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Beigen, then having survey ed the town of Nimevegen and Bois- 1e duc he had the honor 1n 1754 of presenting the plans of the Said towns with their Environs to His Grace Duc of Richmond who was pleased to accept of same, and to procure for your Excellency s Memorialist a Lieu- tenancy at the raising of the 60th Regiment, that your memorialist had the honor of being intro- duced by His Grac Duke of Richmond to the late Lord Loudon who employed your memorialist as his Draftsman. That his Lordship employed him in America as Acting Engineer and soon promoted him to a Capt Lieutenancy 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 Louisburg, his approval of General \Nolfe’s proposal to have your memorialist with him as Engineer to carry on the attack from the light house to the West gate when he accordingly was employed immediately under the eye of General Wolfe. That after the surrender of Louisburg, 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 VVolfe’s arrival at Halifax in Nova Scotia in the Spring of 1759 he was pleased to take your memorialist with him as engineer on the expedition against Canada and to promote him to a Company after the engagement at Montmorency, but as your memorialist at this period had the honor to be known to your Lordship he will not intrude on your Excellency’ s time by recapitulating his services during that Campaign, that after the reduction of Quebec your memorialist remained with General Murry in the aforesaid capacity of Engineer. On the 25th of April 1760 when Major Miller being dangerously wounded your memorialist 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 Eng land by General M’urry with several plans, proposals and among which were maps to be laid before His Majesty whidh met with His Majesty’s most gracious approbation. That on the 6th of March 1764y our memorialist was appointed Surveyor General of lands of the province of Quebec with a salary of 365 pounds per annum and on the 23rd of the same month was honored with a commission as surveyor General of the Northern District of North America without any salary. That in the surveys of which the Maps, Plans and discriptions were yearly transmitted to the Lords of Commissioners of trade plantations. Your memorialist has been often honored with his Majesty' s approbation and has always been approved by the said Lords of Commission under whose instructions your memorialist did act until he was obliged to desist by the rebellion in the year 1775. That 1n November 1775 he was obliged to embark for Eng land when 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 Aide de Camp to General de Heister the Commander 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 and continued with General de Hister during the first campaign. As guides and pioneers were much wanted in the army your memorialist undertook to raise a corps of the above discription with whom he served at the taking of Fort Montgommery and Washington at the expedition to Danbury under General Tryon and on various other occasions. But your memorialist being required by the late Sir Frederick Haldimand to attend to his duties in Canada as suveyor General he comp lied with the same arriving in Quebec in 1779 and continuing to discharge not only his office opf surveyor, but served also 1n the military line. That your memorial- ist always received his salary of Surveyor General of 365 pounds per annum until your Lord- ship's arrival in the year 1786 when he found it was reduced to 300 pounds per annum. Your memorialist understanding that the said deduction had taken place by orders from home pre- sented a memorial to the Treasury to be reinstated in his former place by order for salary and reimbursed the arrears and after several delays was informed the same was granted and that it rested with your Lordship to place his allowance of pay on its former footing. Now as your Excellency’s memorialist finds his circumstances much reduced by this deduction of pay and also by the loss of his salary of Councillor so much so as to have been obliged to break in largely upon the small capital he had formed for the future support of numerous family. He therefore humbly prays your Lordship will take into consideration this inexpected diminution of his salary and restore him to the receipt of the remaining 65 pounds per annum and arrears, which he trusts he does not less deserve at the end of forty years services and some of them in places and at times when Britain stood in need of her most tried and trusted servants.

Quebec, 12 January, 1795 SAMUEL HOLLAND.

The prayer of the Petition approved and recommended to the Lords of the Treasury. DORCHESTER.