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Meps, plates, cherts, etc., mey be filmed at :iffe>.?nt reduction ratioa. Thoae too lerge to be iitirc^y included !n one expoaure are filmed beginning in the upper left hend corner, left to right «f?d top to bottom, as many framae aa required. The following diagrama illustrate the method: Lea cartea, planchea, tablaeux, etc., peuvent Atre fiimia i dee taux de rMuction diff Arents. Lorsque le document est trop grsnd pour Atre reproduit en un seui ciichA, it est film* A psrtir de I'angle aupAriaur gauche, de gauche k droite, et de heut en bee, en prenant le nombre d'imegea nAcaasaire. Las diagrammea suivanta illuatrent le mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 : : I ' i' Ai M o Szi o llBi ^p— i GENERAL REPORT On the Tract of Land purchased ftom Government, by the New Brunswick Land Company ; with some Remarks on the Province at large, and a Detail of the Improvements that have been made on this Portion in particular. Gentlkmen, In making a report on the Company's Tract, some preliminary ob- servations on the province at large are required; and though Mr. M'Gregor's description renders a detailed account the less need- ful, still, since changes actually and prospectively great have since taken place, and are still in progress, it requires some notice of those which are in immediate operation thoroughly to understand the subject. We in England have been, and are still too apt to regard our Trans- Atlantic possessions in the light merely of a few thousand acres of interminable forest, requiring the fostering care of a maternal government to give any value to them whatever, wil- fully or unintentionally shutting our eyes to the important fact, that every one of these despised, and to us unknown, acres of fwest, supports a quantity of timber, very valuable now, and of daily increasing worth ; and though a prejudice has been industri- ously fostered by interested persons against American timber — it is but a prejudice — it has little or no foundation, and the objections made against it would equally apply against any other similarly used; indeed, it is a fact, that vast quantities of New Brunswick spruce are annually sold as Memel timber. We should also bear in mind, that the very clearing away of this timber opens to us, as a ma- nufacturing nation, at one and the same time, a refuge for our redundant population, and a market for our surplus manufactures. It has been stated, that every emigrant who settles in the British provinces, requires and consumes within the second year £2 worth of British manufactures. This in New Brunswick is, I should Mi ^'hirinri^' "■r ft \ My, Wy oonsidttraUy below the nark — I think jSlO much aeere r i- e nd the oonramption of course iucreoiies with the means of the parties. So much has been already published on the trade and sta- tistilBS of what are generally designated the " Canadas;" and so ably , has this espos6 been recently made, especially by Mr. BIiss» that it would be a waste of time for me to allude to it further than to mention the very important fact, that by a singular rerolutjlon in statistics, a market, and that to an almost unlimited extent, is now opening for ^dlnber, in its whole and manuiacturod state, in the very country that once exported it— The United States. That, con- •equoitly. Companies with large capital are now forming there for the purchase of timbered lands, and though aliens are not allowed to purchase property from the crown, the same object is effected through the intervention of British subjects, who are partners in the speculation. It is tbis that has guided the American government in all their diplomatic arrangements about the boundary line; it is this cause that has made them so urgent to have it defined, and to obtain as much as possible of the land in dispute. They well know that the portion of country in question is a mine of wealth, that activity and perseverance are alone re- quired to make its resources available, and that it is inteiwcted by rivers as if purposely placed to Ining those producti(ms to the ports where their value in money wiU readily be obtained. . The mer- chants at the sea-ports have found that the English market re- quirea a certain quantity of white pine timber, deals, and lath wood ; and these, with a few tons of birdi, put in as a bottom lajrw, to give stabHity to the vessel, have been the chief export, prindpnlly because the timber vessels could carry them with the most profit to the shipper ; but it by no means follows that these are the only valuable productions of the country. As an instance, I may men- tion the hemlock, a species of pine, possessing the very valuable properties of being almost imperishable under water or under ground, of making a strong and lasting material for house building,, (most of the houses in the new towns of the New £n|^d States are built of it) and plank for bams and granaries which rats will not penetrate. But although timber hitherto has formed almost exclusively the trade oithe incipient settler, being the most easily attainable, it is by no means the ibly way in which skill and capital may be employed to advantage. I shall now proceed to make a rapid survey of the province of New Bronswidc at laig^ L «flp ^^-7;w«|fl|piui*i.J'.!ii-.' 'K'inyif^ and then to deieribethe Ckmipaay'atn«t,«ithtlMiii4Hroirem«|itft^ I have been miide by them, pending the negoeiation for it with the * gov^ment, on the faith of the oonveyanoe being made, and iiibao* quently point out to the Court what in m j opinion will moat oondooe to the improvement of the property, and ounsequently to the profit, to thoae who have embarked in the nndertaking.| |New Brunswick liea between the latitude of 46^ and 48^ north, and the longitude of 64f* and 68** wett ; aUd thus, but for the existence of peculiar causes, its climate ought to assimilate to thatch the sduthof France, and of Venice. Though some of these causes are fixed by the laws of nature, and must ever tend to confirm the difiference that exists others are undergoing constant change by the hand of man, and consequently, as might be expected, there is an evident improvflh ment in the climate during the recollection of the early settlers, some of whom yet remain to impress on the minds of their descend- ants, by their example and well-authenticated anecdotes, the bene- ficial effects of perseverance and industry, in overcoming the diffi*- oulties with which all persons, suddenly called upon to change thehr habits and early associations, have to contend with in anew country* The summers of New Brunswick are much hotter, and the winters much colder than its geographical situation would warrant and