Source Notes for Chapter 3: 1. Census Returns, 1861, ; Microfilm # M-897. 2. Sou' West therefore does not include such areas as Middleton and No Man's Land ( Maple Plains ) in this study, even though the term was often that inclusive. 3. These names were selected on the basis of their appear¬ ance together in the Census returns, and of comparison with the 1863 Topographical Map. Two persons with the same name are distinguished by the letters (a) and (b). 4. Topographical Map of Prince Edward Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence . Prom actual surveys by D. J. Lake , C.E . 1863. National Map Collection , Public .Archives Canada . 5. Statistics made from the 1861 Census. 6 Illustrated Historical Atlas of the Province of Prince Edward Island . C. R. Allen . 1881. J. H. Meacham & Co. 7. Although Relief /teymen^s were/made tt? some/tenants o/ i P. W. I . /by the/government tnere is/no record that Any or/at S-bu' We/st received such at 4his yime. / / 8. The comparison of an owner and tenant with 80 and 75 acres of arable land respectively showed the respective crop yields of 956 bushels and 980 bushels; about the same yields in hay; and the same quantity of farm animals; the owner produced twice the amount of butter in comparison with the tenant. In the case of an owner and tenant with 35 and 37 acres of arable land respect¬ ively, the crop yields were almoat equal: 319 bushels for the owner and 316 for the tenant; while the owner produced more butter (500 lbs.) the tenant produce more hay and cloth. 9. The estate of 82,287 acres was purchased by the Liberal government, from its proprietors, Messrs Pope and Company in 1855, according to the Examiner, January 1, 1855 and February 26, 1855. The Selkirk estate was The Selkirk estate of 4-8,000 acres was purchased by the Conservative government in 1860, according to the Examiner, May, 1860. 10. A report of the Land Commission was printed in the Examiner, August 12, 1861; in addition to the loan of 100,000 pounds the commission suggested tenants should pay an amount equal to twenty years rent for purchase of farms. 11. Letter of Proprietors to the Land Commission, in Examiner, May 26, 1862. 12. Among the terms offered by the proprietors were these: a purchase price of fifteen years rent at the highest rate charged during the lease; a five year limit to purchase from May 1, 1862; full payment of all arrears fj LL