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History of Prince Edward Island

by Duncan Campbell

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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
18712,336,8001,625,635
18722,569,8781,894,173
1873-41,908,5221,908,461
1874-51,960,9971,940,901

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,89176
Barrels of Mackerel cured,7,16316,047
Barrels of Herrings or Alewives,22,41616,831
Quintals of Codfish or Hake,39,77615,649
Gallons of Fish Oil,17,60911,662
Boats owned for fishing,1,2391,183
Men engaged in fishing,2,3181,646

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.


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 TownshipsNames of the Heads of FamiliesMalesFemalesTotal Males and Females
Under 16 yrsFrom 16 to 60Above 60Under 16 yrsFrom 16 to 60Above 60
Lot No. 34.Rev. Theo. DesBrisay512412
Neil & Mal. Shaw21115
John Auld1113
Sandy Marshall1113
Peter Leech12317
John McGreggor11215
Robt. Auld1311410
Lan. Brown126312
John Millar11114
Rod. Steele11114
Corn. Higgans33129
James Curtis314
Wm. Lawson2213210
Dun. Shaw41218
Ronald McDonald31116
Arch. McDonald112
Stephen Bovyer233311
John McDonald31116
John Brown112
Dan. Roper21216
Col. Jo. Robinson12137
John McCormack3115
Caleb Sentner11125
Mr. McCaustin112
Geo. Vickerson21418
Old McCormick11
Peter Mattox11
Lot No. 33.Neil McPhee2114
Allan McDonald21216
Angus McLeur41218
Don. McKinnin21216
Dun. McCullum21418
James Griggor112
Peter Greggor2111218
Hugh Campbell21216
Don. McFarlane311218
Sam. Hyde11
Robt. Urquhart1214
John McCullum31116
Lot No. 24.Peter Gallong31419
Matin Ryan5117
Jos. Gallong22318
Peter Martin42219
Sapplion Gallong22
Widow Shasong112
Jo. Peters21115
Widow Martin112
Cha. Martin1113
Mich. Doucette31217
James Peters21216
Fran. Blanchard213
Cha. Gallong112
Bonang Martin1113
John Blanchard3328
Widow Guthroe4116
Fabian Gallong11114
Fran. Brown11316
Alex. Dourong21115
Widow Mewes414110
John Ducett22419
Fran. Ducett112
Brazil Gallong21328
Cha. Gallong22419
John Gallong13228
Leman Gallong1214
John Durong41117
Jos. Durong21216
Fran. Botlea32128
Peter Gooday21216
John Peter, Jr.31116
Lewi Gallong123
Joe. Martin1113
Charles Golly11114
Feoman Martin11518
John Peter, Senr.1113
Joe. Penean31217
Peter Leclair21115
Lewi Blakair6118
Peter Peter31116
Widow Gallong213
John Gootia112
James Adams11215
Lot No. 23.Capt. Wm. Winter437
John Grant11
Jacob Buskirk31419
John McNeal612110
Wm. Simpson, Senr.21115
Wm. Simpson, Jr.11316
Wm. Clark21317
Lot No. 22.Tho. Adams1214
Lot No. 21.Robt. Anderson31217
David Cole21115
Alex. Anderson31217
Widow Anderson112
Wm. Pickering6118
John Adams, Jr.11114
John Adams, Senr.11114
James Murphy1113
Wm. Vincent4116
Saml. Barnett51219
Richard Moorfield112
Richard Shepherd11
Michael Murphy11
James Campbell144110
Barthw. Brislar11114
James Townshend32128
Lot No. 20.Wm. Marks4116
John Barefoot11
John Crowley1113
James Dunn61119
Daniel Delaney31318
John Cousins31217
Robert Heathfield11316
Ben. Warren21418
James Brander21216
John Poor3115
Geo. Warren1113
Mrs. Rieley2215
Lot No. 18.Archibald McCoy531211
John Lawler112
John Murchland21328
Widow Green112
