CHAPTER XII.

Commercial Statistics--Imports--Exports--Revenue--Government Policy--Fisheries--Education--Manufactures--Charlottetown--Census of 1798.

We shall now present a few facts respecting the commerce and other prominent interests of the island. Through the courtesy of the efficient collector of customs,--Mr. Donald Currie,--a gentleman whose polite attention and hospitality to strangers visiting the island deserve a permanent record,--we have been favored with important returns. As an illustration of the wonderful progress made in the development of the agricultural resources of the island, we may state that while the quantity of oats exported in 1862 was only 943,109 bushels, it amounted, in 1872, to 1,558,322 bushels!

The following is the value in dollars of the imports and exports of the island from 1870 to 1874, inclusive. The returns represent a rate of progress to which, perhaps, no parallel can be produced in the British Empire: [J]

YEAR. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. ------- ---------- ----------- 1870 $1,928,662 $2,154,003 1871 2,336,800 1,625,635 1872 2,569,878 1,894,173 1873-4 1,908,522 1,908,461 1874-5 1,960,997 1,940,901

The island revenue was formerly derived from _ad valorem_ and specific import duties, land assessments, sales of public and Crown lands. Since confederation it comes from compensatory subsidies, and the two last named sources. The revenue of 1860, in sterling currency, was $28,742, and the expenditure $41,196; in 1865 the revenue was $45,360, and the expenditure $48,350; in 1870 the revenue was $62,230, and the expenditure $70,662,--thus the revenue has been increasing from 1860 to 1870 at the average rate of $3,400. The receipts for the year 1874 were $403,013, and the expenditure for the same year was $435,207. The reason why in this latter year the expenditure exceeds the revenue is to be found in the fact of the large amount paid as compensation for land appropriated for railway purposes. It is right, also, the statement should go forth that the expenditure, which was so much in excess of the revenue in previous years, has been owing to the judicious purchase, by successive governments of the island, of freehold estates. Indeed, from 1854 to 1870 the government bought 445,131 acres of land, at a cost, in sterling money, of $98,435, of which 345,475 acres have been resold up to the year 1870. The money thus expended in the purchase of land is now in process of indirectly yielding a profitable return to the island; so that for contracting temporary debt, successive governments deserve credit instead of condemnation. They have made bold and successful efforts to shield the people from the misery and ruin entailed by the reckless disposal of the land by the Crown, and from the gross injustice of successive home governments in not making full and honorable compensation for the evil consequences of their action.

Mr. John Ings has placed at the temporary disposal of the writer a most interesting little manuscript book containing extracts from the survey of Captain Holland, in 1765, and exhibiting penmanship and neatness of arrangement of the first order. At this period the number of acres cleared in the three counties was 11,235; houses, 391; churches, 2; mills, 11.

The number of acres of arable land held by all families in 1861 was 368,127. The number held in 1871 was 445,103,--the increase in ten years being 76,976 acres!

Prince Edward Island is the best fishing-station within the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. But this important department of industry has not been cultivated to anything like the extent it ought,--being mainly carried on with United States capital. The following table from the census of 1870 shows that there had been, from 1860 until 1870, little, if any, progress:--

1860. 1870. ------ ------ Fishing Establishments, 89 176 Barrels of Mackerel cured, 7,163 16,047 Barrels of Herrings or Alewives, 22,416 16,831 Quintals of Codfish or Hake, 39,776 15,649 Gallons of Fish Oil, 17,609 11,662 Boats owned for fishing, 1,239 1,183 Men engaged in fishing, 2,318 1,646

In 1870 the total number of schools in the three counties was 372; and of scholars, 15,000. In 1874 the number of schools was 403; of scholars, 18,233. The salaries of teachers range from $113.56 to $324.44,--only about twenty teachers receiving the larger sum,--an allowance which cannot, by any possibility, command the necessary talent, and which must be increased if the educational system is to be put on a proper basis.

The manufactures of the island are such as promise further development. The importance of diminishing the import of articles which can be produced cheaply on the island as elsewhere cannot be overestimated. Merchants who send money from the island to procure manufactured goods which they can obtain to equal advantage at home are enemies to the material progress of the island. Is furniture required? Men like Messrs. John Newson, Mark Butcher, or John E. Ferguson can supply it. Are carriages or wagons needed? Visit Messrs. McKinnon & Fraser's establishment, or that of Messrs. J. & R. Scott. Are castings needed? Messrs. McKinnon & McLean, or Mr. Edward Morrisey can accommodate customers. Are window-sashes or similar woodwork in request? Lee & Gale are prepared to execute orders. Is tobacco required? Messrs. Hickey & Stewart and Charles Quirk produce a superior article. Are mowing-machines needed by our farmers? Mr. Archibald White makes them in great numbers and of excellent design and quality. Is well-made cloth required? It can be supplied in abundance by the manufacturing establishment of Mr. John D. Reid, Tryon. The men of whom these and similar firms consist are practical tradesmen, who are not ashamed to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow, and who naturally look to their fellow-islanders for that support to which their skill and enterprise entitle them.

The railway, under the management of Mr. McKechnie, prospers beyond the most sanguine expectations of its promoters. It was opened in the month of April, 1875. We give a statement of traffic earnings from the date of its opening till the close of August, 1875:--

No. Passengers. Amount. Freight. Mails. Express. Total. --------------- ------- -------- ------ -------- ------- 47,847 $35,655 $14,381 $1,737 $1,391 $53,164

Mr. Stronach manages the mechanical department efficiently, and the amount paid annually in wages is such as confers signal benefit on Charlottetown.

