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PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK. IN""FORl\lJ:.A.TION"" FOR INTEN1HNG SETTLERS, WITH A DESCRIPTION AND MAP OF THE SETTLEMENTS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE '' FREE GRANTSI" AND " LABOUR" ACTS, ALSO, GENERAL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE AND THE MEANS Of rROCURING GRANTS Of CROWN lANDS. HON. ltlIVHA.EI.. A.D..utS, Surveyor Genera.I. FREDERICTON, N. B. : PRINTED AT THE EVENING " STAR" OFFICE. 1879. PREFACE. 1'ms PAMPHLET is issued· at the instance of the Government of New Brunswick, and the facts contained herein are compiled: from the most reliable information now on file in the Crown Land:: Department. A passing notice will be given of the Province of New Brnns wick as a whole; but the chief aim is to give such information: respecting the. Crown Lands ot the Province as will assist intend .. ing settlers in making their selections. New Brunswick is generally admitted to be a promising Agricultural Country, and much is told of its resources in the following works which can be obtained on upplication at the office of the Provincial Secretary, Fredericton: "The Report of Professor J. F. W. Johnson, F. R. S.," ·who was employed by the Government in 1849. "A Band Book of Information for Emigrants to New Bruns wick," by M. II:. Perley, Esquire, issued in 1857. ''New Brunwick as a Home for Emigrants," by James Edgar, issued in 1860. "New Brunswick as a Home for Emigrants/' by W. R. M. Burtis, issued in 1860. A similar work by Samuel Watts, prepared under the di rection of the Government, and issued in 1870. " Statistics of British North America," by Alexander Munro, issued in 1862. The reader will find the different settlements already estab lished throughout the Province, described as fully as possible un~er the Title of the " Act relating to Free Grants of Crown Lands." 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() 7: . 111·111r11l t11i' quacO BAr VER rr: S hew in g the Free Grant Tracts D - --Of-- - lf Nl~W BRlJNSWICK 0 1() :..'fJ f' j ', .,,1,,. a/' .J/i/, s . 0 Orown Land Office tf.t Nov, 1879 D ~ lf'o/YC.f 0 ;\ c:::::::: Compiled by o-,;,KZ--'~ ; .l)raflsman, Oroum Lema Office- PKOTO LITH BY tll[ BURLANO UTH CO MON T"[lt Sr·,1/r /(I 111/1!-s /r, rt!/ lltt'li . l ,1Jll.<J1tud,• 7IC,>'/ fhn116h~' tll ·t t'tlll'ir / 1 NEW BRUNSWICK. THE Province of New Brunswick, one of the eight Provinces -of'.the .. Domtnion of Qan~d~t, is· h<:mnded qn the North by" the Prov ince of. Q·uebec. the Jfostigouche.. River. and Baie des. Chaleurs ; -011 the Ea.-s"t ·by; the Gulf of S;t.· L~-,yrence .and Northumb~rland .Strait~ which ~ivides it from Pd110e Edwal'd Island; on :the South -by a ~·'nall portion of th~ ·Province_ .of Nova Scotia~ Chignecto Bay ~nd the Ba.y- of Fundy; on the West by the River St. Crobc and !the State of Maine of the United States of America. New Brunswick is (jliwide.d into fifteen Counties, viz :- 1. Restigonchc, D. Kings. ~- '. Gloucester. 10. Queens, -3.,- Noi'thw;nber.Ja,id, il. Snnbmy, 4. K~nt, 12. York, 5. Westmol'lmHl. 13~ Ca1·ieto11, .G.. Albert, 14. Victoda, 7. St.. John, 15. l\Iadawaska'.. 8. Charlotte, Counties and Parishes will appeal· in tabulated· form, alpha tbetically arranged in the, :Appendix. Tlae .f.l·,,.ea of New Brunswick as given by the Census of 1870,-1 is 17,393,410 acres or about 27,177 square miles. The .greatest length of New Brunswick is from North to South, a ·distance of about 230 miles, and the greatest width is about 190 miles,. with a sea-board of some 545 miles. .i. , ~ .., Tlie Populat,io'I'& in 1861 was 252,047, and i1J, 1871 it reached :285,777, showing.an increase in t~n years'of 33,730. At the pres .ent tizre-.(1879) it vlould probably reach sornethin~ over 310,000. 4 NEW BRUNS WICK. The fo1Iowing table gives the an~as in acres of the different Counties, and the estimated quantitis of land already granted or located by the Crown, together with the quantities still remaining at the disposal of the Government up to 31st October, 1878: - '1.'otal 1 1 County. Contents. A~~elo~~f~!t I Acres V ucant. Hestigoucbe, .... 