The number of Benefit Tickets to be 200, vizt.:
| 1 | Prize of £500 | £500 |
| 1 | Ditto of 300 | 300 |
| 2 | Ditto of 100 each | 200 |
| 5 | Ditto of 50 each | 250 |
| 10 | Ditto of 30 each | 300 |
| 40 | Ditto of 10 each | 400 |
| 140 | Ditto of 7 each | 980 |
| 1 | The first drawn | 70 |
| 200 | prizes. | £3000 |
Fifteen per cent. to be deducted from the fortunate Tickets, and the remainder to be paid, without any other Deduction, to ye possessors of the sd. Tickets, as soon as the drawing shall be over—To be drawn publickly in the Town House, at Halifax under the Direction of managers to be appointed by his Excelly. the Govr. as soon as all the Tickets shall be disposed of, and in case the said Tickets shall not be all disposed of, before ye 31st Augt. next, the money recd. for any sold to be repaid to the possessors thereof on Demand.
ED. CORNWALLIS.
FOOTNOTES:
[105] At a previous meeting of the Council held on the 3rd of February, a public ferry was established between Halifax and Dartmouth, and John Connor of the latter place appointed ferryman, with the exclusive privilege for 3 years to keep boats constantly passing and repassing, between Sunrise and Sunset, every day in the week, except on Sunday, when the boats should pass only twice—the ferriage to be 3d., and 6d. after hours, for each Passenger, and a reasonable price to be paid for goods, other than baggage, etc., carried in the hand, which passed free.
I.
Governor Cornwallis[106] to Duke of Bedford.
(COPY.)
Chebucto, 22nd June, 1749.