But on the contrary on Long Island the people encrease soe fast for want of land @ many remove from thence into the neighboring complain that they scowif Irish have been since my coming here several familys come both there French But of have°c ome to'province.

what number Scotch or Irish familys. r

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from St Christophers & England @ a great many more are expected as alsoe from Holland is another great argument of the necessity of adding to this

are come several Dutch familys which

Goverm 1 the neighboring English Colonys, that a more equal ballance may be kept between his Maty 8 naturall born subjects and foreigners which latter are the most prevailing part of this Government I send herewith a petition of the new come naturalized French ha '

For Answer to the Seventeenth fy Eighteenth

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s I must refer your Lop to

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b£r of peopfrdesired account

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my next by which time I doubt not but to be able to give y e

having to that end issued forth the like warrant to the Sheriff as aforesaid To the Nineteenth

As concerning y

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vessels belonging to this place

it is

already answered in the answer

y Lop ninth Querie @ for others they are but few which are either from England New England or the West Indies

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To the Twentieth what ob-

What obstructions do you find to the improvement of trade &c.

mruclions &c