His Majesty in Council having this day approved of fourteen new seals for the following Islands and Provinces in America viz:
Is hereby pleased to order that the Right Honourable the Earl of Shelburne one of His Majesty's principal Secretarys of State do cause Warrants to be prepared for His Royal Signature for transmitting the said Seals to the Governors of the said Island and Provinces empowering them to make use thereof And His Majes ty's said principal Secretary of State is hereby further ordered to cause the said Warrant and New Seals to be transmitted accordingly And to require the said Governors respectively to return the old seals to the Council Office at Whitehall in order to their being defaced by His Majesty at this Board.