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CANADA. 
 
 Ittfom^tiott for |mmigrattfe, ^ettte, 
 
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 ▲KD PUBCHISBQS OP 
 
 PUBLIC LANDS, 
 
 WITH MAP, SHEWING THE NEWLY SURVEYED TOWNSHIPS, 
 f } COLONIZATION ROADS, &c., OF CANADA. 
 
 WM. M'DOUGALL, COMMISSIONER OP GROWN LANDS 
 
 QUEBEC: 
 PRINTED BY HUNTER, ROSE & LEMIRUX, No. 26, ST. URSULE STREET. 
 
 1863. 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 <ivof;i'U|iliicitl |>»t'iliuii '> 
 
 ('unxtitiiliiin iiiul (lovcriiiiiont 5 
 
 .Miiiiii'iiial Tnstitiitiuii." .'< 
 
 llivorH, rii<iiil!>, luiil Uuilwfiy? (i 
 
 Climutc, Wuudti ami ForcstH 7 
 
 l'ro);rc88 and SoUlomcut 7 
 
 Miucrals (< 
 
 Fi^horics S 
 
 C'l'uwn Lauda s 
 
 Culoiiizntiun Iloacls '.) 
 
 Crown Land Agencies, Upper Canada, tbuir localities, and huw to rcacli (iioin li) 
 
 Crown Land Agencies, Lower Canada, their localities, and bow to rcncii tliciu .. 1 1 
 
 Directions to Emigrants and utlicrJ wishing to pu.clsttso Grown Lauds Is 
 
 Directions to parties corresponding with the Depb. '(irvVt of Crown Lands l.-i 
 
 lustructions to Eaiigrants with some capital 20 
 
CANADA. 
 
 COLONIZATION, CROWN LANDS. 
 
 GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION. 
 
 CaniMlii extends from the (Julf of St. Lawrence on theeiiKt, to (uccording to wnio 
 authorlticH) the Rocky Mountains on the West, embracing an area of about J{f)0,000 Hqiiaro 
 miles, or 240,000,000 of acres, indepcntlcntly of its North-Western poHsessions, not yet 
 open for settlement. The River St. Lawrence, and Lakes Ontario, Erie, St. Clair, Huron 
 and Superior, with their connecting rivers, form a remarkable natural boundary between 
 Canada and tho States of the Union, and a means of communication of surprising extent, 
 and unrivalled excellence. 
 
 CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT. 
 
 An integral part of the British Empire, Canada enjoys perfect religious, social, and 
 political freedom. The Governor is appointed by the Crown, and is its representative in 
 the Province, lie nominates an Executive Council, who arc his advisers. There arc two 
 legislative bodies, called tho Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly, tho mem- 
 bers of which arc elected by the people. All public offices and seats in the Legislature 
 ure open to any candidate possessing the confidence of the people, holding a certain 
 limited amount of property, and being at the time a British subject. Three years resi- 
 dence entitles a foreigner to all the rights and privileges of a natural born citizen. Aliens 
 can buy, hold, and sell land. 
 
 MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 The municipal system of Canada is admirably adapted to the exigencies of a young 
 and vigorous country. In order to comprehend it, it is necessary to state that Upper 
 Canada is divided into Counties, forty-two in nnmber ; tho Counties are divided into Town- 
 ahips, tho latter being about ten miles square. The iohabitants of a Township elect 
 
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 anmiiilly five (Jouiicillors ; tho ('oulu•ill.ll•.^l'll•ct out ol'dils imiiil)(M' :i i.rcHi.Iin- ollu-er, wlio 
 it tK'sij;imtc«l the TowiLsliip Kocvo ; the Ucivei and itio Ih'puty Uocvcs ol' tlic dilTcrcnt 
 Towiisliliis form tho County Council ; tliis Council olcct their proj^idin;.; oflii'cr, who it stylml 
 tho Wanlcii. In each county there is ii jud^o, a .-hcritl, ono or moro loroners, a dork 
 ul'tho pi'uco, a clerk of the county court, a roi,'istrar, and ju-itici\i of the peace, wliidi 
 olliccrrt are appointed ))y tho (fovcrnor in Council. All Township llccvcs, Wardens, 
 MayofH and Aldermen, arc. '..r officio, justices of tho peace. 
 
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 RIVERS, CANALS, AND RAILWAYS. 
 
 lie natural advantages conferred upon Canada by tho St. iiuwrenci! liver, ami tlio 
 
 ^oa fur 2,000 miles of inland 
 
 :;reat lukoH, arc incalcuhiblc. 
 
 Immediate and direct water communication with th 
 
 roast, without any reference to tho va.st tilllucnts htrikin;.; deep into tho heart of tho 
 country, njjpcarsin itself sufficient to mark "Ut Canada for a di.'iliii'^uished future. Three 
 lumdred miles from the outlet of the St. Lawrence, we pass the mouth of tho Saguenay, 
 iiavi;;ablc for the largest vessel-s 70 miles from its outlet. J'our hundred and ten nillcH 
 >ailing from the ocean and wo reach Quebec, tho groat seaport of Canada; 500 miles 
 brings us to Jlontreal, near where tho Ottawa, or ("Jrand Itiver of tho North, miuLdes its 
 dark but transparent waters with these of the St. Lawrence, after draining a valley o/' 
 "SO,U00 Hfjuarc miles in area. One hundred and .sixty-eight miles above >Iontreal, after 
 ' parsing the St. Lawrcnco canals, we are in Lake Ontario, TTjO miles from the t<ea, and 'l\\-\ 
 feet above it. Lake Ontario is 180 miles long, from fifty to sixty miles wide, and 500 feet 
 deep. Traversing its expanse and passing Kingston, Cobourg, Toronto, and llamilton, we 
 reacli the outlet of the Welland Canal, through which wo rise 3i!0 feet to the waters of 
 Lake Erie, 1,041 miles from tho sea, and 504 feet above its level. Traversing Lake lOrie, 
 and through the Detroit river. Lake St. Clair, and tlic St. Clair river, wo arrive at Lake 
 llurou, 1,855 miles from our starting point, and 573 feet above the ocean. We now reach 
 St. Mary's river, and through a short canal enter Lake Superior, a fresh water sea as large 
 as Ireland, enabling ua to attain a distance of 2,000 miles by water from the mouth of tho 
 St. Lawrence. 
 
 There are now 1,876 miles of railway in operation in Canada, independent of the 
 Grand Trunk extension to Portland. The opening of the Victoria Bridge has brouglit 
 the Grand Trunk into unbroken operation, and it is now able to transport passengers and 
 goods from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, with a saving of several days over all other 
 routes. 
 
