[29] On September 29th, 1752, the first fire regulations were published at Halifax, among which are found the following: Two or three Magistrates may order a house to be pulled down or blown up to stop a fire, the owner to be indemnified by the house owners of the Town. The fire wards to be appointed by the Justices of the Peace, each to carry a red staff 6 feet long, with a bright brass spear 6 inches long on it; and other regulations. This custom is still kept up in the City, or was until very lately.
[30] Governor Cornwallis reduced the Rangers. He thought Goreham very incompetent to command them.
[31] This story was related by the late Titus Smith, who received it from his father.
[32] The names of the settlers who arrived after June and July, 1749, are not to be found among the records of the country.
[33] Mr. Nisbett was Attorney General at the time. He had been acting in that office since the Spring of 1752.
[34] See [Biographical note] in the last Chapter.
[35] Now McNab's.
[36] Now known as Lawlor's and Devil's Islands.