these remarks more particularly apply to the interiw than to tibe sea-coast, where again the difference of actual from theoretical climate is very striking. The peculiar clearness of the air in the interior may account for the former, and the latter may be attri- buted to the dose proximity of the Rocky Mountains, not unaptly termed the back-bone of the American Continent, the All^ha- nies, which are a spur from them, together with the prevalence of north-west winds. On the southern sea-coast, fronting on the Bay of Fundy, we have the extraordinary phenomenon of the Gulf Stream, at^ temperature of 80**, (perhaps more) sweeping past the coast of America, which coming suddenly into contact with the vast bodies of dold, and scarcely thawed waters brought from the interior, by the almost numberless rivers that there disembogue themselves, produce fog so dence on the sea-coast, and frequentiiy for several miles in land, that if the question were asked from one of the ship-masters trading to 8t. Jdin, and of wh purchase of stock for his farm. The cultivation by the axe instead of the plough will and must b^ strange to a man wedded to the latter by long habit, but if we consider a moment, we shall see that it is the more economical by far, and wonder the less at the American propensity, for in the eastern states there are persons with whom it is a trade, and it is wonderful to see how quickly they will level the giants of the forest. Take the cost of an acre of land, bought in fee simple, at . 1 The clearing it fit for the harrow ..... ... 4 10 The cropping, independent of seed 10 ^66 Q Here we have an acre of land, bought in free and common soccage, cropped, and capable of giving two succeeding crops without manure, for six pounds currency, or rather less than five pounds sterling. Compare this with the cost of cropping alone in England, to say nothing of the land and the comparison of produce, I have little doubt will do no discredit to the cultivation by the As the face of the country becomes more cleared, and the axe agricultural portion of the community is enabled to apply science it' infill I ■i—iaii 10 .; V ■1 ' to that occupation, machinery for various uses connected with the farm will be introduced, and no country in the world can be better adapted for it, for one can scarcely travel two miles in any direction without crossing a stream, affording what the Americans call an hydraulic privilege ; already machines for various purposes are being imported from Maine, where they are manufactured in large quantities, and this leads me to speak of the re-acting water- wheel, an improvement on that of Dr. Barker, which for simplicity, efficiency, and cheapness, is admirably adapted for the country, and as it acts at any depth below the surface, it is enabled to perform all the requisite purposes of a prime mover during winter, when the surface is frozen. They are now extensively applied to both saw and grist mills. Fifty years since, the first settlers arrived, driven from their exiled houses by the American revolution, fifty years hence what will New Brunswick be ? The pri;i3pect is most cheering. The breed of horses in New Brunswick is generally good, they perform journeys and do work which requires them to be hardy, strong, and active. The Agricultural Society, established by Sir Howard Douglass, imported some nearly thorough-bred horses, and from them and the stock of " Wildair," imported by the late Chief Justice Saunders, have the present breed proceeded. The modes of travelling are by steam-boats, small light four-wheeled carriages, called *' waggons," and on horse-back during summer, and in sled, sleigh, or carriole, during winter, the latter are all different sorts of carriages placed on runners, instead of wheels, shod with iron or steel, and vary according to the taste or means of the owner ; the better kinds are all lined or trimmed with the warm skins of the bear or buffalo, and are comfortable and de- lightful conveyances ; the horses are gaily caparisoned, and as by law they are all required to carry bells, these, when properly chosen, create a sound by no means unmusical. The inhabitants are all very fond of sleighing, which forms one of the principal winter amusements. Skaiting is also much practised, much more safely than in England, the ice being thick and strong. There is a great variety of birds in the summer, principally migratory ; the plumage of several species is splendid in the ex- treme, but few have any notes pleasing to the ear. Woodcocks, snipe, grouse, duck, teal, pigeons, &c., are met with, but few except the military have time for shooting ; those who do " go gunning," *(9«tji«^?^v <»■ u led with 1 can be es in any mericans poses are [ in large g water- mplicity, atry, and perform ter, when I to both 1 arrived, tion, fifty ct is most ;ood, they be hardy, ed by Sir d horses, y the late ed. The r-wheeled summerj er are all f wheels, or means with the and de* and as by properly ihabitants principal uch more rincipally in the ex- oodcocks, iew except gunning," as they express it, shoot for the pot, and never think of firing except at a standing mark. Fishing is a sport more generally attended to, and the success is generally excellent : salmon, trout, bass, perch, smelt, eel, sucker, a species of carp, are taken by the fly or bait, while the net sup- plies abundance of herring, allwife, idiad, &C' In winter, fish are caught in great abundance by scoop nets under the ice, among which is the cusk, a fish I have never met with elsewhere; it resembles an eel's body with a cat's head, and when in season, is deservedly prized as delicious food. The sea washing the shores of New Brunswick teems with inexhaustible supplies of fish. It is singular that the trawl has never been properly tried, particularly off St. John, where the ground is peculiarly adapted for its use ; but the division of labour is not yet properly understood ; and while every man does every thing, objects, in themselves sufficient to aiford employment and support to thousands, are consequently suffered to remain unattended to. The only wild animals that are mischievous are bears and foxes, if we except rats and mice, which are every where to be met with, and are quite as destructive as elsewhere. The foxes are very apt to intrude themselves in an unwelcome manner into the faiiner's hen roost, and a good fat sheep comes not amiss to Mr. Bruin, who, in that case often returns on the next night, and gets shot for his trouble. Forty shillings per head is given by the le^slature as a premium for their extirpation, which, in addition to the intrin- sic value of the skin, operates strongly in causing their decrease. There are