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that purpose according to their rules, andcheld in the presence of the said Ronald
Macdonald, Indian Agent, who was duly authorized to attend such council by the
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. )

Sworn before me by the said depon-) R. MACDONALD, P.P.
ents,the Rev. R. Macdonald and} - his
Paul Paul, this 8th day of Nov., 1876.} PAUL x ee
mark.

And I do hereby certify that I read over the above affidavit to the said Pau
Paul, and that he seemed perfectly to understand the same and made his mark thereto
in my presence.
JAMES FOGO, :

Judge of Probate.
Recorded 4th June, 1877. ‘s :
Lib. S., Folio 444.

L. A. CATELLIER,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

aoe

No. 161.

Seal of the

(
| Province of Quebec.
LL. A. CarEeLiinr,

CANADA,
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., &e., &e.

To all to whom these Presents shall come,—GREETING :

Wuereas, the Honourable David Mills, Superintendent General of Indian Affairs,
in Our Dominion of Canada, in trust for the Band of Amalecite Indians of the
Province of Quebec, has contracted and agreed with our Commissioner for the sale
of our Crown lands, duly authorized by us in this behalf, for the absolute purchase,
at and for the price or sum of one hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy cents,
cf lawful money of our said Province, of the lands and tenements hereinafter men-_
tioned and described, of which we are seized in right of Our Crown. :

Now Kyow Ye, that in consideration of the said sum of one hundred and nine-
teen dollars and seventy cents, by him the said David Mills, to Our said Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands, in hand well and truly paid to Our use, at or before the seal-
ing of these Our letters patent, We have granted, sold, alienated, conveyed and
assured, and by these presents do grant, sell, alienate, convey and assure unto the
said David Mills, and his successors in office for ever, all those parcels or tracts of
lands situate, lying and being in the Township of Whitworth, in the County of
Temiscouata, in Our said Province, containing by admeasurement three hundred and
ninety-nine acres, be the same more or less, together with the usual allowance for
highways; which said parcels or. tracts of land may be otherwise known as follows,
that is to say: The lots numbers twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twenty-nine, in
the Twelfth Range of the Township of Whitworth aforesaid, the said lots containing
cach one hundred and thirty-three acres.

To have and to hold the said parcels or tracts of land and premises hereinbefore
given, granted and confirmed of Us, Our heirs and successors, unto and to the use of
Our said grantee and his successors 1n office forever, in free and common soceage, by
fealty only, in like manner as lands are holden in free and common soceage in that
part of Great Britain called England. )

And We do hereby direct and appoint that within six months from the day of
the date of these Presents, a copy of this Our grant shall be registered in the office °

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| ef Our Registrar for Our said Province of Quebec, and that in default thereof the
| said land and premises hereby granted shall revert and escheat to Us, Our heirs and
| successors and become the absolute property of Us or them, in the same manner as
| if the present grant had never been made; anything herein contained to the con-
| trary in any wise notwithstanding.
| Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Quebec: Witness, Our Trusty
| and Well-Beloved the Honourable Luc Letellier dé St. Just, Lieutenant-Governor of
| Qur Province of Quebec.
| At Quebec, this thirteenth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand
| eight hundred and seventy-seven, and in the fortieth year of Our reign.
: Reference No. 5237 Cr.

By command,

TH. J. JOLICOEUR,
| Assistant Secretary.
ia. H. TAcHE,

Assistant Commr. of Crown Lands.

Recorded 20th March, 1877. |
im Tap, Non 27, Fol. 110. |

| Tu. J. JOLICOEUR,
Deputy Provincial Registrar.

No. 162.

Know atu Men By THESE Presents, that I, Philip McDonald, of the Town of
Baddeck, in the County of Victoria, in the Province of Nova Scotia, in the Domin-
ion of Canada, merchant, and Mary McDonald, wife of the aforesaid Philip McDon-
ald, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and thirty dollars and
seventy-five cents to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge,
do hereby surrender and for ever quit claim unto Her Majesty the Queen, in trust for
the use and benefit of the Micmac Indians, all those certain parcels or tracts of lands
aud premises known and described as follows, being composed of the islands at the
mouth of Middle River, in the Wagamatckook Indian Reserve, and which may be
described as follows, viz. :—

The six small islands at the mouth of the aforesaid Middle River, numbered one,
two, three, four, five and six, and the several islets in close proximity to each of the
islands, numbered four and five, and other accretions or late formations of earth
added to or about the said described pgemises. To have and to hold the above de-
scribed premises for and on behalf of the aforesaid Micmac Indians.
| In Witness Wuereor, I, the said Philip McDonald, do hereby attach my seal

and signature, and I, the said Mary McDonald, wife of the aforesaid Philip Mc-
Donald, do also, in bar of any and all dower on the premises hereby surrendered,
attach hereto my seal and signature this twentieth day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.

Signed, sealed and delivered in) PHILIP. McDONALD, [L.8.]
presence of \ MARY McDONALD, [L.S.]
L. VANKOUGHNET. J

Province of Ontario, |!

Co. of Carleton. §

| I, Lawrence Vankoughnet, of the City of Ottawa, in the County of Carleton,
Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, make oath and say .

| That I was personally present and did see Philip McDonald and Mary McDon-
‘ald, named in the annexed deed of surrender, sign, seal and execute the annexed