290 WHEAT, per quarter WOOD.-Balks, under 5 in. square, under 24 long £3 5 Battens, 7 in. by 23, 16 to 21 feet Battens, 7 in. by 24, 21 feet and upwards 3 0 200 0 7 6 0 200 Batten ends, 7 in. and above 23 and under 6 feet 0 15 Deals, above 7 in. by 31, 6 to 21 feet long Fire-wood, 6 feet wide and 6 feet high Handspikes, under 7 feet Handspikes, 7 feet or upwards Knees of oak, under 5 in. square Knees of oak, 5 in. and under 8 in. square Lathwood, under 5 feet, 6 feet high by 6 wide Masts, 6 in. and under 8 in. in diameter 500 4 0 0 1 10 0 0 15 0 ... 00 4 ... 0 0 10 fathom 050 020 015 O 050 50 c. feet 0 15 0 fathom per ... Spars, under 22 feet and under 4 in. in diameter Staves, not exceeding 3 feet long, 7 in. broad by Staves, 3 to 4 feet long, 7 in. broad by 34 thick Staves, 6 feet and upwards TIMBER.-Fir and oak 0 15 0 per 50 feet 0 0 19 6 per 120 0 0 2 each 50 c. feet 19485747398 133914 101182 1546 478897||186919 73785 | 71642 5600 3986 307739 The following Ships and Vessels, with their Tonnage, built within the Port and District of St. John, New Brunswick, in the year 1827. 77 Ships and Vessels, measuring 16323 Tons 17 Ships and Vessels, built in Nova Scotia, for owners at this Port 3774 11382 203546 Men, 11311 Total 94 XX. 20097 List of the Prices of Land, Produce, and other various Articles of common Consumption in Prince Edward's Island. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Richard Yates to His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor. Charlotte Town, 28th May, 1827. Richard Yates's respectful compliments to his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, begs to state, from a hasty calculation, also from other information, he thinks the under-mentioned is a tolerable near account of the surplus produce, as may be expected any fair year under present circumstances, viz. 100,000 bushels of potatoes, 17,000 bushels of oats as meal, 1,000 bushels of wheat as flour. Report of Prince Edward's Island, as directed by the Right Honourable the Principal Secretary of State. 100 acres PRINCE COUNTY.-467,000 acres, divided into 23 townships; quit rent 2s. per per annum. Township No. 15 revested in the crown in the year 1818. Terms prescribed by his Majesty's royal instructions, in the proportion of one settler to every 200 acres; the county in general containing an equal proportion of good and indifferent land. per KING'S COUNTY.-412,000 acres, divided into 21 townships; quit rent 2s. 100 acres per annum. Township No. 55 revested in the crown in the year ; on which the quit rent is 6s. per 100 acres. QUEEN'S COUNTY.-486,400 acres, divided into 23 townships; quit rent 2s. per annum. Terms the same as above. CHARLOTTE TOWN AND ROYALTY AND COMMON.-7,300 acres ; Charlotte Town divided into hundreds, containing 496 town lots, 21 water lots, 45 of which do not appear on record. Royalty containing 592 lots of 12 acres each, 90 of which do not appear on record; 35 common lots of 12 acres each, two of which do not appear on record. Quit rent on town lots 7s. per annum; pasture lots 3s. per annum. 151 town lots granted within the last 20 years, 16 water lots, 187 pasture lots, 2 common lots. Terms prescribed by grants on town lots, to build a house, 16 feet by 12; and pasture lots, to clear three acres previous to obtaining a grant and pay the annual quit rent. GEORGE TOWN AND ROYALTY.—4,000 acres ; George Town divided into 12 ranges, containing 192 town lots, of which 163 do not appear on record. Royalty containing 405 lots of eight acres each, 377 of which do not appear on record. Quit rent on town lots 5s. per annum, pasture lots 2s. per annum. Three town lots granted within the last 20 years; five pasture lots. Terms the same as above. PRINCE TOWN AND ROYALTY.-4,000 acres, divided into 38 rows, containing 306 town lots, of which 228 do not appear on record. Royalty containing 346 lots of eight acres each, 124 of which do not appear on record. Quit rent of town lots 5s. per annum, pasture lots 2s. per annum. Granted within the last 20 years five town lots, 53 pasture lots. Terms the same Return of the Acting Surveyor-General of Prince Edward's Island to Colonel Cockburn, Office of the Surveyor-General, Prince Edward's Island. It appears by the office plans of townships, No. 55 and No. 15, that the following number of acres are held by grant, and also by licence of occupation, as ordered by the Secretary of State, shortly after these townships were revested in the crown. The township contains 20,000 acres, which leaves 14,400 acres in the crown. The township contains 20,000 acres, which leaves 12,100 in the crown. The following communication is from the Quebec Star, conveying some correct views in furtherance of the plan of employing emigrants in the colonies. We insert it as an useful appendage to our Chapter on Emigration. As connected with the subject of the settlement of the waste lands in this vicinity, it is rather surprising that no person has as yet adverted to the advantages in that point of view that might be derived from the works now carrying on upon Cape Diamond. It is not to be questioned that the city and trade of Quebec have reaped very considerable advantages from the annual expenditure on the fortifications. But it appears to me that other and perhaps still more beneficial results might be obtained—it is to be feared that no small proportion of the wages of labour earned on the Cape has been distributed among the rum sellers, which with a little precaution might be diverted to very much better purposes. To the good effects arising from this great distribution of public money, the corresponding evil is that it is the indirect cause of greatly augmenting the number of paupers dependant upon charitable contributions during the winter months. Of the vast influx of emigrants during the summer months, it may be observed that few if any remain in this part of the province, excepting such as possess neither the persevering spirit or industrious habits required to enable a man to succeed as a new settler in the woods.—The opportunity of obtaining a precarious supply from comparatively easy labour during the summer months at Quebec, is a bait too enticing to be resisted by those who have not the fortitude if |