fb f f £ O N C L U S I O N .
w e r e le v e l fp ots o f g ro u n d co v e red to a g rea t depth w i th th e riche ft
m ou ld . O f the e le v en th o u fan d acres o f g ro u n d in this ifland , th e re
are n o t tw o hu n d red that anight n o t b e cu ltiv ated to th e grea teft adv
an ta ge * i f cleared o f tim b e r , and. allowed , a fu ffic ien c y o f labourers*
o f cattle, and o f p lo u gh s.
Appropriation o f t ie Land.
T h e g ro u n d ' cleared o f tim b e r fo r th e p u b lic u fe , and that m a rk ed
ou t fo r th e fettlers lo ts , -comprifed one h a l f o f the iflan d , and was-,
d iftr ib u ted in th e fo llo w in g m an n e r i
Number Acres-
cleared o£
'Timber.
G r o u n d allotted to fettlers o n g r a n t o r leafe -
G r o u n d a llo tted to officers b y g ra n t, leafe, o r
92O
p e rm iffion - - - -
G r o u n d allo tted to in d iv id u a ls o f d ifferent der
3 2- I 3 2
fe r ip tio n s - - - _
G r o u n d re fe rv ed fo r g o v e rnm en t, and co n tigu r
o o t o o
ous to th e a b o v e allo tm en ts -
G r o u n d cleared o f tim b e r , an d o c cu p ied fo r the-
1,400 —
p u b lic b e n e fit . - - 376 376
T o ta l q u a n tity o f g ro u n d o ccu pied as ab ov e
S u p p o fed contents o f th e iflan d , ab ou t
S u p p o fed q u a n tity o f g ro u n d u n o c cu p ied , ab out
S u p p o fed q u a n tity o f g ro u n d no t cleared o f
timb e r' . - - — -
5 ,H 7
1 1 ,0 0 0
5,753
9>472
1 ,5 2 8
M o f t o f the g ro u n d cleared o f tim b e r w a s u n d e r cu ltiv a tio n in 1 7 9 3 .
and 1 7 9 4 , and p rod u c ed ab ov e th ir ty - fo u r th o u fan d b u lh e ls o f g r a in ;
bu t; from th e h id d en and e ffe c tual ch e c k g iv e n to p r iv a te in d u ftr y
d u r in g th e y e a r 1 7 9 4 , and th e grea t p rop o r tio n , o f th e labourers
w o r k in g fo r th e ir o w n fu p p o r t aud o th e r w a y s d ifp o fed o f, n o t m ore
th an a th ird o f th e g o v e rnm en t-g ro u n d , and a fifth o f th e g ro u n d belo
n g in g to in d iv id u als; w a s in a n y ftate o f cu ltiv a tio n d u r in g th e lafk;
y e a r . T h a t p or tion o f th e g rou n d th u s n eg le c ted became o v e r - ru n :
w i th ra n k and ftro n g w e e d s , w h ic h fo rm ed a g rea t co v e r to th e n u - .
mérous^
m e rou s r a t s ; b efid e th a t the in ju r y done to th e fo il b y th e g row th o f
th e fe we ed s w&s v e r y m u ch to be d eplored. T h e h um an e attention,
h ow e v e r , Ih ew n to the w an ts o f th e in d u ftr iou s in d iv id u a l b y G o v
e rn o r H u n te r , in d ired ting th e m a iz e bills to be p aid , it w a s ho p ed
w o u ld n o t o n ly r e lie v e m a n y d e fe rv in g p eop le , b u t alfo r e v iv e that in d
uftr ious d ifp ofition w h ic h the fettlers had in gen e ra l manifefted.
T h e fina ll n um b e r o f conv id ts at p u b lic w o r k , and th e la b o u r n e -
c e fla r y fo r p rep a r in g th e grou n d to re c e iv e w h e a t , d id n o t admit o f
m ore than o n e h u n d red acres o f w h e a t, and e igh te en o f -m a iz e b e in g
fow n laft y e a r fo r th e c r ow n ; th e p ro d u c e o f w h ic h h ad b e e n abundan
t ; b u t th e q u a n tity w a s m u ch red u c ed b y the w e ed s that g r ew
w i th it, and from an atta ck b y lig h tn in g w h e n in b lo flom .
C u lt iv a tio n w a s con fin ed to m a iz e , w h e a t , p otatoes, and o th e r g a r d
en -vege tab le s . T h e heat o f th e c lim ate , oocafional d ro u gh ts , and
b lig h tin g w in d s , rend ered w h e a t an ^uncertain c r o p ; n o r cou ld it be
a v e ra g ed at m ore th an eigh te en b u lhe ls an ac re , th o u g h fom e had
y ie ld e d tw e n ty - fiv e , .
O w in g to th e q u ic k and co n ftan t g r o w th o f ra n k w e ed s few in d iv
id u a ls cou ld fo w m ore w h e a t th an w a s n e c e ffa ry to m ix w i th th e ir
m a iz e , w h ic h h ith e r to h ad ra r e ly ex ce ed ed fiv e acres each fam ily .
S om e few ind eed am o n g th e fettlers, w h o w e r e rem a rk a b ly in d u ftr
io u s , o r w h o h ad grea te r ad v an tage s th an o th e rs , had g en e ra lly from
fiv e to e le v en acres in w h e a t ; b u t th e n um b e r o f th e fe w a s v e r y
fmall.
T h e h arv e fts o f m a iz e w e r e con ftan t, ce r ta in , and p le n t i fu l ; and
tw o c rop s w e r e g e n e ra lly p rocu red in tw e lv e m on th s. T h e p rod u c e
o f one c ro p m ig h t be av e ra g ed at fo r ty - f iv e b n lh e ls p e r ac re , and
m a n y had y ie ld e d from fe v e n ty to e ig h ty .
B y th e ftatement b e fo re g iv e n it appears, th a t the re w e r e fiv e th o u - ■
fand tw o hun d red and fo r ty - fe v e n acres o c c u p ie d ; o f w h ic h o n ly on e
th ou fan d fiv e hun d red and tw e n ty -e ig h t w e r e cleared o f t im b e r : th a t
th e re alfo rem ained fiv e th ou fan d fe v en h u n d red and fifty - th r e e n e ith e r
o c cu p ied n o r cleared , m a k in g in th e w h o le n in e th o u fan d fo u r h u n dred
and fe v e n ty - tw o acres n o t cleared o f tim b e r . I f f ix thoufand o f
th e nine th ou fan d fo u r h u n d red and fe v e n ty - tw o acres n o t cleared
co u ld be p u t u n d e r cu ltiv a tio n in ad d itio n to the one th o u fan d fiv e
3 T 2 h u n d red