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faithful service of the said , and his wife and children in like 



manner, he shall receive from the said Company, after the rate of 

 seventeen pounds per annum, wages, to commence on the day of his 

 embarkation for Hudson's Bay, as aforesaid, and up to the day of his 

 embarkation from thence for Europe in one of the first ships in the said 

 Company's service, and be found in board and lodging, for himself, and 

 wife, and children, on the condition aforesaid, free of cost, by the said 

 Company; and in the event of the said being enrolled in any 



volunteer, militia, or other military corps, as aforesaid, he shall be pro- 

 vided by the said Company, free of cost, with a uniform or suit of 

 regimental clothes, every second year, to be worn when on duty in the 

 said corps, and shall be provided with arms and ammunition, free of 



cost, by the said Company ; and in the event of the said being 



desirous of remaining in the territory of said Company in North 

 America, and of settling "therein as a permanent resident, after the 

 expiration of this engagement, he shall be permitted so to do, by the 

 said Company, if his conduct, up to that time, shall have been to their 

 entire satisfaction, and a grant of fifty acres of land shall be made to 

 him, free of cost, but subject to the like condition, restrictions, rules, and 

 regulations, as the other listed servants of the said Company, holding 

 grants of land, as settlers, under them, in such situations of places as 

 may hereafter be determined on by the said Company. But in con- 

 sideration of the said such grant of land, the said shall have to 



render twenty-eight days of labour or service in every year, for the first 

 seven years after he shall have become a settler, or permanent resident, 

 in the country, to the said Company, or any duty he may be called upon to 

 perform by the said governors of the said Company in North America, 

 or other their agents or officers for the time being, without being entitled 

 to any further pay or remuneration for such service or labours. But 

 permission to remain in the country after the expiration of this engage- 

 ment, to be dependent on the conduct of the said during the term 



of his engagement, and discretionary with the said Company, or their 

 agents or other officers, for the time being, in North America ; provided 

 always, and it is here expressly agreed between the said parties there- 

 unto, that it shall be lawful for the governor, or governors, or other 

 officers of the said Company in North America, at any time during the 

 said term of five years, or such additional term as the aforesaid, or at 



the expiration of the engagement, to dismiss the said from either 



service, and direct his return from thence to Europe, in one of the 

 ships in their employment ; and in which case a passage, free of cost, 



shall be provided, by the said Company, for the said and his wife 



and children, from Hudson's Bay back to Europe, and in such case his 



