proceeding of tliat Governor was declared to be right by another Act of Assembly in ITOS for the better explaining the former Act -- Thus in like manner after M'" Urquharts death as is said before tiiey called the said M'' M^Nish who being a Dissenter like the other not qualified to accept thereof, our present Governor for the reasons aforesaid on the arrival of M^' Poyer immediately caused him to be inducted and established by the Chaplain M"^ Sharpe on tlie 18'i» day of July 1710 which we think (with submission) makes the matter very clear that the Salary & Glebe can belong to none but liim ; for the Cure must not lie vacant for want of a call or presentation & not to call at all or to call a person in himself incapable of accepting is all one. And it can never be supposed that the Law intended any. other than an Orthodox Minister for if otherwise nothing but confusion must ensue about the disposal even amongst the Dissenters themselves all having an equal right.

To this false argument of the Church Wardens & Vestry (as well as tlieir principles) may be attributed the many affronts by them at sundry times given to our Minister even to tlie excluding him from sitting in the Vestry contrary to the Governors express Injunctions from the Crown signified to them.

Yet notwithstanding the imperious behaviour of these our Enemies who stick not to call themselves the Established Church & us Dissenters "we can with Joy say the Cliurch hath increased very considerably both in its number of hearers & Communicants by the singular care pain and industry of our present Laborious Minister M^ Poyer who notwithstanding the many difficulties he has striiggled with has never been in the least wanting in the due execution of his Ministerial Function but rather on the contrary lias strained liimself in travelling tliro' the Parish even beyond his strength & not seldom to the prejudice of his health whicli is notorious to all tlie Inhabitants for almost 7 years last past ill all which time ]:ie has not received one farthing of his Sallary allowed liim by the laws of this Province nor any private contributions that by the nicest search w^e can find out except about £18 (this Country money) w^hich was presented to him by some of his people at his first arrival here purely on the account of the tediousness of his voyage from England & his having