no wolves, which is singular, as the rein-dee?, on whom they constantly attend, to the north are numerous. To a traveller in New Brunswick, the mode of cookery at the taverns is any thing but pleasant or agreeable, particularly in summer, when, if he gets salt pork, eggs, and potatoes, at the first house he stops at, he may expect ditto at every succeeding one on the road. The pork is always fried, and sent to table swimming in its own grease, often rank, and always disgusting to look at; but the eggs he is sure of, and the potatoes are not excelled, if equalled in any part of the world. Butter he will generaUy find good, and some preserve of raspberries or cranberries is certain to crown the feast. Tea will be his beverage morning, noon, and night. Every farm-house has tea at every meal, and this is the great and constant complaint of the English " I dont mind the work," say they, " only irT^"^ : ' f ,f r7T'y^ , ''gy7 - ''ry:y»v W J i r >A^ourer cannot, or what amounts to the same thing, fancies he cannot, work. This is one of the principal reasons why the greatest number of emigrants are Irish, on whom the effects of rum, though de- trimental, are less so than on those unaccustomed to the use of spirits; and it is not a little singular that though there are yearly importations, and those from the most disturbed districts of Ireland, where the very parties themselves have been guilty of the greatest atrocities, there is an almost total absence of crime in the province ; the few petty thefts that have been committed, I am sorry to be compelled to say, have been almost invariably traced to the English emigrants, who, in general, have beeii so much petted and taken care of at home, that they are comparatively unfitted to be thrown on their own resources, and linger about the town till their last shilling is expended, instead of setting instantly and determinedly out in quest of work — where labour is at a premium no man has a right to be idle, and if he be so, the fault rests with himself. Education, proportioned to the station of life, is attainable by all. The legislature grants a sum of money annually to each school- master who brings testimonials of having performed his duty to the satisfaction of any particular parish or district, the inhabitants being Id is unfortu- n he begins ly the rum [ the train of ifogmatics/' sble his body t have done tion of the roductive of le interest of is a certain enty bushels is wonderful Two years , and began can scarcely for what he intoxicating ight of table which the bhing, fancies y the greatest n^ though de- nse of spirits; importations, d, where the ist atrocities, ace ; the few le compelled ih emigrants, care of at )wn on their ist shilling is ledly out in as a right to Enable by all. leach school- Is duty to the Ibitants being expected to contribute a like sum, and the common arrangement is for the school-master to take up his residence with a substantial farmer, who finds 1 'm his board, which " he takes out " in schooling his young family. In Fredericton and St. John, are excellent grammar schools, where the rudiments, the classics, and mathe- matics, are taught by able and well qualified masters ; while those who are desirous of a more finished education, can obtain it, with every necessary degree, at the King's College of Fredericton, the professors of the several branches being talented men selected for the purpose from the Universities, on the plan of which the studies are conducted. More professors are to be added this year, and the plan of education enlarged. Besides these, seminaries for the education of the youth of the different persuasions are springing up in every direction ; a fine building is in process of completion at Fredericton by the Baptists, and another near Oromocto, about twelve miles below. The im- petus given to every kind of improvement, by the establishment of well-conducted banks, is astonishing. From having one with means quite inadequate to the business of St. John, and another at St. An- drews still more so, there has been established, within a twelvemonth, a bank with a royal charter, and a capital of £200,000 at St. Johns, and a small one with £15,000 at Fredericton ; even with these the business requires more circulating medium, and both must increase their capital to meet the demand for their paper. When we look at the great and increasing trade of the province, and consider that besides the square limber, the deals exported from St. John alone reached this year to 100,000,000 feet ; that there are on the waters of the St. John about seventy-five sawmills, on the average worth i£2000 a-piece ; that these form but a small portion of the sawmill establishments of the province ; that individuals and companies are daily going into mill speculations, to an unprecedented amount on the Tobique, where one individual alone has purchased from Government, lands to the amount of £50,000, pledging himself to erect within three years eleven establishments, at a cost of certainly not less than £2000 a-piece more. When we look at the grand fulls of the St. John, where Sir J. Caldwell is putting up machinery on a scale hitherto unknown in the province, and moreover at the falls of the City of St. John, where similar erections are in operation. When we consider also that the Housesof Cunardand Rankin have establish- ments at Miramichi, Kichibucto, Bathurst andDalhousie, which must 1 i u employ from £250,000 to £300,000 capital; that the merchants of Magaguadavic, St. Andrews, and St. Stephens, are all carrying on, with similar spirit, and nejyfly if not quite on as extensive a scale, we may be satisfied that tfte want of a bank was a serious evil, and that double the present capitals of all the banks might be advan- tageously employed. Nor is the timber trade alone the only one prosecuted with spirit and success ; shipbuilding has been, and is still going on to a great extent. The models of some, recently finished, are beautiful, the workmanship substantial, and unlike those formerly built for the timber trade alone, they are well adapted for any trade in the world. The whalers, fitted out from St. John, have been eminently successful ; a Mechanic's Whaling Company has been formed there, the members of which club their earnings to fit out vessels for the whale fishery, and thus are doubly inaustrious. The shipbuilding has given rise to a demand for African oak, and other timber not found in the province, and two founderies for shipbuilding purposes have constant and full employ- ment. The West India, the coast, and the United States' trade, are none of them inconsiderable, and the determination of the in- habitants of St. John, to build a