Peter Heron155112
James McNutt, Esq.21418
Dennis Rafter21216
Patrick Sennott112
Ronald Morrison22419
Peter McDougald423312
Dougald Stewart1113
Wm. Donald1214
James Woodside, Jr.11114
Arthur Owens21328
Hugh McKendrick1113
Neal Ramsay52119
John Sinclair11316
Donald McDougald1315
Baldy Mathews4217
Donald Taylor, Jr.11417
Chas. McNeal51219
Malcom Ramsay21418
Alex. Boyce31318
Alex. McCoy21115
Angus Stewart3115
Andrew Gray11114
Angus McLelan314
John McLelan711110
Angus Gillis41117
Royalty of PrincetownJames Mountain3115
David Palmer1113
Tho. Cochran, Senr.521311
John Whealan112
Tho. Sutton3126
Benj. Warren, Senr.12227
John Henry1113
John Thompson31116
Tho. Cochran, Jr.21115
James Ferguson31419
Jane Allen21126
Kenith McKenzie31116
Widow McNeal3216
Geo. Thompson11125
Widow McCoy3137
Don. Taylor, Senr.12115
John Mathews41218
John McKenzie2136
Mal. McKendrick41117
Chas. Stewart, Esq.433414
John McGougan2428
James Woodside, Senr.151310
Hugh Montgomery311218
James Stewart14117
Wm. Craig21115
Danl. Montgomery, Esq31419
Arch. Ramsay31217
Wm. Baker1214
John Ramsay11215
Edward Ramsay21216
Joseph McLean12126
Tho. Simpson21115
Mal. McNeal11114
John McPherson1124
Don. McKenzie3111118
Alex. McKenzie2112118
John McMullan11215
John McNeal21115
Penney McDonald112
Lot No. 19.Dav. Downing21115
Dugald Steele22
Wm. Holmes1214
James Nowlan1113
Doodia Russel316111
John Gallong, Senr.12126
John Gallong, Jr.213
John Perrie1517
Joe Gooday, Senr.1211117
Bazil Perrie435113
Jos. Deroche4127
Fearman Arsnoe21216
Prosper Perrie411118
Bedeque Bay.George Mabey21519
John Leforgee11417
James Warf31217
Jonathan Palmer32218
Lot No. 17.Lewi Arsnoe1214
Cyprian Arsnoe523111
Chas. Ducett1113
Joe Gooday21115
Yaco Shasong11114
Peter Arsnoe31228
Widow Gallong1113
Chas. Rushaw512210
Cyprian Gallong651214
Minie Gallong1359
Larriong Bernard11316
Joe Bernard212218
Placid Arsnoe11114
Paul Arsnoe2211118
Alex. Arsnoe111115
Joseph Rushaw33219
Peter Perrie1113
Joseph Arsnoe12339
John Arsnoe322310
Joe Arsnoe22239
Fearman Gallong21115
Widow Ducett1214
John B. Gallong234312
Stephen Arsnoe21115
Joe Ducett1315
Stephen Gooday2114
Peter Bourke11215
John Babtist St. John21115
Benjamin Darby413311
Daniel Green524112
Lot No. 16.Babtist Arsnoe1113
Mal. Ramsay, Esq.31419
Fran. Gallong31116
Owen Hickey33
John Shassong514111
Peter Perrie41117
Gregwar Bernard11114
Antonie Gallong51219
Lewi Arsnoe41319
Peter Bernard31318
John Arsnoe11114
Bazile Perrie414110
John Wedge415111
Francis Gallong11114
Widow Arsnoe2114
Alex. Cameron23229
Donald Campbell233210
Hugh McCarter2529
Angus McGinnis21519
Widow McDonald2114
Don. Forbes21519
Archibald Cameron22419
Allan McLean2114
John McDonald11316
Lot No. 14.Donald McDonald11114
Angus McKinnion12115
John McLelan21216
John Gillis31116
Laughlin McIntyre4116
Alex. McCarter31116
Murdock Campbell12418
Donald Gillis22228
Tho. English11114
Patrick Rochfort2215
Michael McIntosh2136
Lot No. 13.George Blood22127
Rodk. Gillis22116
Widow Ramsay24129
George Penman13127
Dougald Campbell1113
Donald Murphy112
Wm. Hunter1113
John Ramsay2114
Lot No. 11.George Linklater3115
James Smith413210
Lot No. 6.George Hardey514111
Lot No. 5.John Murray31116
