and
transmitted to this government, was read in Council, and ordered to
be published in this Province.

THOS. CLARK, D. Sec.

By His Excellency Charles Lawrence, Captain-General and
Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of
Nova-Scotia, or Acadia, in America, Vice-Admiral of the same, &c.,
&c., &c.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by the late success of His Majesty's arms in the reduction
of Cape Breton and its dependencies, and also by the demolition and
entire destruction of Gaspe, Miramichi, and of Saint Lawrence, and
on Saint John's river in the Bay of Fundy, the enemy, who have
formerly disturbed and harassed the Province of Nova-Scotia, and
much obstructed its progress, have been compelled to retire and
take refuge in Canada; a favorable opportunity now presents itself
for the peopling and cultivating, as well the lands vacated by the
French, as every other part of that valuable Province:

I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of His Majesty's
Council, to issue this proclamation, declaring that I shall be
ready to receive any proposals that may hereafter be made to me,
for effectually settling the said vacated, or any other lands
within the Province aforesaid: a description whereof, and of the
advantages arising from their peculiar nature and situation, I have
ordered to be published with this proclamation.

Given in the Council Chamber at Halifax, this 12th day of
October, 1758, and in the thirty-second year of His Majesty's
Reign.

By His Excellency's command, }
with the advice of His Majesty's } CHARLES LAWRENCE.
Council }

GOD SAVE THE KING!

A description of the lands ordered to be published pursuant to the
foregoing proclamation, which consist of more than one hundred thousand
acres of land, interval and plow lands, producing wheat, rye, barley,
oats, hemp, flax, &c. These have been cultivated for more than a
hundred years past, and never fail of crops, nor need manuring.

Also, more than one hundred thousand acres of upland, cleared and
stocked with English grass, planted with orchards, gardens, &c. These
lands, with good husbandry, produce often two loads of hay per acre.
The wild and unimproved lands adjoining abound with black birch, ash,
oak, pine,