On the above request being received and read, the following answer was returned The answer to the 1st point will be found published in the order of the 30th of January last, by which it is ordained that every one of what condition or quality soever he may be should cultivate, build, and live on the lot he had obtained, or cause the same to be cultivated and dwelt upon, within the period of six weeks, on penalty of forfeiture of his lot

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and the Fiscal is authorized in the name

of the Director General and Council, at the expiration of six days after proof of the delinquency of

any person, to assign his lands to such other individual as may be willing to comply with these regulations and to pay the first owner or occupant what his fencing and other improvements may appear to be worth.

The answer to the second is intermixed in the above but further, no man may enjoy more than the true value of his fencing, and what he has expended in his cultivation of his lot including the ;

value of his own labour

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All received above the ascertained value shall be paid back to his successor.

The Director General and Council are by no means however to be understood as authorizing the first occupants, who have neglected either personally or by others, to build, cultivate and labour on their lands, to seek for pay or profit in such manner as to retard cultivation.