By this public instrument of declaration and protest, be it known and made manifest unto all to whom these presents shall come or whom the same may in any wise concern.

That on this third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy two.

Before the undersigned Public Notary, duly admitted and sworn for the Province of Quebec in the Dominion of Canada, residing at Grand Metis.

Personally came, appeared and were present, Robert Ewing, master, of the ship or vessel called Frenchemen and Thomas Livingston Rae, mate of the vessel Frenchman, Thomas Samson, carpenter, William White, second mate, now lying at anchor at St. Flavie, who in pursuance of the present protest, do jointly and severally allege, affirm, declare, protest and say. That there is a great quantity of red pine and elm that still remained ashore, that on account of being so heavy could not be taken on board deck, though the Captain had asked to have it in the bottom of the ship several times. That by the Charter Party signed at Glasgow the nineteenth day of April last and at London the twenty second instant, between A. Thomson & Nephews, owners of the said vessel on the one part & Haycraft & Galfillan of t and at London the twenty second of said month instant by Haycraft & Galfillan, merchants and freighters on the other part, it has been mutually agreed.

That the said ship shall Frenchman of Grangemouth, measuring per register 1,135 tons now on passage to Quebec, whereof Robert Ewing, master, shall after discharge of outward cargo with all convenient speed, sail and proceed to a safe loading berth in the River St. Lawrence near Metis, as appointed by freighters or their agents, and there load from the factors of the said merchant, a full and complete cargo of square timber, deals, deal ends, lathwood and staves for broken stowage, sufficient deals to be supplied for beam fillings at full freight, which cargo the said merchants hereby engage to ship, not exceeding what she can reason- ably stow and carry, over and above her tackle, apparel, provisions and furniture, and being so loaded, shall therewith proceed to Greenock.

That it was further agreed that a qualified stevedore with a competent gang of labourers accompany the ship to Metis to load her at freighters risk & expense.

That on the twenty seventh day of June last first day of July instant, the said Captain R. Ewing has been protested by the agent of the freighter John D. Baldwin for the loss of twenty two pieces of timber for having shut up the ports and stopped the work on board the said ship.

On the twenty nine open one of the ports but when the ship swung head-to the swell, water began to come in rising six inches over the lower port pieces and the port had to be close again after taking 13 pieces.

The said appearers, in answer to said protest, declare, affirm and say: That on the twenty seventh day of June last, stevedore taking deals at 9:45, no cargo alongside the ship and no timber lost. As per log book in hand on the twenty eight, heavy rain, thunder and lightning. 8 o'clock, 47 pieces of timber came alongside, but as there was too much swell, the lower ports could not be opened, consequently the rafts broke up and 22 pieces of timber were adrift. The upper ports and between deck were clear at the same time.

That the loss of the said timber is by no way owing to or occasioned by any unseamanship, mismanagement or neglect of any of them, the said appearers or of any of the rest of the crew of said ship, but solely and entirely to the cause first above written.

The said appearers do protest and say that the said ship is very lower hold of said ship is very badly stowed, and she can not take the whole stock of timber on account of the bad stowage of her hold.

The said appearers do further declare that the protest that has been served and signified to said captain is null, being written, signed, dated and signified on the first day of July, a holiday on account of the Confederation in this county, and where all public documents are null by the law, all which the said appearers declare to be true and correct in every particular.

This done and protested at St. Flavie, the day and year first above written, the number sixteen hundred and seventy before noon, and the said appearers has signed these presents first duly read.

Robert Ewing, master.

Thomas Samson, carpenter.

William White, 2nd mate.

L’an mil huit cent soixante douze, le vingt-quatrième jour du mois d’août, avant midi. A la réquisition de Sieur Peter Grant, gentilhomme, actuellement à St. Octave de Métis, agissant en qualité d’agent pour M. Higginson, écuyer, contracteur des ponts sur la ligne du chemin de fer Intercolonial, résidant à Halifax, Province de la Nouvelle Écosse.

Le Notaire Public, dans et pour la Province de Québec, résidant à St. Octave de Métis, dans la District de Rimouski, soussigné, nous sommes expressément transporté à bord de la goëlette appelée Marinière du port de Québec, apré sont à l’ancre dans le havre de Grand Métis et là étant et parlant a Sieur Charles Arcand, capitaine de la dite goëlette, nous lui avons dit et déclaré de la part du dit Peter Grant.

