34 AND the said Duncan Joshua McPhee 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 Chippewas of Rama 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 u member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur- render. And the said Joseph B. Nanigishkung 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 Dunean Joshua Mer vee. 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 Dunean Joshua McPhee and Joseph B. Nanigishkung at the Township of Mara in the County of Ontario this | Duncan JosHuA MCPHEE 12th day of September A.D. 1891. J. B. NANIGISHKUNG. Gro. H. DartNneEtt, Judge of the County Court County of Ontario. Recorded 10th October 1891. Liber 135, Folio 322. L. A. CaTELLIER Dep: Registrar General of Canada. No. 299. CANADA. Deputy Governor. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &e., &., &e. To all to whom these Presents shall come—GREETINGS: Great WHEREAS the Lands, hereinafter described, are part of the [ Seal. ] lands known as “ Dominion Lands ” and mentioned in an Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in the thirty-fifth year of Our Reign and intituled: “An Act respecting the Ptblic Lands of the Dominion ”; Anp WHEREAS THE BISHOP OF RUPERTS LAND, a body corporate, in- corporated by Act of the Legislature of Manitoba, 34th Victoria, Chapter 38, has applied for a grant of the said lands and his claim to such grant having been duly investigated by Us he has been found duly entitled thereto. For the Deputy of the Minister of Justice, Canada. A. POWER 35 NOW KNOW YE, that by these Presents We do grant, convey and assure, unto the said THE BISHOP OF RUPERTS LAND, his successors and assigns for ever, all that Parcel or Tract of Land, situate, lying and being in the Outer Two Miles or Hay Lands, appertaining to the Parish of Saint Paul, in the Province of Manitoba, in Our Dominion of Canada, and being composed of Lot Number Eighteen, as shown on the map or plan of the survey of the said Outer Two Miles or Hay Land, dated 1st July, 1877, signed by John Stoughton Dennis, Surveyor General of Dominion Lands, and of record in that Branch of the Department of Interior, known as the Dominion Lands Office containing by admeasurement One hundred and ninety one and three tenth (19170) acres, more or less. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Parcel, or Tract, of Land unto the said THE BISHOP OF RUPERTS LAND, his successors and Assigns for ever; saving and reserving, nevertheless, unto Us, Our Successors and Assigns, the free uses, pas- sage and enjoyment of, in, over and upon all navigable waters that now are or may be hereafter found on or under, or flowing through or upon any part of the said Parcel, or Tract, of Land. Also reserving thereout all “travelled roads” crossing the same, existing as such on the 15th day of July 1870, which by and under the laws of Assini- boia were or may be held to be legally “ Public Highways. 22 GIVEN under the Great Seal of Canada :— WITNESS, Joseph Oliver Coté, Esquire, Deputy of Our Right Trusty and Well Beloved Councillor, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, (commonly called the Marquis of Lorne), Knight of Our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor General of Canada, and Vice-Admiral of the same. At Ottawa, this Twelfth day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty and in the forty-fourth year of Our Reign. Ref. No. 5111. Reg. No. 9351. By Command, Epouarp J. LANGEVIN Com. Grant No. 307. Under Secretary of State. LINDSAY RUSSELL SG Actg. Deputy Minister of the Interior. I certify that a copy of the within Grant was duly fyled in the Registry office for the County of Selkirk on the 15th day of February A.D. 1884 at 11.16 o’clock a.m. C. R. WEBB Dep. Registrar. 2238. Recorded 14th September 1880 Lib. 73, Fol. 651. L. A. CateLuirr Dep: Registrar -General of Canada. Ref. No. 20235.