478 NOTES. also be purchased there for from L .50 to L .120 per hundred acres. In a few years, however, the lands in that island cannot be obtained on such favourable terms, as the population is increasing fast. The mode in which lands are obtained from the Canada Land Company , may be seen by the following copy of a notice, published by Mr Gait , then agent for the Canada Company :— " To Emigrants arriving from the United Kingdom. " Notice is hereby given, that the Canada Company having com¬ pleted their arrangements for the settlement of that extensive tract of country which lies between the districts of Gore and , and the shores of , a road is being opened from the township of Wilmot to the mouth of the , hereafter to be called the Maitland. " This road is in continuation of one leading through Waterloo from ; and government is now opening another from Dun- das to , by which route the journey from the head of to may be performed in four or five days. " At the mouth of the Maitland, a town, to be called Goderich, will be founded in the course of the summer, as soon-as the neces¬ sary surveys can be completed. " Along the road, from Wilmot to Goderich, the land, which is all of the best quality, will be sold in lots of one hundred acres each, for which, at the option of the purchasers, payment, at the rate of seven shillings and sixpence per acre, will be taken in cash, provisions, or labour on the roads, from the first two hundred heads of families who offer themselves as settlers; and supplies of pro¬ visions, and medical assistance, will be provided by the Company. " Saw and grist mills are building near the proposed site of Goderich. " Emigrants, or other persons desirous to embrace this advan¬ tageous opportunity of locating themselves, will please apply to the agents of the Company, in the following form, by whom they will be furnished with tickets, addressed to the Company's Office, at , where the application will be registered, according to the date of the presentation of the tickets. (Signed) " John Galt , " Company 's Office, " Superintendent." " , May 28,1828."