One word about Charlottetown. If the city were to represent the intelligence and enterprise of the fair and fertile isle of which it is the capital, it would be celebrated in the Dominion for the excellence of its sidewalks, its copious supply of water, its thorough system of drainage, and the delightful salubrity of its atmosphere. Since our arrival on the island, our head has been more than once in danger of coming into violent contact with the dilapidated wooden structure beneath. "I smell you in the dark," said Johnson to Boswell, as they walked on one of the then unwatered and undrained streets of Edinburgh, and certainly, the redolence of Charlottetown can hardly with truth be said to be elysian. The return of Mr. William Murphy, the representative of pure water, to a civic seat, from which he ought never to have been ejected, augurs that the legislative and municipal steps already taken to furnish a remedy for evils which can no longer exist without injury to the health of the inhabitants, will lead to a speedy consummation devoutly to be wished; and then Charlottetown will stand, in the estimation of tourists, in the position which its natural advantages warrant.

In hotel accommodation, the extensive and well-equipped Island Park Hotel of Mr. Holman, which we visited, is a credit to the island. The hotel of Mr. John Newson, at Rustico, is also well reported; and we are given to understand that Miss Rankin, determined that Charlottetown should no longer lag behind the times, is about to have a handsome house erected in a most suitable locality. A few first-class hotels will not only be mutually profitable to the owners, but also beneficial to respectable houses of all grades.

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A Return of the Inhabitants on the Island of Saint John, taken in April, 1798, by order of His Excellency Governor Fanning, &c., &c., &c.: By Robert Fox, Deputy Surveyor. [K]

No. of Lots or Townships Total Names of the |------ Males ------| |----- Females -----| Males Heads of Families Under From Above Under From Above and 16 16 to 60 16 16 to 60 Females yrs 60 yrs 60

