426 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
York. Erected 1785, the seventh county, to include Fredericton, 
and all the settlements above, and with Fredericton as shire town. 
South-west, by Charlotte, as at present, but limited to the Chiputneti- 
cook (and the line north from its source), since 1798. North-east, by 
Northumberland, and sharing in the changes in the west lines of latter 
in 1803 and 1837 (run 1832, 1841). North-west, by Quebec (line unde- 
termined and in dispute), until 1831, when Carleton was erected (which 
see, 427). South-east by the northern boundary line of the Town- 
ship of Maugerville (a well known, already marked line of convenient 
position and direction) extended to Northumberland and Charlotte, 
the present line (run 1846). 
Sunbury. Erected July 26, 1785, the eighth county, (though 
oldest in name and settlement), to include the Pre-Loyalist settlements 
of Maugerville, Burton and Oromocto, and centering about Burton as 
shire town. North-west, by York as at present. North-east 
by Northumberland, and sharing in the changes in the western 
boundaries of that county (which see, 425). South-east, by Queens, 
as at present. South-west, by Charlotte, as at present. This was thus 
the smallest of the original counties, and it seems somewhat surprising 
that a single county was not made of it and of Queens, as is now done 
by the Electoral Boundaries. Perhaps the desire to give marked recog- 
nition to the Pre-Loyalist settlement of Maugerville had something to 
do with it. 
Kent. Set off from Northumberland, March 7, 1826, the ninth 
county, to include the settlements centering in Richibucto, which, 
under the name of Liverpool until 1832, formed the shire town. Com- 
posed of the parishes of Carleton and Wellington, erected in 1814, with 
all land in rear thereof not included in Ludlow, Nelson or Chat- 
ham, making the boundaries of the county thus:—South, by Westmor- 
land. West, by a line from a point on the Westmorland boundary 
twenty miles from Shediac Island, North 22° West; replaced by the 
present lines in 1845 (run 1841, 18451). North-west, by a line south 
68° West from Point Escuminac, the present line in part (run 1842). 
Gloucester. Set off from Northumberland, March 7, 1826, the 
tenth county, to separate the Bay Chaleur and Restigouche from the 
Miramichi settlements, and with Bathurst as shire town. Composed 
of the two parishes of Saumarez and Beresford, erected in 1814, and 
therefore having the following boundaries. North, by Bay Chaleur, 
as at present and, (since most of the present Restigouche was included) 

1 As far as I can work it out from the Acts, the fact that one of the 
Kent lines is a continuation of the Queen’s Boundary Line seems to be merely 
a coincidence and not intended. 
