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 The preent etablihment conits of a Governor and Commander in Chief, Lieutenant-governor, Council, Aembly, Magitrates, and Civil Officers.

The Chief Governor is the repreentative of the King, General of the forces, Vice Admiral, Chancellor, and Ordinary of the iland. He grants all the militia commiions, and commiions for fitting out privateers; gives grants of land, renews the leaes of the French inhabitants, or other leaeholders of the King; and alo gives grants of poor ettlers lots. He grants licences of marriage, licences to chool-maters, and licences to tavern-keepers, or to ell pirituous liquors, to keep gaming tables, &c. &c. independent of the other parts of Legilature. His alary is two thouand pounds current money, which is paid him by the colony, excluive of what he receives from the Crown; and alo excluive of his fees of office, which are very coniderable. The