suspension bridge over the harbour of St. John, so as to increase the facility of business, by aflfording space for wharfs and buildings on the opposite side to the city, is evidence at once of their spirit, and the adequacy of their means. The bridge is estimated to cost i^20,000. Having now taken a cursory glance at the province at large, it becomes necessary to describe the main object of the present paper, vis. the tract of land now, after so many delays and obstructions, in possession of the company, the conveyance having been made by a deed under the Great Seal, and having described it, 1 shall proceed to show what has been done by the Company for the enhancement of its value, and then go on to say what in my opinion will tend most fully to recommend it to the notice of the public, so as to answer one avowed object of the formation of the Company, namely, the encouragement to Emigration. The portion of territory enclosed by the boundaries laid down as those of the Company's Tract, comprises about 587>000 acres of land, extending in a north-east direction, fifty-five miles by about twenty, and on the south-east and south-W;.'8C sides it abuts on lands granted to the original settlers, which lands front on the Nashwaak and St. John ; and as these are all occupied by persons 15 hants of jring on, a scale, )vil, and 3 advan- >nly one I, and is recently 1 unUke are well out from Whaling lub their e doubly nand for and two . employ- es' trade, f the in- e harbour affording le city, is means. : large, it nt paper, ctions, in ade by a proceed uicement will tend o answer imely, the down as acres of by about buts on It on the persons who yearly clear portions of their property, we derive the benefit of their labour, the climate evidently improving as the country becomes cleared of trees. This district was selected vidth great care, the principal induce- ments to prefer it, being the knowledge that it was above the average fertility, and that rivers, emptying themselves into the Gulf of St. La^vrence and the Bay of Fundy, that is, in other words, running to the eastern and southern shores of the province, inter- sected it in every direction. The heads of these rivers were known to traverse districts covered with groves of the finest pine, and spruce timber, while the upland and intervale supported a growth of birch, elm, maple, and other woods, very valuable for the use of the settler in a variety of ways, or marketable at a remunerating price, if sold for exportation. The absence of fogs was another reason for its being chosen, as it was well known that the cli- mate of New Brunswick was proverbial for its salubrity ; the endemics and epidemics of Upper Canada and the United States being unknown. This land on being reserved by government for the Company, was not altogether in a wilderness state, a settlement having been made by some Welchmen, from Cardigan, who landed some years since, destitute and miserable ; the inhabitants, by sub- scription, sent them off to the spot selected for their location, where, with no road, and nothing beyond the bare necessaries of life, prin- cipally salt fish and potatoes, they struggled on, still making im- provements, till the opening of the Royal Road brought them virtually close to the Town of Fredericton, and has rendered their property very valuable. The whole sttlement consists of ninety lots, and contains about twenty thousand acres. There were, besides, a few grants to individuals, made previous to the treaty being concluded with the crown, and some of them — that of Mr. Fleetwood in particular, are of great value. The first operation undertaken by the Company, for the improve- ment of the tract, was that of opening a road through such a portion of it as it was considered would tend in the best manner to promote settlement ; and as a property was at that time purc hased fr om the. Messrs. Cu nard, on the s outh-west of Miramichi, the course of the road was directed piaraller to the Cardigan Settlement, along the ridge of elevated land in rear of the Nashwaak grants, and nearly equi-distont from both, till the river Nashwaak, which bends north-west, after having run about twenty-five miles due north. y 16 was intersected. The exploration of this line proved its adaptation for the purpose ; and by a singular coincidence, the point where the river was intersected was found to possess every requisite for forming the site of a town^ and a "fall, " capable of affording powe: for a saw- mUl, that great requisite and indispensable assistant in the formation of one, close to it. This point ascertained, the course of the ex- ploring party was directed towards Porter's Brook, the property recently purchased; and as every facility offered itself for a road in that direction, it was determined to establish a town at the intersection of the Nashwaak, to be called Stanley ; and to lay out another at or near Porter's Brook, to bear the name of the Governor, Sir A. Campbell, and to unite the two by a road running from the nearest available point on the already formed Royal Road. Here the difficulties began. The orders for commencing operations arrived late — contracts had to be made for effecting them, and the persons in and about Fredericton were unwilling to undertake them, except at an exorbitant rate, the lowest tender. given in for the road being £270 per mile. At that time the bank of St. John was the only one in operation, the directors of which restricted their discounts so ai to make bills on England of comparatively little value — the Truck System was in - full play. I was ordered to get money for payment of the works from the Messrs. Cunard, at Mira- michi, whose Nova Scotia Bank paper was at a discount of seven and a half per cent. ; determined not to be prevented from carrying the objects, to which my attention was directed, into effect, I sent into the different markets to ascertain the best mode of obtaining the provisions, with which it was necessary to furnish contractors with their prices, and offered to take a given quantity, from the merchant who would guarantee their quality, at the lowest rate. Ratchford and Lugrin, of St. John, were the parties who made the lowest tender, and from them I purchased what was required. I also found that an agent of an American bill broking-house was es- tablished at St. John, who would give the best price for English bills, and pay for them either in hard dollars, or New Brunswick money -, to him therefore I applied, and sold bills on the Acting Director, sufficient to commence with. Those giving in tenders not appearing likely to come to their senses, Messrs. Hansard and Power, two gentlemen lately settled, though unaccustomed to