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300 quintals for each of the twenty shallops engaged in the industry.

As a result of all this prosperity some sixty Aca- dians came to the island from Beaubassin to look over the land and de Pensens, who interested himself in their transportation, was encouraged once more to ask that he be raised to the dignity of Lieutenant de Roi, though again without success.”

The census of 1730 enumerates 76 men, 55 women, 182 children, and 12 domestics, a total of 325 per- sons to whom should be added 140 for the 4 goelettes and 23 shallops engaged in the fisheries. The dis- crepancy apparent between the totals of 1728 and 1730, in view of the influx of 60 recorded in the latter year may be accounted for by the fact that some of these would only view their lands and return to Acadia to gather their effects. An analysis of the census of 1730 reveals the fact that 10 arrived in 1729 although there is no mention of them in the correspondence of de Pensens, and only 27 in 1730. Further, a comparison of the names of the habitans in 1728 and 1730 shows that some had changed their residence in the meantime while others had moved away. This was particularly true of the north coast, where the habitans were half-fisherman, half-farmer, and of a roving disposition. Consequently although 37 new settlers arrived (1729-1730), exclusive of fishermen, the actual population had been increased

by only 28. 11 C11 IV, Vol. 11, pp. 96, 106.