59 which now runs between them. These on the same day that Governor Haldimand embarked in 1784, to return to England , were pulled down by order of General Hamilton , and Mr. Morrison , our informant, helped to pull them down. The value of the whole ground in question would appear to be about £2,500, for one fifth of which the Committee think Miss Holland has an equitable claim. In 1828, a Mr. Wilson preferred a claim to part of this ground, which claim was forwarded in a despatch from Mr. Huskisson . In May of the same year Lord Dalhousie , in his despatch of the 6th September, 1828, reported unfavorably to this claim, on the ground of the grant being improvident and of the reservation in it for resuming it in case it should be required for barracks or other uses. It appears to the Committee that those uses must be of the same nature as barracks, namely, military, and even supposing that some of the ground was wanted for the battery and taken bona fide on that account, still it is stated by the Engineer Officers that a very considerable portion is not required for the battery. The Committee there¬ fore think that the equitable claim of Miss Holland to compensation is clear, and they did not see that it would be right to fix the same at less than her one-fifth part of the whole lot. Mr. Wilson claimed as a purchaser, with notice of a bad title,— Miss Holland never parted with her right. It will be for the government to say, whether all the heirs of Major Holland and those claiming under them, shall be placed on the same footing. The Committee are of opinion, however, that it would have been better that the ground had not been granted, and they recom¬ mend that it should remain attached to the Chateau, Miss Holland and any other of the heirs releasing their respective claims as they receive compensation for them. The amount to be paid, the Committee consider (as the general use of the ground has been for a garden to the Chateau,) should be paid out of the funds of the Province and not by the Ordnance Department. Certified, G. H. RYLAND. Major Holland never took possession of this valuable land, but in 1852 his heirs petitioned the Governor for compensation. Province of Canada 1 District of Three Rivers. J To His Excellency the Right Honorable James, Earl of Kincardine, Knight of the most noble Order of the Thistle, Governor General of British , and Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Provinces of Canada , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward , and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c, &c. MAY it please your Excellency, The humble petition of Henry Augustus Prevost Holland, of the Town and District of Three Rivers, Advocate, representing the Heirs of the late John Frederick Holland , Frederick Braham Holland, Josette Charlotte Holland , Susan Holland , Sophia Sylvester Holland and Eliza Holland , the two latter being the two children of the late Henry Holland , being all of the heirs of the late Major Samuel Holland , Most Humbly Sheweth, That the late Major Samuel Holland , in his life time Surveyor General of Lower Canada , and one of the members of the honorable the Legislative and Executive Councils , and one cf the officers of the army, which, under the immortal Wolfe, effected the conquest of Quebec in 1759, received from the Honorable James Murray , Esquire, then Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over our Province of Quebec , a grant under Royal Letters Patent, dated at the Castle of Saint Louis the 12th day of March 1766, (which is hereunto annexed) of a certain piece of land as described in the same, adjoining the Castle of Saint Louis; and under the said Letters Patent the property became vested in the said Major Samuel Holland , and after hi death, in his heirs. That the said late Major Samuel Holland , previous to the revolutionary struggle with the States of America, resided in that country, but, on account of his loyalty, attachment, and steadfast adherence to the British government was compelled to leave that country, after refusing, with indignation and contempt, offers of military command made him by the first leader of the then infant revolution; in consequence of which, and during that memorable epoch, he forfeited and was deprived of large and valuable possessions, in lieu thereof he received, as part compensation, the above piece or parcel of land, having been conferred upon him by the British government, not only as a well-merited reward for his long and important services, but as a compensation for actual loss.