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the tO'Wnship. Ouraborland is not much settled, and there are 14,081 acres of
Crown lands for sale, at 8*. currency per acre.
Population in 1842, 713.
Ratable property in the township, £5,895.
D ALITOU.SIK DISTRICT.
Consists of the County of Carleton, which returns a member to the House of
Assembly; and comprises the townships of Fitzroy, Goulbourn, North Gower,
Gloucester, Huntley, March, Marlborough, Nepean, O.-jroode. and Torbolton.
This district, which is bounded on the north by the Ottawa River, is also
watered bv the Mississipj)!, the Rideau, and the Petite Nation Rivers. The
Dalliousic District, being more dependant upon the lumber trade, than ujwn
a.t!,ricultural purs\iits, advances but slowly. Much of tlie land in this district is
oJf rather poor (juality, being stoney and rocky. There is, however, a sulficient
quantity that is fit for agricultural purposes. The larger portion of tlie inhabitnuu
being engaged in preparing timber for the Quebec market, agriculture is
neglected, and the consetpience is, that provisions are dearer in Bytown than in
any other town in Canada West. The Uideau Canal passes through the district.
(For the quantity of hnnber brought down the Ottawa, sec Hytowx.)
Sixty thousand six hundr^'d and eighty-four acres of Crown lands are open
for sale in the Dalhousie District; to purchase any of which, application must
be made to the Crown Lands' Agent, at New Edinburgh, near Bytown.
Population of the district in 1842, 1