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SHERBROOKE, SOUTH.
A Township in the Bathurst District 4 is bounded on the north-east by the
township of Bathurst ; on the north-west by North Sherbrooke ; on the west
by Oso, and on the south-east by North Crosby. In South Sherbrooke 5,1 L9
acres are taken up, 467 of which arcander cultivation. The north and middle
branches of the Mississippi River run through the north of the township; and
a chain of lakes, connected together by the River Tay, stretch along the southeast
border of the township. South Sherbrooke is as yet but little settled. The
base of the township is principally granite. In South Sherbrooke 19,800 acres
of Crowu lands are open for sale, at Ss. c'y per acre.
Population in 1842, 253.
Ratable property in the township, £2,278.
SHERBROOKE, NORTH.
A Township in the Bathurst District ; is bounded on the north-east by the
township of Dalhousie ; on the north-west by Levant ; on the west by Palmerston
and Oso ; and on the south-east by South Sherbrooke. In North Sherbrooke
8,305 acres are taken up, 1,516 of w^hich are under cultivation. A
branch of the Mississippi River runs across the township, a little north of the
centre. The base of the township is principally granite. North Sherbrooke is
35 }-et but little settled, and 4,600 acres of Crown lands are open for sale in it,
at 8*-. c'y per acre.
Population in 1842, 350.
Ratable property in the township, £3,985.
SIDNEY.
A Township in the Tictoria District ; is bounded on the east by the township
of Thurlow ; on the north by Rawdon; on the west by ISIurray ; and on
the south by the Bay of Quintt;. In Sidney 52,604 acres are taken up, 19,837
of which are under cultivation. The River Trent passes through the north-west
of the township. Sidney is well settled, principally by U. E. Loyalists and' their
descendants, who have very good farms. There are four grist, and eight saw
mills in the township. One hundred and fifty acres of Crown lands are open for
sale in Sidney, at 8s. c'y per acre.
Population in 1842, 3,363.
Ratable property in the township, 54,863.
SIMCOE.
The District Town of the Talbot District, situated in the north-west corner
of the township of Woodhouse, twenty-four miles from Brantford. Simcoe is
well situated, in the midst of a fine, old-settled country, but being away from any
public road, and having no regular means of communication with any place
except Brantford, it is kept rather in the hack-ground. Thei'e is a stone jail
and court-house. Churches and chapels three: viz., Methodist, Baptist, and
Congregationalist A weekly newspaper is published here, the " Long Point
Advocate."
Population about 1,400.
Post office, post every day.
The following Government and District Offices are kept in Simcoe : Judge of
District Court, Sheriff,