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lation of this province, an important increase 

 will he found to have taken place of late years p 

 in 17835 the utmost amount that could be es- 

 timated did not exceed ten thou&and souls, and 

 ©f these the numerous frontier posts and gar- 

 risons constituted by much the greater part- 

 After that period a great accession was made 

 by the settlement of loyalists and disbanded 

 soldiers, and which was considerably increased 

 by the emigration of many people who soon grew 

 tired of the newly acquired independence of the 

 American States ; in addition to the natural 

 increase of the numbers thus acquired, they 

 have been gradually augmented by emigrations 

 from Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland, the 

 United States,, and many other places, so that 

 in the year 1814 it was taken in round numbers 

 at ninety-five thousand souls, and which may 

 be trusted to as a tolerably exact statement, or 

 at least considering the difficulty that must be 

 experienced in collecting the returns, as nearly 

 so as can well be obtained. Of the three mil- 

 lions of acres already stated to have been 

 granted, the quantity now under tillage will be 

 found to approach pretty near to two hundred 

 and ninety thousand acres, dispersed over the 

 different districts. The most populous and im- 

 proved part of the colony is undoubtedly that 

 from Pointe au Baudet to the head of the Bay 