the work, stepped forward and closed with my offer of taking the first eight miles of the explored line for £60 per mile, to cut out, stump, and 17 its adaptation int where the ;e for forming ive: for a saw- the formation se of the ex- the property If for a road town at the md to lay out the Governor, running from Royal Road, iiig operations hem, and the to undertake r. given in for k of St. John estricted their aratively little )rdered to get nard, at Mira- )unt of seven from carrying effect, I sent of obtaining sh contractors tity, from the lowest rate, who made the required. I louse was es- se for English w Brunswick m the Acting in tenders not rd and Power, to the work, the first eight it^ stump, and root. Several others then followed on the same terms ; a contractor for bridges applied ; another for the sawmill at Stanley ; and others for making clearings both on the line of road and in the vicinity of the mill. Between Stanley and Campbell, two parties were set to work with the intention of meeting ; clearings were making, along this line for the purpose of putting up houses, when the orders arrived to desist, which for that season was done, on the road between Stanley and Campbell no more than about ten miles being then cut out. For the mode of road making, see my report to Sir A. Campbell. The bridges, meanwhile, were proceeding between the Royal Road and Stanley, and a party was employed at that place clearing about seventy acres, close to the mill on both sides, for the double purpose of clearing the land, and preventing danger from fire. The dam of the river was also getting rapidly forward, and the frame of the intended sawmill was being hewn and prepared. The most eligible logs were retained in clearing the land, and houses built to shelter and accommodate the workmen. The damming of the rapid river Nashwaak was a task of no ordinary difficulty, and required the •exertions of every spare hand to effect it, and I saw that it would be in danger from the freshet, if every expedition was not used in its construction. The whole of the cattle, therefore, that were not absolutely required on the farm at Campbell, were brought on to Stanley till the dam was finished, and the event proved that it was wise to do so, as the £ood came on the very day of its completion, and would have swept it, with all the mill frame, &c., down the river, to the loss of the whole, had not the extra force been put on to it. In conducting these operations, there were six parties to be kept constantly supplied with provisions, which had to be con- veyed from twenty to thirty miles, either over a trackless forest, or against the stream of the Nashwaak, which that season was so remark- ably low, that it was often impracticable to navigate with heavy loaded scows, and I was frequently driven to the greatest extremity to effect it. Each of these parties also required advances to be made, in proportion to their work, as it is not possible to find contractors able to undertake a job without doing so. All this required the most guarded watchfulness to prevent any of the parties standing still, or being exposed to want ; and when I say that every one of the men «ngaged would take no orders but from myself, and would taka double the requisite time to explain himself, I only say what is th« r m\' 18 fact; and it will afford another proof of the InceMant attention requisite on my part. Add to which, I heard that persona were taking advantage of the state of the Company's property, being neither vested in them, nor considered any longer the property of the crown, to pilfer the pine timber in several directions ; and I therefore found it necessary to apply to the governor for protection. He very kindly agreed to the remedy I pointed out, and appointed me, through the Crown Land Office, a deputy commissioner of crown lands ; with power to seize any timber cut without license on the tract ; to hand over the same to the crown, with the under- standing that it should be refunded. When the depredators found this, they came to me for leave to cut timber in particular places, and I received the tonnage (double that paid to the crown), which I carried to the timber account. The line of road has been levelled through to the Taxis; and the heights above the St. John, at Fredericton, where the rise and fall of the tide is eighteen inches, are shown in the accompanying sketch. The house I occupied, was a rented one; and as it was cold and most miserably uncomfortable and inconvenient, I recom- mended to the court the purchase of a property on the Stanley side of Fredericton, opposite to it, and rented the house till the pleasure of the court should be known. Its situation is advan- tageous for the Company's purpose, and when finished, the house will be commodious, with the advantage of offices and store-houses, sufficient for the requisite goods that must be placed in safe deposit. The buildings were, mean while, going on at Campbell; and at the close of the season, there were three log-houses, a blacksmith's shop, and the tavern built at Stanley, the mill frame up, and it had sawn boards enough to cover it, and to plank the houses, before it ceased working. During the winter, parties were employed in procuring logs for the sawing of the ensuing seasons ; some by contract, some by hired men, to ascertain the cheapest plan — those by contract were put in at 17^. Gd. per thousand ; those by our own people about the same. Hay, provisions, and supplies, sufficient to last till the summer, were conveyed on the Nashwaak river, and deposited at the store at Stanley. With the opening spring of 1835, the opera- tions were renewed, and parties formed for the completion of the Stanley Road, the cutting out of the Campbell Road, the completion of the bridges, for clearings in and about Stanley and Campbell, and for bu Jng off and cropping such portions as were cut down las '" "'i'"jt of the season ; ves in a •migrants St. The at wotild m done? e faith of ily it has isers at a ever been proceed road con- rings and iuding the ind single t Stanley ; lent to ten cock, tools, convenient isions, and ms, which, ides of the ion, to the stated as see Report The next season's operations will of course much depend on the prospect or certainty of obtaining emigrants ; means should be forth- with taken to make the objects and intentions of the Company known by advertisements, and, if necessary, by personal com- munication. The expenses of next year, to the stock-holders, will be trifling, the principal objects of attention will be the completion of the Campbell-road, the burning off of the already chopped portions of land, and some expense in clearing the Nashwaak, for more