Chapter XXII: Appendix: B

[In the wish to render this Work of more practical value to persons desiring to emigrate, some official information is subjoined, under the following heads:--]

STATISTICS OF EMIGRATION.

I. The number of Sales and Grants of Crown Lands, Clergy Reserves, Conditions, &c. II. Information for Emigrants; Number of Emigrants arrived; with extracts from Papers issued by Government Emigration Agents, &c. III. Abstract of the American Passengers' Act, of Session 1835. IV. Transfer of Capital. V. Canadian Currency. VI. Canada Company. VII. British American Land Company.

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I. SALES AND GRANTS OF CROWN LANDS.

The following tables, abstracted from Parliamentary documents, exhibit--

1. The quantity of Crown lands _sold_ in Upper and Lower Canada from 1828 to 1833, inclusive, with the average price per acre, &c.

2. Town and park lots sold in Upper Canada during the same period.

3. The quantity of Crown lands granted without purchase, and the conditions on which the grants were given, from 1824 to 1833, inclusive.

4. The amount of clergy reserves sold in each year since the sales commenced under the Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 62.

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CROWN LANDS SOLD FROM 1828 TO 1833, LOWER CANADA

[Transcription note: The data presented below was originally in the conventional tabular row / column format.]

Table Row 1, Column Headings Column 1: Year. Column 2: Number of acres sold. Column 3: Average price per acre. Column 4: Amount of purchase money received within the first year. Column 5: Amount of purchase money remitted to military purchasers within the first year. Column 6: Amount of quit-rent at 5 per cent on the purchase money received within the first year. Column 7: Whole amount of purchase money.

Row 2 Column 1: 1828 Column 2: 20,011 acres Column 3: 4 shillings, 11 pence Column 4: 1,255 pounds, 14 shillings, 10 pence Column 5: -, -, - Column 6: 39 pounds, 12 shillings, 6 pence Column 7: 5,044 pounds, 9 shillings, 9 pence

Row 3 Column 1: 1829 Column 2: 31,366 acres Column 3: 5 shillings, 2-3/4 pence Column 4: 466 pounds, 2 shillings, 11 pence Column 5: -, -, - Column 6: 307 pounds, 11 shillings, 0 pence Column 7: 7,469 pounds, 17 shillings, 7 pence

Row 4 Column 1: 1830 Column 2: 28,077 acres Column 3: 5 shillings, 8-3/4 pence Column 4: 273 pounds, 10 shillings, 5 pence Column 5: -, -, - Column 6: 322 pounds, 3 shillings, 0 pence Column 7: 7,461 pounds, 13 shillings, 5 pence

Row 5 Column 1: 1831 Column 2: 51,357 acres Column 3: 6 shillings, 1-3/4 pence Column 4: 815 pounds, 19 shillings, 8 pence Column 5: -, -, - Column 6: 484 pounds, 14 shillings, 7 pence Column 7: 12,442 pounds, 8 shillings, 0 pence

Row 6 Column 1: 1832 Column 2: 24,074 acres Column 3: 6 shillings, 9-1/4 pence Column 4: 1,013 pounds, 1 shillings, 11 pence Column 5: 555 pounds, 11 shillings, 0 pence Column 6: 119 pounds, 2 shillings, 7 pence Column 7: 6,139 pounds, 0 shillings, 10 pence

Row 7 Column 1: 1833 Column 2: 42,570 acres Column 3: 4 shillings, 2 pence Column 4: 1,975 pounds, 10 shillings, 11 pence Column 5: 1,936 pounds, 9 shillings, 3 pence Column 6: -, -, - Column 7: 7,549 pounds, 1 shillings, 5 pence

Row 8 Column 1: Totals Column 2: 197,455 Column 3: -, - Column 4: -, -, - Column 5: -, -, - Column 6: -, -, - Column 7: 46,106 pounds, 11 shillings, 0 pence

The conditions on which the land was sold were--on sales on instalments, to be paid within three years; or on sales on quit-rent, at 5 per cent., capital redeemable at pleasure. N.B. Sales on quit-rent ceased in 1832.

