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and common soccage, from which a reservation 

 of two-sevenths is made ; one thereof is ap-' 

 propriated to the crown, and the other set 

 apart for the maintenance and support of the 

 Protestant clergy. Many of the lots thus re- 

 served for both purposes are now leased for 

 t\<enty-one years on the following conditions: 

 viz. for the first seven years twenty-five shil- 

 hngs, or eight bushels of wheat per annum; 

 the second seven years fifty shillings, or 

 sixteen bushels of wheat ; and for the re- 

 mainder of the period seventy-five shillings, or 

 .twenty-four bushels of wheat per lot: the 

 lessors having the option of requiring payment 

 to be made in either of the modes stipulated 

 These reserves have, for many years past, been 

 exposed to various and very extensive depre- 

 dations by persons settling thereon and oc- 

 cupying many of the best lots without any 

 title or payment of any rent; and by others 

 felling and carrying away much of the finest 



* In 1812 the quantity of land thus reserved amounted to 

 1,438,87 / acres, out of which 363 lots of 2(J0 acres each were 

 let on lease for twenty-one years on the terms above recited. The 

 total value thereof for that period will be found 1 9,051 lOs. 

 currency of the country, or one-ninth part less than sterling ; 

 but if the wheat rent be taken, and calculated upon an average 

 price of 6s, Sd. per bushel, a rate rather below the medium 

 price in the province, the amount will be £i(),6o6. In the 

 same year descriptions of 307 lots were made out for different 

 applicants, and a great many of them have since been let. 