Lot No. 34. Rev. Theo. DesBrisay 5 1 2 4 12 Neil & Mal. Shaw 2 1 1 1 5 John Auld 1 1 1 3 Sandy Marshall 1 1 1 3 Peter Leech 1 2 3 1 7 John McGreggor 1 1 2 1 5 Robt. Auld 1 3 1 1 4 10 Lan. Brown 1 2 6 3 12 John Millar 1 1 1 1 4 Rod. Steele 1 1 1 1 4 Corn. Higgans 3 3 1 2 9 James Curtis 3 1 4 Wm. Lawson 2 2 1 3 2 10 Dun. Shaw 4 1 2 1 8 Ronald McDonald 3 1 1 1 6 Arch. McDonald 1 1 2 Stephen Bovyer 2 3 3 3 11 John McDonald 3 1 1 1 6 John Brown 1 1 2 Dan. Roper 2 1 2 1 6 Col. Jo. Robinson 1 2 1 3 7 John McCormack 3 1 1 5 Caleb Sentner 1 1 1 2 5 Mr. McCaustin 1 1 2 Geo. Vickerson 2 1 4 1 8 Old McCormick 1 1 Peter Mattox 1 1 Lot No. 33. Neil McPhee 2 1 1 4 Allan McDonald 2 1 2 1 6 Angus McLeur 4 1 2 1 8 Don. McKinnin 2 1 2 1 6 Dun. McCullum 2 1 4 1 8 James Griggor 1 1 2 Peter Greggor 2 1 1 1 2 1 8 Hugh Campbell 2 1 2 1 6 Don. McFarlane 3 1 1 2 1 8 Sam. Hyde 1 1 Robt. Urquhart 1 2 1 4 John McCullum 3 1 1 1 6 Lot No. 24. Peter Gallong 3 1 4 1 9 Matin Ryan 5 1 1 7 Jos. Gallong 2 2 3 1 8 Peter Martin 4 2 2 1 9 Sapplion Gallong 2 2 Widow Shasong 1 1 2 Jo. Peters 2 1 1 1 5 Widow Martin 1 1 2 Cha. Martin 1 1 1 3 Mich. Doucette 3 1 2 1 7 James Peters 2 1 2 1 6 Fran. Blanchard 2 1 3 Cha. Gallong 1 1 2 Bonang Martin 1 1 1 3 John Blanchard 3 3 2 8 Widow Guthroe 4 1 1 6 Fabian Gallong 1 1 1 1 4 Fran. Brown 1 1 3 1 6 Alex. Dourong 2 1 1 1 5 Widow Mewes 4 1 4 1 10 John Ducett 2 2 4 1 9 Fran. Ducett 1 1 2 Brazil Gallong 2 1 3 2 8 Cha. Gallong 2 2 4 1 9 John Gallong 1 3 2 2 8 Leman Gallong 1 2 1 4 John Durong 4 1 1 1 7 Jos. Durong 2 1 2 1 6 Fran. Botlea 3 2 1 2 8 Peter Gooday 2 1 2 1 6 John Peter, Jr. 3 1 1 1 6 Lewi Gallong 1 2 3 Joe. Martin 1 1 1 3 Charles Golly 1 1 1 1 4 Feoman Martin 1 1 5 1 8 John Peter, Senr. 1 1 1 3 Joe. Penean 3 1 2 1 7 Peter Leclair 2 1 1 1 5 Lewi Blakair 6 1 1 8 Peter Peter 3 1 1 1 6 Widow Gallong 2 1 3 John Gootia 1 1 2 James Adams 1 1 2 1 5 Lot No. 23. Capt. Wm. Winter 4 3 7 John Grant 1 1 Jacob Buskirk 3 1 4 1 9 John McNeal 6 1 2 1 10 Wm. Simpson, Senr. 2 1 1 1 5 Wm. Simpson, Jr. 1 1 3 1 6 Wm. Clark 2 1 3 1 7 Lot No. 22. Tho. Adams 1 2 1 4 Lot No. 21. Robt. Anderson 3 1 2 1 7 David Cole 2 1 1 1 5 Alex. Anderson 3 1 2 1 7 Widow Anderson 1 1 2 Wm. Pickering 6 1 1 8 John Adams, Jr. 1 1 1 1 4 John Adams, Senr. 1 1 1 1 4 James Murphy 1 1 1 3 Wm. Vincent 4 1 1 6 Saml. Barnett 5 1 2 1 9 Richard Moorfield 1 1 2 Richard Shepherd 1 1 Michael Murphy 1 1 James Campbell 1 4 4 1 10 Barthw. Brislar 1 1 1 1 4 James Townshend 3 2 1 2 8 Lot No. 20. Wm. Marks 4 1 1 6 John Barefoot 1 1 John Crowley 1 1 1 3 James Dunn 6 1 1 1 9 Daniel Delaney 3 1 3 1 8 John Cousins 3 1 2 1 7 Robert Heathfield 1 1 3 1 6 Ben. Warren 2 1 4 1 8 James Brander 2 1 2 1 6 John Poor 3 1 1 5 Geo. Warren 1 1 1 3 Mrs. Rieley 2 2 1 5 Lot No. 18. Archibald McCoy 5 3 1 2 11 John Lawler 1 1 2 John Murchland 2 1 3 2 8 Widow Green 1 1 2 Peter Heron 1 5 5 1 12 James McNutt, Esq. 2 1 4 1 8 Dennis Rafter 2 1 2 1 6 Patrick Sennott 1 1 2 Ronald Morrison 2 2 4 1 9 Peter McDougald 4 2 3 3 12 Dougald Stewart 1 1 1 3 Wm. Donald 1 2 1 4 James Woodside, Jr. 1 1 1 1 4 Arthur Owens 2 1 3 2 8 Hugh McKendrick 1 1 1 3 Neal Ramsay 5 2 1 1 9 John Sinclair 1 1 3 1 6 Donald McDougald 1 3 1 5 Baldy Mathews 4 2 1 7 Donald Taylor, Jr. 1 1 4 1 7 Chas. McNeal 5 1 2 1 9 Malcom Ramsay 2 1 4 1 8 Alex. Boyce 3 1 3 1 8 Alex. McCoy 2 1 1 1 5 Angus Stewart 3 1 1 5 Andrew Gray 1 1 1 1 4 Angus McLelan 3 1 4 John McLelan 7 1 1 1 10 Angus Gillis 4 1 1 1 7 Royalty of Princetown James Mountain 3 1 1 5 David Palmer 1 1 1 3 Tho. Cochran, Senr. 5 2 1 3 11 John Whealan 1 1 2 Tho. Sutton 3 1 2 6 Benj. Warren, Senr. 1 2 2 2 7 John Henry 1 1 