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per acre. There are in the township one grist and two saw mills, carding
machine and fulling mill, and brewery.
Population in 1842, 762; who are principally Irish and Scotch.
Ratable property in the township, £12,603.
IRVINE SETTLEMENT.
A Scotch settlement in the township of Nichol, a short distance west from Elora.
Inhabitants principally from Aberdeen.
ISLE AUX CERFS.—(6Ve Stag Island.)
ISTHMUS, THE, or NEWBORO'.
A small Settlement in the township of North Crosby, on the Rideau Canal,
twenty miles from Oliver's ferry, and forty-two from Kingston. It contains
about eighty inhabitants, four stores, one tavern, two shoemakers, one blacksmith.
JAMESTOWN.
A small Settlement near the south-east corner of the township of Yannonth,
on Catfish Creek, about one mile from Lake Erie, contains a grist and saw mill,
distillery, and about ten houses.
JAMESVILLE.— (-See Morpeth.)
JEDBURGH.
A small Settlement in the township of Dumfries, situated on Cedar Creek, a
branch of the Nilh, about a quarter of a mile from Ayr. It contains about
thirty inhabitants, one grist and saw mill, one distillery, one blacksmith.
JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT.
Consists of the Counties of Leeds and Grenville ; it is bounded on the southeast
by the River St. Lawrence, and is watered besides by the Rideau River and
lakes ;
and several other lakes, some of which are very large, are scattered over
the district. The Rideau Canal runs througli the north and west of the district.
There is a considerable quantity of good land in the district, although a
large portion of that bordering on the canal and lakes is poor and rocky.
Altogether the District is well settled, and contains some good farms. The
inhabitants nre principally Scotch and Irish. Brockville, the district toAvn, is
handsomely situated, and contains some good st(me buildings. Thirteen thousand
three hundred and fifty-five acres of Crown lands are open for sale in the
Johnstown District, at 8.«. c'y, per acre, to jjurchase any of which application
must be made to the Crown Lands Agent at Prescott.
Population in 1842, 36,768, since when it has probably increased one-fifth.
The following abstract from the assessment rolls will show the rate of
increase and improvement in the district:
Bate.