 The following lines are now in operation :— The Grand Trunk from llivierc du Loup 
 to Sarniaj tho Great Western, and branches, from Toronto to Detroit ; the Northern, from 
 Toronto to Collingwood ; the BuflFalo and Lake Huron, from Fort Erie to Godcrich; the 
 London and Port Stanley; the Erie and Ontario; the Cobourg and Peterborough; tho 
 Prescottand Ottawa; the Montreal and Champlain ; the Grenville and Carillon; the St. 
 Lawrence and Industry ; the Port Hope and Lindsay, with branches ; the Brockville and 
 Ottawa, to Perth and Almonte; the Stanstcad, Shofford and Chambly, and tho Welland. 
 
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 CLIMATE, WOODS AND FORESTS. 
 
 The climate of Canada is In nemo measure exceptional, especially that of the peninsu- 
 lar portion. Tlio influence of the great lakes is very strikingly felt in the elevation of 
 winter temperatures, and iu fho reduction of summer heats. Perhaps the popular Htandard 
 of the adaptation of olimato to the purposes of agriculture, i(! more suitable than a refer- 
 ence to monthly and annual means of temperature. Much information is convoyed in the 
 simple narration of facta bearing upon fruit culture. From the head of Lake Ontario, 
 round by the Niagara frontier, and all along the Canadian shores of Lake Krie, the grape 
 and peach grow with luxuriance, and ripen to perfection in the open air, without artiflciul 
 aid. In Lower Canada, mulonn ripen freely in the open air, and apples attain a peculiar 
 degree of excellence, tho.so of the island of Montreal being especially fumed. The island 
 ol" Orleans, below Quebec, is efjually celebrated for its plums. 
 
 That valuable wood, the black walnut, ceases to grow north of latitude 4P on the 
 Atlantic coast, but under the influence of the comparatively mild lake climate of peninsular 
 Can!\da, it is found of the largest dimensions, as far north as latitude 43 ° . The principal 
 descriptions of timber found in the forests of Canada, arc : — White, yellow, and red pine ; 
 white and black spruce j tamarack j white and black ash j grey, red, soft, and rock elm ; 
 bird's eye, white, and red oak ; bird's eye curly and soft maple; black and grey walnut ; 
 smooth and rough bark hickory; ironwood; basswood; beech; white cedar; hemlock; 
 chestnut ; butfonwood and whitewood. 
 
 Canada exports annually about I]0,000,000 cubic feet of timber in a rough stuto, nml 
 about 40O,OM()jO00 feet, board measure, sawed lumber, 
 
 PROGRESS AND SETTLEMENT. 
 
 The rc.<iOurecs of I'nnada have of late years been rapidly developing, and the increase 
 n her population is steadily augmenting. Industry may hero find a place to bettor its 
 condition, and capital a field for profitable investment. In 1829, Upper Canada had but 
 one hundred and ninety-six thourand inliaMtants, now tho population is 1,306,001. The 
 growth of wealth in the community may bo seen from the assessment rolls. The amount 
 of assessable property in the year 1829, in Upper Canada, was about $8,000,000, now the 
 assessable value of farm property, including tho value of farming implements, and of live 
 stock, is §859,070,1 18, or a little more than 8257 to each man, woman and child ; a degree 
 of prcspcrity it would be difficult to credit, were it not established by iifcontrovcrtiblo 
 proofs. The population of Lower Canada, by tho census of 1801, is 1,110,001, and tin' 
 cash value of farms, including tho value of farming implements, and of live stock, is 
 ?!204,052,0G9, or a little less than $185 to each individual. 
 
 The advantages which Canada offers to emigrants must, when they eometo bcgenerall.v 
 known, be suflicient to decide their choice in favor of tho wood-lands of the Province, 
 watered by beautiful lakes and living streams, which abound with every variety of fish ; 
 where the certainty of health, and tho chances of life arc far greater than in the flat 
 prairies in tho West, and where water power is evorywhcrc abundant, just where it \^ 
 jequired, in the midst of forests of Valuable timber. The back-woods settler in Canada 
 
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 finds a ready cash market with the lumberer for hia hny, oats, peas and potatoes, thereby 
 saving the latter the cost of trausport. It iii the mission of the lumberer to wage war 
 on the gloomy forest, and of the settler, on tho rugged noil. While the advance of settle- 
 ment has enabled the lumberer to push his enterprise further and further up tho stream, 
 it is mainly in consequence of tho trade in its timber, that the country is so fast filling up 
 with inhabitants, the wants of tho lumberman affording to the furnter a ready market fur 
 his produce at high prices. 
 
 Geologist 
 
 MINERALS. 
 
 Reference may be had to tho geological reports of Sir W. K. fjogan, Provincial 
 
 oirifit. 
 
 FISHERIES. 
 
 Reference miiy be ha<l to reports of Fiaherios* branch of (Vown Tiands Department. 
 
 CROWN LANDS. 
 
 Several miillons of acres of purveyed lands nro always in ntnr'cct, and tho prices fixed 
 at which intending settlers can acquire them, upon application to tho rospootivc Crown 
 Land Agents. The names of these agents, their rosidonccs, and how to got there, will bo 
 found below. The prices of Crown Lauds vary from seventy cents ca.sh, to one dollar, 
 and one shilling an acre, on time, according to locality. 
 
 Crown Lands in Upper Canada arc sold for cash, at seventy cents an acre, and, on 
 time, at one dollar an acre, one-fifth to bo paid at tho tim« of tialo, and tho icmaining four- 
 fifths in four equal annual instalments, with interest at si-x por cent on tho purchase money 
 unpaid. On the north shorj of Lake Huron, and at Fort William on Lake Superior, 
 lands are sold on time at twenty cents an aero. All Crown Lands in tho newly surveyed 
 territory, arc subject to settlement duties, and nopatunt in any ciiso (oven though the land 
 be paid for in lull at the time of purchase) shall issue for any such land to any person who 
 shall not by himself, or tho person or persons unuor whom ho claims have taken possession 
 of .such lands, within six months from tho timo of sale, and shall from that time continuou-sly 
 have been a bond, fide occupant of, and resident on tho land for at least two years, and have 
 cleared and rendered fit f.«r cultivation and crop, and had under crop within four years at 
 farthest from the timo of sale of tho land, a quantity thereof in tho proportion of at least 
 ten acres to every one hundred acres, and have orocted thereon a habitable house, and of 
 the dimensions at least of sixteen by twenty foot. Timber must not be cut without 
 license, except for agricultural purposes. 
 
 There is generally on Crown lands an unlimited supply of the best fuel. The condi- 
 tions of sale allow the settler to cut and sell fiom his lot whatever timber ho thinks proper, 
 by taking out a license, which can be had on application to tho Crown Land Agent. The 
 value of the timber thus cut is applied in payment of the purchase n»oncy due the Crown 
 
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 CO of settle- 
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 f market for 
 
 Kvcu ill burning the timber wliiuh ho docs not sell, the settlor can convert the ashes into 
 potash which will meet a rouly sale at from £7 to £9 currency per barrel. 
 