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CROWN LANDS SOLD FROM 1828 TO 1833, UPPER CANADA

[Transcription note: The data presented below was originally in the conventional tabular row / column format.]

Table Row 1, Column Headings Column 1: Year. Column 2: Number of acres sold. Column 3: Average price per acre. Column 4: Amount of purchase money received within the first year. Column 5: Whole amount of purchase money.

Row 2 Column 1: 1829 Column 2: 3,893 acres Column 3: 15 shillings, 1-3/4 pence Column 4: 760 pounds, 6 shillings, 10 pence Column 5: 2,940 pounds, 17 shillings, 3 pence

Row 3 Column 1: 1830 Column 2: 6,135 acres Column 3: 13 shillings, 8-1/2 pence Column 4: 1,350 pounds, 16 shillings, 6 pence Column 5: 4,209 pounds, 3 shillings, 0 pence

Row 4 Column 1: 1831 Column 2: 4,357 acres Column 3: 11 shillings, 3-1/2 pence Column 4: 1,626 pounds, 15 shillings, 0 pence Column 5: 2,458 pounds, 1 shillings, 8 pence

Row 5 Column 1: 1832 Column 2: 10,323 acres Column 3: 9 shillings, 1-1/2 pence Column 4: 2,503 pounds, 3 shillings, 5 pence Column 5: 4,711 pounds, 2 shillings, 9 pence

Row 6 Column 1: 1833 Column 2: 26,376 acres Column 3: 8 shillings, 9-1/4 pence Column 4: 5,660 pounds, 8 shillings, 3 pence Column 5: 11,578 pounds, 19 shillings, 3 pence

Row 7 Column 1: Totals Column 2: 51,074 acres Column 3: - Column 4: - Column 5: 25,898 pounds, 3 shillings, 11 pence

Interest is now exacted on the instalments paid. Three years is the number within which the whole amount of the purchase money is to be paid. The sales of town lots, water lots, and park lots, in Upper Canada, are not included in this table, on account of the disproportionate effect which the comparatively large sums paid for these small lots would have on the average price per acre. They are given, therefore, separately, in the following table:-

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TOWN AND PARK LOTS SOLD IN UPPER CANADA FROM 1828 TO 1833

[Transcription note: The data presented below was originally in the conventional tabular row / column format.]

[TABLE] Row 1, Column Headings Column 1: Year. Column 2: Number of acres sold. Column 3: Average price per acre. Column 4: Amount of purchase money received within the first year. Column 5: Whole amount of purchase money.

Row 2 Column 1: 1828 Column 2: 2 acres Column 3: 126 pounds, 0 shillings, 0 pence Column 4: 63 pounds, 0 shillings, 0 pence Column 5: 252 pounds, 0 shillings, 0 pence

Row 3 Column 1: 1829 Column 2: - Column 3: -, - Column 4: 63 pounds, 0 shillings, 0 pence Column 5: -, -, -

Row 4 Column 1: 1830 Column 2: 19 acres Column 3: 10 pounds, 10 shillings, 6-1/2 pence Column 4: 55 pounds, 0 shillings, 0 pence Column 5: 20 pounds, 0 shillings, 0 pence

Row 5 Column 1: 1831 Column 2: 3 acres Column 3: 8 pounds, 7 shillings, 6-1/2 pence Column 4: 95 pounds*, 12 shillings, 8 pence Column 5: 25 pounds, 2 shillings, 8 pence

Row 6 Column 1: 1832 Column 2: 30 acres Column 3: 15 pounds, 18 shillings, 6 pence Column 4: 81 pounds, 18 shillings, 9 pence Column 5: 327 pounds, 15 shillings, 0 pence

Row 7 Column 1: 1833 Column 2: 114 acres Column 3: 14 pounds, 13 shillings, 9 pence Column 4: 634 pounds, 8 shillings, 6 pence Column 5: 1,674 pounds, 9 shillings, 0 pence

Row 7 Column 1: Totals Column 2: 168 acres Column 3: -,-,- Column 4: -,-,- Column 5: 2,479 pounds, 6 shillings, 8 pence

There were no sales in 1829. The 63 pounds currency paid that year was paid as instalments on lots sold in the previous year.