1 3 John Thompson 3 1 1 1 6 Tho. Cochran, Jr. 2 1 1 1 5 James Ferguson 3 1 4 1 9 Jane Allen 2 1 1 2 6 Kenith McKenzie 3 1 1 1 6 Widow McNeal 3 2 1 6 Geo. Thompson 1 1 1 2 5 Widow McCoy 3 1 3 7 Don. Taylor, Senr. 1 2 1 1 5 John Mathews 4 1 2 1 8 John McKenzie 2 1 3 6 Mal. McKendrick 4 1 1 1 7 Chas. Stewart, Esq. 4 3 3 4 14 John McGougan 2 4 2 8 James Woodside, Senr. 1 5 1 3 10 Hugh Montgomery 3 1 1 2 1 8 James Stewart 1 4 1 1 7 Wm. Craig 2 1 1 1 5 Danl. Montgomery, Esq 3 1 4 1 9 Arch. Ramsay 3 1 2 1 7 Wm. Baker 1 2 1 4 John Ramsay 1 1 2 1 5 Edward Ramsay 2 1 2 1 6 Joseph McLean 1 2 1 2 6 Tho. Simpson 2 1 1 1 5 Mal. McNeal 1 1 1 1 4 John McPherson 1 1 2 4 Don. McKenzie 3 1 1 1 1 1 8 Alex. McKenzie 2 1 1 2 1 1 8 John McMullan 1 1 2 1 5 John McNeal 2 1 1 1 5 Penney McDonald 1 1 2 Lot No. 19. Dav. Downing 2 1 1 1 5 Dugald Steele 2 2 Wm. Holmes 1 2 1 4 James Nowlan 1 1 1 3 Doodia Russel 3 1 6 1 11 John Gallong, Senr. 1 2 1 2 6 John Gallong, Jr. 2 1 3 John Perrie 1 5 1 7 Joe Gooday, Senr. 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 Bazil Perrie 4 3 5 1 13 Jos. Deroche 4 1 2 7 Fearman Arsnoe 2 1 2 1 6 Prosper Perrie 4 1 1 1 1 8 Bedeque Bay. George Mabey 2 1 5 1 9 John Leforgee 1 1 4 1 7 James Warf 3 1 2 1 7 Jonathan Palmer 3 2 2 1 8 Lot No. 17. Lewi Arsnoe 1 2 1 4 Cyprian Arsnoe 5 2 3 1 11 Chas. Ducett 1 1 1 3 Joe Gooday 2 1 1 1 5 Yaco Shasong 1 1 1 1 4 Peter Arsnoe 3 1 2 2 8 Widow Gallong 1 1 1 3 Chas. Rushaw 5 1 2 2 10 Cyprian Gallong 6 5 1 2 14 Minie Gallong 1 3 5 9 Larriong Bernard 1 1 3 1 6 Joe Bernard 2 1 2 2 1 8 Placid Arsnoe 1 1 1 1 4 Paul Arsnoe 2 2 1 1 1 1 8 Alex. Arsnoe 1 1 1 1 1 5 Joseph Rushaw 3 3 2 1 9 Peter Perrie 1 1 1 3 Joseph Arsnoe 1 2 3 3 9 John Arsnoe 3 2 2 3 10 Joe Arsnoe 2 2 2 3 9 Fearman Gallong 2 1 1 1 5 Widow Ducett 1 2 1 4 John B. Gallong 2 3 4 3 12 Stephen Arsnoe 2 1 1 1 5 Joe Ducett 1 3 1 5 Stephen Gooday 2 1 1 4 Peter Bourke 1 1 2 1 5 John Babtist St. John 2 1 1 1 5 Benjamin Darby 4 1 3 3 11 Daniel Green 5 2 4 1 12 Lot No. 16. Babtist Arsnoe 1 1 1 3 Mal. Ramsay, Esq. 3 1 4 1 9 Fran. Gallong 3 1 1 1 6 Owen Hickey 3 3 John Shassong 5 1 4 1 11 Peter Perrie 4 1 1 1 7 Gregwar Bernard 1 1 1 1 4 Antonie Gallong 5 1 2 1 9 Lewi Arsnoe 4 1 3 1 9 Peter Bernard 3 1 3 1 8 John Arsnoe 1 1 1 1 4 Bazile Perrie 4 1 4 1 10 John Wedge 4 1 5 1 11 Francis Gallong 1 1 1 1 4 Widow Arsnoe 2 1 1 4 Alex. Cameron 2 3 2 2 9 Donald Campbell 2 3 3 2 10 Hugh McCarter 2 5 2 9 Angus McGinnis 2 1 5 1 9 Widow McDonald 2 1 1 4 Don. Forbes 2 1 5 1 9 Archibald Cameron 2 2 4 1 9 Allan McLean 2 1 1 4 John McDonald 1 1 3 1 6 Lot No. 14. Donald McDonald 1 1 1 1 4 Angus McKinnion 1 2 1 1 5 John McLelan 2 1 2 1 6 John Gillis 3 1 1 1 6 Laughlin McIntyre 4 1 1 6 Alex. McCarter 3 1 1 1 6 Murdock Campbell 1 2 4 1 8 Donald Gillis 2 2 2 2 8 Tho. English 1 1 1 1 4 Patrick Rochfort 2 2 1 5 Michael McIntosh 2 1 3 6 Lot No. 13. George Blood 2 2 1 2 7 Rodk. Gillis 2 2 1 1 6 Widow Ramsay 2 4 1 2 9 George Penman 1 3 1 2 7 Dougald Campbell 1 1 1 3 Donald Murphy 1 1 2 Wm. Hunter 1 1 1 3 John Ramsay 2 1 1 4 Lot No. 11. George Linklater 3 1 1 5 James Smith 4 1 3 2 10 Lot No. 6. George Hardey 5 1 4 1 11 Lot No. 5. John Murray 3 1 1 1 6 John Brownyoung 3 2 3 1 9 Jacob Vigo 3 1 1 1 6 Hugh Ross 1 1 2 4 Alexander McKinnion 2 1 2 1 6 Tho. Duffee 2 1 2 1 6 Michael McNamara 1 1 2 Lot No. 25. Angus McDonald 1 1 2 1 5 Ronald McDonald 1 1 3 1 6 Samuel Rix 2 1 1 4 William Wright 2 1 1 2 2 8 Jessie Strang 2 1 1 1 5 John Murray 1 1 2 3 1 8 David Murray 3 2 2 2 9 Lot No. 26. William Schurman 3 4 3 2 12 Peter Schurman 1 1 2 4 Samuel Chatterton 2 1 3 1 7 John Baker 4 3 3 10 Major Hooper 1 2 1 