 Purchasers of lands, after paying a first instalment, can raise from the land itself and 
 from the timber on it, the means of paying the balance of the purchase money, and by 
 their own exertions, in a short time be posssessed of a valuable property; the pioneer 
 settler thus becoming the independent farmer. 
 
 , Provincial 
 
 Department. 
 
 prices fixed 
 >otivc Crown 
 hero, will be 
 :) one dollar, 
 
 \erc, and, on 
 mining four- 
 chase money 
 10 Superior, 
 kly surveyed 
 ugh the land 
 person who 
 in possession 
 continuously 
 rs, and have 
 four years at 
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 ause, and of 
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 COLONIZATION ROADS. 
 
 Oovernmcnt has opened several great lines of road on which free grants of one hundred 
 acres are given to actual settlers. The conditions of location are : — That the settlor be 
 eighteen years of age. That he take possession of the land allotted to him within six 
 months. That he build a log house 16 by 20 feet. That he reside on the lot and 
 clear and cultivate 10 acres of laud in the course of four years. Members of a family liav- 
 ing land allotted to them tr.iy reside on a single lot, thereby exempting tiicm from build, 
 ing and residence on each location. 
 
 The roads in Fpper Canada arc: — 
 
 1st. The Ottawa and Opcongo Road, which runs cast aud west, and will connect the 
 Ottawa with Lake Huron ; llesident Agent, T. P. French, Cloutarf. lloute, by Grand 
 Trunk Kailway and Ottawa River, or railway to Ottawa City, thence by stage and steamer 
 to Farrell's Landing. 
 
 2nd. The Frontenac Road, running North of Kingston, through the County of Fron- 
 teuac; Resident Agent, James Spike, DenistoD. Route by Grand Trunk Railway to 
 Kingston. 
 
 3rd. The Addington Road, running north and south, through the County of Adding- 
 ton ; Resident Agent, E. Perry, Tamworth. Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to Napanec. 
 
 4th. Tho Hastings Road, running nearly parallel to tho Addington Road, and con- 
 necting the County of Hastings with the Ottawa and Opcongo Road ; Resident Agent, 
 M. P. Hayes, Madoc. Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to Belleville. 
 
 5th. The Burleigh Road, running through the Townships of Burleigh aud Anstruthcr ; 
 Resident Agent, Joseph Graham, Peterborough. Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to 
 Cobourg and Peterborough. 
 
 6th. The Bobcaygeon Road, running from Bobcaygeon, between the Counties of 
 l*eterborough aud Victoria, north, aud intended to be continued to Lake Nipissing. Resi- 
 dent A./'nts; for southerly portion, R. Hughes, Bobcaygeon; for northerly portion, G. G. 
 Boswcll, Minden. Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to Cobourg and Peterborough, and 
 thence by steamer to Bobcaygeon. 
 
 7th. The Victoria Road, running north through tho County of Victoria to the Peter- 
 son Road ; Resident Agent, G. M. Roche, Lindsay. Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to 
 Port Hope and Lindsay. 
 
 8th. The Muskoka Road, running from Lake Couchiching to the Grand Falls of 
 Muskoka; Resident Agent, R. J. Oliver, Orillia. Route by Northern Railway from 
 Toronto to Barrie, tbcQco by steamer to Orillia. 
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 |{)' moans of those roada access is obtained to Townships recently surveyed by Govern- 
 ment and now open for settlement. They are chiefly of excellent quality, and well adapted, 
 in rispcct of soil and climate, to all the purposes of husbandry. 
 
 The roads in Lower Cannda arc : 
 
 1st. The Elgin Iload, in the County of L'Islet, about 35 miles long, from St. Jean, 
 I'ort .Toly, to the I'rovincial line; and that part of the Tachu Road, from the County of 
 llclli'chassc to that of Kamouraska, inclusive, about 100 miles. Kesidcnt Agent, S 
 Drapoiiu, St. Jcnn, Port Joly. 
 
 2nd. Tlio IMatiipedia Road, from Fleurian to River llostigoucho, 4G miles; and that 
 part of the Tache Road, from the County of Kamouraska to that of Rimouski, about 100 
 miles. Resident Agent, J. R. Lepage, Rimouski. 
 
 '{rd. The Tcmiscouata Road, from Rividre du Loup to Lake Temiscouata. Resident 
 Agent, L. N. Oauvvcau, Isle Verto. 
 
 The map is colored by counties. The Colonization Roads arc marked in red lines. 
 
 CROWN LAND AGENCIES, UPPER CANADA, THEIR LOCALITIES, 
 
 AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 
 
 AdKNCY ov WiMiiAM HARRIS, ^(/njas^oM : — Route, by rail to Ottawa City, thence 
 by stoiimer to FarrcU's landing, then by land to Admaston. 
 
 The Townships in this Agency a'-e : — in County of Renfrew: — Admaston, Ragot, 
 Blithficld, Rroraley, Brougham, Griffith, Stafford, Wilberforce and Matawatchan, 
 
 In County of Frontenac : — Canonto. 
 
 [n this Agency there are about 250,000 acres of land for sale. The Townships 
 recently surveyed are Griffith, Canonto and Matawatchan. The agricultural prospects of 
 Griffith are rather indiffijrent, thougiJ a considerable part may servo for grazing. It is a 
 remarkably well watered tract of land, as that part of the country generally is, having 
 rivers, brooks,l akcs and ponds, interspersed and scattered over the whole face of it. 
 There are several water privileges in the Township 
 
 In Canonto, the laud surveyed is in general well adapted for agricultural purposes, 
 producing when cultivated, the best quality of wheat, potatoes, oats and indian corn, and 
 na a grazing country can scarcely be surpassed, as almost every lot is supplied with spring 
 water and excellent meadow land. 
 
 AoENCY OF J. p. 3I0FFATT, PemJroie ;— Route, by railway to Ottawa City, thence 
 by stage and steamboat, 95 miles to Pembroke. 
 
 The Townships in this Agency are : — 
 
 In County of Renfrew: — Alice, Buchanan, Fraser, Head, McKay, Pctawawa, Rolph. 
 
 Tn District of Nipissing: — Maria, 
 
 I'here are about 210,000 acres of land for sale in this Agency. 
 
 In various parts of these Townships there are extensive tracts of hardwood land, the 
 9 oil of which, though stony, may be cultivated successfully. Pine is abundant, and is the 
 prevailing timber throughout. 
 
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 in St. Jcau, 
 County of 
 Agont, S 
 
 <; and that 
 , about 100 
 
 Resident 
 
 red lines. 
 