1,849,000 202,144 I 1,646,856 Gloucester, 1,077,960 -±~{ ,069 I 650,891 No1·thnmbel'land, 3,046,640 1,042,060 2,004,580 Kent, .... 1,101,000 .'.>7b,846 584,154 ·wcstmor]aud, 822,000 694,234 127,766 Albert. 429,000 343,738 8.-'j,262 St. John, :374,810 347,146 '27,664 Charlotte, 847,000 421,127 425,873 Kings, 901.000 755,356 145,644 Qneens, 941;000 618,328 :328,677 Stmbury, 770.000 433,275 3311,725 York, 2 222·000 1,389.,339 832,661 Carleton, .• ~.:J , .•••. 's~o)~oo V. 761,035 62,465 Victoria, 1,208,200 1~060,173 148,027 :M:adawaska, 971,000 738,G39 232,361 I 17,393,L.lJO 9,753,804_ 7,639,606 The total contents in tfi'e '·above table are taken from the Census of 1870,-1, ·excepting. <Jarletori, Victoria,. and' :.Madawaska. Counties . which. have been change·d in. ar~a by aJferations. of County li~es.1 The other amounts are roughly ·estimated, ·but will_ be found ·su·:fficiently correct .for all prac~ical purpose~. The table includes the amotmt. of all grants to the New Brunswick .Railway Company. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Tl1e Soil of New Brunswick irs capable of producing great quantities of grain and fruits, as well as root crops. Hay is grown in abundance on the "intervales" or low lands, and the· yield on the high lands is from one to three tons per acre. Wheat, oats, buckwheat, rye, barley and flax grow well in the country. Pota toes, turnips, beets, carrots, parsnips, celery, lettuce, cabbage, cucumbers, ~umpkins, squa.sbes, etc., thrive in all parts. Apples, plums, cherries, goose-berries and currants are the common fruit crops, but strawberries, and raspberries are also common. PRINCIPAL TOWNS. Saitit Jolui situated on the mouth of the River Saint John; It 1::;. the Commercial Capital of New Brunswick, and has a pop ula~10n of about 45,000, including the town of Portland. It .does.. an immense shipping business with foreign and local markets, and NEW BRUNSWICK. 5 is largely engaged in ·mahufacture's;of many kind·s. Its hatbor may 1be rec.koned:among the;fiilest·o~ 'the Continent, and is open d~ring all· seasons r ot: tho: year. As a shipping. port . Saiht John ranks 'foutth in the· British Edipire'. ·· ·The followin 1g article :t~keti · 1from 1the 1Daily Telegmpli of Januari 27th, ·1879,·will give an ;ide~ of the abioutit ·of its shipping:~ · . · · · THE SHIPPING 01<' NEW; BR,ui~\vicit,_:_ ~' 'l'o-day, iu accoi·dance ,vith our custom, we present our i 1e~dcrs :with ·i:t list ofoll the vessels !registered in this ~i·ovhiQe,: and remnh)ing· on .the registry· books of the several. ports '.on. th~ 31~t D~cember, 1878.. I.t i~ gt·a.tifying to, be able to note: that the totmn.ge of the Province, as a whole, ha-, incr~ased, :;is will be·.seel) by the following comparison of the tonnage on the 31st Der.ember bf 1~77 and 1878 respectively:--: TONNAGE' 01!' NEW BRUNSWICK, 31st Dec., 1878. 31st Dec., 1~77. 1 No. Ton~. No. Tous • Ships; ..•.• 97 126,228 105 134,198 Barques,~ .•. ..... 189 139,192 168 119,838 Barqnentlnes,. 11 5,193 13 6,106 Bl'igs, 9 2,588 11 3,318 .Briga1~tines, .... 66 18,~20 69 20,025 S~ho011ers,1 542 27,506 538 29,034 ·,voodboats, 163 10,087 160 9,897 Sloops, 5 74 5 86 E:etch, , .•• 1 51 1 41 Stenmers, 59 5,926 63 6,914 1·,162 335,965 1,133 329~459 It will be seen froni the above that during the Jear' the province has increaseci its shipping by 29-vessels and 6,506 tons; ·not a large gain by any,meaus, .but still. sometbiug/' "The following table .shows the tonnage of the port of St. Johu on the ,3lst December, 1878 and 1877 respectively: - TONNAGE m' ST, JOHN, 31st'Dec., 1878. 31st Dec., 1877. :No. Tous. No. r.rons. Ships, .. .... !)1 119,245 101 130,210 Barques, .•.. 137 101,714 126 89,542 Baiqnentines, 9 4.612 11 5,325 Brigs, 7 2,184 ~) 2,914 B,r~gantines, 50 H,013 5$ l4,805 Schooners, 245 18,669 259 20,43'3 ·wood boats' I63 10,087 160 9,897 S'loops, ...