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is the King's Wood-yard, occupying a large 

 plot of ground, whereiu a sufficient quantity of 

 fuel for a year's consuniption of the whole gar- 

 rison is always kept in store. On the western 

 side of the wood-yard the suburb of St. Roch 

 commences, and extends in a westerly direction 

 to La Vacherie, a distance of seven hundred 

 and thirty-five yards, and from the Coteau Ste. 

 Genevieve to the River St. Charles, about 

 seven hundred and thirty yards* The streets, 

 though narrow, are regularly built and straight, 

 crossing each other at right angles : the greater 

 part of the houses are of wood, but a few of 

 those lately constructed are not destitute of a 

 showy exterior. The church of St. Roch is not 

 yet finished, and will, when completed, prove a 

 very handsome structure ; the ground on which 

 it stands was a free gift from J. Mure, Esq.; 

 the work is now going on under the patronage 

 of the Catholic Bishop, who is also the protector 

 of a public school in this suburb, and another 

 in St. John's. A period of ten years has pro- 

 duced a very great increase in this part of the 

 town, as well in buildings as in population, and 

 there is all appearance of the same continuing 

 to a much more considerable degree. The 

 inhabitants of St. Roch are entitled to vote for 

 the representatives in parliament for the Lower 

 Town, which elects two. From the extremity of 



