AN ACCOUNT of the Dwelling Houses and Inhabitants of Part riages, Births and Burials in the said Province for one Year, of the Province of New Jersey, and of the Marfrom the 1st of July 1771. to the 1st of July 1772 17 18 35 11 Females Total of both Sexes Females Males 100: 888 Total 20 2492 1313 143 | 16 & upwards 16 & upwards under 16 Total Burials An Account of the Exports from the Port of Perth Amboy, between the 5th of January 1770 and the 5th of January 1772 32. Sides of Leather 350. Bush's Bran 1. Firkin of Starch 4. Boxes Candles 80. Barrels & 60 Quintals Cod Fish 21. Casks & 55 Bar's Apples 9. Hogsheads Melasses 600. Gall N. E. Rum 1. Ton Log & Red Wood 17. Barrels of Beef & Pork 8. Boxes Chocolate Representation from the Lords of Trade to the King, recommending Francis Hopkinson to be appointed of the Council in place of Charles Read, who had left the Province. [From P. R. O., B. T., New Jersey, Vol. 17, p. 262.] WHITEHALL April 21st 1774 To the King's most Excellent Majesty. May it please Your Majesty, Charles Read Esquire. one of Your Majesty's Council in the Province of New Jersey having departed from the said Province, with an intention to settle in the Island of St Croix in the West Indies, and Francis Hopkinson having been recommended to us as a person well qualified to serve Your Majesty in that station; We beg leave humbly to propose to Your Majesty that the said Francis Hopkinson Esquire may be appointed of Your Majesty's Council in the said Province, in the room of the said Charles Read Esquire. Which is most humbly submitted. DARTMOUTH. BAMBER GASCOYNE. WHITS. KEENE. I Whitshed Keene was appointed one of His Majestys Commissioners for trade and plantations, Jan. 25, 1774. Messrs, Jenyns, Gascoyne and Jolliffe were reappointed at the same time.-Dodsley's Annual Register for 1771, 183, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Gov. Franklin, relative to the removal of the Treasurer of East Jersey, etc. [From P. R. O. America and West Indies, Vol. 195.] WHITEHALL 4th May 1774 Sir, Governor Franklin. I have received your Letter of the 28th of Febry, and have laid it before the King. It is a great Satisfaction to me to find that an end has been put to the Dispute respecting the removal of the Treasurer of the Eastern Division, and that Harmony is likely to be restored between you and your Assembly; but I cannot but lament at the same time, that the House should have been so void of Candour in their Proceedings. as to have made that Dispute a Pretence for refusing to grant the Supplies for the King's Troops. In consequence of your Recommendation of M' Hopkinson the Board of Trade have proposed his being appointed of the Council in the Room of M' Reed. Inclosed I send you by the King's Command His Majesty's Order in Council on the 13th of April, approving an Act passed in New Jersey in September 1772, which you will not fail to make public in the manner usual upon such Occasions.' I am &ca DARTMOUTH. See p. 387, ante |