" I do hereby consent and agree, that the islands called Carle ton's or Buck's islands, in the entrance of lake Ontario, and the isle Au Long Saut, in the river St, Lawrence, and a tract equal to six miles square, in the vicinity of the village of St. Regis, be excepted out of the above contract, and to remain the property of the State : Provided always, That if the said tract shall not be hereafter applied for the use of the Indians of the said village, that then the same shall be considered as included in this contract, and that I shall be entitled to a grant for the same, on my performance of the stipulations aforesaid.

(Accepted) Alexander Macomb."

The application of Melancton Smith, in behalf of himself and Marinus Willet for the purchase of a tract of land, bounded on the easterly side by the Chenango river, northerly by the south line of township No. 14, and westerly by a line to be drawn from the southwest corner of the said town, on the same course with the west bounds thereof until it shall intersect the Chenango river, at the rate of four shillings and one penny per acre, the one sixth to be paid immediately, one half of the remainder on the first of April, and the other half on the first day of June next, being duly read and considered ;

^Accepted) Acres 6000 JDI, 125 0 0

1072 PRICES OF LAND

The application of Leonard M. Cutting, for the purchase of township No. 15, on the west side of the Unadilla river, containing 25,000 acres, being one of the townships surveyed by the Surveyor- general, pursuant to an act passed tlie 25th day of February, 1789, at the rate of three shillings and one farthing per acre J six hundred pounds thereof to be paid on or before the first day of October next, and the residue in two equal payments, the one to be made on or before the first day of April next, and the other to be made on or before the first day of February 1793, which will bring the whole payment within eighteen months; security to be given to tlie satisfaction of this board, for the payment of the first six hundred pounds, being read and duly considered; (Accepted) Acres 25,000 JDS ,776 0 0 The application of John Carpenter, for the purchase of one thousand acres of land, lying westerly of Fort Montgomery, in Orange County, at the rate of five shillings per acre, in State securities, to be paid when the quantity of land shall be ascertained by a survey, being read and duly considered; (Accepted) The application of Zina Hitchcock and Philip Smith, for the purchase of about*2000 acres of land, lying on the west side of lake George, near what is called the northwest Bay, at the rate of one sliilling and six pence per acre, in specie, being read and duly considered of, but the tract not being particularly described, and no certain time being mentioned for the payment of tlie consideration money, (Accepted) Acres 2,000 X150 0 0 The application of James Tallmadge and Ezra Thompson, for tlie purchase of township No. 10, on tlie west side of the Unadilla river, containing 25,000 acres, being one of the twenty townships surveyed by the surveyor-general, pursuant to an act passed the 25th day of February, 1789, at the rate of three shillings per acre; one sixth part to be paid on the first of October next, the remainder to be paid in two equal instalments, the one on the first day of May next, and the other on the first day of January, Avhich will be in the year 1793; security to be given to the satisiiiction of this Board, for the payment of the first sixth part above mentioned, being read and duly considered,