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exportateur sera obligé, avant l’'embarquement, de ‘donner à T'itré, le naval officier, ou a son député, un état de la quantité qu'il doit embarquer, luy produire et luy laisser pour preuve un certificat signé de cinq négocians sidentaires à Québec, gens de réputation, faisant foi que le prix courant du bled en cette ville, pendant les quatorze jours précédens celui-là, n’a point excédé trois schelings quatre sols par minot, et déclarants par serment qu'ils n’y ont aucun intérest directement ou indirectement ; et si quelqu'un est convaincu d’avoir embarqué du bled de froment, le prix du cours étant audessus de trois schelings, quatre sols par minot, ou d’avoir manqué à produire le certificat et déclaration cy ordonnés, son bled sera confisqué moitié au proffit des pauvres, l’autre moitié à celuy du dénonciateur.

OrRDoNNONS aux Receveurs, Controlleurs et autres officiers de la Douanne du Roy de tenir la main à l’exécution des présentes.

DoNNÉ aux trois Rivières, le 21e avril 1764, en la quatrième année du Regne de Notre Souverain Seigneur (reorge troisième, par la Grace de Dieu, Roy de la Grande Bretagne, de France et d'Irlande, Deffenseur de la Foy, &e., &e., &c.

(Signé) FRED. HALDIMAND.

By FREDERICK HALDIMAND, Esgr. Col. of Infantry, &c

WHEREAS GOVERNOR MURRAY thought fit in order to promote the Trade ofthis Country to issue Proclamation permitting a free exportation of wheat from the Port of Quebeck, under such restrictions as are therin men-

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tion’d, I think it necessary to acquaint His Majesty's subjects in this Government of the contents of the same.

WHEREAS a free exportation of wheat, at present the staple of this Province, must tend greatly to promote the Tillage and to encourage the trade thereof, provided the same be made subject to such Rules and Regulations as shall effectually prevent the inconveniencies under which this Country has formerly labour’d, and it being requisite and just both Vendors and Buyors of this most useful commodity, should be early apprised of the intents of Government on that head, after having maturely consider'd the same, I have thought proper, and do hereby order, publish and declare,— That from that instant the navigation of the St. Lawrence opens, it shall be free to any person whatsoever to ship wheat at the Port of Quebeck for any of the foreign Markets limited by the British Acts of Parliament, provided that at the time of shipping said wheat, and for the fourteen days preceeding, the current price thereof at Quebeck has not exceeded three shillings and four pence this currency the minot, the measure by which itisin general sold at present ;—But whenever the price of wheat at Quebeck Market shall exceed three shillings and four pence the minot, then the exportation thereof is hereby prohibited, untill fourteen days after the same, shall have fallen again to or underthe standard price herein specify’d, namely of three shillings and four pence the minot ; And in order to ascertain the current price, each and every exporter shall previously to the shippiug thereof, be obliged to deliver into the Naval Officer of the Port, or his Deputy, a Report of the quantity by him to he shipped, produce to and leave with

him as his Voucher a Certificate signed by five creditable Merchants residing in Quebeck, specifying that the current market price of wheat, at said place, for the fourteen last preceeding days has not exceeded three shillings and four pence the minot, and declaring the. rein, upon oath, that they have no interest in the same either directeley or indirectley ; and any person who shall be convicted of having shipped wheat when the market price exceeded three shillings and four pence the minot, or without ,roducing the certificate and declaration herein directed shall forfeit the same. One Moiety whereof to the Poor, the other tothe informer. AndI do hereby order and direct the Collector, Comptroller, naval or other officers of His Majesty’s Customs to see the same put in due execution.

Given at Trois Rivières this 21st. day of April 1764, in the fourth year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord Greorge the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith.

(Signed) FRED. HALDIMAND,.

Countersigned.