The whole amount of the purchase money to be paid within three years.

*Note.--It is so given in the Parliamentary Return, but probably the 9 should be 1.

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The following exhibits the quantity of Crown Lands granted, and the conditions on which the grants were given, from 1823 to 1833.

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LOWER CANADA

[Transcription note: The data presented below was originally in the conventional tabular row / column format.]

Row 1, Column Headings Column 1: Year. Column 2: Number of acres granted to militia claimants. Column 3: Number of acres granted to discharged soldiers and pensioners. Column 4: Number of acres granted to officers. Column 5: Number of acres granted, not coming within the previous descriptions. Column 6: Total number of acres granted.

Row 2 Column 1: 1824 Column 2: 51,810 Column 3: - Column 4: 4,100 Column 5: 34,859 Column 6: 90,769

Row 3 Column 1: 1825 Column 2: 32,620 Column 3: - Column 4: 1,000 Column 5: 16,274 Column 6: 49,894

Row 4 Column 1: 1826 Column 2: 3,525 Column 3: 5,500 Column 4: - Column 5: 48,224 Column 6: 57,249

Row 5 Column 1: 1827 Column 2: 7,640 Column 3: 6,300 Column 4: 800 Column 5: 38,378 Column 6: 53,118

Row 6 Column 1: 1828 Column 2: 7,300 Column 3: - Column 4: 4,504 Column 5: 9,036 Column 6: 20,840

Row 7 Column 1: 1829 Column 2: 3,200 Column 3: - Column 4: - Column 5: 5,282 Column 6: 8,482

Row 8 Column 1: 1830 Column 2: 81,425 Column 3: - Column 4: 2,000 Column 5: 10,670 Column 6: 94,095

Row 9 Column 1: 1831 Column 2: 9,400 Column 3: 8,273 Column 4: 3,408 Column 5: 9,900 Column 6: 30,981

Row 10 Column 1: 1832 Column 2: 10,116 Column 3: 19,000 Column 4: 4,000 Column 5: 4,000 Column 6: 37,116

Row 11 Column 1: 1833 Column 2: 5,200 Column 3: 22,500 Column 4: 1,200 Column 5: - Column 6: 28,900

Row 12 Column 1: Totals Column 2: 212,236 Column 3: 61,573 Column 4: 21,012 Column 5: 176,623 Column 6: 471,444

_Settler's Conditions_.--That he do clear twenty feet of road on his lot within the space of ninety days. Military & Militia conditions.--That he do, within the space of three years, clear and cultivate four acres of his lot, and build a dwelling- house thereon.

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UPPER CANADA

[Transcription note: The data presented below was originally in the conventional tabular row / column format.]

Row 1, Column Headings Column 1: Year. Column 2: Number of acres granted to militia claimants. Column 3: Number of acres granted to discharged soldiers and pensioners. Column 4: Number of acres granted to officers. Column 5: Number of acres granted, not coming within the previous descriptions. Column 6: Number of acres granted to U.E. Loyalists.* Column 7: Total number of acres granted.

Row 2 Column 1: 1824 Column 2: 11,800 Column 3: 5,800 Column 4: 5,500 Column 5: 134,500 Column 6: 30,200 Column 7: 187,800

Row 3 Column 1: 1825 Column 2: 20,300 Column 3: 5,700 Column 4: 8,100 Column 5: 149,060 Column 6: 45,000 Column 7: 228,160

Row 4 Column 1: 1826 Column 2: 16,600 Column 3: 3,100 Column 4: 4,700 Column 5: 19,390 Column 6: 24,800 Column 7: 68,590

Row 5 Column 1: 1827 Column 2: 10,900 Column 3: 4,200 Column 4: 7,200 Column 5: 33,600 Column 6: 20,200 Column 7: 76,100

Row 6 Column 1: 1828 Column 2: 10,800 Column 3: 900 Column 4: 3,000 Column 5: 4,304 Column 6: 30,800 Column 7: 49,804

Row 7 Column 1: 1829 Column 2: 5,300 Column 3: 7,500 Column 4: 8,400 Column 5: 3,230 Column 6: 22,600 Column 7: 47,030

