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author's own last parchment may not therefore be considered 

 out of place. His first as chief trader was dated 1868, under 

 the deed poll of 1834; the next as factor, imder the deed poll 

 of 1871, was granted in 1872, and the following in 1875. I 

 may premise that the former recognized but two ranks, those 

 of chief traders and chief factors, while the latter has four 

 grades, namely, junior chief traders, chief traders, factors, 

 and chief factors. Except in the title conferred, all of the 

 commissions are exactly similar. The chief factor com- 

 mission is as follows: 



Roderick MacFarlane, Esquire: 



By virtue of the charter granted by King Charles the Second 

 by his letters patent under the great seal of England bearing date 

 the second day of May, in the twenty-second year of his reign, to 

 the governor and company of adventurers trading into Hudson's 

 Bay, we do hereby appoint you a chief factor of the said com- 

 pany in all places where trade is carried on by the said company. 

 You are therefore, in virtue of this commission, to exercise all 

 the powers and to perform all the duties which now are or here- 

 after may be exercised and performed by a chief factor, and par- 

 ticularly to observe all the provisions of the deed of regulations, 

 under the common seal of the company, which bears date the nine- 

 teenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy- 

 one, and we do hereby order and direct all our clerks and other 

 servants strictly to obey such orders as you may think proper to 

 give them in the execution of the duties of your office. And you 

 are to observe and follow such orders, from time to time, as you 

 shall receive from us, the governor, deputy governor and committee 

 of the company, or our successors for the time being, and all orders 

 issued by our chief commissioner or resident governor. 



Given under our common seal at our house in London, this first 

 day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. 



By order of the governor, deputy governor and committee. 



[sEAi.*] W. Armit, Secretary. 



•ThesealconsiatBof aoo»t-of-»rm8, with the motto Pro pelle eutem, around which are the 

 words " Hudson's Bay Company. Incorporated, 1670." 



The original seal is entirely of a blue colour and omits the words "Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany. Incorporated, 1670."— R. MicF. 



