440 PLAN OF TOWNS 



pofed above, the committee a .1 to Uiperin- 



tcnd that bufinefs, fhould publilh on copper- plate, 

 the plan of each town, and oblige every builder to 

 fubmit thereto, under the penalty of forfeiting the 

 prcmifcs to the town or corporation where tn 

 paflTcs (hall be commit But there are objects 



of flill greater importance, to which the committee, 

 in this ftage of the burinefs, fhould pay particular 

 regard; full, the means of inducing Grangers to 

 build; and fecondly, the means whereby tl 

 ftrangers and thcrir families may be fupported through 

 a winter of fix moi , and often longer. 



Though it may be nectflary for the encouragement 

 of the firft fettlers in thefe wikls, not only to accom- 

 modate them with houfes, but allb offices, garden- 

 ground and fields, rent free ; thofe who arrive at 

 later periods, having the benefit of fociety, and of 

 neceflary fupplies, cannot expect to be indulged to 

 the fame extent as the firit fettlers; the bountiful aid 

 of government will be gradually withdrawn, but not 

 to ceafe until at lead 200 houfes ihall be built, 

 which may be confidered as the fccond ftage of the 

 bufmefs. The place will then afiume the appear- 

 ance of a town, and port , men will alfo embark in 

 various branches of trade and filheries ; magiftratcs 

 will be appointed, and a regular policy eftablifhed. 



For the fpeedy and effectual accomplifhment of 

 this defirable event, a portion of ground equal to a 

 quarter of an acre fhould be given in perpetuity, and 

 without a quit rent, to every perfon, their heirs and 

 executors, who (hall erect a houfe thereon agree- 

 able to the plan for the regulation of the buildings; 

 provided alfo that the expenditure on each houfe 



* From the fcantinefs of level ground on the Highland fliores, 

 and the neceflity of preferring the beft fituations lor navigation, 

 however improper the coaft or beach for the pi: building, 



the regularity and fymmetry recommended in tl!' of towns 



cannot be put in practice in many \ he Highlands. 



(hall 