4 Joseph Selliker 1 2 1 4 Thomas Hooper, Esq. 1 1 1 1 4 William Barrett 4 4 Peter Mabee 4 3 1 2 10 John Strickland 2 1 2 1 6 Nathaniel Wetherall 1 1 2 4 Widow Robins 3 3 1 7 Benjamin Cole 1 2 4 1 8 Richard Price 2 1 1 1 5 Moses Hives 2 1 1 1 5 Alexander Anderson 1 2 1 4 Archibald McCullum 2 1 2 1 6 Lot No. 27. Daniel Woods 2 1 2 1 6 John McDonald 1 2 1 4 Dennis Flyn 1 1 John McGinnis 1 1 3 1 6 Dougald McGinnis 1 1 2 1 5 Donald McKenzie 2 2 2 6 Lot No. 28. Peter Rubere 2 1 2 1 6 William Clark 1 1 1 1 1 5 George Molart 2 1 3 John Gould 2 1 2 1 6 George Stagman 2 1 4 1 8 Tho. Gamble 4 1 2 1 8 Dav. McWilliam 4 1 1 1 7 Widow Pollard 4 3 1 8 Adam Fullmon 3 1 1 5 Widow Lard 2 2 1 5 James Hewit 1 2 1 1 1 6 Lot No. 28. Morris Quinlan 1 2 1 4 John Taylor 1 1 1 3 Joseph Woods 1 1 3 1 6 Dav. Penman 1 1 2 1 5 William Warren 1 1 2 2 6 John Lord 2 2 2 4 10 Nathaniel Wright 4 1 2 7 John Foy, Esq. 1 1 3 1 6 Philip Callbeck 1 1 2 1 5 Ebenezer Ward 1 3 3 1 8 Peter Clymer 2 1 1 2 6 Paul Clymer 1 1 1 3 Lot No. 30. James McDougald 1 6 1 8 Jno. McDonald 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 Lot No. 31. Johnson Basto 2 3 4 3 12 Michael Seeley 1 1 4 1 7 Wm. Wilson 1 1 2 Benjamin Nicholson 1 2 3 Lieut. John McDonald 2 4 2 2 10 Thomas Hyde 3 1 1 4 9 Lot No. 32. John Wilson 2 1 3 2 8 Wm. Crosby 1 1 1 1 4 8 Wm. Hyde 2 2 3 2 9 Jno. Creamer 1 3 1 5 Wm. Dockendorff 1 1 1 3 Wm. Long 3 1 1 5 Donald McNab 1 1 1 3 Jacob Hartze 3 1 3 7 Jer. Myers 1 1 1 1 4 Conrod Yonker 1 1 2 Wm. Fisher 1 1 1 3 Lot No. 65. Rob. McConnel 2 2 1 5 Angus McGinnis 3 1 2 1 7 Robert Fox 1 1 2 1 5 Peter McMahon 1 1 Ben Wood 1 1 John Clark 3 3 6 3 15 Lot No. 49. John McGinnis 4 1 2 1 8 Wm. Hassard 1 2 1 3 1 8 Wm. Jetson 1 1 6 1 9 Barney McCrossen 2 1 1 4 John Burho 3 3 3 2 11 Wm. Wood, jr. 1 1 2 Wm. Wood, senr. 5 1 3 1 10 Joseph Smith 2 1 3 1 7 John Costin 2 1 2 1 6 John Eacharn 1 1 4 1 7 Nicks. Jenkins 6 1 3 1 11 George Hayden 1 1 1 3 James L. Hayden 3 1 3 1 8 Lot No. 50. ------ Rynolds 1 1 2 Joseph Beers, Esq. 1 1 3 1 6 Frederick Praught 3 1 2 1 7 Richard Myers 3 2 2 1 8 Tho. Pendergast 3 1 2 1 7 James Carver 4 1 1 1 7 Peter Musick 3 1 2 1 7 Spencer Crane 2 1 1 4 Don. McPhee 2 1 3 1 7 John Praught 1 1 2 John McDonald 1 1 1 1 4 Wm. Young 4 2 4 1 11 James Lard 1 2 3 1 7 Wm. Laws 1 1 2 John Van Niderstine 1 2 1 1 5 John Haley 1 1 Geo. Coughlin 2 1 1 4 Wm. Morris 1 2 1 4 John Monlin 1 1 Fred. Shultze 1 1 2 Lot No. 64. Nickl. Hughes 1 1 1 3 Wm. Shenshabach 3 1 1 5 Mrs. Forster 4 1 5 Lot No. 63. Wm. Graham 1 2 1 4 Lot No. 61. John Griffin 3 1 1 1 6 Lot No. 59. William Creed 4 2 2 8 Dav. Young 1 1 4 1 7 Jos. Clark 1 1 1 3 Dav. Ervin, Esquire 2 1 1 4 Wm. Ervin 3 1 3 1 8 Jno. Aitkin 1 1 2 Wm. Keoughan 1 1 1 3 Lot No. 54. Duncan McSwain 1 1 3 1 6 Farquhar Campbell 3 1 2 1 7 Angus Steele 2 2 2 2 8 Dun. Campbell 1 1 2 Alex. McLelan 2 1 1 4 Lot No. 55. John McLean 4 1 2 7 Alex. McLean 2 1 1 1 5 John McLean 1 1 1 1 4 Lot No. 56. Don. McCormick 4 1 1 1 7 Angus McCormick 1 1 1 3 Rod. McDonald 1 1 2 1 1 6 Don. McDonald 3 1 1 5 Angus Walker 1 1 1 3 Hugh Morris 3 1 1 2 7 John Carpenter 1 1 1 3 Wm. Blackett 1 2 3 1 7 Wm. Hayne 1 1 Joseph Brown 1 1 3 1 6 Wm. Dingwell 2 1 1 4 Boughton Island. Hugh McCormick 4 1 1 1 7 Alex. Steele 1 5 1 1 8 Lot No. 50. Dan. Shiverie 2 2 1 1 6 Peter Shiverie 4 1 2 1 8 Lot No. 43. Lewi Longapee 1 2 1 4 Lewi Longapee, senr. 1 1 2 John Longapee 1 3 1 5 Brazile Shasong 4 2 1 1 8 Lemong Shasong 2 1 1 1 5 John Shasong 1 1 2 Paul Shasong 1 1 1 3 Rusile Shasong 1 1 1 3 Babtist Launderie 1 1 2 Paul Peter 1 1 2 1 5 Naurie Mashell 1 1 German Shasong 5 3 2 1 11 Joe Peters, senr. 1 1 1 3 Joe