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To the salary of the Agent for the affairs of the Colony, 20000 00
To an allowance to the Pilot stationed at the mouth of Savannah River, with a boat and sufficient hands, 5000 00
To an allowance for contingent expenses, 50000 00
To an allowance to Mr. Ottolenghe, Superindent of the late Filature at Savannah, in consideration of his long and faithful services in that office, which is now discontinued, 10000 00
£3,08600 00

Estimate of the Civil Establishment of his Majesty's Province of EAST FLORIDA, and other Incidental Expenses attending the same, from the 24th of June, 1774, to the 24th of June, 1775.

To the salary of the Governour-in-Chief, £1,20000 00
To the salary of the Chief Justice, 50000 00
To the salary of the Attorney General, 15000 00
To the salary of the Secretary and Clerk of the Council, 15000 00
To the salary of the Register, 10000 00
To the salary of the Receiver General of the Quit-rents, 10000 00
To the salary of the Surveyor of Lands, 12000 00
To an allowance for an Assistant, 3000 00
To the salary of the Agent, 20000 00
To a Minister at St. Augustine 10000 00
To a Minister at St. Marks 10000 00
To a Schoolmaster at each of the above places, at £25 each, 5000 00
To the salary of the Provost Marshal, 10000 00
To an allowance for a Pilot established at St. Augustine, 5000 00
To an allowance for unforeseen contingent expenses, 1,00000 00
To an allowance for the purchase of a proper assortment of Goods for presents to the Indians, and other contingent expenses relative to that service, 1,00000 00
£4,95000 00

Estimate of the Civil Establishment of his Majesty's Province of WEST FLORIDA, and other incidental expenses attending the same, from the 24thofiw\e, 1774, to the 24th of June, 1775.

To the salary, of the Governour-in-Chief, £1,20000 00
To the salary of the Chief Justice, 50000 00
To the salary of the Attorney General, 15000 00
To the salary of the Secretary and Clerk of the Council, 15000 00
To the salary of a Register, 10000 00
To the Surveyor of Lands, 12000 00
To an allowance to an Assistant, 3000 00
To the salary of the Agent, 20000 00
To the salary of a Minister at Pensacola, 10000 00
To the salary of a Minister at Mobile, 10000 00
To a Schoolmaster at each of the above places, at £25 each, 5000 00
To the salary of the Provost Marshal, 10000 00
To an allowance for unforeseen contingent expenses, 1,00000 00
To an allowance for a purchase of a proper assortment of Goods, for presents to the Indians; 1,00000 00
To an allowance to Mr. Romans, for his care and skill in the collection of rare and useful productions in Physick and Botany, 5000 00
To an allowance to Engineer Durnford, in consideration of his labour and expenses in making Surveys of several parts of West Florida, between the years 1765 and 1774, by order of the Governours of that Province, 60000 00
£5,45000 00

Estimate of the Expense attending General Surveys of his Majesty's Dominions in NORTH AMERICA, for the year 1775.

To an allowance to a Deputy Surveyor of Lands at Quebec, during the time the Chief Surveyor is employed in making surveys in other parts of the Northern District, £10000 00
To a Deputy Surveyor, at ten Shillings per day, and two Assistant Surveyors, at seven Shillings per day each, 43800 00
To one Draughtsman at five Shillings per day, 9105 00
To an additional pay of one Shilling and eight Pence per day to one Sergeant, one Shilling per day to one Corporal, and six Pence per day to twelve private men, to assist in such Survey, and to serve as Camp, Colour, and Chain men, and to make signals along shore, and on the tops of mountains, 15502 00
To extraordinary expenses for horses, guides, &c., 10000 00
To expenses and allowances for the Survey of the Southern District, 70017 00
To an allowance upon account of Fees to be paid upon orders for the receipt, and upon the issue of moneys granted upon the estimate, 20000 00
To an allowance for defraying the expense of making Copies for the use of the Publick Offices, of the Maps and Plans returned by the Surveyors, and for preparing them for publication, 10000 00
£1,88504 00

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the table, to be perused by the Members of the House.

WEDNESDAY, April 5, 1775.

An engrossed Bill, to restrain the Trade and Commerce of New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina, to Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Islands in the West Indies, under certain conditions and limitations, was read the third time.

And a motion being made that the Bill do Pass;

Mr. Hartley spoke against it, as beyond measure cruel and oppressive. He observed, with great concern, that no power was vested any where to suspend the operations of the Bill, or to abate its rigour, in case America was willing to agree to certain temporary stipulations, till the claims of one country and the rights of the other, could be fully ascertained.

Lord North said, that it did not seem to him necessary that such a power should be vested in the King and Council; that the operations of the Bill would cease, nay, indeed, the Bill itself, exist or not exist, at the option of the Americans; for if they had a mind to seek the friendship and protection of Great Britain, which was a reconciliation he sincerely wished, they would comply with the conditions of the Bill, which were a free importation and exportation to and from the mother country as usual.

Sir William Mayne declared he did not mean to debate the principle of the Bill, and only differed as to the timing of it; that he was not in any respect altered in his sentiments as to what ought to be the conduct of this country towards America, but only wished that whatever measures were pursued, might be conducted in so temperate and moderate a manner as to induce the Americans to change their conduct towards Great Britain. He lamented that though the Boston Port Bill was well intended, yet ever since the carrying of it into execution things had gone from bad to worse in America; to the degree, that at this moment the Constitution of this country seemed to totter on its very basis; that, amidst the greatest provocation this country ever received, he wished to suspend the uplifted arm of power, and give the infatuated Americans time to reflect what they had been doing, and whither their phrenzy, if persisted in, must carry them; that, entertaining these sentiments, he could not give his affirmative to the Bill, especially as he thought it would rather tend to irritate than

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