 \L1TIES, 
 
 ity, thence 
 ;0D, Bagot, 
 
 Townships 
 )rospeot8 of 
 3g. It is a 
 [ is, having 
 face of it. 
 
 il purposes, 
 a corn, and 
 irith spring 
 
 !ity, thence 
 vfa, Rolph. 
 
 The soil in Alice is of a sandy loam and generally level. There are about oU,000 
 acresof good laud fit for settlement. This Township is liberally supplied with springs ; 
 these are generally of pure water, but some of them are strongly impregnated with mitioral 
 substances, the principal of which are sulphur aud iron. 
 
 Agency of T. P. Fuench, CYo«<ar/;— Route, by railway or river to City of Ottawa, 
 thence to Aylmer and Farrall's Landing by stage and steamer, thence to tlio village of 
 Renfrew and Clontarf 
 
 In County of Renfrew : — Townships of Algona, Brudenell, Grattan, Ijyudoch, Rad- 
 cliife, Scbastopol. 
 
 In District of Nipissijg : — Sherwood, Ilagarty, and Richards. 
 
 In this Agency there are 300,000 acres open for settlement. 
 
 There is much land of a good quality in the Township of Algona. About two-thirds 
 of the Township is well adapted for settlement aud well wooded. 
 
 Sebastopol : — The whole Town.ship is remarkably well watered, and the water invaria- 
 bly good. All the lakes abound with salmon-trout, and oth(T varieties of fish. The settlert 
 in the Township have a ready market for all kinds of produce at the lumber shanties in tho. 
 immediate vicinity. 
 
 The three agencies above mentioned comprise a portion of what is termed the Ottawa 
 territory in Upper Canada, and contain large tracts of fertile land. The difi"crcnt descrip- 
 tions of timber prevail separately in particular tracts, and afibrd a convenient territorial 
 division of the country. The first of these natural divisions is what has been called the 
 white-pine country, fro)n the prevalence of that kind of timber, of which it contains the 
 finest forests, interspersed with tracts of hardwood land. It is generally arable and of a 
 good quality throughout, much of it being equal to the best hinds in the western peninsula 
 in every respect. The County of Renfrew is included in this tract. 
 
 Westward of this lies the red-pine country, so called from the prevalence of that kind 
 of wood. The soil of this division is geneially a poor sand, more or less gravelly, and in 
 parts the surface is rugged and rock;,, but interspersed with tracts of good land. 
 
 The third natural division is the hardwood country, so called from the pvevalencc of 
 that description of timber, associated with belts of white pine. It comprises an area of 
 upwards of seven thousand superficial miles, and contains the head-v/ater.-' of the rivers 
 MadawaskaandTetawawa, that flow into the Ottawa, and of the Mu.'<kokaand Maganetawan 
 of Lake Huron, aud the whole of the south river of Lake Nipissing. 
 
 The intending settler should bear in mind that large tracts of rough land, if covered 
 with valuable pine timber, much increase the value of a country for settlenioni, by giving 
 the settlers on the adjoining good l;inds, a higher price for their produce, than if these 
 pine lands did aot occur. 
 
 d land, the 
 , ond is the 
 
 Agency of James Macpherson, Khujsion : — 
 
 The lands for sale in this Agency are in the northern part of the County of [''rontenac, 
 comprising the Townships of Kennebec, Olden, Oso, part of Palmerston, Part of Miller, 
 and lots in Bedford and Hinchinbrooke. Altogether, about 250,000 acres. 
 
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 In Olden, excellent crops of wheat, oats, Indian corn, potatoes and turnips have been 
 produced, but the land, generally, is better adapted for grazing than other kinds of hus- 
 bandry. 
 
 Palmerston ia generally well adapted for agricultural purposes. It is traversed by the 
 Mississippi road as well as by the line of the Lavant and Darling road. Along the first 
 njentioncd road the settlement is progressing rapidly. The entire Township is well 
 watered by creeks and springs. The Mississippi river aifords an incalculable amount of 
 water power. In Miller, the land generally is rolling or undulating, traversed by numerous 
 brooks and streamlets of excellent water. The facilities afforded for transport by the 
 Mississippi and Frontenac roads, passing through a healthy section of country, the land 
 tolerably good, building materials in abundance, a sufficient supply of water power fo 
 manufiicturing purposes, a ready market for the surplus produce of the settlers, and 
 employmont for themselves and teams during the winter months at tlie lumbering estab- 
 lishments, serve to render Miller and the adjacent Townships as desirable a field I'or 
 settlement as this part of the country affords. 
 
 Agency of E. V eb.ry, Tamworth, Township of Sheffield : — Route by (J rand Trunk 
 Railway to Xapanec, thence by stage to Tamworth. 
 
 There are about 250,000 acres for sale in the Townships of Abiuger, Aiiglesea, Barrie, 
 Denbigh, Kaladar and Ashby. 
 
 Barrie is undulating and often broken by swamps and rocky heights. The soil is of 
 a rich sandy loam, easy of tillage, well watered, and about two-thirds fit for settlement. 
 
 Abiuger is also undulating, occasionally broken with swamps and ranges ofgraijitc 
 rock; the soil is sandy loam, well watered, heavily studded with thrifty mixed timber, and 
 fully two-thirds of it is suitable for settlement. 
 
 Denbigh is mostly high and rolling. The greater portion of the land is of a good 
 description and well adapted for settlement, having a sandy loam soil, and although the 
 tops of the heights are generally rocky, the soil of the table-lands and valleys is deep, rich 
 and fertile. It possesses great advantages in a lumbering point of view, and is easy of 
 access, having the Addington Road passing through it. 
 
 This section of the Ottawa and Huron tract being a mixed agricultural and timber- 
 producing region, offers, as already mentioned, great inducements to settlors, inasmuch as 
 they are sure of a ready market and high prices at the nearest lumbering establishment, 
 and the lurther a farmer locates himself in the interior, the higher the price be is certain 
 of realizing for his farm produce. 
 
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 A(JENCY OF M. P. Hayes, VLadoc : — Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to Bolleville, 
 thence by stage to Madoc, 26 miles. 
 
 In this Agency there are 290,000 acres fuv sale in the Townships of Tudor, Lake, 
 Cashel, WoUaston, Limerick, Faraday, Dungannon, llerschel, Monteagle, McClure, Wick- 
 low and Bangor. The country within the boundaries of Limerick, WoUaston, Dungannon, 
 and Faraday is the region where the waters divide, and consequently the height of land 
 between the OttAwaj and rivers runaing into Lake Ontario. It cannot therefore be other- 
 
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 ips have been 
 kinds of hus- 
 
 k'crsed by (ho 
 .long the first 
 ship is well 
 jIc amount of 
 by numerous 
 sport by the 
 itry, the land 
 or power lb 
 settlers, and 
 ibcring cstab- 
 le a field I'or 
 
 (jrand Trunk 
 
 ^Icsea, Barrie, 
 
 The soil is of 
 ettlemcnt. 
 es ofgrauite 
 d timber, and 
 
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 altlutugli the 
 
 is deep, rich 
 
 mtl is easy of 
 
 1 and tiniber- 
 innsiuuch as 
 tablishnient, 
 le is certain 
 
 to BoUoville, 
 
 'udor, Lake, 
 jluro, Wick- 
 Dungannon, 
 ght of land 
 )re be other- 
 
 wise than rough. Still there arc many tracts of good arable land to be met with, and the 
 very roughest of it would make good pasture land, having water in abundance. 
 
