Majesty's Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby strictly enjoining and commanding all Magistrates, Justices of the Peace, and other Civil Officers whatsoever within this Province, to

is considered how large a portion of his life "vras spent in the labours or the routine of public office, and that however great might have been his original slock of learning; he had in this country no reading public to excite him by their applauses, and few literary friends to assist or to stimulate his enquiries, his zeal and success in his scientific pursuits will appear (remarks Mr. Verplanck,) deserving of the highest admiration. A mind thus powerful and active, concludes the same elegant writer, could not have failed to produce'* great effect on the character of that society in which he moved ; and we doubtless now enjoy many beneficial, although remote, effects of his labours without being always able to trace them to tlieir true source.

The following is a list of Dr. Colden's Works and MSS : -- Observations on the trade of New l^ork; Account of the Climate of New York [These papers were communicated in

1723 to Gov Burnet, and by him transmitted to the government in England.

The latter paper is republished in the Amer. Med. & Phil. Register Vol. I.

The other is in the Sec. of States Off. Albany.] Memorial concerning the Fur Trade of the province of New York presented to

Gov. Burnet 1724. [This paper contains the earliest account of tiie Avatcr

communication between the Hudson River & the Western Lakes. It is in