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appointment and they were obliged to abandon what improvements they had made there, several of their number, including Thomas Wyer, and Dr. John Calef, removing to St. Andrews.

Mr. Pagan produced before the Commission a document signed by J. C. Mowat, dated the 22nd October, 1775, certifying to his uniform loyalty to the British crown.

At St. John, N. B., on the 12th March, 1787, Mr. Pagan gave further evidence under oath with respect to his affairs.

When the town of Falmouth was burnt by Capt. Mowat, the house in which Mr. Pagan lived was burnt, and he lost furniture and effects to the extent of £50 sterling, although he had time to save a considerable part. Of the personal effects lost by this fire, and of the goods which were burnt in the store, he appears to have kept a careful memorandum, which he produced before the Commission.

In settling his accounts with his partners in Scotland, he was held liable for his share of the loss in consequence of the war.

In January, 1776, the schooner Favourite, valued at £750, of which seven-eighths was owned by Mr. Pagan, sailed from Falmouth for the West Indies. She was sold at St. Eustatia on the 27th March, 1776, for £337. 10, to prevent her becoming a prize under the Prohibitory Act. In support of his evidence regarding this schooner, Mr. Pagan produced a letter from the captain, James Dillworth, stating that he had sold her for 188 Johanneses.

The Brig Falmouth, of which Mr. Pagan owned an eighth interest, must have been a well built and well found vessel. In February, 1776, he embarked with his family on board of her at Falmouth, and was given a private clearance by the king's officers for Barbadoes. She was seized going into Bridgetown by the Argo, under command of Captain Gardner, was condemned under the Prohibitory Act on the 8th May, 1776, sold for £501,