forth in Our report to your Lordships of the 25 th of May last see any such foundation in his pretensions to Alainville as can warrant the advising any compensation whatever to be made to him for his interest in that Lordship so that whatever we have to recommend will be

grounded

solely on his

claim to the Lordship of Hocquart and the consideration of the losses and expenses in which [he]

has been involved by the proceedings of the Governor of New York.

The Lordship of Hocquart is described as lying on the East side of Lake Champlain extending four leagues in front and five leagues in Depth and may be computed to contain about 115,000 acres

of Land.

By the proceedings of the Council of New York on the 2 nd day of Sept r

.

it

appears that

almost the whole of this Lordship was granted away under the Seal of New York principally to officers and soldiers according to His Majesty's proclamation of the 7 th Oct.

1773 [1763 7]

As the greatest part therefore and probably the best in quality of those lands has been thus granted away we think that the most equitable way of making compensation to M. Lotbiniere will [be] for his Majesty to direct the Governor of Quebec to make a new Grant to M. Lotbiniere of other Lands

FRENCH SEIGNIORIES ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

within that Colony equivalent as nearly as may be in point of extent and in the advantages of Soil