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stream, called " Sturgeon Creek," on Avhich is a grist mill, runs fi'om about tlie
centre of the to'wnship into Lake Erie. The Talbot Road runs through the
tovrnship. Five thousand eight hundred acres of Crown lands are open for sale
in Mersea ; and the Canada Company possess about 7,500 acres in the township.
Population of Mersea, 798.
Ratable property in the township, £9,723.
METHUEN.
A Township in the Colbome District; is bounded on the east by the township
of Lake ; on the north by unsurveyed lands ; on the west by Burleigh
and Dummer ; and on the south by Belmont. There is a large, irregidarly
shaped lake situated in the north-west corner, and several smaller ones are
scattered over the centre and south of the township. This township is but
little settled, and no retm-n has yet been made from it. In Methuen 45,878
acres of Crown lands are open for sale, at 8s. currency per acre.
McGILLIVRAY.
A Township in the Huron District ; is bounded on the north by the township
of Stephen; on the west by the Sable River; on the south by Williams; and
on the east by Biddulph. Most of the land in the township is good. McGillivi-ay
contains 20,323 acres; 11,832 of which are leased or sold, of which SuS
acres are under cultivation.
Population 448.
Ratable property in the township, £3,912.
McKILLOP.
A Township in the Huron District; is bounded on the north-east by Crown
lands; on the north-west by the township of Hullett; on the south-west by
Tuckersmith and Hibbert ; and on tlie south-east by Logan. The soil of this
township is principally good. A branch of the ^Maitland River rims through
its southern poition ; on which is a saw mill. There is a post office in tltt'
western corner of the township, on the Huron Road. McKillop contains 53,42*2
acres ; 6,790 of which are leased or sold, of which 789 are under cultivation.
Population 321.
Ratable property in the township, £3,025 4s,
McMULLEN'S MILLS.
(See Eiux).
MIDLAND DISTRICT.
Consists of the counties of Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington; it is bounded
on the east by the Johnstown and Bathurst Districts; on the north by unsurveyed
lands; on the west by the Victoria District; and on the south "by L;ilie
Ontario and part of the Bay of Quinte. The islands of Amherst and Wolfe are
included in the district. The district is watered by the Napanee, Salmon, and
Cataraqui rivers, besides branches of the Mississippi, and numerous otlier sniiill
streams; and lakes of various sizes are scattered over it. Tlie townships in tlxsouth-west
and soutli of tlic district, comprising Kingston, Ernestown, Frcdericksburgh,
Camden, and Richmond, contain excellent laud. The northern
townships are some of them but little settled, and Kennebec and Kalador, Oidon
and Oso, are altogether vacant. The foundation of tlie district is limestone, and
in places fine marble is to be found; in (he north of the district there are btcte
wiiich are a continuation of tiiose in tiie Hathurst District; and a bed of marble
has lately been discovered in the township of ('amden, twenty-two miles nortliwest
from Kingston. Much of tlie land in th(.' north and cast is poor and rocky
and unfit for cultivation, but land of excellent quality is said to have been lately
discovered to the nortlj of Kingston.