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DALHOUSIE.
A To-smship in the Bathiirst District; is bounded on the north-east by the
township of Lanark; on the north-west by Levant; on the south-west by
Sherbrooke; and on the south-east by Bathurst. In Dalhousie 23,440 acres* are
taken up, 8,112* of which are under cuhivation. Two small branches of the
River Clyde stretch across the north of the township, and the north branch of
file Mississippi runs through the south of the township from west to east. At
its entrance into the township it expands into a lake, containing about 1,200
acres, and its course is very tortuous and irregular. Several small lakes are
scattered over the township. The base of a large portion of the north and east
of the township is marble of different shades of colour, varying from pure white
to dark grey. In Dalhousie 17,200 acres of Crown lands are open for sale,
at 8s. c'y per acre. In the township are one grist and two saw mills.
Population in 1842, 1,258.
Ratable propertj- in the township *£ 17,601.
* These include the township of Levant, no separate assessment having been
made.
DARLING.
A Township in the Bathurst District ; is bounded on the north-east by the
township of Pakenham ; on the north-west by Bagot ; on the south-west by
Levant; and on the south-east by Lanark. In Darling 5,094 acres are taken up,
1,257 of which are under cuhivation. Tlie River Clyde runs through the south
of the township from west to east ; and a large lake called Wabalae, or White
Lake, stretches across the north corner of the township ; and a number of
smaller lakes are scattered over the township. Darling is as yet but little
settled, and in 1842 contained only 271 inhabitants. Thirty-four thousand eight
hundred acres of Crown lands are open for sale in Darling, at Ss. c'y per acre.
Ratable property in the township, £3,088.
DARLINGTON, PORT.
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A Shipping Place on Lake Ontario, one mile and a half from the village of
Bowmanville ; it contains a few houses, storehouses for storing produce, and a
tavern.
Exports from Port Darlington during 1844:
Lumber
2.54/)00 Feet.
Flour
6,927 Barrels.
Oatmeal 203 „
Whiskey 102 „
Pork...' 16 „
Corn Meal 12 „
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Potash 11 „
Ashes 143 „
Butter 21 „
Potatoes
102 Bushels.
Wheat 2,300 „
DARLINGTON.
A Township in the Newcastle District ; is boimded on the east by the townrfiip
of Clarke; on the north by Cartwright; on the west by Whitby; and on
tlie south by Lake Ontario. In Darlington 55,205 acres are taken up, 19,364
of which are under cultivation. The township is well watered by numerons
small streams running inio tlie lake. 'I'he village of ]5owinanville is situated
in the south-ea.st corner of the townshij) on the eastern road. This is an old,
well-settled towiisliip, containing good farms, many of which arc rented out, ths
average rent luiiig about $2. per acre. The land is of good average (luality,
niucJi of it roiling ; timber mostly hardwood. There are six grist and nine saw