effectually running the rafts without injury. If emigrants go out they can be profitably employed on the Campbell Road. I have the honour to be. Gentlemen, , Your obedient Servant, E. N. KENDALL. EXTRACTS FROM REPORT— No. 2. At the Second Annual General Court of Proprietors of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company^ held on Thursday, the lOth day of March, 1836, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, pursimnt to the Provisions of the Compani/s Charter and Act of Parliament, EDWARD BLOUNT, Esq. Governor, in the Chair: The Directors have to state, with regret proportioned to their previous exertions, that the Company's success in Emigration and Settlement in the season of 1835 has not been so considerable as they were inclined to anticipate. This result was caused, first, by the state of the Company's title, both as to the conveyance and survey, the delays attending which, and the nature of them, were well known in the Province, and produced an effect accordingly ; and secondly, by the diminished scale of emigration, particularly from England and Scotland. y.> ,"r-^^i: J^ air/iS. 3V I i • I i ! m M f 22 The expenditure upon the grant this year will consist of the completion of the Company's road, — of that required for the pur- chase and shipment of stores and supplies here and in the Province (which are in substance portions of the contract prices paid for work), — and of the payment of salaries, agencies, andsuperintendants in England and New Brunswick ; added to which will be a further portion of the instalments due to Government. The Directors believe that the heaviest portion of the outlay required on the Company's Grant, at least of that connected with the present line of road, and with the buildings and clearings made or to be effected thereon, has already been provided for. Referring to the known increase of business within the Province, to the expected increase of settlement by emigrants, or by persons residing, and particularly to the increase of the provincial revenues, the public in the Province, as well as this Company, may look with coniidence to the Provincial Legislature for proportionately liberal grants of money for the purposes of public improvements, the neces- sity of which is demonstrated from time to time by the increasing settlement. Whether any such grants shall be expended upon those portions of the Province granted in 1834 and 1835, or whether any part shall be laid out in aid of the roads now in course of execution by this Company, or in extension of them, — whether in fact the expenditures be regulated by a spirit more or less public or local, the Proprietors of this Company cannot fail to observe that any further impulse communicated to the Province must, after no long time, re-act favourably on the central territory possessed by this Company. With regard to the large sums which the New Brunswick Com- pany are now annually paying into the hands of His Majesty's Government, for portions of the territory of the Province, the Directors trust that Government will at length see the expediency and justice of expending the sums of money, received for sales of land, upon roads or other public improvements within the Province, more particularly upon the completion of the royal road from Fredericton to the Falls of the River St. John. The Di^'^'-tors are convinced that this Company has acquired a right (not perhaps by the precise terms of the written contract, but by the verbal communications which accompanied the framing of it, and still more by the spirit of the Company's proceedings since they assumed the management of the tract) to call upon His Majesty's 23 ittt of the r the pur- e Province !S paid for intendants e a further Directors ed on the resent line be effected ; Province, by persons il revenues, J look with tely liberal , the neces- I increasing nded upon I 1835, or iw in course , — whether • less public to observe must, after ossessed by iwick Com- 5 Majesty's ovince, the expediency for sales of le Province, road from s acquired a lontract, but aming of it, s since they is Majesty's Government to prosecute, with a vigour and determination equal to the earnest zeal and exertions of this Company, the Government- roads and improvements, plans of which were understood to have been nearly matured while the treaty for the purchase of the Com- pany's grant was forming in February, 1832. Referring once more to the subject of Emigration, to the Com- pany's prospects for^the future, and to the sales of land which may be expected, either to settlers from Great Britain or to persons already resident in the Province, the Directors feel that it is impos- sible for them, on the present occasion, to separate the reflections which arise upon these points from a consideration of the somewhat extraordinary present state of the country in which the Company's property is situated. The Province of New Brunswick was united to that of Nova Scotia until the year 1 785, when it was erected into a separate government ; almost unknown in England until the memorable fire of 1825 in the district of Miramichi, it was long believed to be a part of Lower Canada ; until the close of 1834 it had received but little attention from the British public, and had been almost as unduly estimated in the United States as in Europe. Becoming more known, from the large supplies of timber which this Province has furnished of late years, by its extending trade in ship-building, and by the increasing, population and importance more particularly of the town and port of St. John, it was not until the summer of 1835 that the general business of the Province began to assume an activity which had never before been witnessed. Independently of the ordinary transactions of the Land Com- pany, the Directors have been under the necessity of maintaining an active correspondence with His Majesty's Colonial Department. It is with feelings of great satisfaction, far exceeding those in- spired by the further and emphatic guarantees which they have received, that the Directors are at length enabled to announce to the Proprietors that the question of the Company's right to a full and complete survey of the lands, together with the definition of all the lines by which the Company's property is separated from those of other persons, and the Company's right also to a convey- ance, including all mines and minerals (except gold and silver, and a remainder of coal), have at length been set at rest by two letters received from His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies. In the first, his Lordship, after a consideration which evinces a -»*4.. i r I! .' 