INDEX. 



Armstrong, Robert, made deputy 

 surveyor, 96 ; accused of in- 

 competency, 98; complains of 

 the waste of tlie woods, 115- 

 119; report on the linen and 

 woolen industries. 136. 



Ashurst (Sir Henry) and Evance, 

 oppose Dudley's petition, 7-9, 

 17-20, 23. 



B 



Banister, " Discourse on the 

 Trade of New England," 133- 

 134- 



Belcher, Gov., 54-55, 121. 



Bellomont, Gov., 11-12; report 

 on waste of the woods, 87-88; 

 accuses Partridge of illicit trade 

 with Portugal, 106; death of, 89. 



Board of Trade, established. 8 ; 

 determine to encourage trade in 

 naval stores, 9; favor Dudley's 

 charter, 16: receive proposals 

 from merchants, 17-18; revise 

 Wharton's draft of a charter, 

 27; report to the Dudley case, 

 29; consider the petition of the 

 Pennsylvania Company, ;i^; rec- 

 ommend Colonel Hunter's plan, 

 44; order Dunbar to reserve a 

 nursery for masts in Maine, 53; 

 discuss the Swedish monopoly, 

 58-60; invite new proposals to 

 furnish stores, 61; report to the 

 Privy Council, 62, 63. 66. 70; 

 collect statistics to test the ef- 

 fect of the Bounty Act, 67-68; 

 discuss the advisability of fur- 

 ther encouragement of timber, 

 71; warn the plantations against 



frauds. 74; grant a hearing to 

 West India merchants, 81; ap- 

 point a surveyor of the woods, 

 89; ask Bridger for informa- 

 tion. 96; laissez-faire policy. 97; 

 investigate the claim of Massa- 

 chusetts to Maine, 113, 114, 117; 

 attitude towards manufactures, 

 128, 129. 



Bounty Act. passed. 63; provis- 

 ions of. 64. 65; effects of. 65-68. 

 130; Appendix B; referred to by 

 Thomas Byfield. 36 ; renewal 

 suggested, 70; rumors of dis- 

 continuing, 75, 80; renewal 

 urged by Mr. Godin. 81-82; re- 

 newed, 82, 83; results summa- 

 rized. 85-86. 105. 



Brenton. Jahleel, surveyor, 11, 87, 

 88, 129. 



Bridger, John, sent on commis- 

 sion to New England. 9-14; as- 

 sists Colonel Hunter in New- 

 York, 45; proposes to furnish 

 stores, 61; reports on the prog- 

 ress of stores in New England, 

 66,67; writes of failure of the 

 Navy to pay premiums. 68; 

 urges the renewal of the Boun- 

 ty Act. 70; recommends the ap- 

 pointment of a surveyor of the 

 woods, 88; made surveyor, 89; 

 prepares bill for the preserva- 

 tion of the woods. 91 ; returns 

 to England to answer charges. 

 92; reappointed, 93; complains 

 of waste of the woods. 94; quar- 

 rel with the lumbermen. 109- 

 112; quarrel with Cooke. 113- 

 116; superseded by Burniston, 

 95; begs in vain for restitution, 

 97; summary of his work, 100, 

 note 2. 



