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twenty ohains each, and one chain for a road ; and so on, till the said line strikes the River 

 Toronto, whereon St. John is settled. The concessions are one hundred chains deep, and one 

 chain between eaoli concession, to the extent of twelve miles." 



We subjoin a further early notice of Mr. Augustus Jones, which we observe in a letter addressed 

 to him by John Collins, Deputy Surveyor-General, dated "Quebec, Surveyor-Oreneral's Office, 

 January 23rd, 1792." Mr. Collins mentions that he has recommended Mr. Jones to the notice 

 of Governor Simcoe, who was at the time in Quebec, en route for his new Province in the west. 

 " Colonel Siniooe, the Governor of your Province," Mr. Collins says, " is now with us. I have 

 taken the liberty to recommend you to him in the manner I think you merit, and I cannot doubt 

 but that you will be continued in your salary." 



Another early surveyor of note, connected' with the primitive history of Yonge Street, was 

 John Stegmann, a German, who had been an officer in a Hessian regiment. He was directed in 

 1801, by the Surveyor General, D. W, Smith, to examine and report upon the condition of Yonge 

 Street. The result was a document occupying many sheets. We will give some extracts from it. 

 They will furnish a view of the great thoroughfare which we are beginning to perambulate, as it 

 appeared a few years after Jones's expedition. Though somewhat dryly imparted, the informa- 

 tion will be of interest to " pioneers." (The No. 1 referred to is the first lot after crossing the 

 Third Concession Road from the Lake Shore.) " Agreeable to your instructions," Mr. Steg- 

 mann says to Mr. Smitn, " bearing date June the 10th, [1801], for the examination of Yonge 

 Street, I have the honor to report thereon as follows : That from the town of York to the three 

 mUe post on the Poplar Plains the road is cut, and that as yet the greater part of the said 

 distance is not passable for any carriage whatever, on account of logs which lie in the street. 

 From thence to Lot No. 1 on Yonge Street the road is very difficult to pass, at any time, agree- 

 able to the present situation in which the said part of the street is. The situation of the 

 street from No. 1 to Lot 95 on Yonge Street will appear as per margin." We have then a 

 detail of his notes of the condition of the road opposite every lot all the way to the northern. 

 limit of the townships of King and Whitchurch. Of No. 1 in the township of York, on the 

 west side of Yonge Street, it is reported that the "requisition of Government" is "complied 

 with, except a few logs in the street not burnt." Of lot 1 on the east side also, that it is 

 complied with, except a "few logs not burnt." No. 2, west side, complied with; the street 

 cut but not burnt. East side, complied with ; some logs in the street not burnt ; and in some 

 places narrow. No. 3, west side, complied with, except a few logs not burnt ; east side, com- 

 plied with ; the clearing not fenced ; no house ; some logs in the street not burnt. No. 5, west 

 side, complied with ; east side, non-compliance. No. 8, west side, complied with ; the street 

 cut, but not burnt. East side, complied with ; the street cut, but logs not burnt ; here the 

 street, it is noted, goes to the eastward of the line on account of the hilly ground. No. 9, 

 west side, complied with in the clearing ; the street bad and narrow. East side, non-compli- 

 ance ; street bad and narrow, and to the east of the road. No. 16, west side, nothing done to 

 the road ; about five acres cut ; not fenced and no house thereon. East side, complied with. 

 No. 17, west side, complied with ; the underbrush in the street cut but not burnt. East side, 

 complied with, except logs in the street not burnt. No. 18, west side, well complied with. 

 East side, well complied with. No. 25, west side, complied with. East side, complied with ; 

 nothing done to the street, and a school-house erected in the centre of the street. This is the 

 end of the township of York Then on No. 33, west side, Vaughan, clearing is complied with ; 

 no house ; and nothing done to the street. East side, Markham, clearing is complied with ; 

 south part of the street cut but not burnt ; and north part of the street nothing done. No. 37, 

 Vaughan, clearing complied with, but some large trees and some logs left in the street. Mark- 

 ham, some trees and logs left in the streets ; some acres cut, but not burnt ; no fence, and a 

 small log house. No. 55, Vaughan, clearing complied with ; the street cut and logs not burnt. 

 Markham, clearing complied with ; the street cut and logs not burnt ; a very bad place for the 

 road and may be laid out better. No. 63, west side. King, non-compliance. East side, Whit 

 church, non-compliance ; and similarly, on to No. 88, on which, in King, the clearing is 

 complied with ; not fenced ; the street good ; in Whitchurch, clearing is complied with, and 

 nothing done to the street. No. 93, King, four acres cut, and nothing done to the street. 

 Wliitchurch, six acres clear land, and nothing done to the street. Here King and Whitchurch, 

 and the Report end. Mr. Stegmann then perorates thus : " Sir,— This was the real situation of 

 Yonge Street when examined by me ; and I am sorry to be under the necessity to add at the 



