We the Undersigned Commissioners of the Indians
for the County of Northumberland
in the province of
NewBrunswick appointed by
His Excellency the Lieutenant
Governor having taken upon
ourselves that duty Beg leave
to report that the Indian
reserve Situate a Short distance
above NewCastle commonly
called the Reserve at Oxfords
Brook, being in its present
State of little or no use to the
Indians, may, or the principal
part thereof, may without
injury to the Indians be
Sold; At all events the proceeds
of the Sale of this reserve
would in the opinion of the
Commissioners be of more
use to the Indians than the land.
That on this reserve there is Said to be an
important mill privilege
in a Situation highly eligible
for both a grist and Saw
Mill, and as a mill especially
a grist mill is much required
in the neighborhood of
NewCastle, The Commissioners
are of opinion that the
breaking this reserve and
Selling it or So much of it as
will comprise the brook
cove and mill Site, and sufficient
ground for a farm, which
would be necessary if only to protect
the mill from the danger
of fire from the adjoining Forests
would be doing good to the
Indians and prove highly
beneficial to the Settlement
of that part of the country.
The Commissioners therefore recommend in the
first place that a proper
plan and Survey be made
of this tract by order of
the Government (expenses to be
All which is Respectfully Submitted [etc.]
Miramichi 17th May 1838
James Gilmour
Michl. Egan
Wm. Abrams
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[2nd] May 29 Council
[...] What [Communt]
The Indians [to be]
This tract at Oxfords Brook
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[I should] object to the sale of the proposed site but not to its being leased at its full value for the benefit of the Indians This value the [...] will have the goodness to ascertain & not to allow it to be put up at a [less Price]
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