The Backwoods of Canada eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 306 pages of information about The Backwoods of Canada.

The Backwoods of Canada eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 306 pages of information about The Backwoods of Canada.

Row 6
Column 1:  1833
Column 2:  37,278 acres
Column 3:  8 shillings, 2-1/4 pence
Column 4:  3,454 pounds, 11 shillings, 6 pence
Column 5:  12,791 pounds, 17 shillings, 5 pence

Row 7
Column 1:  Totals
Column 2:  66,539 acres
Column 3:  —
Column 4:  —
Column 5:  18,576 pounds, 1 shillings, 4 pence

The number of years within which the whole amount of the purchase-money is to be paid is three.

* On sales on quit rent, at 5 per cent., the capital redeemable at pleasure.

N.B.  Sales on quit-rent ceased in 1832.

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UPPER CANADA

[TABLE]

[Transcription note:  The data presented below was originally in the conventional tabular row / column format.]

Row 1, Column Headings
Column 1:  Year. 
Column 2:  Number of acres sold. 
Column 3:  Average price per acre. 
Column 4:  Amount of purchase-money received within the first year. 
Column 5:  Whole amount of the purchase-money.

Row 2
Column 1:  1829
Column 2:  18,014 acres
Column 3:  14 shillings, 8-1/4 pence
Column 4:  2,464 pounds, 14 shillings, 0 pence
Column 5:  13,229 pounds, 0 shillings, 0 pence

Row 3
Column 1:  1830
Column 2:  34,705
Column 3:  13 shillings, 6 pence
Column 4:  6,153 pounds, 5 shillings, 9 pence
Column 5:  23,452 pounds, 4 shillings, 0 pence

Row 4
Column 1:  1831
Column 2:  28,563 acres
Column 3:  12 shillings, 1-3/4 pence
Column 4:  8,010 pounds, 2 shillings, 11 pence
Column 5:  17,362 pounds, 12 shillings, 1 pence

Row 6
Column 1:  1832
Column 2:  48,484 acres
Column 3:  13 shillings, 3-3/4 pence
Column 4:  10,239 pounds, 9 shillings, 7 pence
Column 5:  32,287 pounds, 19 shillings, 0 pence

Row 7
Column 1:  1833
Column 2:  62,282 acres
Column 3:  14 shillings, 4-1/2 pence
Column 4:  14,080 pounds, 16 shillings, 8 pence
Column 5:  44,747 pounds, 19 shillings, 9 pence

Row 8
Column 1:  Totals
Column 2:  192,049 acres
Column 3:  —
Column 4:  —
Column 5:  131,079 pounds, 14 shillings, 10 pence

The whole amount of the purchase-money to be paid in nine years.  In addition to the purchase-money paid, interest has also been paid with each instalment, a statement of which is as follows:—­

Interest received in 1829:  1 pound, 7 shillings, 3 pence currency. 
Interest received in 1830:  62 pound, 16 shillings, 1 pence currency. 
Interest received in 1831:  259 pound, 14 shillings, 9 pence currency. 
Interest received in 1832:  473 pound, 17 shillings, 2 pence currency. 
Interest received in 1833:  854 pound, 4 shillings, 3 pence currency.

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