 Monteagle is represented to bo superior land, thickly and heavily wooded, and the 
 surface undulating. The Hastings road forms a direct line of communication through this 
 agency, and is connected by the Peterson lino with the Opeongo road. 
 
 AviKNCY OF Richard Hughes, Bohcaygeon : — Route by Grand Trunk Railway to 
 Port Hope, thence to Bobcaygeon. via Lindsay, by rail and steamer. 
 
 There arc about 400,000 acres for sale in the Townships of Galway, Soniervillc, Oaven ; 
 dish, Glamorgan, Lutterworth, Snowdon, Anson, Minden, Hindon, Ridout, Stanhope and 
 Sherborne. Galway is well watered, and although undulating and stony in places, has inter- 
 vening valleys in which the soil is deep and fertile. The Township swarms with beaver. 
 
 The land in Lutterworth is in general undulating and intersected with numerous 
 small lakes. There arc excellent water privileges in the immediate vicinity of Gull Lake. 
 
 Minden is a good Township, and is being fast settled with an industriouB and intelli- 
 gent class. The soil is generally composed of a sandy loam, in some cases resting upon u 
 substratum of clay and gravel, and is of good depth. Hindon is well adapted for settle- 
 ment. For small craft, an almost unbroken water communication from Lindsay to within 
 half a mile of its eastern limit, affords intending settlers a readiness of approach, not often 
 found by those seeking homes in newly surveyed districts. A large proportion of good 
 land is found in the south-eastern, central and western portions of the Township. In this 
 Agency the advantages of the Bobcaygeon road are incalculable to the settlers. 
 
 Aqency op G. M. Roche, Limhoy: — Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to Port Hope, 
 thence by rail to Lindsay. 
 
 There are about 200,000 acres for sale in the Townships of Garden,' Lazton, Dalton, 
 Digby, Oakley and Ryde. 
 
 In Garden and Laxton the soil is composed of a dandy loam, varying in depth from 
 one to two feet to stratified limestone rock of a soft crumbling description. 
 
 Digby: — The great body of the Township is high rolling land. In the intervening 
 valleys, the soil is deep, rich and fertile. Portions of the Township are of the limestone 
 formation. There are numerous sites where machinery could be effectually worked by 
 water power. 
 
 Dalton, in a lumbering point of view possesses great advantages, being well watered 
 by three rivers on which there are several falls and rapids. The Township is settling 
 rapidly. 
 
 In Oakley, the advantages of settlement arc good, owing to the Peterson Road being 
 opened through the Township. Where it crosses the Black River there is an eligible site 
 for a town plot, having advantages of never failing water privileges, und good land in the 
 vicinity. 
 
 Agency op R. J. Oliver, OrllUa : — Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to Toronto, 
 thence by Northern Railway to Bell Ewart, thence by steamer to Orillia. 
 
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 There are about 200,000 acres for sale in the Townships of 3Iorrisou, Muskoku, Draper, 
 Macaulay Stephenson, Brunei and McLean. 
 
 The lands in this agency are generally well timbered and watered by lakes and rivers, 
 with fish in abundance, and excellent mill sites. 
 
 AoENCY OF Joseph Wilson, Sauh Ste. Marie : — Route, from Toronto to Colling- 
 wood, by Northern Railway, thence by steamer to Sault Ste. Marie. 
 
 This agency embraces a portion of the Huron and Superior Territory. Sault Ste. 
 Marie being a free port, all goods duly imported and entered there, go into consumption 
 free of duty within the district attached to it. 
 
 In the vicinity of the Town, lands are for sale in the Townships of Aw(5ngo, Aw<5re8, 
 Tarentorus, Korah, Prince, Parke and Macdonald. In rear arc the Indian Townships of 
 Fen wick, Kars and Pennefather, containing much good land. 
 
 The Townships of Rose, Lcfroy, Patton, Thompson, Esten, Sprnggo and Salter on the 
 north shore of Lake Huron, are in this Agency. The lands in them arc sold for one 
 shilling an acre. Besides its land and timber, the chai-acteristics of this territory are its 
 mineral treasures and its fisheries. 
 
 Spraggc is situated at the mouth of Serpent River. Salter is situated near the mouth 
 of Spanish River. It is well timbered, many sections abounding with mnplo of large size, 
 and pine of superior quality. It is easy of access, a great part of the front being on 
 Spanish River, which is navigable fifteen miles past the TownHliip. ThompKon is situated 
 near the mouth of Mississagua River. 
 
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 Agency op Robert MoVioar, Fort WilNum, Lnke Superior, is reached by steamer 
 from Gollingwood. Two townships called Neebing and Pai-Poongc, have been surveyed 
 and arc oJfered for sale, also the town plot of Fort William, isituatod on the Kaministiqua 
 river, which empties itself into Thunder Bay, near the Western extremity of Lake Supe- 
 rior. These Townships are bounded on the South by high ranges of trap rocks. At the 
 base of these we get into a level plain forming the valley of the Kaministiqua river. The 
 soil consists in general of a reddish clayey lonm, well adapted for cultivation. Between 
 the long windings of the river are flats of rich alluvial deposit, giving growth to large] 
 elm, ash, &o. The country on both sides of the river is well watered by numerous creeks, 
 aflbrding excellent mill sites. 
 
 The climate at Fort William in winter, is not more severe than that in the neighbor- 
 hood of Montreal, the snow leaving the ground about the middle of April. 
 
 Farm lots in this agency are sold for one shilling an acre. 
 
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 CROWN LAND AGENCIES, LOWER CANADA. 
 
 SOUTH OF THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE. 
 Agency o? John Felton, Sherhookc .- — Route, by Railway from Quebec or Mont-E^j q. 
 
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 , Muskoku, Draper, 
 by lakes and rivers, 
 
 Toronto to CoUing- 
 
 rritory. SauU Ste. 
 ;o into consumption 
 
 if Aw6nge, Awdres, 
 [ndian Townships of 
 
 5c and Salter on the 
 icni arc sold for one 
 this territory are its 
 
 ated near the mouth 
 I maple of large size, 
 the front being on 
 I'hompson is situated 
 
 I u this iigeiicy tliorc aio about 70,000 acres for sale, at 00 cents per acre, in the 
 Townships of Auckland, Hereford, and Wcedou. It is gcucrally good hardwood timbered 
 land, and the settlement is progressing rapidly. 
 
