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for the pay of the troops, and other pur- 

 pofes, over to Canada^ on account of pri- 

 vateers, fliipwrecks, and other accidents ; 

 he ordered that inftead of it the intendant, 

 or king's fteward, at ^lebec, or the com- 

 mifTary at Moiitreal, 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 bills is infcribed, that 

 they bear the value of fuch or fuch a fum, 

 till next OBoher ; and they are figned by 

 the intendant, or the commifTary ; and in 

 the interval they bear the value of money. In 

 the month of OBober, at a certain flated time, 

 every one brings the bills in his poffefHon 

 to the intendant at ^lebec, or the com- 

 miflary at Montreal^ who exchanges them 

 for bills of exchange upon France, which 

 are paid there in 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 Odlober, when it may 

 be exchanged by one of thofe gentlemen, 

 "for a bill upon France. The paper money 

 can only be delivered in 05iober, and ex- 

 changed for bills upon France. They arc 

 of different values, and fome do not ex- 

 ceed a livre, and perhaps fome are ftill lefs. 

 Towards autumn when the merchants (hips 

 come in from France, the merchants en- 

 E 3 deavour 



