STATE PAPERS. 



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portance, and which is ilai'y in- 

 creasing, enact and ordain as fol- 

 lows : 



1 . The civil commissaries, each 

 in his respective papish, are todiaw 

 up and deliver, as soon as possible, 

 exact lists of the habitatiotf; situ- 

 ated in the said parishes, coiitaiiiing 

 the number of slaves, cattle, acres, 

 of land, buildings, and plantations, 

 anestimateof eachof thoss objects, 

 and a specification of all sorts of 

 productions m.de and gathered on 

 each estate, wherein ouglit to be 

 distinguished tliose that, lonafuk, 

 had been made and col ected btfore 

 tlie 23d of last March. 



2. The civil commissaries in the 

 parishes of the different towns and 

 boroughs are likewise to draw up 

 and deliver a list of the houses, 

 slaves, and servants, to be found in 

 the said towns and boroughs, stating 

 the proprietors thereof, the yearly 

 rent of each house, and enumera- 

 ting all sorts of property, comprised 



'under the denomination of goods, 

 commodilies, ormerchan'.li.-,e, inthe 

 said towns and boroughs. 



3. The civil commissaries are also 

 ordered, in thcirrespective qiiartcrs, 

 lo demand the ledgers, and all ac- 

 count-books, notes, and deeds, be- 

 longing to captains or agents of the 

 French trade, as well as an exact 

 account of all sorts of property, 

 fall ng under the deserip.ion of va- 

 cant succession in each quarter of 

 the colony, with acorrcctinventory 

 of all the goods, effacts, and chat- 

 tels, belonging to such persons as 

 have been taken, arms in hand, or 

 killc'd during the siege, or banisiied 

 the island ; and farther, a si)ecifica- 

 tion of all property belonging to 

 personsof any description whatever, 

 residing in France. 



4. The civil commissaries are to 



name In their reports all persons 

 without exception, that should de- 

 lay giving in the different specifi- 

 cations required, or be suspected of 

 making a ialse declaraiion, or fail 

 togive the usual assistance, necessa- 

 ry for the exactness and impartiality 

 of reports of that kind ; it being 

 the intention and wish, that the- in- 

 tended levy be made in the most 

 equitable manner, andin exact pro- 

 jiortion with the means of each in- 

 di^idnal. 



5. The said reports are to be 

 made with all possible expedition, 

 so that on Saturday, the 31st instant 

 or sooner, they may be delivered by 

 the civil commissaries to the com- 

 missioners appointed to receive 

 them, and nho, for this purpose, 

 will repair either to the intcdant's 

 hotel at St. Pierre, or to the gover- 

 nor's hcuseat Fort Royal; the com- 

 manders in ciiief having, on their 

 part, manifested their ardent wish 

 to adopt the mildest measures, de- 

 clare herewith, that it is their firm 

 resolution to have this present mea- 

 sure fully executed ; or, on the 

 failure of it, to avail themselves of 

 the jiower v.ith whicVi they are in- 

 vested, to order and enforce agenc- 

 ral confiscation. 



Given under our signature, on 

 board ihe Boyne, Fort Royal bay, 

 on the 21^t of May, the year of our 

 Saviour, \79A, and the 34th ot his 

 m ijesty's reign. 



(Signed) Charles Grey, 

 John Jervis. 

 By order of their excellencies, 



(Signed) C. Fisher, 

 G.-PuRvif. 



Cupij of the letter nf major Janvt. 

 Gfant, commnndcr of the BiU'i'-'k 

 forces at thi: Mole in iSt. Domlrn-o, 



