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qtience, import from England all they use in 

 that operation. Since the year 1806, Messrs. 

 Munro and Bell have occupied these valuable 

 premises on the terms before named ; previous 

 to that period their annual rent was 800/. per 

 annum ; on the termination of their former lease 

 they were, very reasonably, entitled to the con* 

 sideration of the government in reletting them^ 

 as indeed is every tenant on the expiration of a 

 given term, after his abihty and exertions have 

 materially enhanced the value of the property ; 

 but it very rarely occurs that similar circum- 

 stances of improvement have operated as a 

 cause for a reduction of the rent almost fifty 

 per cent; at any rate these gentlemen, whose 

 industry and skill prove undoubtedly useful to 

 the province, have many good reasons to be 

 satisfied with their bargain. 



Cap de la Magdelaine (the seigniory of), 

 in the county of St. Maurice, is bounded by 

 the river St. Maurice on the south-west, the 

 seigniory of Champlain and its augmentation 

 on the north-east, and by the river St. Law- 

 rence on the front; its breadth is two leagues, 

 its depth extends twenty leagues into the in- 

 terior northwards ; it was granted March £0, 

 1651, to the Order of Jesuits, and has now de- 

 volved to the crown. The soil of this extensive 

 seigniory, in such parts of it as have yet come 



