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for the pay of the troops, and other pur- 

 pofes, over to Canada, on acc % ount of pri- 

 vateers, fhipwrecks, and other accidents ; 

 he ordered that inftesd of it the intendant, 

 or king's fteward, at Quebec, or the corn- 

 miflary at Montreal, is to write bills for 

 the value of the fums which are due to 

 the troops, and which he diftributes to 

 each foldier. On thefe hills is infcribed, that 

 they bear the value of fuch or fuch a fum, 

 till next October ; and they are iigned by 

 the intendant, or the commiflary ; and in 

 the interval they bear the value of money. In 

 the month of October, at a certain ftated time, 

 every one brings the bills in his pofleffion 

 to the intendant at Quebec, or the corn- 

 miffary at Montreal, who exchanges them 

 for bills of exchange upon France, which 

 are paid therein lawful money, at the king's 

 exchequer, as foon as they are prefented. 

 If the money is not yet wanted, the bill 

 may be kept till next October, when it may 

 be exchanged by one of thole gentlemen, 

 for a bill upon France. The paper money 

 can only be delivered in Qffober, and ex- 

 changed for bills upon France. - They are 

 of different values, and fome do not ex- 

 ceed a livre, and perhaps fome are ftill lefs. 

 Towards autumn when the merchants (hips 

 corne in from France, the merchants en- 

 E 3 deavour 



