The Commiſſioners were likewiſe impowered to make grants, under the Great Seal, of lots to poor ſettlers; to ſuch Engliſh ſubjects, as ſhould be deemed fit objects of his Majeſty's bounty; in allotments of not more than thirty acres of land, to any one perſon. With authority alſo to the ſaid Commiſſioners, to reſerve and keep ſuch lands, in the moft convenient parts of the iſland as they ſhould think proper for fortifications, and the uſe of his Majeſty's army, and navy. Together with a boundary of fifty feet from the ſea ſhore, round the whole iſland; and reſerving all mines, of gold and ſilver, which might thereafter be diſcovered there, for the uſe of his Majeſty, his heirs and ſucceſſors.[1]
This iſland is 29 miles in length, and 16 miles in breadth, but in ſome parts it
- ↑ It is the opinion of many people, that there are mines of both thoſe metals in this iſland; particularly of ſilver; pieces of ſilver ore having been found in the interior N. E. part.
