Mr Wentworths Fees were secured to him by his reserving for himself a Farm of Five hundred acres in each Township, and the spot where it was to be taken up was in all the charters marked with the Initial Lres of his name. Besides this, other Reservations were made of particular Lots under the Names of some members of the Council and public officers, which in some of the Townships amounted to between 5 and 6 Thousand Acres, and in others the number was much smaller. These shares have

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been distinguished among the Inhabitants of that part of the Country by the name of Reders, and in the Petitions of those who really intended to make Settlements, they were complained of as Grievances because the owners of them would not contribute to. any public work which was carrying on & they requested that. these might be granted to persons who would assist in making the Settlement. This Request was occasioned by the apprehensions they were under at that time, that these Shares would still be reserved, and appropriated to the use of the Governor and Council here, but we soon relieved them from any uneasiness on that head by declaring all those shares on which no Improvements had been made to be revested in the Crown and the greatest part of them have since been granted to the reduced officers of the Army who have petitioned for them under His Majesty's Proclamation.

In order to support what I have advanced in regard to the small expence these Petitioners have been at for their Charters, as Mr. Wentworth's Fees were provided for without their assistance, I beg leave to make a small extract of his Letter to me which was laid before the Council on the 17th Oct. 1766 and stands on the minutes of that day.