70 Lieutenant of the Dutch Artillery at the Siege of Bergenopzoom; that having surveyed the Towns of Nemewegen and Boisleduc he had the honor in the year 1754 of presenting the plans of the said Towns with their Environs to his Grace the Duke of Richmond who was pleased to accept of the same and to procure for your Memorialist a Lieutenancy at the raising of the 60th Regiment . That your Memorialist had the honor of being introduced by his Grace to my Lord Loudon who employed your Memorialist as his Draughtsman. That his Lordship employed him in America as Acting Engineer, and soon promoted him to a Captain Lieutenant , continuing still to employ him in surveying and framing a Map of the Province of New York . That when Lord Amherst took the command of the Army his Lordship was pleased to continue your Memorialist as Acting Engineer, and at the landing at Louisburgh his Lordship approved of General Wolfe 's Proposal to have your Memorialist with him as an Engineer to carry on the Attack from the Lighthouse to the . That after the surrender of Louisburgh your Memorialist surveyed the said Town and its Environs and made a Plan of the same, with a View of the whole Attack which General Wolfe was pleased (at his Return to England ) to present to the late Lord Chatham . That at General Wolfe 's arrival at Halifax in Nova Scotia in the Spring 1759 he was pleased to take your Memorialist with him as an Engineer on the Expedition against Canada , and promoted him to a Captaincy, and that your Memorialist remained with General Wolfe to the moment of his death. That after the Reduction of Canada your Memorialist remained with the Honorable General James Murray in the same Capacity until the 28th April 1760 when Major McKeller the Chief Engineer being most dangerously wounded, your Memorial¬ ist was appointed to act as Chief Engineer, in which capacity he had the honor to serve during the Siege and until the place was relieved. That after the Reduction of Canada he was employed in surveying the settled Part of that Province. That in September 1762 he was sent to England by General Murray with several Plans, Proposals &c. among which were Maps to be laid before his Majesty, which met with his Majesty's most gracious approbation. That on 6th March 1764 your Memorialist was appointed Surveyor General of Lands of the Province of Quebec with a Salary of £365 per annum, and in the 23d of the same month was honored with a ¬ mission as Surveyor General of the of . That in the Execution of the Surveys, of which the Maps, Plans and descriptions were yearly transmitted to the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, your Memorialist has been often honored with his Majesty's approbation, and has always been approved by the said Lords Commissioners under whose Instructions your Memorialist did act, until he was obliged to desist by the Rebellion in the year 1775. That in November 1775 he was obliged to embark for England where he and his Deputy were employed by Lord George Germaine to copy a number of Plans and Maps, and in March 1776 his Lordship proposed to your Memorialist to return to America as a British Aid de Camp to General De Hirster the Commanding General of the Hessian Troops with the Rank of Major in America (your Memorialist having quitted the Army in 1772 on account of his civil Employment) which your Memorialist accepted, and in May Embarked with the Hessian Troops for America, where he acted under Sir William Howe , Sir Henry Clinton and General Tryon in different Capacities till 1778 when he was required by General Haldimand to come to Canada , as the Surveyor General of Lands, with which he complied, and continued to discharge not only his office of Surveyor, but served also in the Military line. That your Memorialist always received his Salary of Surveyor General of £365 p annum until the year 1786 when he found to his great mortification, it was reduced to £300 p annum. Now your Memorialist humbly prays your Lordships will take into consideration this unexpected diminution of his Salary and restore him to the Receipt of the remaining £65 per annum, which he trusts he does not less deserve at the end of such long Services, and some of those in Places and in times when Britain stood in need of the most tried and steady Friends. SAMUEL HOLLAND . London 14 May 1789. To His Excellency the Right Honorable Guy Lord Dorchester , Capt General and Govcrnor- in-Chief in and over the Provinces of Lower and Canada , Nova Scotia , and New Brunswick , and their Dependencies. Capt. General and Commander -in- Chief of His Majesty's forces in said Provinces and Island of Newfoundland , etc, etc, etc. The Memorial of Samuel Holland Esq Surveyor General of lands for the Province of Lower and Canada . Humbly Sheweth, That your Lordship's memorialist has been employed in His Majesty's Service or that of his allies since the year 1745. That as early as the year 1747 during the siege of Hulst, he was in action with the then British Regiments, that repelled the attack of the French at Sandberg. That the same year he was promoted to a Lieutenancy of the Dutch Artilleries at the siege