lished by Law or Ordonnance except those of the Proprietors Offices which were appointed by the Council of Proprietors Antecedent to the Law and have been taken by the Custom of that Board.. Nor are there any other perquisites or Gratuitys received by the Officers in New Jersey for Services done by them upon any pretence whatever And the ffees are paid in Currency Sixty Per Cent worse than Sterling money of Great Britain. CHA READ D. Secr. Order in Council approving fourteen Seals for the several Colonies in America, and directing Secretary of State, Earl of Shelburne, to transmit the same to the Governors. L. S. [From P. R. O. America and West Indies, Vol. 106.] AT THE COURT AT ST JAMES'S THE 13TH PRESENT The Kings Most Excellent Majesty in Council. His Majesty in Council having this Day Approved of fourteen new Seals for the following Islands And provinces in America, (viz!) * Jamaica Barbadoes Leward Islands Bermuda Islands Nova Scotia Massachusets Bay New Hampshire Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Is hereby pleased to Order That the Right Honourable the Earl of Shelburne, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretarys of State do Cause Warrants to be prepared for his Royal Signature, for Transmitting the said Seals to the Governors of the said Islands and provvinces, empowering them to make use thereof, And his Majestys said principal Secretary of State is hereby further Ordered, to Cause the said Warrants and New Seals, to be transmitted accordingly And to require the said Governors respectively to Return the Old Seals to the Council Office at Whitehall, in Order to their being Defaced by His Majesty at this Board. W. BLAIR. Report of the Lords of Trade to the Earl of Shelburne, of the establishment of the salaries of Governors, Judges and other officers principally concerned in the administration of Justice in the North American Colonies. [From P. R. O. B. T. Plantations General, N., No. 41, pp. 147 and 160.] April 16, 1767. To the Earl of Shelburne, One of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. My Lord. In Obedience to His Majestys Commands signified to Us in Your Lordship's Letter of the 9th instant, we herewith inclose to Your Lordship a Report of the Civil Establishment of the Governors, Judges & other Officers principally concerned in the Administration of Justice in the several Colonies of North America, as far as can be collected from the Materials in this Office. We are My Lords Your Lordship's most obedient and most humble Servants Report of the Board of Trade of the Establishment of the Salaries of Governors, Judges & other Officers principally concerned in the Administration of Justice in His Majesty's Colonies in North America, as far as can be collected from the Materials in that Department. The Establishment in New Jersey consists of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Chief Justice, two Associate Judges and an Attorney General. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Chief Justice & Attorney General are appointed from Home, the Associate Judges are appointed by the Governor. All these Officers are intirely dependent upon the Assembly for their Support, and their Salaries which are voted from Year to Year and are sometimes more sometimes less as the Assembly thinks proper, and are given to the Officer by Name, and not to the Office. By the last Act for the Support of Government from May 1766 to May 1767, the Salaries are as follow, Letter from the Board of Admiralty to Secretary Lord Shelburne, transmitting an Account of the Establishment of the Admiralty Courts in the several Colonies in America. [From P. R. O., America and West Indies, Vol. 252 (270).] ADMIRALTY OFFICE: 30th April 1767 Rt Honble Earl of Shelburne. My Lord In obedience to the Kings commands signified to us by your letter of the 28th instant, We herewith trans mit to you, for his Majesty's information, an account of the establishment of the Admiralty Courts in the several Colonies of North America; but with respect to the salaries of the officers belonging to those courts, We beg leave to acquaint your Lordship that no salaries are allowed them, excepting eight hundred pounds a year to D' Spry, Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court of all America We are My Lord Your Lordships most humble Servants ED HAWKE J BULLER Account of the Establishm of Admiralty Courts in North America In the Lords of the Admtys of the 30th April 1767 ADM'TY OFFICE 30th April 1767 Account of the Establishment of the Admiralty Courts in his Majesty's several Colonies in North America. Letter from Mr. Secretary Pownall to Mr. Wilmot, on the Subject of changes in the list of Commissioners for settling the boundary between New York and New Jersey. Sir, [From P. R. O. B. T., New Jersey, Vol. 17, p. 195.] WHITEHALL May 23a 1767. To Henry Wilmot Esq The Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations having appointed Tuesday next the 26th Inst for Taking into Consideration Your Petition to His Majesty; pro |