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Appendix 3. Background information on the recorders (continued).

Length of time spent on RECORDER the island prior to the

record

Prendergast (1834-1835) unknown

(proprietor‘s agent)

Yeo (1834) about 25 years

(resident)

Peake Business Papers (1836) various

(various island residents)

Anon. (1836) unknown

(island resident)

Proprietors (1837) probably nil

(absentee proprietors)

Carrington (1837) 11 days 23 days Charlottetown and Morell

areas, and Brackley Point.

Parts of the island visited/seen prior to the record

Length of time spent elsewhere in North America . rior to record

unknown certainly the area of Lot 10.

probably the whole west of the island.

various parts of the island from Bedeque to ‘Three Rivers’.

unknown

unknown

probably none

(visitor)

Type of forest or tree record

- timber utilization comment - timber utilization comment - utilization of tree species

- forest clearance comment

- timber utilization comments

~ general forest comment

- general forest comment - forest clearance comments - forest game animals

Martin (1837) probably nil unknown o general forest comment (non-resident author) - partial tree species list

Murray (1839) (non-resident author)

Hill (1839) (resident proprietor)

many years unknown especially familiar with west Prince County, though probably had also visited much else.

prObably nil --

- general forest comment

- partial tree species list

- forest comment on a specific area

- forest utilization comments

- general forest comments

- forest comments on specific areas

- tree species list

- ecological comments

- game birds and animals

- timber resource comments on specific areas

- forest utilization comments

Blatchford (1840) probably nil unknown - general forest comment (non-resident author) - forest utilization comments