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further reservation of 520 acres for Fort Amherst (now Warren Farm); and in King’s County, Georgetown (Les Trois Rivieres) and royalty, 4,000 acres, were surveyed and laid off. The intention was that a man who held a lot in the town should be allowed a lot in the royalty for pasturing purposes; and the royalties accordingly, for a distance of two miles from the town, were divided into pasture lots— Princetown and Georgetown royalties into eight-acre lots and the Charlottetown royalty into twelve-acre lots. The common was situated between the town and the royalty and was for pasture purposes “in common.”
In the early days considerable trade was carried on by the French between Princetown (on Richmond Bay) and Quebec. But trade went to the south shore of the Island, Princetown was supplanted as a capital by Saint Eleanor’s, and then by Summerside, and it is yet an embryonic city. Georgetown,
the capital of King’s, is still a town; and the City ofiChar- _
lottetown, the capital of Queen’s and of the province, has long since reached its majority. The province is greatly indented by arms of the sea; in two places the converging waters approaching within a couple of miles of each other, almost cutting the Island into three equal parts. The country is well watered by streams and brooks.
Prince County.—— Prince is the occidental county, contains twenty-three lots, and has an area of about 467,000 acres. It is more invaded by the sea than the rest of the province— Richmond Bay being the largest estuary—and it is slightly less elevated than either Queen’s or King’s; but its scenery is equally attractive. The population of the county is 40,069.
SUMMERSIDE, its only town, is the second in size in the province and has a population of about 3,000. It is situated on Bedeque Bay, in the centre of one of the finest farming districts, and has a large trade, being the principal oyster mart of the province. It possesses a good harbour, has
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