 9 AdENOY OP AV. Farwell, RuhinsoH : — Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to Lcnnox- 
 vilK', K. T , theiieo by stage 2;") miles. 
 
 This agency consists of the Townships of Winslow, Whitton, Hampden, Ditton, 
 Woburn, Cliosham, and Marston, in which the price is CO cents per acre; and Spalding, aad 
 Ditchfield, where the price is 40 cents per acre. There are about 240,000 acres for sale, 
 generally hilly, and stony, but with good soil. 
 
 AoENcy OF J. T. LeBel, Wolton: — Route, by Grand Trunk Railway to Danville. 
 
 In this agency there are about 20u,u00 acres for sale, at 60 cents per acre, in the 
 Townships of Wotton, Ham and Augmentation, Wolfstown, Garthby, and Stratford. 
 Most of the good land is disposed of, and the remainder is hilly and much broken. 
 
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 reached by steamer 
 lavo been surveyed 
 on the Kaministiqua 
 ;mity of Lake Supe- 
 
 trap rocks. At the 
 inistiqua river. The 
 iiltivation. Between 
 g growth to large 
 I by numerous creeks, 
 
 that in the neighbor- 
 iVpril. 
 
 AoENCV OF L. TiAisREQiiE, Lambloii : — Route, from Quebec up the River Chau- 
 dierc to St. Frau5ois, thence by Lambton Road. 
 
 The Townships in this agency are Price, Adstock, Tring, Lambton, Forsyth, Aylmer, 
 Gayhurst, and Shenley, of which 130,000 acres are disposable at 40 cents an acre. Tring, 
 Lambton, Forsyth, and Aylmer arc good Townships, also part of Price, and well occupied. 
 In the others thete is much rooky and broken land, more fit for lumbering than farming. 
 
 AoENCY OF Andrew Ro.ss, Fntmj)ton: — Route, by land from Point Levi, 33 miles. 
 
 The lands in this .igency arc sold for 30 cents an acre, and consist of about 230,000 
 acres in the Townships of Jersey, Marlow, Risborough, Liniire, Watford, Cran bourne, 
 Frampton, Buekland, Ware, and Standon. Frampton is an old settlement. Craubourne, 
 Ware, Buekland, and Standon are partially occupied, and the land being generally hilly 
 and stony is better adapted for grazing than tillage. 
 
 Aoency OF Ftts. Tetu, St. Thmias, Montmagny: — Route by Grand Trunk Railway. 
 
 In this agency there are about 240,000 acres for sale, at 30 cents per acre, in the 
 'ownships of Montminy, Ashburton, Bourdages, Patton, Arago, Rolette, Panet, and 
 falon. The surface is rocky, but with much good land interspersed. The three last 
 lamed townships are free from rock, and of ezocllent soil. Timber is mixed. This 
 listrict is being settled from the old parishes. 
 
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 Agency of Stanislas Dkapeau, St. Jean, Port Joly : — Route, by Grand Trunk 
 lailway. 
 
 There are about 93,000 acres for sale, at 30 cents an acre, in the Townships of Ash- 
 from (iuebec or Mont-^j,j^ Qarneau, C'?i8;ji'ain, Jjafontaii^^, Lionne, and Fournie/, ??ho lands are being settled 
 
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 from the old parishes. The Boil is generally good but stony, and covered vtrlth mixed 
 timber. 
 
 AfJKNCY ov F. Deguisk, Stc. Anne de la Pocatihre : — llouto, by (^rimd Trunk Hail- 
 way, frum Point Levi. 
 
 Tn this agcney there arc 285,000 ncroa for sale, at 80 cents an acre, in the Townships 
 of Ixworth, Chapais, Woodbridge, Painohaud, Parke, Bunj;ay, Chabot and Pcheneganiook. 
 The soil and surface vary, being rough and broken in some places, and in others aiTording 
 tracts of good land fit for immediate settlement. There is abundance of water and many 
 excellent mill sites. 
 
 A(»ENCY OF L. N. Gauvreau, /a/e Vcrte: — Route, by Urank Trunk Railway, via 
 Uiviire du Loup. 
 
 The Townships in this agency arc Whitworth, Vigor, Demers, Dcnonvillc, Bogon, 
 Raudut, and Armand, 100,000 acres of which are open for sale, at 30 cents an acre. The 
 land is generally of the same quality as in the last mentioned agency. 
 
 AdENCY OF J. Bte. Lepaoe, Rimoiuki 2 — Route, by steamer from Quebec. 
 
 There are about 268,000 acres open ht sale, at 30 cents an acre, in the Townships 
 of Buquesuo, Macp6s, Neigcttc, Cabot, Fleuriau, Macnider, Matane and Augmentation, 
 8t. Denis, Romieu, Dalibert, Cherbourg, and Tourclle. The lands arc in general favorable 
 for settlement, especially in the valleys of the principal streams. 
 
 Agency of J. N. Veroe, Carleton: — ^Route, by steamer via Gasp^S, weekly. 
 
 The kuds in this agency are sold for 20 cents un acre, and consist of 90,000 acres in 
 the Townships of Matapedia, Restigouohe, Mann, Nouvelle, Carleton, Maria, and Pata- 
 pedia. The land is in general good, and well adapted for settlement. The rivers flow in 
 deep ravines, with very steep ascents to the table lands, which arc dry, and timbered with 
 hardwood, generally on a good soil. 
 
 Agency of J. A. LeBel, New Carlisle .——Route, by steamer via Gasp^, weekly. 
 
 The lands are sold for 20 cents an acre, and consist of 65,000 acres in the Townships 
 of New Richmond, Hamilton, Coz, Hope, and Port Daniel, and are of the same quality as 
 in the last mentioned agency. 
 
 Agency of John Eden, Gaspi Batin : — Route, by steamer, weekly, from Quebec 
 In this agency there are 120,000 acres for sale, at 20 cents an acre, in the Townships 
 of Newport, Perc4, Malbaie, Douglas, York, South Gasp6 Bay, North Gasp4 Bay, Fox, 
 and Sydenham. The County of Gasp^ is generally suitable for colonization. 
 
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 red '.y.th mixed 
 
 rid Trunk Kail- 
 
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 Pcliciicganiook. 
 ithers affording 
 rater and many 
 
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 NORTH OF TUB RIVER 8T. LAAVUKNCB. 
 
 AoKNCY OF ViNCKNT Martin, Chicoulimi : — Iloute, by Htcanicr h) Grand Hiiy. 
 
