3IO OBober 1749. 



thoufand livres. Sometimes one cannot buy 

 the licence to go to a certain trading place, 

 becaufe the governor-general has granted, 

 or intends to grant it to feme acquaintaince 

 or relation of his. The money arifing from 

 the granting of licences, belongs to the go- 

 vernor-general ; but it is cuftomary to give 

 half of it to the poor: whether this is al- 

 ways ftridly kept to or not, I fliall not pre^ 

 tend to determine. 



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