Upon the reading this day at the Board, a Representation from the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, together with the Draught of a Commission prepared by the said Lords Commissioners, for Arthur Dobbs Esqr to be Captain General and Governor in Chief of His Majestys Province of North Carolina; And it appearing that the said Draught of Commission is drawn in the usual Form⁠—His Majesty was pleased, with the Advice of His Privy Council to Approve thereof, and to Order as it is hereby Ordered, that the Right Honourable the Earl of Holdernesse One of His Majestys Principal Secretarys of State, do cause a Warrant to be prepared for His Majestys Royal Signature, in Order to pass a Commission under the Great Seal of Great Britain agreable to the said Draught which is hereto annexed.