Peters, jr. 1 1 2 Simon Burk 2 1 1 1 5 John Burk 1 1 1 3 Ambrose Burk 1 1 2 1 5 Lavia Peter 3 1 3 3 10 Peter Shiverie 1 1 Joseph Burk, senr. 5 2 2 1 10 Joseph Burk, jr. 1 1 1 1 4 Simon Burk 1 1 2 James Aitkin 3 1 1 1 6 Robert Dingwell 1 1 John Hipwell 1 1 John McPhee 1 1 2 1 5 Dond. McPhee 1 1 2 1 5 Neal McPhee 1 2 4 1 8 Dond. McCormick 3 3 2 1 9 Mary Sutherland 1 1 2 Rod. McDonald 1 1 4 1 7 Laughlin McDonald 5 1 1 7 Dond. McDonald 2 2 2 2 8 Allen McDonald 1 1 2 Hector McDonald 3 1 2 1 7 Rod. McDougald 1 1 3 1 6 Rod. McIntosh 3 1 3 1 8 Don. McDonald 2 1 4 1 8 John McDonald 1 1 1 1 4 Angus McDonald 1 1 1 3 2 8 Angus McFarrish 1 1 2 1 5 Allan McDonald 1 1 3 1 6 Lot No. 40. John McKenzie 2 1 2 1 6 John Duke 6 1 2 1 10 Cha. Saunders 2 1 3 6 Wm. Webster 1 2 1 4 Saml. Hutchinson 3 3 2 1 9 Lot No. 39. Alex. Dingwell 2 1 3 1 1 8 James Dingwell 1 2 2 1 6 Arch. McKenzie 1 1 1 2 2 7 Jacob Taylor 2 1 1 1 5 John Dingwell 1 1 Tho. Wright, Surv. Gen. 3 4 3 2 12 Dond. Peyton 4 2 3 2 11 John Moore 2 1 1 4 Tho. Webster 3 1 1 1 6 John McKie 3 1 1 1 6 James McIntire 1 1 2 1 5 Don. McIntire 1 1 2 1 5 Dav. Anderson, senr. 1 4 2 7 Dav. Anderson, jr. 1 1 2 James Anderson 1 1 2 Wm. McKie, Esquire 3 4 1 8 Robert Banks 2 1 1 1 5 Angus McIntire 1 1 1 1 4 Rond. McDonald 1 1 3 1 6 John McDonald 2 1 1 1 5 John McEachran 2 1 2 2 7 Widow Fisher 4 1 2 7 Rod. McDonald 2 1 1 1 5 Angus McFarrish 2 1 1 1 5 Hugh McFarrish 1 1 3 1 6 Joseph Dingwell 1 1 1 3 Angus McDonald 1 3 1 1 3 9 Duncan McEwin 4 4 2 2 12 Wm. Robins 1 1 1 3 Allen McDonald 2 1 2 1 6 Allen McDonald 2 2 1 2 1 8 Allen McKisick 2 1 4 1 8 Laughlin McDonald 1 1 2 1 5 Uriah Coffin 2 2 1 1 2 8 Fred Simonds 4 1 1 1 7 John Ford & Peebles 1 1 2 John Broh 1 1 1 1 4 John Murrough 4 1 1 6 Edwd. Allen 3 1 1 2 1 8 John Campbell 2 1 1 1 5 Peter Rose 1 1 2 Angus McDonald 1 2 1 4 Angus Campbell 5 4 1 2 12 Lot No. 42. John McKinnion 2 1 4 1 8 Rod. McKinnion 3 1 3 2 9 John McDonald 1 1 3 1 6 (Little) John McKinnion 1 1 1 3 Hector McKinnion 2 1 2 1 6 Lot No. 41. Angus McKisick 7 1 1 9 Neil McCormick 3 1 1 5 John McKinnion 1 3 1 5 John McDonald 5 1 2 1 9 Angus McIntire 1 1 1 3 Lot No. 38. Don. McAdam 3 1 1 1 6 Alex. McAdam 3 1 2 1 1 8 Laughlin McAdam 3 1 4 1 9 Allen McDougald 2 2 3 1 8 John McEachran 2 1 3 1 7 Widow McEachran 3 3 1 7 Hugh McEachran 3 1 1 2 7 Hugh McEachran, senr. 2 1 2 2 7 Revd. Angus McEachran 1 1 Angus McDonald 2 2 2 1 7 Arch. McPhee 1 1 1 3 John McPhee 1 1 1 3 Rod. McDonald 2 1 1 4 Allen McIntire 1 1 1 3 Don. McIntire 4 2 1 2 9 John McEachran 1 3 1 1 6 Dun. McMullen 4 1 1 1 7 Allen Morrison 1 1 2 1 5 Ellisha Coffin 4 1 3 1 9 Widow Coffin 2 1 3 Kemble Coffin 1 1 1 2 5 Benj. Coffin 1 2 1 4 Dond. McMullen 1 1 3 1 6 John McMullen 2 1 1 1 5 Alex. McMullen 1 2 1 1 5 Joseph Smallwood 3 1 3 1 1 9 Neal McDonald 2 1 1 1 5 Angus Curry 2 1 3 1 7 Call Curry 2 1 2 1 6 Wm. Douglas 4 3 3 2 12 James Hewick 1 1 1 1 4 John Anderson 3 1 1 1 6 Angus McPhee 1 2 5 1 1 10 Angus McPhee 2 1 1 1 1 6 Angus McDonald 3 2 1 1 7 John McDonald 2 2 1 2 7 Lot No. 37. Cha. McKinnion 1 4 1 6 John McCaskill 2 2 1 1 6 Dond. McCaskill 1 1 2 Duncan McGinnis 1 1 2 Gallen McGinnis 1 1 2 1 5 John McMullen 1 2 3 6 Widow McGinnis 2 1 2 2 7 John McDonald 1 1 1 1 4 Angus McCormick 2 3 3 1 9 Alex. McCloud 1 1 1 3 Capt. John Stewart 1 3 2 1 7 Alex. McKinnion 1 2 2 1 6 Allen McKinnion 1 1 1 3 Rond. McDonald 2 1 1 2 6 Angus McDonald 2 1 1 1 5 Murd. McCoy 1 1 2 4 John McDonald 1 1 2 1 5 Allen McDonald 3 1 1 5 John McDonald 1 1 3 1 6 Alex. McDonald 2 2 5 1 10 Dond. McDonald 4 2 4 1 11 Archd. McDonald 4 1 3 1 9 Duncan Gillis 2 1 1 4 Alex. McDonald 1 1 3 1 6 Dond. Grant 1 1 1 3 John