Port Victoria, Vancouver's Island.
These are to certify, to all whom it doth concern, that the sufferance
for the present voyage is granted on the condition annexed to ---,
master of the ---, burthen --- tons, mounted with --- guns, navigated
with --- men, to proceed on a voyage to Fort Langley with passengers,
their luggage, provisions, and mining tools. The above-mentioned
--- register being deposited in the custom house at Victoria, hath here
entered and cleared his said --- according to law.
Roderick Finlayson, _Pro_ Hudson's Bay Company.
_Conditions of Sufferance_.
1. That the owner of the boat does bind himself to receive no other
goods on board but such goods as belong to the Hudson's Bay Company.
2. That the said owner also binds himself not to convey or import
gunpowder, ammunition, or utensils of war, except from the United
Kingdom.
3. That he also binds himself to receive no passengers, except the said
passengers do produce a gold mining licence and permit from the
Government at Vancouver's Island.