It was decided, in England , that the best way to award the available grants of land was to have a "lottery." On July 23rd, 1867 the Board of Trade and Plantations held a lottery where petitioners wrote their names on ballots, placed them in a box, and waited to see what number they would get. The number drawn determined their Lot number. The sixty-seven lots were granted, "thus in a single afternoon, the entire Island was given away." (46) The recipients ranged from well know individuals such as General Murray , Walter Patterson and Samuel Holland himself, to officers of the military, members of parliament, government officials, and several merchants. The land in the St. Peters area was awarded to merchants, a fishing company, and a General: THE LOT RECIPIENTS : (47) LOT 40: Present day Greenwich , Midgell , and St. Peters Bay . 1767: George Spence and John Mills (Mill), Merchants : George Burns, Lieutenant. 1775: Same 1806: Half sold or transferred. LOT 41: Present day Cable Head East , Cable Head West , , and Southampton . 1767: Simon Fraser , Esq., Colonel: James Abercrombie , Esq., 1st Major (Lieutenant Colonel); John Campbell , Esq., 2nd Major (Lieutenant Colonel); and John MacDonnell (McDonnell, Macdonell) Lieutenant (Captain), for themselves and the rest of the officers of the 78th Regiment of Fraser Highlanders . 1775: Listed for a "Col." Campbell (possibly the John Campbell of the original group). 1806: Sold or transferred. Lot 42: Present Day Armdale, Ashton , Farmington , Five Houses , Goose River, Monticello , and Selkirk . 1767: Same as Lot 41. 1775: Listed for John MacDonald (one of the original group?) with Alexander McLeod . 1806: Sold or transferred LOT 56: Present day Dingwells Mills 1767: (General) Rt. Hon. George, Viscount Townshend, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 14