The Lords of the Committee in obedience to "your Majesty's said Order of Reference, have taken the said "Petitions into their Consideration, together with' a Report "made by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations "upon the former of the said Petitions, and do thereupon agree "humbly to report as their opinion to your Majesty, that "the most Positive ordets should be immediately sent to the "Governor of New York, to desist from making any Grants "whatsoever of any Part of those Lands, until your Majesty's " further Pleasure shall be known."

His Majesty taking the said Report into Consideration, was pleased with the advice of his Privy Council to approve thereof. and doth hereby strictly. charge require and command that the Governor or Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Province of New York for the Time being, do not (upon Pain, of his Majesty's highest displeasure) presume to make any Grant whatever of any Part of the Lands described in the said Report, until his Majesty's further Pleasure shall be known concerning the same.

W: Suarpe.

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On Reading and due Consideration Whereof, [20th October 1769] his Honour the Lieutenant Governor was pleased to require the opinion of the Couneil, whether his Majesty's said order extended to restrain the Granting of any Lands formerly claimed by New Hampshire, but which have not been granted by that Government: the Council thereupon"declared they were of opinion his Majestys said order prohibited only the granting of such of the said Lands as have actually been granted by the Government of New Hampshire, and does not extend to any part of the said Lands which have not been granted by that Government.