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specified in article fourth, at three several instalments ; the first one 

 third on or before the 25th of October, 1814, the second one third on 

 or before the 25th of November, and the remaining one third on or be- 

 fore the 25th of December. And, further, it is hereby understood that, 

 should the party of the former part find it convenient to leave the amount 

 of the several drafts, after becoming payable, as already specified, in the 

 hands of the party of the latter part, or their agents, they, the said party 

 of the latter part, or their agents, will allow interest at six per cent, until 

 paid on demand; and, as there are several moneys, the produce of their 

 wages, due unto the people employed in the service of the late Pacific Fur 

 Company, carrying on trade on the Columbia and Thompson's Rivers, 

 the said party of the latter part, namely, John George McTavish and John 

 Stuart, acting for themselves and the North- West Company, as their 

 agents, do hereby bind and oblige themselves to pay, or cause to be paid, 

 unto the several individuals employed by the party of the former part, the 

 amount of the balances due to them, according to the statement that shall 

 be delivered by the said Duncan McDougal, acting for himself and his 

 associates, as before mentioned, within one month after their arrival at 

 Montreal, in the province of Lower Canada; the amount of which several 

 sums, so paid, is to be considered as part of, and deducted from, the first 

 instalment, to be paid unto the said Duncan McDougal, acting for him- 

 self and his associates, as before mentioned, his attorneys, assigns, or 

 order, on or before the 25th of October, 1814. 



Art. 3. And, further, the said John George McTavish and John 

 Stuart, acting for themselves and the North-West Company, will be at 

 liberty to make a selection, and take into their service such of the peo- 

 ple in the employment of the party of the former part as they may think 

 proper ; in consideration of which, the said party of the latter part bind 

 and oblige themselves to pay, or cause to be paid, unto the said party of 

 the former part, the several sums due to them by such as may enter into 

 the service of the party of the latter part : and the said party of the latter 

 part further bind and oblige themselves to provide and insure a safe pas- 

 sage to the said party of the former part, and the remaining part, that will 

 not be taken into their service, to their respective homes. 



Art. 4. And, further, it is hereby agreed and concluded upon, by 

 the said parties, that the following are the rates at which the establish- 

 ments, furs, and stock on hand, be valued at, as follows : dry goods, sta- 

 tionery, gunpowder; and leaf tobacco, fifty per cent, on the prime cost; 

 ship chandlery, sixty per cent. ; shot, ball, lead, iron, and steel, one 

 hundred per cent. ; deduction on made-up iron works at Columbia River, 

 thirty-three and one third per cent. ; new boats, each, ten pounds Halifax 

 currency; boats in use, each, five pounds Halifax currency; shallop, with 

 rigging complete, one hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings; two black- 

 smith's forges complete, twenty-five pounds ; plug tobacco, one shilling and 

 six pence per pound ; plug tobacco manufactured at Columbia, one shil- 

 ling and three pence per pound; beads assorted, five shillings per pound; 

 arms, cannon, &c, prime cost; provisions at fixed prices; articles in use, 

 half inventory prices; horses, thirty shillings each; buildings, two hun- 

 dred pounds; John Reid's adventure, and Freeman's, in the vicinity of 

 Snake country and Spanish River, to deduct one hundred per cent. ; 

 beaver furs, ten shillings per pound ; beaver coating, eight shillings and 

 four pence per pound ; muskrats, seven pence half-penny each ; land 



