That in pursuance of the Order of the 24th of July 1750 the Then Attorney Generall of this province prepared and delivered a Representation to Governour Clinton Concerning the Eastern Boundarys of this province which was read in Councill the 29t® day of September 1750 and Referred To a Committee of the Councill or any three of them to consider :

That on the 18" of October 1751 the Committee to whom. the Said Representation was Referred, Reported to Governour Clinton and Councill their approbation thereof, and it was then approved of in Councill and Ordered To Be Entered in the minutes thereof Together with a Letter from the Surveyor Generall of this Province on the same subject which were both entered on the minutes of the Councill accordingly.

We now Beg Leave to make a few remarks on Governour Wentworth's Letter to the Board of Trade which (had he Complyed with his promise made in his Letter of September 24 1750) might probably have Been Rendered needless To have Been Considered by the Board of Trade: for this Government would thereby have had an opportunity of setting him right, in

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Sundry matters in which we shall Remark he was mistaken by his said Representation.

1st Tho' the Eastern Boundarys of this province and the Western Boundarys of New Hampshire so far as they Bound on one another (Being Both under his Majesty's immediate government) intirely depend on his Majesty's pleasure, Yet as the Eastern Boundary of this Province, was by the Grant of King Charles the Second to the Duke of York, 1663-4, fixed at Connecticut river, now near ninety year ago, where it has ever since remained So far as Concerns New Hampshire, we humbly Conceive that his Majesty will make no alteration of the Bounds therof without sufficient Reasons, and we know not of any, nor has Governour Wentworth pointed out any, But sundry Reasons appear against any alteration, which are particularly Set forth in the Surveyor Generalls Letter Entered in the minutes of Councill of Oct: 18, 1751.