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112
acres of Crown lands are open for sale in this township, at 8s. currency per
acre.
Population in 1842, 317.
Ratable property in the township, £5,368.
MARSHVILLE.
A small Village in the township of Wainfleet, situated on the Grand River
feeder of the "Welland Canal, ten miles from Port Colborne. It contains about
sixty inhabitants, grist mill, two stores, one tavern, one blacksmith.
Post Office, post three tunes a week.
MARTIN TOWN.
A Village in the west of the townsliip of Cliarlottenburgh, situated on the
River aux Raisins, thirteen miles from Cornwall. It contains about 200 inhabitants,
and one Presbyterian Church.
Professions und Trades.-—One grist and saw mill, seven stores, one tavern,^
four asheries, one saddler, one waggon maker, three blacksmiths, three tailors,
three shoemakers.
MARYBOROUGH.
A Township in the Wellington District; is bounded on the north-east by the
township of Arthur; on the north-west by unsurveyed lands ; on the south west
by Morniiigtou; and on the south-east by Peel. This township has only lately
been surveyed and laid out. and no return has yet been made from it. It for
merly formed part of what was called the '* Queen's Bush."
MARYSBURGH.
A Township in the Prince Edward District ; is bounded on the north, east
and south by the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario; and on the west by the
townships of Ilallowell and Athol. In Marysburgh 38,202 acres are taken up,
12,684 of which are under cultivation. A river, called " Black River," runs
through tlie west of the township, from west to east, and enters Lake Ontario.
In the north-west of the township is a small lake, called the " Lake of the
Mountain," situated on the summit of a hill, at a considerable height above the
level of Lake Ontario. A range of hills runs nearly across the north-east portion
of the township. A large proportion of the land in the north-east of
Marysburgh is good; but in the south-east it is generally poor, and is covered
with cedar, a considerable quantity of which is exported. The village of Milford
is situated in the west corner of the township; and there are three grist and
ten saw mills in the township.
Population in 1842, 2,207; who are principally \J. E. Loyalists and their
descendants.
Ratable property in the township, £37,299.
MATCHADASH.
A Township in the Simcoe District ; is bounded on the north and east by the
River Severn; on the wi-^i by the townshij) of Tay; and on the south by Orillia.
Very little is linown of this townshij) ; and in 1845 there was only one settler
in it. There are 4(',0U0 acres of Crown lands open for sale in tlie townshiji, at
Ss. currency per acre; to purchase which ai)plication must be made to the Crown
lauds agent at Barrie.
M.\T(MIA1)ASII BAY.
A Hay at tlie south-eastern extremity of the Georgian Bay. On an island in
the Bay, called Beausoleil Island, is a settlement of Chippewa Indians, wivo
removed, under theu' chief " i\jsance." from the viUage of Coldwater. Tlicir