Row 8 Column 1: 1830 Column 2: 6,400 Column 3: 12,500 Column 4: 12,600 Column 5: 9,336 Column 6: 27,400 Column 7: 68,236

Row 9 Column 1: 1831 Column 2: 5,500 Column 3: 58,400 Column 4: 7,200 Column 5: 8,000 Column 6: 34,200 Column 7: 113,300

Row 10 Column 1: 1832 Column 2: 19,300 Column 3: 97,800 Column 4: 7,600 Column 5: 6,100 Column 6: 62,600 Column 7: 193,400

Row 11 Column 1: 1833 Column 2: 35,200 Column 3: 46,000 Column 4: - Column 5: 9,100 Column 6: 135,600 Column 7: 225,900

Row 12 Column 1: Totals Column 2: 142,100 Column 3: 241,900 Column 4: 64,300 Column 5: 376,620 Column 6: 433,400 Column 7: 1,258,320

_Condition_. - Actual settlement.

* U.E. Loyalists means United English Loyalists--individuals who fled from the United States on the breaking out of the American war of independence. The grants in the above column are mostly to the children of these individuals.

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The conditions in force in 1824, the time from which the Returns take their commencement, were enacted by Orders in Council of 20th October, 1818, and 21st February, 1820, applied equally to all classes of grantees, and were as follows:--

"That locatees shall clear thoroughly and fence five acres for every 100 acres granted; and build a house 16 feet by 20 in the clear; and to clear one-half of the road, and chop down, without charring, one chain in depth across the lot next to road. These road duties to be considered as part of the five acres per 100. The whole to be completed within two years from date of the location, and upon proof of their fulfilment patents to issue.

"On the 14th of May, 1830, an additional stipulation was made in locations to discharged soldiers, which required an actual residence on their lots, in person, for five years before the issue of their patents.

"On the 14th of November, 1830, the then existing Orders in Council, respecting settlement duties, were cancelled, and it was ordered that in lieu thereof each locatee should clear half the road in front of his lot, and from 10 feet in the centre of the road cut the stumps so low that waggon wheels might pass over them. Upon proof of this, and that a settler had been resident on the lot two years, a patent might issue. Locatees, however, were at liberty, instead of placing settlers on their lands, to clear, in addition to half the road on each lot, a chain in depth across the front, and to sow it and the road with grass seed.

"Upon discharged soldiers and seamen alone, under this order, it became imperative to reside on and improve their lands three years before the issue of the patent.

"On the 24th of May, 1832, an Order in Council was made, abolishing, in all cases except that of discharged soldiers and seamen, the regulations previously existing; and which directed that, upon proof of an actual settler being established on a lot, a patent should issue without the condition of settlement duty."

The following extract is taken from "official information" circulated by Mr. Buchanan, and other Government emigration agents in Canada:--

"Emigrants, wishing to obtain fertile lands in the Canadas in a wild state by purchase from the Crown, may rely on every facility being afforded them by the public authorities. Extensive tracts are surveyed and offered for sale in Upper Canada monthly, and frequently every 10 or 14 days, by the Commissioner of Crown lands, at upset prices, varying according to situation from 10 shillings to 15 shillings per acre, excepting in the townships of Sunnidale and Nottawasaga, where the upset price of Crown lands is 5 shillings only. In Lower Canada, the Commissioner of Crown lands at Quebec puts up land for sale, at fixed periods, in various townships, at from 2 shillings 6 pence to 12 shillings 6 pence Halifax currency, per acre, payable by instalments. Wild lands may also be purchased from the Upper Canada Company on very easy terms, and those persons wanting improved farms will find little difficulty in obtaining such from private proprietors. On no account enter into any final engagement for your lands or farms _without personal examination_, and be certain of the following qualifications:-- "1. A healthy situation. "2. Good land. "3. A pure spring, or running stream of water. "4. In the neighbourhood of a good, moral, and religious state of society, and schools for the education of your children. "5. As near good roads and water transport as possible, saw and grist mills. "6. A good title."

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Clergy Reserves sold in each year since the sales commenced under the