Whereas Mr. Isaac Governeur has imported into this Colony 465 quarter casks, contain 116 cwt. and 25 lb. or gun-powder, and by Mr. William Cannon, his consignatory, sold the same to this Committee, for public use: And Whereas the Honble. the Continental Congress by their resolve of the 15th day of July last past, that every vessel importing gunpowder within nine months from the date thereof, shall be permitted to load and export the produce of those Colonies to the value of such gunpowder; and it is thereby recommended to the Committees of the several Provinces to inspect the military stores so imported, and to estimate a generous price for the same according to their goodness, and permit the importer of such powder to export the value thereof and no more, in produce of any kind: the Committee having by some of their members and other persons, inspected the said gunpowder, do estimate the same at the value of £30 New-York money per ton, and do hereby permit Mr. Isaac Governeur, by Mr. Wm. Cannon his agent, to export the value thereof at that estimate, to wit: the amount of the sum of £3,487 10s.0d. New-York money, and no more, in produce of any kind which he may think proper.