PAPERS RELATIVE TO EMIGRATION TO CANADA. / / 11 of 1826. Since that period the remaining lands have continued to be taken up by voluntary settlement, and the present condition of these townships may be gathered from the following Table, compiled from the best information that can be obtained. Present Number of Acres settled in the Township. Total. Number of Acres settled by Mr. Robinson's Emigrants. Present Number of Inhabitants. Present Assessed Value of Rateable Froperty. Douro 25,740 6,000 1,194 14,751 Smith 33,410 3,000 1,989 26,828 Otonabee - 48,138 5,200 2,689 36,307 Ennismore - 8,090 6,600 463 4,169 Asphodel - 22,013 3,600 870 14,022 Emily 35,899 13,800 2,341 20,667 Ops - 33,831 610 1,855 20,972 It must be observed, that in the year 1826, when Mr. Robinson brought out the Irish emigrants, the above townships were all wilderness lands, in the rear of the Newcastle District, and far removed from the settled tracts. They now form part of the District of Colbourne which has the flourishing town of Peterborough for its chief town, a town first laid out in the same year of 1826. I have, & c. ( signed) Elgin 8$ Kincardine. Enclosure 1, in No. 4. Wo. 1.— RETURN of the Number of ACRES in each of the under mentioned TOWNSHIPS of ENCL. l, in No. 4. Upper Canada, located by Emigrants from the South of Ireland, under the superintendence of the late Honourable Peter Robinson, in the year 1826 ; also exhibiting the Number of Acres in the said Townships respectively, for which Patents have since issued. TOWNSHIPS. Number of Acres Located. Number of Acrgs Patented. Douro - - 6,000 5,200 Smith - - 3,000 2,300 Otonabee 5,200 5,050 Ennismore 6,600 4,600 Emily - - 13,800 12,200 Asphodel - - - - 3,600 1,800 Ops - _ 610 300 s Total Located - - - Total Patented - - - 38,810 31,450 Of the unpatented lands, the parties concerned are from time to time proving their claims, and applying for patents ; the decease of the locatees in some instances rendering it necessary to prove before the Heir and Devisee Commission their claims. A very small proportion of the lots have been resumed in con sequence of the locatees abandoning their lands. 368. C Enclosure