172 ANNUAL RE G IS TER, 1794. 



Proclamation hj his excelleiicy Ro- 

 iert_Prescolt, es(j. Fwutenant'gene- 

 ral of his Britannic mnjesty'sfor- 

 ces, governur nrd coinvj an dcr- In- 

 chief of the island of Martinico 

 and iti dependencies. 



THE Inhabitants of the different 

 qnarteis of the island ot Mar- 

 tinico are desired to meet in their 

 respective parishes, for the purpose 

 of choosing by ballot, for their re- 

 presentative^ an intelligent person, 

 «f known intesiritv ; and those de- 

 pulies, after they are chosen, are 

 requested to assemble next Sunday 

 the 18th instant, in the town of 

 Fort Royal, to meet the commis- 

 saries appointed by their excellen- 

 cies sir Charles Grey, K. B. and 

 admiral sir John Jervis, K. B. for 

 the purpose of lixing in an equita- 

 ble and erlicacious manner, a gene- 

 ral contribution, (the amount ot' 

 v.'hich shall be made known to tiie 

 representative of each parish) to bj 

 paid by all those who possess pro- 

 perty in the colony: the command- 

 ers inchief having decidedthat such 

 Hn arrangement would be nmch 

 more convenient than a general 

 confiscation; othermatlersconcern- 

 ing the welfare of the coloriy will 

 also be proposed to them. 



Given at the governor's house at 

 St. Pierre, on the' lOth of May, 

 1794, in the 34th yearofhismajesty's 

 reign. 



(Signed) Robert Prfscott. 

 By order of the general, 

 (Signed) B. Clifton, Secretary. 



Proclamation byorlerofthiir ercel- 

 lencics, general sir Chnrlfs Greu, 

 and admiral sir John Jtnis, com- 

 manders -in- chitf of his Britainik 



majesty's fleets and armies in the 

 IVest Indies. 



Q attention having been pa'd 

 to Uic proclamation ^^ the 

 10th insti^nt, isNued by hi? '-^ (.e'leny 

 general Presrott, desi- :_, all the 

 good people of this colc-'y to assem- 

 ble in tlicir rcspecti\t- piris'pcsand 

 quarters, for tli'" pn.piwe of choo- 

 sing ptrsous of known intelligence, 

 and approved integrity, to repre- 

 sent them in an nsst nibly, which, 

 accordino- to the said proclamation, 

 was to be held at Fort Royal, 

 Sunday, the 18th i^. slant, to meet 

 (he commissioners appointed and 

 duly authorized by thecommanders 

 in chief, and to confer with them 

 on the most equitable and most ex- 

 peditious ways and means to raise a 

 sum of money adequate to the va- 

 lue of the conquest, destined to re- 

 ward the valour, to compensate the 

 excessive fatigues, ;^nd their conse- 

 quences, sickness and mortality, and 

 Id make good the heavy expence 

 incurred by the British officers, 

 soldiers, and snilors, who, with un- 

 shaken fn-mness, and matchless per- 

 severance, have atchie\ed the con- 

 quest of this island, subjected it to 

 the British government, rescued 

 from a wretched exile the greatest 

 n)imber of its inhabitants, and re- 

 stored them to the quiet possession 

 of their property, the confiscation 

 of which had already been declared. 



And the procrastination of this 

 general arrangement being the cause 

 v.hich prevents many well-disposed 

 inhabitants from carry ingtheir com- 

 modities to market, and procuring 

 themselves what is necessary for 

 their habitations, to the obvious 

 prejudice of the whole coJony. 



The commanders in chief, in or- 

 der to ren^ove an evil of such im- 



poitance. 



