1775: Same 1783: Same. One-fourth "granted" to Loyalists* Many of these individuals saw the acquirement of these lands as more of a business venture. In 1767, the terms and conditions for the new landowners on St. John's Island were laid out. A 'quit-rent' or an annual fee had to be paid by each landlord for each one hundred acres 1 'His Majesty' back in England . In 1767, there were six shillings paid for every one hundred acres in Lots 40 and 56, while four shillings was pai< in Lots 41 and 42. (48) Small by today's standards, historian A.H. Clark states that in fact, "these rents were in fact considered extremely high a1 that time." (49) Rules were also set in place regarding the development of the fishery, public works, and the salaries paid to individuals such as governmental officials. According to early accounts written by John Stewart , there was to be "a reservation in a proper part of each townshii of one hundred acres for the (site) of a church, and as a gebe for a Minister of the Gospel; and thirty acres for a school-master." (50) The landowners were under obligation to settle one person for every 44.5 hectares (110 acres) within the first ten years of settlement. (51) What is also interesting is that Catholic settlers were not wanted. The British distrusted Catholics due to recent wars with France, primarily a Catholic country. Nor were settlers from Britain to be recruited. The focus stated in the landowner's leases was on obtaining Protestant settlers from Europe. This clause, however, was widely ignored. Thousands of Roman Catholic Scottish Highlanders immigrated to the Island during the initio years of settlement because "as poor, un-franchised Roman Catholics , they were considered the best available population for a colony crying fc settlers." (52) This immigration of highlanders would come to form the basis for the population of St. Peters . SETTLEMENT COMMENCED The beginning of the British settlement began on the Island in 1768. For two years, immigration stagnated. Between 1770 and 1775, however, the Island experienced an active immigration, particularly fror Scotland , with just under one thousand people arriving on the Island during those years. It is during these initial years of British immigratioi that the geographical settlement switched from the French Settlement a St. Peters Harbor to the head of St. Peters Bay . hese 'Loyalists" refer to the United Empire Loyalists whose migration was precipitated by the America evolution. The quest for new land and new opportunities lead many of these men and women to the Maritime Colonies, some of whom obtained land in PEI in Lot 56 . The main focus of Loyalist settlement was in the Malpeque / Bedeque area (Lots 16, 17, 19, 25, and 26, with minor settlements in Lots 65 and 50;