Fires in Lot 64. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A liberal land/0rd? 
     
    
   
   
    
     Selling fire wood. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A restrictive 
     
     lan d/o rd .7 
     
    
   
   
    
     contend with. On account of the destruction of the forest years ago, fence poles and 
     
     firewood could not be easily obtained. [p. 149 of the 1862 text] 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thursday, September 20, 1860, Georgetown. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Hon. Edward Thornton M. P. P. : 
     
    

    
     Hon. E Thornton — I believe land at Murray Harbour is not worth one half what was 
     
     many years ago. I think Mr Cambridge set a high value upon the land there on 
     
     account of its shipbuilding capabilities. Since that time, shipbuilding has gone down 
     
     and land has depreciated in value. I think the land on Lot 64 is not now worth 
     
     9/1 Oths of what it formerly was. Fires have run over the land, and thereby the quality 
     
     of the soil has been reduced [p. 137] 
     
    
   
   
    
     Monday, September 24, 1860. Charlottetown. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Coun. Haliburton — Which way do you act, when the tenants have no fire wood on 
     
     their land .7 
     
    

    
     Mr De B. [i. e. G. W. DeB/ois, agent for the Cunard and Su/ivan estates] — We allow 
     
     them to take it off our unoccupied lands, and also to cut fence—poles and scantling 
     
     for their one use. 
     
    

    
     Coun. Ha/iberton — Have you ever kept a wood-ranger on the property ? 
     
    

    
     Mr De B. — Yes. 
     
    

    
     Coun. Haliburton — Have Cunard’s tenants ever been restricted in regard to the right 
     
     to sell wood off their farms ? 
     
    

    
     Mr De B. — Not in any instance. 
     
    

    
     Coun. Haliburton — Have you ever heard of a tenant complaining of the practical 
     
     working of the restrictive clauses in his lease in regard to wood? 
     
    

    
     Mr De B. — No. 
     
    

    
     Coun. Haliburton — Do you know if the tenants ever make anything off the wood on 
     
     their land .7 
     
    

    
     — Yes, fishing vessels sometimes come in for firewood, and they sell to them. 
     
    

    
     — How much do they get for it .7 
     
    

    
     — About 10s a cord. 
     
    

    
     — Is there any opportunity to sell wood in Charlottetown ? 
     
    

    
     — Yes, and it bring from 123 to 18s a cord. 
     
    

    
     _ Do tenants ever lease land for the mere purpose of making use of the wood? 
     
    

    
     — They have done so on several instances on Cunard’s property. [pp. 144-5] 
     
     Coun. Hensley — You stated that as a general thing you give liberty to cut firewood 
     
     and fence-poles off vacant land to those tenants who have none on their own 
     
     property; why is it that one Mr. McLean, on Lot 49, has not obtained this privilege? 
     
     Mr De B. — The privilege is not given to everyone; it is a matter of favor, and when 
     
     there is a good reason for so doing, it is withheld. 
     
    

    
     [A question then arose as to whether there is a reservation of wood in Sir Samuel 
     
     Cunard’s leases] [p. 146] 
     
    
   
   
    
     John A. McDonald Esq., one of the heirs of the Tracadie Estate was called upon by 
     
     Councillor Palmer. 
     
    

    
     Coun. Palmer — Was there not some grievance by a tenant on your father’s estate 
     
     in reference to his being prevented to cut timber off the land which he occupied .7 
     
     — I am not acquainted with the circumstances of the case but if it was so, it was 
     
     owing to an engagement in the lease, and my father had a right to do it, if he thought 
     
     proper. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Coun. Haliburton — Are the tenants on your estate allowed to sell timber off their 
     
     property .7 
     
    
   
   
    
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