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south by Thurlow. In IIuritinj;:don 20,2!)9 acres are taken up, 5,509 of which
are tinder cultivation. TluTe is a small lake in the north -east corner of the
township. Huntingdon is well settled, and contains some good farms. There
are three saw mills in the townshi]). One thousand one hundred acres of Crown
lajids are o|R'n for sale in Huntingdon, at 8a'. currency per acre.
Po|)ulation in 1842, 1, ()!)!»; who are principally protestaut Irish.
Ratable property in the township, .£I4,5t)U.
HUNTLEY.
A Township in the Dalhousie District; is bounded on the north-east bv the
township of March; on the north-west by Fitzroy; on the south-west by
Ramsay ;
and on the south-east by Heckwith. In Huntley 30,626 acres are
taken up, 5,727 of which are under cultivation. This township is getting well
settled: there is some good land in it, but a considerable portion of the timber is
pine. A branch of the Mississijipi River and Carp River run through the
township. Fourteen thousand and seventy-nine acres of Crown lands are open
for sale in Huntley, at Sn. currency per acre. There is one saw mill in the
township.
Population in 1842, 1771.
Ratable property in the township, £16,()8G.
HURON DISTRICT.
Consists of the County of Huron, which returns a member to the House of
Assembly; and comprises the following townships:— Ashfield, Biddulph, Blanshard,
Colborue. Downie, EUice, South Easthope, North Easthope, Fullarton,
Goderich. Hibbert, Hay, Huliett, Logan, McKillop, McGillivray. Stephen,
Stanley, Tuckersmith, Usborne, and Wawanosh. All the townships, except the
first and the last, which belong to th\i Crown, are the propi'rty of the Canarl*
(Company, and were formed out of the Huron Tract, which was purchased from
the Crown by the Canada-Company in the year 1827. The Huron Tract was
declared a district in 1842; previous to which time it formed a part of the London
District. A large portion of the land in the district is good, although some
parts are rather hilly and broken; and the land generally on the borders of the
lake, and also on tlie Maitland River, is rather poor. There is but little pine in
the district. The district is watered by the Maitland and Bayfield Rivers, and
ulso by the River Aux Sables and the Thames; the former of which is an excellent
mill stream, and the mouth of it forms the Goderich Harbour. The
Great Swamp, as it is called, which is situated to the north of the Huron Tract,
encroaches on the townships of McKillop, Logan and EUice. In this swamp
the rivers Maitland, Saugeen, Bayfield. Thames, and it is believed also the Grand
River, take their rise. The Canada Company were allowed by the government
100,t)00 acres t»i land as compensation for any loss that might arise to them
from the swamp forming any part of tiieir purchase. The Huron District is
settled almost exclusively by emigrants from England. Ireland, and Scotland,
and a few Germans, (joderich, the di.strict town, is handsomely and healthily
situated on Lake Huron. There are no Crown lands for sale in the district,
except in the townships of .\shfield and Wawanosh; in which 86,500 acres are