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5. New Jerusalem at Port Roseway. 
6. South-west of lands granted to Alex’r. McNutt. 
7. On Petitcoudiack River. 
8. North side of St. John River [a few miles above Fredericton]. 
9. South-west of lands granted to Henzer Morris. 
10. Eastward of Beaver Harbour. 
11. Little St. Lawrence. 
12. North-west of lands granted to Col. Desbarres. 
13. Between Onslow and Truro and Desbarres grant at Tatamagouche. 
14. North-west of lands granted Jonathan Belcher and others. 
15. On Annapolis Basin. 
The number of settlers specified above were to be placed on the 
lands within four years from the date of the grants, and in case of failure 
the lands were to revert to the Crown. This proved a very awkward 
condition for Colonel MeNutt. The fate of his large grants at Pictou 
will be seen in the letter of Lord William Campbell, Governor of Nova 
Scotia, to the Earl of Hillsborough, Secretary of State, under date the 
9th of October, 1770. “The time limited for performance of the condi- 
tions on which several tracts of land were granted in this Province 
having expired, publick notice was given to the grantees that enquiry 
would be made whether such conditions had been fulfilled, and some 
time after the proper officer proceeded to make enquiry by a Jury on 
evidence concerning two tracts, one containing 100,000 and the other 
150,000 acres, both of which had been granted to Alex’r McNutt and 
others, and the Juries returned the conditions not performed on both 
tracts, by which verdicts the lands are again at His Majesty’s disposal. 
. Several other tracts of land will soon fall under enquiry and 
probably be returned with the same verdict.”’ 
It appears from the public records that grants were made to 
McNutt and his Associates during the year 1765 (in tracts varying from 
20,000 to 200,000 acres) aggregating 1,745,000 acres, of which up to 
November 28th, 1811, there had been escheated to the Crown 1,021,500 
acres and that during the same period there had been granted to 
1 List of Escheats of Lands Granted to Alexander McNuti and Associates. 
Date of Escheat. No. of Acres. Location. 
JULY, POLAIRE Sle ek ETAT MAN seve 100,000 Pictou. 
Aug: MSA TONER ERP | fone RARE Li RAM 150,000 Minas Basin. 
May. GP PEN thie ANAL Reh LAN ER 100,000 East of Beaver Harbour. 
JOEY (yy) LOS ATOS MEN ES MAR EEE 100,000 At Bay Verte. 
MTG «Ss TRS MENU Er ER merely T RS 200,000 At Liverpool. 
JE ju ed AE LL: MG ARS APCE ARENA LAN EI HA NE a Pa 100,000 Port Mattoon. 
Mano) 8 11882 EP RMI) dre tn 100,000 Near Cape Negro. 
PATI: NS 1788.10 MOURIR INRIA 1,500 At Margaret’s Bay. 
De LA LT. 0 ee Eon OER er ORECAST 20,000 At Green’s River. 
UKs A ANTS ie do mare MAL ae 150,000 At St. Mary’s River. 
Total number of acres escheated........1,021,500 
