun- Grant to the Onei- : : ; : dasy of ae iver dred and thirty-six persons, having a purpose and desire to Thames, 400 acres, become subjects of the British Crown, did emigrate from the Township of Dela- [jnited States of America and become inhabitants of the Town- ware,, County of 3 ; : é : Middlesex. Recorded ship of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex, in the western ees Dep. gection of our Province of Ganada. And did, thro’ the instru- : mentality of the officers of the Indian Department, purchase 192 » with moneys provided by themselves. the said Oneida Indians, from certain indi- viduals various lands in the said Township of Delaware to the extent of five thou- sand four hundred acres, and of which the greater part have, by deeds and convey- ances made to Us, Our heirs and successors, in trust to and for the sole use and benetit of the said Oneida Indians and their children and descendants in all time to come, become vested in Us, Our heirs and successors in trust as aforesaid. And whereas, under permission of an Order of Our Executive Council, a sale was, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, made for the benefit and advantage of the said Indians by Our Commissioner of Crown Lands of certain clergy reserve lands, consisting of lots number twenty and twenty-three, in Concession D, in the aforesaid Township of Delaware, containing by admeasure- ment four hundred acres, and for which payment in full has been duly made by the said Indians to our said Commissioner of Crown Lands. Now Know Ye, that we, for the purpose of assuring in perpetuity to the said Oneida Indians and their children and descendants in all time to come the full enjoyment, advantage and benefit of the said lots numbers, twenty and twenty- three in Concession D, in the said Township of Delaware, do, by these presents, declare that we hold the said land, being lots twenty and twenty-three aforesaid, in trust to and for the sole use and benefit of the said Indians, now known asthe Oneidas of the River Thames. Given under the Great Seal of Our Provin well-beloved Sir John Michel, K.C.B., Administrator of the Government of the Prov- ince of Canada, and Lieutenant-General commanding Our forces therein, &., &e., &e. At Ottawa, this eighth day of March, in the year of Our Lord hundred and sixty-seven, and in the thirtieth year of Our reign. one thousand eight | By command of His Excellency in Council. A. RUSSEHBL Assistant Comr. of Crown Lands. E. Parent, Asst. Secreta ieee Ref. No. 3620. l Sale No. 3820. ee No. 286. Know ati MEN By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Prin- cipal Men of the Wyandott Band of Indians, resident on our reserve in the Towr- ship of Anderdon, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of 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 singular, that certain parcel or tract of land and premisés situate, lying and being in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Provinve of Ontario, containing by admeasurement fifty acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of the north half of the south half of lot number seven in the third concession of the said Township of Anderdon. 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 at i nterest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Wyandott Band of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise