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Fort George, westward, to the Four Mile Creek, and afterwards to the 

 Doundary of the Township of Grantham — the •' original garrison line to the 

 Four Mile Creek," which is now known as the " east and west line." That 

 portion on the lake side was " constitnted a militarj^ reservation," or 

 '' lands reserved bj the Crown, extending to the Four Mile Creek." This 

 was " by the order of General Haldimand." To the south of the line the 

 land was laid out in lots, fronting on the Niagara River. Looking at the 

 map of the township the lots seem to be of uniform size, but a memo- 

 randum on the original plan indicates that some exceptions originally 

 existed. It relates to the survey by Surveyor Philip R. Frey, 1787, and is 

 as follows : — " The lots are laid out 20 chains in front and extendino- 5n 

 back, with one of allowance every second lot. The regular survey differs 

 a good deal in front from number four down to thirteen; these lots were 

 settled prior to any survey. A memorial of all the owners concerned to the 

 land board, stating that their improvements would be much hurt should 

 the original line be changed, the board consented to grant their lots con- 

 formable to their possessions." There are eight concessions in the town- 

 ship south of the line, with 23 lots in each tier. They are numbered from 

 the front, beginning at the south, and in the second tier from north to 

 south, and so back and forth through the concessions. Philip R. Frey 

 had charge of the work of surveying. In a letter written by Augustus 

 Jones to Thomas Ridout, Surveyor-General, January, 1823, he "gives the 

 principal of the surveys performed by the acting deputy surveyoi's under 

 the superintendence of Philip R. Frey, deputy surveyor for Detroit and 

 Niagara." On the pages of an account book in the Crown Lands Depart- 

 ment, 1787, is found " a statement of people's accounts who were employed 

 at survej'ing by P. R. Frey, deputy surveyor for the district of Nassau, 

 township No. 1." It will be remembered that Lord Dorchester divided 

 that portion of tiie Province of Quebec, now comprising the Province of 

 Ontario, into four districts, Lunenburgh, Mecklinburgh, Nassau and 

 Hesse. The district of Nassau extended from the River Trent to Long 

 Point, Lake Erie. Among those employed by Surveyor Frey were Ebe- 

 nczer and Augustus Jones, John Clans, Robert Conklin, Peter Hare, jr., 

 Andrew English and Daniel Hague. These acted as surveyors, and 

 received 4:S. per day. The name of Andrew Miller also appears as a 

 surveyor ; probably it was before the time of Frey. It appears from a 

 letter written by Augustus Jones in 1825 that it was he who did the sur- 

 veying at Niagara in 1787, but it was under the superintendence of Sur- 

 veyor Frey. Augustus Jones became one of the most prominent survey- 

 ors in Upper Canada. He had at that time a father and brother living 

 with him. Whether the Ebenezer mentioned was father or brother cannot 

 be said. We learn from a letter written by Augustus Jones to Surveyor 

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