24 /lengthened and patient attention to the subject of the Company's I representations, states that the faith and honour of His Majesty's Government are distinctly pledged, under contract, to a full and ! complete survey, and also to a conveyance, including the mineral ' rights. In the second, his Lordship, adverting to the fact that the conveyance had already passed the Great Seal of the Province, with the omissions complained oi, requests that the Company will pre- I pare for the approval of the Colonial Department the separate instrument by which the mines and minerals shall be vested in the '- New Brunswick Company. The Directors having considered that the revival of the office of Acting Director would involve some inconveniences not redeemed by the advantages which the Company had derived from the late Mr. Bainbridge's situation, they determined that the greater por- tion of the active duties connected with the management of the Company's office and correspondence in London should for the future devolve upon a Secretary. They have accordingly appointed Mr. William Duguid to the post of Secretary, under the usual securities. Vacancies having occurred in the Court of Directors by the de- cease of the late John Bainbridok, Esq. and by the retirement of others, and an Auditor also by rotation, the following were elected, viz. Thomas Butts, Esq. Philip Gowan, Esq. George Henry Hooper, Esq. Ambrose Humphrys, Esq. John Moxon, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. Directors; and John Henry Bar- low, Esq. Auditor. Resolutions : 1. That the report of the Directors which has been just read, together with the accounts annexed of receipt and expen- diture, be received and adopted. 2. That sufficient extracts from the Report, at tlie discretion of the Directors, together with the balance-sheet of the annual accounts, be printed, and a copy thereof be sent to each Stockholder. 3. That the Directors be requested to take the earliest occa- sion which they may think expedient, after this meeting, of communicatinj with His Majesty's Colonial Depart- ment, in order to represent that, at the time the contract was in treaty between Government and the New Bruns- !;ompany s Majesty's I fall and lie mineral 5t that the rince, with r will pre- e separate ited in the he office of ; redeemed m the late ;reater por- ent of the Id for the fr appointed the usual by the de- retirement wing were q. Georgb IN MoxoN, INRY BaR- just read, and expen- e discretion heet of the Bof be sent Brliest o?ca- lis meeting, ial Depart- the contract «Jew Bruns- 25 wick Company for the purchase of their tract of land, the provisional Directors received assurances that plans were under the consideration of Government for the construc- tion of important lines of road, some of which (especially that from Fredericton to the Falls of the River St. John) would pass through the Company's lands, portions of which were especially reserved for that purpose : To represent that this Company has already acted with a spirit not expressed in their contract with the Crown, by making a turnpike-road, now in course of completion, at an expense which, upon the whole, will exceed i^500,000: To impress upon His Majesty's Government the expe- diency of devoting the sums received by Government, for sales of land in New Brunswick, to an expenditure upon public improvements within the Province : To impress also upon Government the justice, either of constructing during the present season the important lines of road, the plans of which are understood to have been matured while the contract for the purchase of land was pending between Government and the Company, or of abating so much of the instalments due to Government, as will enable this Company to carry the same into effect. 4. That the thanks of this Meeting be given t.' E. N. Kendall^ Esq. the Chief Commissioner, for the zeal and ability dis- played by him in the performance of his arduous and important duties. 5. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Edward Blount, Esq. for his able conduct in the Chair. ■ M I D & 3 o a to S- O s 00 CM H H .•* § S H H 8*08 i b9 ill fc fe O Oi o ^ ^ 00 *;« O Of o o o o to O &S fcll:/' gSSo 3 3-0? 3 =13 »- JJPPP 3 1 o o - '^ w o O CO o p 01 5 a" ts >t o to INS to sow gHSpSS Q & (t 93 » " I (X 25- » • « : i-< • e • a ■ tn < S _ o" *^ tt !-. ^» _ tP g tH "^ P 8 SL (» 2 ''^ » 3 ^ — S'. a 2. w s*. bo u 2.8 cog 3 • p • 3: £. • 5' : H ■ >a • n ■ o ■ I" s IX o" 3 o W Ml S.3 o to ►- H— CD to CO 00 Ui it^ 01 Oi '-' o c*» i<^ 00 ui o to OiO CMtOM eoOCnO ^o otoDo i^o •>] 1^ o 000 h «o tri o f 8- >< « O ' -J 4l ,. i j iiiiii)i i«ii iirij;i:,. " " H o ig n ""wpimpip»i^^w>™^^ i t te cu h> A I I. o s S: P O "I 2 rr on ™ - _ g ». a- 28 ment on its borddll and the St. John at Fredericton, which is the seat of Government of the Province. The direction of the first 15f miles is parallel to and nearly equidistant from the Nashwaak and Cardigan settlements, which were established previous to the Com- pany's purchase ; and the second 16 miles is about north-east to the Miramichi, parallel to the old-established portage-road, at an average distance of about 3 miles. It is proposed that the settlement of the first emigrants from Great Britain shall be formed on lands fronting on these roads, and mills for the accommodation of settlers have been erected, in order that every possible facility may be rendered to those who establish themselves on the Company's lands ; these will also afford profitable employment to the emigrants during the winter, by the market that will be created for logs, which can then be conveyed on the snow, at a time when most other occupations will be put a stop to by the season. The road is about 15| miles from the point where it leaves the royal road to Stanley, and 16^ from thence to Camp- bell. Its breadth is about 60 feet, and the rivers it intersects are all bridged in a firm and substantial manner. The portion between Fredericton and Stanley is finished; that between Stanley and Campbell is cleared of wood, and the bridges are built, leaving the turnpiking to be done this summer, when houses will be built (as has been done on the former part) at convenient distances, for the accommodation of the traveller. Farm lots of 100 acres each have been laid off on each side of the roads, and at each of the mile- trees a clearing of 20 acres, with 4 log houses, will be erected, so that the families of four settlers may combine for mutual assistance. A considerable quantity of land has been cleared, both in the im- mediate proximity of the Company's stations, and also in detached portions of from 4 to 8 acres each along the line of road ; a large quantity has also been chopped during this winter, in preparation for burning off and cropping in the spring, as soon as the snuw leaves 'he ground. (Having just returned from the counties of Northumberland, Haddington, and Edinburgh, I have much pleasure in stating that there will be a very considerable emigration of, principally, farmers from those quarters to the Company's lands this season ; and those whom I have seen and conversed with are the best adapted for set- tlers, being persons of industrious habits, and accompanied by their wives and families and friends. I consider that there are fully as ■f*M.lP.'