154 Assembly Proceedings, April 4-17, 1759.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
April 10

House not being then sitting has occasioned your not receiving it
Sooner and we therefore hope no neglect of the Publick Business
will be imputed to us Gentlemen the season for Action being near
there is no time to be Lost Dispatch (if any thing is now intended
to be done) is Absolutely necessary
Signed p order J Ross Cl Up Ho

Adjourned till to Morrow Morning 10 of the Clock.

April 17

Tuesday Morning 17. April 1759
This House met again According to Adjournment
Present as yesterday and Col.^o Hammond
His Excellency the Governor Communicates to this House the
following Letter Report of the Board of Trade and order of
Council about Exportation of Corn &c.^a
Gentlemen of the Upper House of Assembly

I have lately Received Instructions from the Right Honble the
Lord Proprietary to inform you that in Compliance with the joint
request of both Houses of Assembly made known to him by an
Address dated the [14^th] of December 1757 he delayed not to present
the Petition & representation that were at the Same time Trans-
mitted, the first of which was Addressed to the Kings most Excellent
Majesty and the Other to the Right Honourable the Lords Com-
missioners of Trade and Plantations. I am Likewise Commanded
by his Lordship to Inform you that altho the Lords of the Com-
mittee of his Majestys privy Council to whom the said Petition
and representation were referred did not at that Juncture think it
Adviseable to permit Corn &c. to be Exported from this and his
Majestys other Colonies in America to the Madeiras and to the
European Dominions of Princes and States in Amity with his
Majesty, yet that he is not without hopes of Succeeding on An-
other Application which he will not fail to make at a Seasonable
Time, and his Lordship is further pleased to order me to Assure
you that as he used his Utmost Endeavours on this Occasion to
Obtain the Completion of your Desires so he will Embrace every
Opportunity to Convince you and all his good Tenants how much
it is his Care and Study to promote your Prosperity and Happiness.
17^th April 1759. Hor.^o Sharpe

To the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of his
Majestys most Honble Privy Council for Plantation Affairs

My Lords.

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Pursuant to your Lordships order, dated the 22^d of June Last
We have taken into our Consideration the Humble Petition of the