extraneous detail that in no way had any bearing on the names in question; examples are New Glasgow and Murray where unnecessary detail is offered for the lives of William Epps Cormack and James Murray. On the other hand, Douglas frequently listed names such as Commercial Cross and Cross Roads with absolutely no infor- mation at all except to provide lot numbers (the territorial divisions). The Douglas publication does not differentiate between contemporary and obsolete toponyms. Finally, Douglas was frequently too imprecise concerning locations, and some of the names he listed (e.g., McLure Cape) could not be found in any references.

Whereas, Douglas had 1,063 entries, this publication lists details for 1,668 names; and, as well, has 424 cross references. The names shown in the entry headings in bold type are current names approved by the Permanent Committee. The italicized names in the entry headings are obsolete and historical forms. Within the entries the italicized forms indicate the exact way those names appeared in the references quoted.

Names of populated places are shown in reference to direct distance from well known places and by lot number: e.g., “Garfield: 13 mi SW of Montague in Belfast, Lot 58”. Watercourses are identified by direction of flow and by lot number. Terrain features are keyed to populated places and lots. Readers wishing other data such as precise geographic coordinates and 150,000 NTS topographic maps are referred to “Gazetteer of Canada: Prince Edward Island”, the second edition of which is also being published by the Permanent Committee in 1973.

The division of Prince Edward Island into 67 lots and three royalties dates to the survey of Samuel Holland in 1765. The Douglas publication of 1925 has the following on their creation and disposal:

By the royalties of Charlottetown, Georgetown and Princetown are understood to—day the town sites as laid out in 1765, but they were originally

lands reserved for the exercise of the Royal pleasure as to their disposal. At a

meeting of HM. Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, July 8, 1767,

it was resolved that in the laying out of land set apart for the building of

towns, after the site of the town had been laid out, a common should be set apart and pasture lots be laid out, “allowing one acre of pasture lott for every ten feet in front of the town lott” and that “if the residue of the town lotts, over and above what shall be necessary for the town shall not be sufficient in quality for common and pasture lotts according to the above plan, that the land to be assigned to each town lott for a pasture shall be less in quantity; keeping however the same proportion; and if, on the contrary, there should be more than sufficient for the above purpose according to the said proportion, the surplus to remain as demesne lands of the Crown, subject to such future disposition as His Majesty shall direct.”

The size of the original pasture lots was twelve acres at Charlottetown and

eight acres at Georgetown and Princetown. These were granted in fee simple

by the governor of the colony representing the Crown from time to time to purchasers. Apart from the town site lands practically the rest of the