John Brownyoung32319
Jacob Vigo31116
Hugh Ross1124
Alexander McKinnion21216
Tho. Duffee21216
Michael McNamara112
Lot No. 25.Angus McDonald11215
Ronald McDonald11316
Samuel Rix2114
William Wright211228
Jessie Strang21115
John Murray112318
David Murray32229
Lot No. 26.William Schurman343212
Peter Schurman1124
Samuel Chatterton21317
John Baker43310
Major Hooper1214
Joseph Selliker1214
Thomas Hooper, Esq.11114
William Barrett44
Peter Mabee431210
John Strickland21216
Nathaniel Wetherall1124
Widow Robins3317
Benjamin Cole12418
Richard Price21115
Moses Hives21115
Alexander Anderson1214
Archibald McCullum21216
Lot No. 27.Daniel Woods21216
John McDonald1214
Dennis Flyn11
John McGinnis11316
Dougald McGinnis11215
Donald McKenzie2226
Lot No. 28.Peter Rubere21216
William Clark111115
George Molart213
John Gould21216
George Stagman21418
Tho. Gamble41218
Dav. McWilliam41117
Widow Pollard4318
Adam Fullmon3115
Widow Lard2215
James Hewit121116
Lot No. 28.Morris Quinlan1214
John Taylor1113
Joseph Woods11316
Dav. Penman11215
William Warren11226
John Lord222410
Nathaniel Wright4127
John Foy, Esq.11316
Philip Callbeck11215
Ebenezer Ward13318
Peter Clymer21126
Paul Clymer1113
Lot No. 30.James McDougald1618
Jno. McDonald1111116
Lot No. 31.Johnson Basto234312
Michael Seeley11417
Wm. Wilson112
Benjamin Nicholson123
Lieut. John McDonald242210
Thomas Hyde31149
Lot No. 32.John Wilson21328
Wm. Crosby111148
Wm. Hyde22329
Jno. Creamer1315
Wm. Dockendorff1113
Wm. Long3115
Donald McNab1113
Jacob Hartze3137
Jer. Myers11114
Conrod Yonker112
Wm. Fisher1113
Lot No. 65.Rob. McConnel2215
Angus McGinnis31217
Robert Fox11215
Peter McMahon11
Ben Wood11
John Clark336315
Lot No. 49.John McGinnis41218
Wm. Hassard121318
Wm. Jetson11619
Barney McCrossen2114
John Burho333211
Wm. Wood, jr.112
Wm. Wood, senr.513110
Joseph Smith21317
John Costin21216
John Eacharn11417
Nicks. Jenkins613111
George Hayden1113
James L. Hayden31318
Lot No. 50.—— Rynolds112
Joseph Beers, Esq.11316
Frederick Praught31217
Richard Myers32218
Tho. Pendergast31217
James Carver41117
Peter Musick31217
Spencer Crane2114
Don. McPhee21317
John Praught112
John McDonald11114
Wm. Young424111
James Lard12317
Wm. Laws112
John Van Niderstine12115
John Haley11
Geo. Coughlin2114
Wm. Morris1214
John Monlin11
Fred. Shultze112
Lot No. 64.Nickl. Hughes1113
Wm. Shenshabach3115
Mrs. Forster415
Lot No. 63.Wm. Graham1214
Lot No. 61.John Griffin31116
Lot No. 59.William Creed4228
Dav. Young11417
Jos. Clark1113
Dav. Ervin, Esquire2114
Wm. Ervin31318
Jno. Aitkin112
Wm. Keoughan1113
Lot No. 54.Duncan McSwain11316
Farquhar Campbell31217
Angus Steele22228
Dun. Campbell112
Alex. McLelan2114
Lot No. 55.John McLean4127
Alex. McLean21115
John McLean11114
Lot No. 56.Don. McCormick41117
Angus McCormick1113
Rod. McDonald112116
Don. McDonald3115
Angus Walker1113
Hugh Morris31127
John Carpenter1113
Wm. Blackett12317
Wm. Hayne11
Joseph Brown11316
Wm. Dingwell2114
Boughton Island.Hugh McCormick41117
Alex. Steele15118
Lot No. 50.Dan. Shiverie22116
Peter Shiverie41218
Lot No. 43.Lewi Longapee1214
Lewi Longapee, senr.112
John Longapee1315
Brazile Shasong42118
Lemong Shasong21115
John Shasong112
Paul Shasong1113
