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Charlottetown Common and Pasture Lots cover an area of7300 acres; and Georgetown and Princetown each, with their pastoral appendages,4000. North Parish covers 63,000 acres, and contains three townships; Egmont, 80,000, and contains four town- ' ships; Halifax 100,000, and contains five townships; Richmond, l00,000, also five; St.David’s, 124,000, and subdividesinto six Townships, and Princetown and Royalty; Grenville, 111,580, divided into five townships; Hillsborough, 82,520, comprising four; Charlotte, 87,300, comprising four townships and Charlottetown and Royalty; Bedford, 105,000, count- ing five; St. John’s 100,000, the same; St. Andrew’s 82,000, four; St George, 130,000, comprising seven townships and Georgetown and Royalty; St‘. Pat- rick’s, 100,000, covers five townships; and East Parish, which areas 100,000, the like number. We need say no more about the Parishes of Prince Ed- ward lslaud, as they are little more than nominal divisions, and map decorations; we will therefore dismiss the subject and pass on to a Proprietary list ofthe Townships or Lots.

NOTE.—VVi|liam Evans, Secretary to the Montreal Agricultural Society, anno 1836, remarks of Prince Edward Island, Treatise, page 134—“ The soil is naturally and generally of so good a quality that almost every acre may be rendered productive, consequently it will be able to maintain a much greater population than most other coun- tries of the same extent.” * * * * Again, “There is no part of British America that is more favorably report. ed of than Prince Edward Island.”

And again—“ The climate of the Island partakes 01 that of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but in some respects is superior, being entirely free from fogs to which these provinces are snbject. * *‘ As regards the salubrity of the Island, it is agreed by all who have lived in it for any time that there are few places where health is en- joyed with less interruption.” On page 125 Mr. Evans remarks— “ Prince Edward Island is very capable ot'supporting 600,000 souls, and ofproducing annually from 12 to 15 fold the amount which it does at present, or about £10,000,000.