General 
     
     Description of 
     
     Prince Edward Island 
     
    
   
   
    
     {JHE Province is divided into three Counties—Prince, 
     
     ‘fl‘ Queen’s and King's, sub—divided into 14 districts or 
     
     parishes as follows: 
     
    
   
   
    
     1x PRINCE IN gt'isaN‘s IN KING’S 
     
     North Parish Grenville ‘St. Andrew’s 
     
     Egmont Hillsborough St George’s 
     
     Halifax Charlotte St. Patrick’s 
     
     Richmond St. John’s East Parish 
     
     St. David's Bedford 
     
    
   
   
    
     The parish lines are but little recognized, the more 
     
     general sub—division being by lots or townships of which 
     
     there are 67 running numerically from west to east. 
     
    

    
     The At the time of Holland’s survey, a capital town 
     
     Royalties in each county was laid out, the supposed most 
     
     suitable site for a future city being selected—and to each 
     
     of these town sites was attached a royal domain or district 
     
     called a “Royalty", and also a Common. In Prince 
     
     County, Princetowu and Royalty, containing an area of 
     
     4.000 acres; in Queen’s, Charlottetown and Royalty, 7,300 
     
     acres, with a further reservation of 520 acres for Fort 
     
     Amherst (now \Narren Farm‘): and in King's County, 
     
     Georgetown (Les Trois Rivieres) and Royalty, 4,000 acres, 
     
     were surveyed and laid off. The intention was that the 
     
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
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