352 MODE OF SELLING LAND. 



and to such there is no difficulty in obtaining good title- 

 deeds. 



A considerable extent of crown lands is still undisposed of, 

 and they are sold by public sale on the first day of every 

 month, in every township where an agent resides. The upset 

 price of the lands varies from 2s. 6d. to 10s. Halifax currency, 

 by which all land in the Canadas are sold. The following 

 are the conditions of sale for 1834 : 



&quot; 1st, The lands will be put up for sale in lots or parcels 

 of from 100 (or a half surveyed lot) to 1200 acres (or six sur 

 veyed lots), as may suit the convenience of parties disposed to 

 bid for the same. 



&quot; 2d, The lots will be offered at the upset price, as quoted 

 above. 



66 3d, The lots are to be taken at the contents marked in 

 the public documents, without guarantee as to the actual 

 quantity contained in them. 



&quot; 4th, The biddings to be made in currency upon the upset 

 price per acre. 



&quot; 5th, The lots will be sold to the highest bidder. 



&quot; 6th, The purchase-money to be paid by four annual in 

 stalments, without interest. The first instalment or deposit- 

 money of twenty-five per cent at the time of sale, and the 

 second, third, and fourth instalments at intervals of a year. 



&quot; 7th, The instalments to be paid into the office of crown 

 lands at Quebec, or the treasurer or receiver of rents on his 

 lialf-yearly tour for the collection of rents. 



&quot; 8th, If the instalments are not regularly paid, the deposit- 

 money will be forfeited, and the land again referred to sale.&quot; 



The chief productions of Lower Canada are wheat, barley^ 

 and oats, of inferior quality, which may be partly owing to 

 the climate and the management which the soil is under. For 

 nearly half a century, manure has not been applied to the 

 greater part of the cultivated land, which, after being what 

 is considered exhausted, is allowed to produce a natural sward 

 of grass, on which animals browse during one summer, and it 

 is again ploughed in autumn. Notwithstanding the natural 

 goodness of much of the soil, the crops are of the worst de- 