Rusile Shasong1113
Babtist Launderie112
Paul Peter11215
Naurie Mashell11
German Shasong532111
Joe Peters, senr.1113
Joe Peters, jr.112
Simon Burk21115
John Burk1113
Ambrose Burk11215
Lavia Peter313310
Peter Shiverie11
Joseph Burk, senr.522110
Joseph Burk, jr.11114
Simon Burk112
James Aitkin31116
Robert Dingwell11
John Hipwell11
John McPhee11215
Dond. McPhee11215
Neal McPhee12418
Dond. McCormick33219
Mary Sutherland112
Rod. McDonald11417
Laughlin McDonald5117
Dond. McDonald22228
Allen McDonald112
Hector McDonald31217
Rod. McDougald11316
Rod. McIntosh31318
Don. McDonald21418
John McDonald11114
Angus McDonald111328
Angus McFarrish11215
Allan McDonald11316
Lot No. 40.John McKenzie21216
John Duke612110
Cha. Saunders2136
Wm. Webster1214
Saml. Hutchinson33219
Lot No. 39.Alex. Dingwell213118
James Dingwell12216
Arch. McKenzie111227
Jacob Taylor21115
John Dingwell11
Tho. Wright, Surv. Gen.343212
Dond. Peyton423211
John Moore2114
Tho. Webster31116
John McKie31116
James McIntire11215
Don. McIntire11215
Dav. Anderson, senr.1427
Dav. Anderson, jr.112
James Anderson112
Wm. McKie, Esquire3418
Robert Banks21115
Angus McIntire11114
Rond. McDonald11316
John McDonald21115
John McEachran21227
Widow Fisher4127
Rod. McDonald21115
Angus McFarrish21115
Hugh McFarrish11316
Joseph Dingwell1113
Angus McDonald131139
Duncan McEwin442212
Wm. Robins1113
Allen McDonald21216
Allen McDonald221218
Allen McKisick21418
Laughlin McDonald11215
Uriah Coffin221128
Fred Simonds41117
John Ford & Peebles112
John Broh11114
John Murrough4116
Edwd. Allen311218
John Campbell21115
Peter Rose112
Angus McDonald1214
Angus Campbell541212
Lot No. 42.John McKinnion21418
Rod. McKinnion31329
John McDonald11316
(Little) John McKinnion1113
Hector McKinnion21216
Lot No. 41.Angus McKisick7119
Neil McCormick3115
John McKinnion1315
John McDonald51219
Angus McIntire1113
Lot No. 38.Don. McAdam31116
Alex. McAdam312118
Laughlin McAdam31419
Allen McDougald22318
John McEachran21317
Widow McEachran3317
Hugh McEachran31127
Hugh McEachran, senr.21227
Revd. Angus McEachran11
Angus McDonald22217
Arch. McPhee1113
John McPhee1113
Rod. McDonald2114
Allen McIntire1113
Don. McIntire42129
John McEachran13116
Dun. McMullen41117
Allen Morrison11215
Ellisha Coffin41319
Widow Coffin213
Kemble Coffin11125
Benj. Coffin1214
Dond. McMullen11316
John McMullen21115
Alex. McMullen12115
Joseph Smallwood313119
Neal McDonald21115
Angus Curry21317
Call Curry21216
Wm. Douglas433212
James Hewick11114
John Anderson31116
Angus McPhee1251110
Angus McPhee211116
Angus McDonald32117
John McDonald22127
Lot No. 37.Cha. McKinnion1416
John McCaskill22116
Dond. McCaskill112
Duncan McGinnis112
Gallen McGinnis11215
John McMullen1236
Widow McGinnis21227
John McDonald11114
Angus McCormick23319
Alex. McCloud1113
Capt. John Stewart13217
Alex. McKinnion12216
Allen McKinnion1113
Rond. McDonald21126
Angus McDonald21115
Murd. McCoy1124
John McDonald11215
Allen McDonald3115
John McDonald11316
Alex. McDonald225110
Dond. McDonald424111
Archd. McDonald41319
Duncan Gillis2114
Alex. McDonald11316
Dond. Grant1113
John McKinnion1113
Wm. Gillis1113
Angus McEachran212117
Dond. McEachran11215
Widow McKinnion22127