Que le dernier jour d’août courant, à Québec, dans l’office de James W. Stewart, écuyer, nous vous étés engagé a prendre et charger a bord de votre goëlette, Marinière, pour le compte de M. Higginson, la quantité du cent quatre vingt treize tonnes de fer manufacturé, devaient servir a la construction des ponts sur la ligne de l’Intercolonial et de transporter et rendre en bon ordre, a terre ferme au Grand Métis, la dite quantité de fer, a raison de deux piastres et cinquante cents de fret par chaque tonne.

Que, de fait, vous avez pris chargement et étés descendu à Grand Métis où vous êtes arrivé le vingt du courant, et ce n'est et le vingt deux vous avez seulement que vous avez notifié le comparant que vous étiez prêt à effectuer le déchargement.

Que votre goëlette était alors et été encore aujourd’hui au cap à la Touée, distance d’un demi mille de la terre ferme, où il ne se trouve ni quai ni pontons pour permettre de décharger la dite goëlette.

Que par votre engagement, vous étiez tenu de délivrer le dit chargement ou cargaison à terre ferme (landed) à Grand Métis, et non au cap de la Touée, et cependant vous avez jusqu’à présent refusé et vous refusez encore de mette votre goëlette à l’endroit convenu près terre ferme, bien que souvent requis et sommé de la faire, au grand dommage et détriment des requérants.

Qu’il vous à été jusqu’après eut et vous est encore facile d’alléger votre goëlette, eu supposant le manque d’eau, au moyen d’un scow, mis à votre disposition, moyennant légère rémunération qui vous aurait permis d’autres votre goëlette au lieu de débarquement convenue être profitant de la haute marée et du beau temps, et que vous avez refusé et refusez encore, malgré les offres de service et d’assistance qui vous ont été maintes fois faites par le comparant.

C’est pourquoi, nous Notaire soussigné à la réquisition susdite, avons protesté et par ses présentes, protestons contre le dit Charles Arcand et tous autres qui ces dites présentes concernent, pour tout retard, pertes, dommages et intérêt depuis, et frais encourus et a encourir seulement vous par le défaut du dit Charles Arcand de la conformer a son engagement comme susdit, lui déclarant au nom du dit requérant qu’il est et sera strictement tenu responsable pour les dites pertes, retard, dommages et intérêts, fait et dépens encourus et a encourir et l’avertissant qu’à compter de la signification des présentes, la requérant procédera au déchargement aux frais et dépens du dit capitaine Arcand.

Fait et signifié à Grand Métis, au quai de l’établissement les jour et an susdits, sous le numéro mille six cent quatre vingt dix sept.

Et afin que le dit Charles Arcand ne puisse plaider ignorance, nous lui avons fait lecture et laissé en due forme copie des présentes, après lecture faite.

At the request of John Hutchison Ferguson, the assignee in the foregoing deed of sale, to transfer and assignment named, and at ther request of the vendors therein also named, I the undersigned Notary Public for the Province of Quebec, residing at Grand Metis, - went to the door of the Church of the Parish of Little Metis, in the Province of Qubec, within which the real estate in the Seigniory of Little Metis, aforesaid, charged with the rents in situated as described inthe said foregoing deed of sale to transfer and assignment, being a deed of sale, transfer and assignment made and granted by Hepzibah Ferguson, Mary Elizabeth Ferguson, Jeannice Ferguson, Welhelmina Ferguson and Anna Emma Ferguson to John Hutchison Ferguson, bearing date and passed before William Ross, Notary Public at the city of Montreal, the tenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy six and thre and then being did signify to teh debtors of the rents and to the owners of lanhds in the said Seigniory of Little Metis, affected by the same by the reading of such sale, transfer and assignment during two consecutive Sundays at the close of Devine Service in the morning as required by the sixth section of the Statute of the Province of Quebec, 38 vic. cap. 26.

I the said subscribing Notary, did and do hereby summon and require the debtors of the said rents and the owners of said lands to conform themselves thereto in and by the payment to the said John Hutchison Fergurson, his heirs or assignees and to any other person or persons of the constituted rents representing cens et rentes and other casual dues thereby assigned in pain in case of default in so conforming themselves thereto of again paying the same to the said John Hutchison Ferguson, his heirs and assignees.

Thus done and signified onthe day and moth and year aforesaid, having signified said sales, transfers and assignment of the said constituted rents representing cens et rentes and other casual dues of the whole of the said Seigniory of Little Metis to the debtors of ths said rents and to the owners of land in said Seigniory affected by the same by the reading of such sale, tranfer and assignment by me the subscribed Noary at the door of the Church of the parish within which the said real estate charged with the said rents in the Seigniory of Little Metis aforesaid is situated during two consecutive Sundays at the close of Devine Service in the morning.

To be enregistered according to of section of said statute.

Executed under the number two thousand six hundred and ten.

In testimonune veritatis.