duals to a confirmation from the Crown of the Lands they actually possess, rendering to His Majesty the usual Quit Rent reserved in this Province, but cannot be offered as conclusive on the part of the Crown in respect to its Interests arising either from its Revenue of Quit Rents, which by computation at 2|6 p 100 acres would amount to near £1200 sterling p annum, or from Escheats ; neither can it with Justice I think be extended to the case of those Inhabitants of New York, who hold Land Eastward of a Twenty Mile Line, the Lands being at the Time they obtained their Grants vested in the Crown, within the Express Limits of the Province of New York and not within the Grants on which the Massachusits Bay found their claim. Having thus fully considered this point in respect to the Province of Massachusits Bay, I need. add very little as to New Hampshire. That Government is to extend Westward and Northward till it meets with his Majesty's other Governments, and cannot therefore interfere with the Limits of this Province. The lands in Question lay much more Convenient to be included within' New York than New Hampshire. Hudson's River being navigable by Vessels of considerable Burthen to Albany, the Trade of that part of the Country will probably center there, to which place the Transportation or Carriage will be much Easier than to the Ports of New Hampshire, and where the Inhabitants are likely to meet with a better market for their Produce. The Revenue to the Crown, if the lands are settled under this Province, will be greater than if Granted under New Hampshire, in proportion to the Difference of Quit Rent which T am Informed is 18 sterls p 100 acres in that Province, and is by his Majesty's Instructions fixed here at 2|6 stere There is another Circumstance of some Weight at this Juncture.