McKinnion 1 1 1 3 Wm. Gillis 1 1 1 3 Angus McEachran 2 1 2 1 1 7 Dond. McEachran 1 1 2 1 5 Widow McKinnion 2 2 1 2 7 Hugh Gillis 4 1 4 1 10 Widow Frazer 1 1 1 1 4 Laurence Barrett 3 1 1 1 6 James Flanigan 1 1 1 3 John McCormick 2 1 3 3 9 Hugh McNab 1 1 2 1 1 6 Archd. McPhee 1 1 2 Hugh McPhee 1 1 3 1 6 Archd. Campbell 1 3 1 5 Walter Walsh 1 2 3 Wm. Campbell 2 1 1 4 Saml. Street 3 3 Rond. McDonald 1 2 2 3 8 Lot No. 36. Alexr. Curry 4 3 7 Angus McKenzie 2 1 1 4 Colin McKenzie 2 2 2 6 Donald McIlray 1 1 Donald McGraw 6 2 3 1 1 13 Angus McDonald 4 1 1 6 Chas. McDonald 5 3 3 3 14 Widow McDonald 1 1 1 3 John McIlray 3 1 1 5 Martin McIlray 2 1 5 2 10 Dond. Gillis 1 2 1 1 2 7 Dun. Gillis 1 1 2 1 5 James McDonald 3 1 1 5 John McDonald 3 1 1 5 John Stewart 3 1 5 1 10 Dond. Morrison 2 1 2 1 6 Hugh Walker 2 1 2 1 6 Rond. McLean 2 1 1 4 John McKenzie 1 1 2 1 5 Widow McDonald 1 1 1 1 4 Capt. John McDonald 2 1 1 2 6 John McPhee 4 1 1 1 7 Alex. McIntosh 2 1 1 1 5 Lot No. 35. John McIntyre 1 3 1 5 John Pringle 2 1 3 James Chaytor 2 1 1 1 5 Dond. McIntosh 2 1 1 4 Moses Keho 1 2 1 4 Rod. McIsaac 2 1 3 6 John McIntosh 2 2 4 Edward Elvert 1 1 2 1 5 Edwd. McAdam 4 1 1 1 7 Dond. McIlray 1 1 5 1 8 Patk. Curry 2 1 2 1 6 John McIntire 1 1 3 1 6 Dond. McKisick 1 1 3 1 6 Dond. McDonald 1 1 4 6 Angus McIlray 3 1 2 1 7 Don. McEachran 3 2 1 1 1 8 Don. McDonald 1 3 1 5 Don. McDonald 4 2 2 8 John McDonald 1 1 1 1 4 James Lawson 1 3 1 5 Rond. McDonald 1 1 2 1 5 Don. Campbell 3 1 1 1 6 John Campbell 1 1 1 1 4 Hugh Campbell 2 1 1 4 Lot No. 48. Alex. McDonald 1 1 1 1 4 Neal McDonald 2 1 2 1 6 Murd. McCloud 5 1 1 1 8 Wm. Ferguson 2 1 2 1 6 Dond. Curry 1 1 1 3 Alex. Mutch 2 1 3 1 7 John Bovyer 2 2 Chief-justice Stewart 4 1 1 3 9 Angus Curry 1 1 2 1 5 Angus McDonald 1 2 2 5 Rodk. McDonald 1 2 1 4 Benj. Crossman 1 1 1 3 Royalty of Ch'town. Patk. Oneal 1 1 3 1 6 J. Gellespie 3 2 1 6 Ben. Grosvenor 2 1 1 4 Rond. McDonald 1 1 3 1 6 John Carrol 2 2 2 1 7 Mrs. Hillman 2 1 2 5 Dav. Ross 1 3 1 5 Mrs. Cambridge 2 2 2 2 8 John Brecken 3 3 2 3 11 Colo. Lyons 1 3 4 4 1 13 Widow Smith 1 1 2 Benj. Chappell 1 2 1 1 5 David Laughry 1 1 1 3 Henry W. Perry 2 2 1 2 7 Rob. Hodgson, Esqr. 3 1 2 6 Serjt. Deering 3 1 2 1 7 John J. Potcher 1 1 1 3 John Hall 2 1 1 4 Rob. Callehan 1 1 2 John Webster, senr. 1 1 1 3 John Coxen 1 1 2 Wm. Townshend. Esqr. 3 2 1 2 8 John Revel 1 1 1 3 Robert Jeffrys 1 1 Doctor Patton 1 1 Tho. Alexander 2 1 2 1 6 Peter Connoly 3 1 3 1 8 John Condon 1 1 2 Alex. Rea 4 2 2 8 Saml. Bagnal 2 3 1 2 8 Alex. A. Rind 1 1 3 1 6 John McKinnion 2 1 2 2 7 Dond. McPhee 2 2 4 Joseph Robinson 2 2 2 1 7 Alex. Richardson 3 2 2 7 Widow Clark 2 1 3 Ser. McCloud 3 1 2 1 7 -------- Ross, Esq 1 1 John Hawkins 2 1 4 1 8 His Ex. Gov. Fanning 4 4 6 4 18 Robert Lee 2 2 1 1 6 Thos. R. Hassard 1 3 1 1 6 John Webster, jr. 3 1 1 1 6 Peter McGowan 3 1 2 1 7 Doctor Nicholson 3 1 1 5 James Douglas, Esquire 2 2 4 1 9 John Jones 1 1 2 1 5 John Wright 1 1 2 Angus McEachran 3 1 1 1 6 John Lewis 4 1 2 7 Lieut. A. Smyth 1 1 1 3 Angus McPhee 3 1 1 1 6 Tho. Geary 1 2 1 4 Andrew Ladner 1 1 2 1 5 Geo. Hopps 1 1 1 1 4 Nath McDonnell 1 2 1 1 5 Dond. McDonald 1 1 2 1 5 Lieut. Cha. Stewart 5 2 3 2 12 Nichs. Counahan 1 1 1 1 4 Jos. Aplin, Esqr. 2 2 1 5 Fran. Longworth 1 1 1 1 4 Robt. Kiley 3 1 1 5 Saml. Braddock 1 2 2 1 6 John Gardner 3 1 1 1 6 Doctor Gordon 3 2 1 2 8 Colo. Desbrisay 2 1 3 Colo. Gray 4 1 3 8 Wm. Burk 3 2 4 1 10 Dond. Kennedy 2 1 1 1 4 Rob. Emmerson 1 1 2 1 5 John Jerome 1 1 2 Willm. Amos 1 2 1 4 Martin Dwyre 2 1 1 4 Peter Stafford 1 1 2 James Connoly 3 1 2 1 7 Thos. Murray 1 1 James Ferguson 1 1 Saml. Byers 1 1 1 1 4

