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they or their serv ts without their owne consent be drawn out into the 

 warrs unles it be in case of invasion or rebellion and for the defence 

 of i he Island./. 



8. That they shall have power to build wales and raise bulwarks and 

 castles upon their owne land for the defence and securitie of their owne 

 pl-ntacons and also to arme themselves and serv ts and to lead and con- 

 duct them against any enemies or rebells within the said Island sub- 

 ject neverthelesse to such orders and directions as they shall in this 

 behalfe receive from the Governo r or Comaunder in Cheife of the said 

 Island for y e time being./. 



9. That all and every person and persons that shall hereafter hap- 

 pen to be borne within the said Island shalbe and shalbe deemed and 

 accounted to be free denizens of England and shall have and enjoy all 

 and everv such benefitte priviledges advantages and imunities what- 

 soever as any the natives or people of England borne in England now 

 have and enjoy in England./. 



That all such professing the Protestant Religion who shall transport 

 themselves into the aforesaid Island within two yeares to be accounted 

 from the said 29 day of September 1656 and shall make a begining 

 therein by transporting to the said Island one third part of their num- 

 ber before the nine and twentieth day of September next shall have 

 and enjoy the aforesaid priviledges and advantages ; and for the more 

 certaine carryeing on of this busines and answereing our intentions 

 herein Wee Hoe hereby authorize and require our Comaunder in 

 Cheife of the said Island for the time being and also the aforesaid 

 Com 1 " 5 that they take notice of the premisses and cause a due and effec- 

 tuall execution of the same from tyme to tyme as their shalbe occa- 

 sion according to the purport and true meaning hereof for which these 

 presents shalbe their sufficient warrant. Given at Whitehall the tenth 

 of October 1655./. 



I certify that the foregoing is a true and authentic copy. 



J. S. Handcock, 

 Assist Keeper of the Public Records. 

 12th November, 1906. 



SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN. 



A Supplement to the Bulletin will shortly be published contain" 

 ing a list of the Sedges of Jamaica by Dr. N. L. Britton, Director- 

 in-Chief of the New York Botanical Garden. 



As this list is only of interest to those who are studying the 

 botany of Jamaica, a limited number of copies will be printed, and 

 only supplied to those who specially apply for it. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Extracts from Minutes. 



The usual monthly Meeting of the Board of Agriculture was 

 held at Headquarter House on Wednesday 17th April, at 2 p.m.; 

 present : Hon. H. Clarence Bourne, Colonial Secretary, Chairman; 

 the Director of Public Gardens, the Island Chemist and the Secre- 

 tary. 



