178 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Gentlemen of the House of Assembly. 
I shall direct to be laid before you, the ordinary accounts of the 
Public Receipt and Expenditure, as also of the Fund granted in the 
last Session, to be disposed of in the Defence of the Province against 
his Majesty’s enemies; and I feel confident that you will continue an 
appropriation for a similar purpose. 
Honorable Gentlemen and Gentlemen. 
Doubts have been suggested as to the sufficiency of the late Crops 
te supply the probable wants of the Colony, it may be a proper object 
of your consideration to devise some means to controul the export of 
grain, and the consumption of it in distillation should circumstances 
require it during the recess of the Legislature. 
The meritorious services of the Militia, under privations which 
they unavoidably suffered in an arduous and protracted Campaign, 
entitle them to the gratitude of the Country and to your particular 
attention. 
His Excellency the Commander of the Forces, has been pleased to 
order clothing for a considerable proportion of the Embodied Militia of 
this Province; but as this does not extend to all the necessaries requisite 
to the Soldier’s comfort, I recommend to you the allowance of a sum 
to each Volunteer on Draft from the Militia, to provide an Outfit. 
I think it proper to call your attention to the continuation of 
certain laws of essential importance to this Province, now about to 
expire, and to recommend to your consideration whether a revision of 
some parts of the Militia Act now in force, may not be necessary to 
render it more efficient. I particularly request to be authorized to 
pay in advance, half yearly, the annuity granted to Widows and children, 
and to Persons disabled in the Service. 
You will learn with great satisfaction, that the most vigorous 
measures have been adopted under the direction of the Commander of 
the Forces, and are now in operation, to strengthen the Provincial 
Marine, and preserve the superiority of the Lakes so essential to the 
safety of the Province. 
It must be unnecessary for me particularly to recommend dispatch 
in your deliberations, I will only ad1 that you may rely on my hearty 
co-operation in any measure which may conduce :to the welfare and 
security of the Province. 