Hugh Gillis414110
Widow Frazer11114
Laurence Barrett31116
James Flanigan1113
John McCormick21339
Hugh McNab112116
Archd. McPhee112
Hugh McPhee11316
Archd. Campbell1315
Walter Walsh123
Wm. Campbell2114
Saml. Street33
Rond. McDonald12238
Lot No. 36.Alexr. Curry437
Angus McKenzie2114
Colin McKenzie2226
Donald McIlray11
Donald McGraw6231113
Angus McDonald4116
Chas. McDonald533314
Widow McDonald1113
John McIlray3115
Martin McIlray215210
Dond. Gillis121127
Dun. Gillis11215
James McDonald3115
John McDonald3115
John Stewart315110
Dond. Morrison21216
Hugh Walker21216
Rond. McLean2114
John McKenzie11215
Widow McDonald11114
Capt. John McDonald21126
John McPhee41117
Alex. McIntosh21115
Lot No. 35.John McIntyre1315
John Pringle213
James Chaytor21115
Dond. McIntosh2114
Moses Keho1214
Rod. McIsaac2136
John McIntosh224
Edward Elvert11215
Edwd. McAdam41117
Dond. McIlray11518
Patk. Curry21216
John McIntire11316
Dond. McKisick11316
Dond. McDonald1146
Angus McIlray31217
Don. McEachran321118
Don. McDonald1315
Don. McDonald4228
John McDonald11114
James Lawson1315
Rond. McDonald11215
Don. Campbell31116
John Campbell11114
Hugh Campbell2114
Lot No. 48.Alex. McDonald11114
Neal McDonald21216
Murd. McCloud51118
Wm. Ferguson21216
Dond. Curry1113
Alex. Mutch21317
John Bovyer22
Chief-justice Stewart41139
Angus Curry11215
Angus McDonald1225
Rodk. McDonald1214
Benj. Crossman1113
Royalty of Ch’town.Patk. Oneal11316
J. Gellespie3216
Ben. Grosvenor2114
Rond. McDonald11316
John Carrol22217
Mrs. Hillman2125
Dav. Ross1315
Mrs. Cambridge22228
John Brecken332311
Colo. Lyons1344113
Widow Smith112
Benj. Chappell12115
David Laughry1113
Henry W. Perry22127
Rob. Hodgson, Esqr.3126
Serjt. Deering31217
John J. Potcher1113
John Hall2114
Rob. Callehan112
John Webster, senr.1113
John Coxen112
Wm. Townshend. Esqr.32128
John Revel1113
Robert Jeffrys11
Doctor Patton11
Tho. Alexander21216
Peter Connoly31318
John Condon112
Alex. Rea4228
Saml. Bagnal23128
Alex. A. Rind11316
John McKinnion21227
Dond. McPhee224
Joseph Robinson22217
Alex. Richardson3227
Widow Clark213
Ser. McCloud31217
—— Ross, Esq11
John Hawkins21418
His Ex. Gov. Fanning446418
Robert Lee22116
Thos. R. Hassard13116
John Webster, jr.31116
Peter McGowan31217
Doctor Nicholson3115
James Douglas, Esquire22419
John Jones11215
John Wright112
Angus McEachran31116
John Lewis4127
Lieut. A. Smyth1113
Angus McPhee31116
Tho. Geary1214
Andrew Ladner11215
Geo. Hopps11114
Nath McDonnell12115
Dond. McDonald11215
Lieut. Cha. Stewart523212
Nichs. Counahan11114
Jos. Aplin, Esqr.2215
Fran. Longworth11114
Robt. Kiley3115
Saml. Braddock12216
John Gardner31116
Doctor Gordon32128
Colo. Desbrisay213
Colo. Gray4138
Wm. Burk324110
Dond. Kennedy21114
Rob. Emmerson11215
John Jerome112
Willm. Amos1214
Martin Dwyre2114
Peter Stafford112
James Connoly31217
Thos. Murray11
James Ferguson11
Saml. Byers11114

Total Number of Inhabitants:—

Males under 16 years1217
do. from 16 to 60 years1014
do. Above 60 do.104
2335
Females under 16 years1092
do. from 16 to 60 years867
do. Above 60 do.78
2037
Total4372

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.

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