476 NOTES.

“ 6. Shipmasters not having the above quantity of water and bread, to be guilty of misdemeanour.

“ '7. Shipmasters to enter into bond for observance of the act.

“ 8. Act not to apply to Post Office ships, or to extend to Ba? hama Islands, or West Indies."

NOTE E, page 461.

LANDS, in all the colonies, which remained unoccupied and held by the Crown, were, until lately, granted to emigrants, on paying certain fees of oflice to the governors, surveyor. general, &c., amounting to about L.12 on one hundred acres, and increasing to about L.l5 for five hundred acres.

Such lands are now sold in lots, under the direction of the com- missioner of Crown lands. These tracts are advertised in the co- lonial papers ; and plans of them may be seen in the proper offices, at the seats of government in each colony. Although the lands sold in this way may not cost the emigrant more than the former fees of office, yet the system is considered, by most of those with whom I have conversed on the subject, very objectionable. Cap— tain Hurd, surveyor-general of New Brunswick, now of Upper Ca- nada, pointed out to me, in a very distinct manner, the inconve- nience to emigrants of the present mode of settling the Crown lands.

There is more delay, and not so much liberty, in selecting any of the ungranted lands. .As it is, however, the emigrant must make his application as early as possible, and he will at once be told how soon, and when, he can get lands; which will not likely be attend- ed with much greater delay than may be necessary for him to acquire the requisite information about the local advantages of the lands pointed out to him. When he receives the proper titles to settle on the spot fixed upon, it will be well for him to set‘at once about clearing away so many of the trees as maybe necessary, on the ground where he is to build a habitation for lodging his family. The nearest settlers usually assist in these operations.

Should it be too late in the season for the emigrant to plant any thing for himself the summer he arrives, which is generally the