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ing on the said trade for twenty-one years, commencing with the outfit of 

 1821, and ending with the returns of 1841, to be carried on in the name 

 of the said Governor and Company exclusively : And whereas the said 

 Governor and Company, and W. McGillivray, S. McGillivray. and E. 

 Ellice, have humbly besought us to make a grant, and give our royal 

 license to them jointly, of and for the exclusive privilege of trading with 

 the Indians in North America, under the restrictions and upon the terms 

 and Conditions specified in the said recited act : — 



" Now, know ye, that we, being desirous of encouraging the said trade, 

 and remedying the evils which have arisen from the competition which 

 has heretofore existed therein, do grant and give our royal license, under 

 the hand and seal of one of our principal secretaries of state, to the said 

 Governor and Company, and W. McGillivray, S. McGillivray, and E. El- 

 lice, for the exclusive privilege of trading with the Indians, in all such 

 parts of North America, to the northward and westward of the lands and 

 territories belonging to the United States of America, as shall not form 

 part of any of our provinces in North America, or of any lands or terri- 

 tories belonging to the said United States of America, or to any European 

 government, state, or power ; and we do by these presents give, grant, 

 and secure, to the said Governor and Company, and W. McGillivray, S. 

 McGillivray, and E. Ellice, jointly, the sole and exclusive privilege, for 

 the full period of twenty-one years from the date of this our grant, of 

 trading with the Indians in all such parts of North America as aforesaid, 

 (except as thereinafter excepted :) And we do hereby declare that no rent 

 shall be required or demanded for or in respect of this our grant and 

 license, or any privileges given thereby, for the said period of twenty-one 

 years, but that the said Governor and Company, and W. McGillivray, S. 

 McGillivray, and E. Ellice, shall, during the period of this our grant and 

 license, keep accurate registers of all persons in their employ, in any parts 

 of North America, and shall once in each year return to our secretary 

 of state accurate duplicates of all such registers, and shall also enter into 

 and give security to us, our heirs and successors, in the penal sum of five 

 thousand pounds, for insuring, as far as in them may lie, the due execu- 

 tion of all the criminal processes, and of any civil process, in any suit, 

 where the matter in dispute shall exceed two hundred pounds, by the 

 officers and persons legally empowered to execute such processes, within 

 all the territories included in this our grant, and for the producing and 

 delivering into safe custody, for purposes of trial, any persons in their 

 employ or acting under their authority, within the said territories, who 

 may be charged with any criminal offence. 



" And we do hereby require that the said Governor and Company, and 

 W. McGillivray, S. McGillivray, and E. Ellice, shall, as soon as the same 

 can be conveniently done, make and submit, for our consideration and 

 approval, such rules and regulations for the management and carrying on 

 the said fur trade with the Indians, and the conduct of the persons 

 employed by them therein, as may appear to us to be effectual, for gradu- 

 ally diminishing or ultimately preventing the sale and distribution of 

 spirituous liquors to the Indiane, and for promoting their moral and 

 religious improvement. — And we do hereby declare that nothing in 

 this our grant contained shall be deemed or construed to authorize the 

 said Governor and Company, or W. McGillivray, S. McGillivray, and E. 

 Ellice, or any person in their employ, to claim or exercise any trade with 

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