 The Townships in this agency are Itagot, Oiicoutinii, Latcrrierc, Jon(|uierc, M»'sy, 
 Trcniblay, Caron, Chsirlcvoix, Mctabctchouan, Kcuogami, Lobarre, Siginiy, Sininrd, Har- 
 vey, St. Johns, Ashnapnionchouan, llobcrval, and Demeulos, ol which there an; 300,000 
 acres disposable, at 20 centfi nn acre. Tho valley extending from Grand Bay to Lake 8t. John 
 has much deep, rich, alluvial soil, alternating with sand, but tho hills, or rather moun- 
 tains, arc not arable. 
 
 k Railway, via 
 
 lonvillc, BegoD, 
 s an acre. The 
 
 luebec. 
 
 the Townships 
 Augmentation! 
 
 enoral favorable 
 
 NORTH OF TUB RIVBR OTTAWA. 
 
 AoKNCY OF William TiiOMrsoN, FUxalian, Arumhl : — Koule, by stcunur IVom 
 Montreal to Orcnville, on the Ottawa 
 
 This agency is in the rear of Argenteuil. Tho lands have been recently opened for 
 sale, and consist of 70,000 acres, at 30 cents an acre, in the Townships of Montcalm, 
 Arundel, and DeSalaberry. A road has been opened by Government through the district. 
 The soil in the limestone valleys, and on the gently sloping hills, is very icrtile, but there 
 is much steep rocky laud abounding in valuable timber, although not arable. The oper- 
 ations of the lumberers greatly facilitate the settlement of the fertile tracts, by opening 
 roads and affording a ready market, at high prices, for the produces of the farmer, and 
 
 labor for himself, his borecn and oxen at the season when they are not required on the 
 farm. 
 
 weekly. 
 
 90,000 acres in 
 
 aria, and Pata- 
 
 rivers flow in 
 
 timbered with 
 
 Agkncy of G. W. Cameron, Thurso: — Iloute, by steamer from Montreal via 
 Carillon to Petite Nation. 
 
 The Townships arc Ilartwell, Ilipon, Suffolk, and Ponsonby, of which 75,000 acres 
 are disposable at 60 cents an acre. There arc large tracts of excellent land to be found in 
 this agency. Suffolk has a conaiderable extent o/ good land fit for immediate settlement, 
 and will soon bo opened by a colonization road. 
 
 spd, weekly, 
 the Townships 
 name quality as 
 
 r, from Quebec 
 the Townships 
 asp6 Bay, Fox, 
 
 Agency of E. W. Murray, Jiuckingham : — Route, to Ottawa by rail or steamer, 
 thence by steamer to Buckingham. 
 
 There are 100,000 acres for sale, at 60 cents au acre, in the Townships of Portland, 
 Derry, Bowman, Villeneuve, Templeton, and Buckingham. About one-third c*" tho land 
 in this district is mountainous, but well timbered with pine, maple, birch, &c. Tho soil 
 is very fertile ; in some parts a rich sandy loam prevails, and in others heavy clay. The 
 district presents large fields for settlement. 
 
 Agency of Robert Farley, Chelsea : — itoutc, by rail or steamer to Ottawa^ thenoe 
 by stage to Chelsea. 
 
 There are 290,000 acres for sale, at 60 cents un acre, in the Townships of Wakefield, 
 Jjowe, Masham, Hincka, Aylwin,. Dunholm, Biglpvf, Wells. Blftfce, and McQill. The 
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 I'cci'rit Hurvt^ri uilurii hoiiiu fortilu valli'js, auil urn cunil^ uucoHbiblo hy the (iiitiDcuu roud 
 };oiiig tioi'tli. 
 
 AuKNi'Y (»!■" MicilAKl. McUkan, Xu'thMil : — Route, from Ottawa city by tlio 
 (liitinoau rivur tu NortliGcld. 
 
 Ill tliiw ugeiicy there arc 283,000 aorett ilispoHablc, at tiO fciitrf an at-rc, in the Town 
 nhipH of ('aincrou, liuuchetto, NorthfiuM, KcnH-.iigtun, Aumand, Wright, Kgaii, Hieutto, 
 UiihkatoDgo, and T^yton. This diutrict in wull adapted I'ui' ucttluiuent, tiio uuly drawbavkii 
 being the want ui'goud roads. 
 
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 AuKNCY OP (.1. M. JuDOBON, CfairiiJon : — Routp, from Ottawa city by titcanicr to 
 I'ortHgfi du Fort, thcDCc by land tu Clareadon. 
 
 Tiic TownsbipH in thin ngcucy are Aldficld, Thoriic, Oimlow, Alleyn, I'untct'raut, 
 Cawootl, and Leslie, ut' which 270,000 acrcH ur« dinpoHable, at (iO cents an acre. These 
 Townships are being opened up by colonization roads, and afford one of the best fields for 
 HctI lenient. 
 
 AuRNcr OF Terenci Smith, ^//i<»ic//e : — Uoute, from Ottawa city by steamer to 
 IViiiltroko, thence by stage six luilts. 
 
 There are 135,000 acres for sale, for 00 cents un acre, in the Townships of AUumette, 
 VValtham, >^hecn, Chichester, Aberdeen, and Abcrford. The lands on Allumottu island, 
 and the front parts of th« Townships, are goncrally good, but the rear is broken, and thb 
 soil of a light description. 
 
 
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 THE SEIGNIORIEH. 
 
 There arc also some thousands of acres of laud for sale in the Jesuits' Estates Seig- 
 niories of the Crown, at prices varying from 40 to 60 cents per arpent. 
 
 .SV. Oalrid, — rear of Qacbeo, — communieation by good roads. Hon. Ls. Panct, Agent, 
 Quebec. 
 
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 Butmim, — near Throe Kivers, — Ls. Guillct, Jnr., Agent, Sle. Ci'eneviiie de BatUcan. 
 Route, by steamer from Quebec or Montreal to I'urt of Batiscau, and thence by land to 
 Ste. Geneviive. 
 
 Cup de la Mayileleine, — rear of Three Rivers, — Guillet and Lottinville, Agent, City of 
 Three Rivers. The lands for sale in this Seigniory are situated above the River St. 
 Maurice, on and near the Piles Road and a new Colonization Roa > leading therefrom to the 
 interior ; the whole communicating by good roads with the city. 
 
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 (ititincuu roHcl 
 
 Then! ari", likowiHo, n few lotw for Piilo in tho Suij»niory of Ijnuzoii, opimHid' (^ufbuo, 
 IVom 40 cciitM to H^I.OOuii uij>cnl. Folix h'orticr, Agent, Point LovIh. 
 
 iiwii city by the 
 
 Tlu' IiiikIh in IIu'mo Sfi^fiiioricK, iiiNtoad of bcini^ coiiccilcil, iis t'lHiiKMly, iiinlcr liio 
 Scinnioriiil 'IVriuiv, nro now hoKI unilor a teiiuio C(|Utvnlcnt to f're« and comnuin hoiH'agc ; 
 till) jmrchaMo money in imyaldc by inHtalmciits, and the BaloH are Kubjcet to Ht-ltlcinont dii- 
 tii'K. An arpeut in ii littlu lufN tiiaii an Kn^lir^li acre. 
 
 ity by titcunicr to 
 
 lity by Htcamer to 
 
 DIRECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS AND OTHERS WlSlllNti T<> I'UH 
 
 CHASE CROWN LANDS. 
 