Total Number of Inhabitants:--

Males under 16 years 1217 do. from 16 to 60 years 1014 do. Above 60 do. 104 2335 Females under 16 years 1092 do. from 16 to 60 years 867 do. Above 60 do. 78 2037 Total 4372

Footnotes

[A] The Rev. Mr. Sutherland, in his Geography, estimates the population at about four thousand, which corresponds with the estimate of the writer. See History of Nova Scotia, page 143.

[B] The writer has obtained his information from manuscript copies of the original minutes of the Commissioners of Trade and Plantations.

[C] The method of granting the lots was the following:--The Board of Trade ordered all petitioners for grants to appear before them personally or by deputy on the 17th and 24th June, and 1st July, 1767, in support of their respective claims. During these days, after hearing parties, they selected those whose claims seemed preferable, and on the 8th of July the list was completed, and finally adopted. The balloting took place on the 23rd of July, 1707, in presence of the Board. The name of each applicant was written on a slip of paper or ticket, and put in the balloting box,--the lots being granted in running numbers as they were drawn.

[D] See manuscript minute of meeting of Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, dated eighth July, 1767.

[E] This gentleman was not John Stewart, of Mount Stewart. The latter was only twenty-three years of age when John Stuart was appointed by the assembly their agent in London, and he had been only three years on the island at the time of the appointment. His Honor Sir Robert Hodgson, the Lieutenant Governor, has taken the trouble to peruse the correspondence which passed between Governor Patterson and John Stuart, and in a note addressed to the writer, says: "I feel convinced that John Stuart was the person whose name appears on the Island Statute of 30 George III, cap. 5, of the year 1790, as the owner of ten thousand acres of land; and who, I have always understood, was a personal friend of Governor Patterson, and if not an original grantee, must have acquired his land by the instrumentality of his friend the governor, under the sale of the lands for the non-payment of quitrents, so frequently alluded to in the correspondence." The writer has carefully gone over the list of original grantees, in which there is one named John Stewart, but not one who spelt his name Stuart.

[F] The following is a copy of the despatch addressed to Fanning:--

"Whitehall, 5th April, 1787.

"Sir,--Your despatch, number one, of the fourteenth of October last, in answer to my letter of the thirtieth of June last, was duly received, and I have since been favored with your letters, numbered two, three, and four, giving an account of your arrival in the Island of Saint John, and of certain proceedings which have taken place subsequent to that time.

"His Majesty, from the very extraordinary conduct of Lieutenant-Governor Patterson, has thought it advisable to dismiss him at once from office, and has been graciously pleased to fix you in the government of that island, persuaded, from the proofs you have given of your zeal for his service, as well as of your prudence and discretion, that you will make a suitable return for the confidence which has been placed in you by a faithful and diligent discharge of your duty.

"I am, sir, your obedient servant, "Sydney.

"To lieutenant-governor Fanning."

The following is the letter of Lord Sydney, formally intimating to Patterson his dismissal, as well as the reply to the communication of Patterson to his lordship, already given:--

"Whitehall, 5th April, 1787.

"Sir,--I have received your letter, number thirty-one, of the fifth November last, in answer to one from me of the thirtieth of June preceding, wherein you have stated certain reasons which have induced you to delay the carrying into execution His Majesty's commands, which were sent to you by me, for delivering over the charge of the Island of Saint John to Colonel Fanning, and for your returning to England to answer certain complaints which have been exhibited against you.

"Without, however, entering into the grounds upon which you have proceeded to justify disobedience of His Majesty's orders, I must acquaint you that I have received his royal commands to inform you that His Majesty has no further occasion for your services as Lieutenant-Governor of Saint John.

"Colonel Fanning, who has been appointed your successor, will receive from you all the public documents in your custody, and such orders and instructions as have been transmitted to you which have not been fully executed.

"I am, sir, your obedient, humble servant, "Sydney.

"Lieutenant-Governor Patterson."

[G] In Dr. Patterson's memoir of the late Rev. Dr. James Macgregor, there is an interesting reference to an interview which the latter eminent missionary had with Mr. DesBrisay. "I afterwards," wrote Dr. Macgregor, "became acquainted with him, and was always welcome to preach in his church, which I uniformly did when I could make it convenient. His kindness ended not but with his life." Dr. Macgregor states incidentally that at this period Charlottetown was a wicked place. We may safely affirm that it was not more wicked than any other seaport of its population.

[H] The Honorable Mr. Brecken and the Honorable Mr. Davies were favorable to union, on what they conceived equitable principles, but opposed to what was termed the Quebec Scheme.

[I] The author is indebted for this graphic sketch to the kindness of Mr. John T. Mellish, M. A., who was personally acquainted with Mr. McDonald.

[J] The island having entered the confederation with the Dominion on the first July, 1873, Canadian manufactured goods since then have not come under the head of "imports," which explains the apparent decrease. The same remark applies to exports, because all island products sent to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Magdalen Islands, and Canada, which were formerly "exports," are not so reckoned now. In the value of exports is included the price of the tonnage sold or transferred to other parts.

[K] The orthography of this list is strictly according to the original document.

End of Project Gutenberg's History of Prince Edward Island, by Duncan Campbell