^vKl.4f*(*6f/i«Ai.»-.^-***l*.'fti''j'.Vl*»r^'^.« 29 'hich is the le first 15f liwaak and the Com- rth-east to oad, at an ;rant8 from i roads, and >d, in order 10 establish d profitable the market yed on the ut a stop to point where e to Camp- Ltersects are ion between Stanley and leaving the )e built (as icesj for the !s each have >f the mile- erected, so 1 assistance. 1 in the im- in detached ad; a large preparation IS the snow lumberland, stating that ally, farmers and those pted for set- tiied by their are fully as many as we can find room for this season ; and I receive assurances that, if favourable reports were transmitted by these people, there would be a great increase in subsequent years. The finishing of the Campbell road, and the cropping of such portions of land as are already cleared, will employ those of the emigrants who may be disposed to labour in the Company's employ, on their immediate arrival in the Province. I also anticipate considerable sales in the Province. The buildings along the road affording accommodation to travellers are as follow : 1st. An Inn, built by a gentleman named Thornhill, of Hunt- ingdon, on a property purchased by him last year, close to the spot whence the Stanley road diverges from the Royal road, so as to take advantage of the travelling on both. 2d. A Log-building with 5 acres cleared of If miles from the commencement of the Stanley road, occupied by a man placed there for the purpose, whose business it is to supply travellers, and who pays a sort of rent by labour in clearing some of the adjoining land. 3d. A Log-building, similarly occupied on the first or south branch of the Cleuristic stream, at the sixth mile-tree, intended to form a settlement for four families. 4th. A Log-building on the north branch of the Cleuristic stream, on which a man has been placed in a similar manner to the rest : between these last, 8 acres have been placed in a situation for a crop this summer. 5th. At the Tay north branch, a double Log-building and stable, ^^^cupied by a family who are all able choppers, having been em- ployed all last yeai' on the roads and clearings. Two choppings have been made at intervening spaces of 8 acres each, between the last mentioned and the town plot of Stanley. Between Stanley and Campbell there are about 100 acres chopped in detached places of from 4 to 10 acres each, in preparation for crop this season. In the town-plot of Stanley (2) the buildings consist of, the Inn, containing 14 rooms, and capable of accommodating families Avell and comfortably ; the Storehouse, a large and roomy building yet unfinished, but will be by the time I return ; the Men's house, a large house of two stories, capable of dining 100 men, the sleeping- (2) Stanley Buildings ^'960 1 10 Saw-niill a Blacksmith's shop, a Carpenter's shop, and two Barns and sets of Stables for cattle. The buildings at Campbell (3) are, 4 double Houses, 60 by 30 feet ; 1 Store-house ; 1 House occupied by the Superintendent ; I small Farm-house ; 1 single Saw-mill ; 1 Grist-mill. The expense of the Improvements made may be roughly stated at £27,000 currency, or £24,300 sterling; and may be divided as follows : £. «. d. Roads and Bridges 3,140 19 8 Buildings, including Tavern, Store. &c 960 1 10 ~ Stanley and Campbell Towns 12,702 6 4 Surveying and clearing of Lands 444 9 4 Stationery and fitting of Office, Rent, &c 536 7 6 Cattle purchased, and on hand 568 15 Supplies 661 16 • 1,230 n Lands purchased, and on hand 1,228 15 11 Paid to Company's Solicitor 129 10 9 Stores and Utensils on hand 1,861 18 11 Storage, freight, and carriage of ditto 626 11 7 2,488 10 6 Grist and Saw-mill at Stanley 2,290 4 Salaries for Officers 909 4 Paid to Contractor, on account for double Saw-mill. . 567 10 11 Travelling Expenses, &c 202 4 9 Contingencies 170 ^•27,000 12 10 Timber sold, 10,300 tons, at 3*. Besides the Company's buildings at Stanley, there is a House and Out-buildings put up by the Messrs. Palmer, two young gen- tlemen who went out last summer, who have puchased 500 acres (3) Purchase of the property, building the houses, ^nd conducting the con- cern, is charged to Campbell establishment at i£9,878 9s. 2d. ij4,^j>«iJi»iS»£!.*«-'. lots, partly nen (mostly mill, 60 by at his own ise, and the et, occupied and Store- nides these, tant employ- le Saw-mill, ly this time i 18 and sets of es, 60 by 30 intendent; I Qughly stated Y be divided £. «. d. ,140 19 8 960 1 10 ,702 6 4 444 9 4 536 7 6 ,230 11 ,228 15 11 129 10 9 81 at Stanley, and who have cleared 30, besides the town lots on which they reside. They are fine active young men, with suffi- cient energy and capital to make good settlers for the Company, and an advantageous speculation for themselves. It is with great satisfaction that I mention that a communica- tion has been received from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, offering £100 towards the erection of a Church at Stanley, and to pay half the endowment of a clergyman, provided that the Company would assist them by selling at a low rate 500 acres, to be appropriated as a part of the endo^vment for the clergyman's support. To-morrow I am to attend the Committee of the Society, to receive their further arrangements, and I trust that every libe- rality will be shown to the Society in furtherancer of so extremely desirable an r ^ject. I cannot close this Report without adverting to the attention and kindness I have uniformly received from His Excellency Major General Sir Archibald Campbell, the Lieutenant Governor of the Province, from whom, in every instance, I have met with the greatest urbanity and friendly feeling ; and it is due to him to state, that in the unpleasant controversies that have arisen with the Government officers of the Province, he has always given the most impartial consideration to the claims and remonstrances which I found it my duty, respectfully but firmly, to make on behalf of the Company, and in maintenance of their rights and immunities. E. N. KENDALL. !,488 10 6 !,290 4 909 4 567 10 11 202 4 9 170 7,000 12 10 re is a House ivo young gen- sed .500 acres iducting the coil- ed - — T'liiTiTSiiaMai