 KniigraiitM and othcrw desirous of purchaHlnj^ Crown LandH should make application 
 to the respective local Crown Land Agentn, who arc required by law to liirninh ail appli- 
 cantH with correct inibrniation as to what lauds arc open lor sale. 
 
 The (toveriinient Emigration Agents at Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, 
 and Hamilton, will afford information and advice to cmigrantH respecting tho best means 
 of reaching the localities in which they intend to settle. 
 
 broken, and the 
 
 a' Kstutos Seig- 
 
 j8. I'anct, Agent, 
 
 DIRECTIONS TO PARTIES CORRESPONDING WITH THE DEPART- 
 MENT OF CROWN LANDS. 
 
 Applications to purchase wild lands, in newly surveyed or thinly settled townships, 
 should be made to the local agent, and if the lok sought to be purchased is at his disposal, 
 at a fixed price, ho will sell under existing reimlations. If tho lot has not yet been 
 advertised, and placed at the disposal of the ugcnt, no sale of it can be made until tliat iw 
 done, unless tho applicant is in actual occupation, with valuable improvemcntki ; in that 
 case he may, at his own expense, procure the services of the agent, (if the lot be within 
 tho juiisdiction of one) to inspect it, or furnish him satisfactory evidence, by affidavits of 
 two credible and disinterested parties, or the report of u sworn surveyor, to enable him 
 to report to tho Department the following particulars, viz : — 
 
 The whole time the lot has been occupied ; by whom now occupied ; tho nature and 
 extent of the improvements owned by applicant, and whether there are any adverse claims, 
 on account of improvements made by any other party on the same piece or parcel of land. 
 
 If the lot is public land, but not within the jurisdictiou of any agent, the application 
 should be made direct to the Department, applicant being careful, in order to avoid delay 
 and prevent unnecessary correspondence, to transmit at the same time the evidence by 
 affidavit or Surveyors' report, as above stated. 
 
 The same rules should be observed by applicants to purchase Public Lands situated 
 in the old settled Townships, with these additions : that in cases where the applicant 
 occupies improvements made by his predecessors on the lot, he should show by assignment 
 
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 III' nilii r I viili'Mi.!', Iiiiw ffi' iililaiiiet] |iuMi4i>Msioii of tlii'iii, and tlint lie in luw tlio hand Jidr 
 I'Wii.i- (if ilii< Miiiif. 'I'lii- jiii'M'nt lull value ol' Hio Innd por iicro, cxcluoivo of improve 
 iiK iii.-i, .'^liiiiill iiImi Ih.' stati il liy tlu- a<;('ut, llio Nurvryur or doponcntH, nn tho ciiho may bo. 
 Ml |iiiii'i'-< III ri'^sary to .sul)Mtaiitiatc' tint applicaiit'N claliii or ri^ht tu purc]..!Hu, iF (ho up- 
 jiliiMtiiiii is iiiMilc ilii'cct to till! |)('|iartiiK'iit, Hhuuld accompniiy tho flii :i|>|i!t<:ution. 
 
 ** All a-^iuniiii'iils, wlu'tlicr by tiiiuattorM ur purchascrH, must bo unconditiiiial, tu bo 
 
 l•lOl|^lli.'*(•^| liy ilic Ih'parfiiR'Ut. 
 
 Applualiiiiis lor liiinruiaMon rclalivo to tho datcH of I'ntcots niid ihv. nauiiH of 
 Tall iiti't's >.lniulil, invariably, bo mado to the I'ruviiic'ml or Deputy Pruviueiul llegiHtrur. 
 
 I'.nin'- v>riiiii;,' ti) tho Depiirtuuiit .should ^ivo their l'o«t Office, tho date and urtabci 
 .1 ilir l;i-t liiiiT til' any) they received froiii the Department on the Hubjcct. 'I'hoy 
 >ii iiii.l. ir ih.v can. .'tato whether the lots they write about arc Crown, Clergy, cr School 
 htiiM'. Ivii li III I r .^Imuld be eoiitiiied ti) Olio subject ; the Hi^nuturo should bo distinotly 
 wniirii. .11 t llie litter addresisod to "The ilonorublo the CoinmiHs'ioncr of Crown JiandH." 
 
 Ilviiy :i|iiilii:iiil I'ur Letter.'* TatiMit lor laiid.s, should state his christian uanio at 
 li'iiuth, witli lii.s ut\upati<j:i uud rcsiideneo, a») thc»o mu»t bo ututcd in tho Letters r«(cDt. 
 
 IN^TIirt TfoNS TO r.MMKillANTS WITH SOME CAPITAL. 
 
 iMiini^r.Hils with ."iniuo capital, de.sirou.s of Hettlin;.; on land, uud uuaccuBtomcd to life 
 in .ti ■ biisli, wiiulil (III ucll to pnrrhasc a Lot with a House, Outbuildinga, and a few acres 
 I'f I Ic'iKiiii 0. L'ii> III" thi.s ilcscriptlun are always to bo found in the newly settled district*, 
 ilic itlc to which i:; still in the ('rowii. In .'•uch cases a ymall sum must bo given for the 
 riijl'.i ami iinintivenK'nt.s ol" the ori}j;inal purchaser. The patent would then bo issued on 
 ;i;iM i. lit v\' liio bulanci' ol' the purchase money due to tho Crown, and on completion of 
 liii' iiijuircd settlement ilutic'*. 
 
 The Ciiiwii Land A;j;em.s will aid Immigrants inquiring for Improved Lots within 
 ilu ir .\,i;iiici''.-. Tr .\]ii(h jiatcnts have not been issued, '■'bey will say where such Lots 
 i.rc III be I'.iunil, iiiid tijcy will assi;-f, if requested, in draw!n«* up t'" necessarf »(:fignmont 
 Im il'f iiunli:i!-rr, Jc! rc;;istration in the Department of trov^a Lands. ^ 
 
 I'll) jn.:lu-i- ihiuiU i( .^jH<ctiii;/ (he ncwlj/ survci/id Towmhij)g, »ic lonjcr Pamphlet en ^ 
 
 lit!'' " lii iitarhf "It Siircri/s." 
 
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 dxcIuhIvo of improve 
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 uncondititiial, (u bo 
 
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 tho Hubjcct. 'I'liey 
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 cwly settled districts, 
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