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Series · 1832-1867
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of primarily of correspondence, with some minutes, reports on distilleries and Board of Revenue Minute Books as well. Correspondence covers a variety of subjects, including monies received from customs and excise, accounts of bonds and of duties paid, quarterly returns, the shipping trade, petitions and complaints, and employment within the excise office and other government positions.

Bounties
Series · 1787-1861
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of records regarding bounties on accommodation for travelers (particularly settlers, explorers and emigrants), rewards for apprehending military deserters, cattle breeding, chocolate manufacturing, cleared land, communications (particularly regarding settlement and support of emigrants, as well as packet boats used for trade and mail delivery), fish and fishing, grains, iron works, leaf tobacco manufacture, mills, pot ash, salt, whales, seal fishing, seamen (particularly those who volunteered for His Majesty's ship Halifax), shipbuilding and sugar refining.