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Professions and Trades.—Three physicians and surgeons, four lawyers, one
ajtotheoary, thirteen stores, one brewery, one distillery, three tanneries, two saw
mills, two jjrinfers, two booksellers, two foundries, two asheries, six taverns,
four saddli.-rs, six Maeksniitlis, three wajrjjon makers, two bakers, one hatter,
two watclnnakers. five shoemakers, seven tailors, three cabinet makers, two
tinsmiths, two butchers, one school, two bank agencies— " Commercial," and
" Montreal."
Principal Taverns— " Ketchnm's " and " Church's."
Kxpurisfruin Picton iluriiiy the year 1844.
Descriptidn.
Quantity.
AVheat 25,169 bushels.-
Flour 5,64!) barrels..
Pork 423 do.
Ashes 1.'38 do.
Peas 1,703 bushels*.
Barley 2,946. do;
Rye 1,302' do;.
Buckwheat 2 960 do,
Indian Corn 760 do.
Coarse Grain 11,053 do.
Fish
250 barrels..
Leather 3,000 sides.-
Butter 5,000 lbs,.
PITTSBURGH.
.\. Township in the Midland District; is bounded on the east by the township'
of Leeds: on the north by Bedford and South Crosby; on tiie west by Loughborough
and Kiufistou; and on the south by Lake Ontario. In Pittsburgh
37.43.'5 acres are taken up, (J,231 of which are under cultivation The Rideau
Canal runs across the township, from north-east to south-west; a navigable
cliannel having been nrade through the Catara(jui River and a chain of lakes
in the north of the township. Most of the land thi-ough which the canal passes
is unfit for cultivation, the high ground being composed principally of granite
rocks, and the low ground being generally flooded. There are three saw mills
in the township. Two thousand four hundred acres of Crown lauds are open
for sale in Pittsburgh, at 8»-. currency per acre.
Popuiatiou, 2,132.
Ratable property in the township, £24.160.
PLANTAGENET,
A Township in the Ottawa District; is bounded on the east by the township
of Alfred; on the north by the Ottawa River; on the west by Clarence and
Ca. abridge; and on the south and south-east by Roxborough and Caledonia.
In Piantagenet 18,075 acres are taken up, 2,356 of which an- under cultivation.
Tiiis is a large township, extending back the whole depth of the Ottawa District:
it i-5 divided into Piantagenet in front, and Piantagenet in rear. The Petite
Nation River enters the township near ijs north-west corner, runs across the
township, in a south-easterly direction, till it roaches the eastern border, where
it makfS a bend, and flows west, aiul a little south, to the norrli-east corner of
Ca'nhridge, which township it enters. Piantagenet is as yet but little settled
24.616 aere-s of ("rown lands are open for saie in it, at ^a-. currency per acre.
Taere is one grist mill and oue saw mill in the township.
Population in 1842, D.U.
Ratable property in the township, £10,589.
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