“The price of a building lot at Port St. Francis, for the present season (1835), is 12 pounds 10 shillings, payable 5 pounds cash down, and the balance in one year, with interest.

“Deposits of purchase-money may be made with the Company in London for lands to be selected by emigrants on their arrival in the country.

“By the agreement between his Majesty’s Government and the Company, upwards of 50,000 pounds of the purchase-money paid by the latter are to be expended by them in public works and improvements, such as high roads, bridges, canals, school-houses, market-houses, churches, and parsonage-houses.  This is an extremely important arrangement, and must prove highly beneficial to settlers, as it assures to them the improvement and advancement of this district.  The formation of roads and other easy communications are the great wants of a new country; and the application of capital on works of this nature, which are beyond the means of private individuals, is the best mode by which the successful settlement may be promoted and accomplished.

“The expenditure of the large sum above mentioned, will offer at the same time an opportunity of employment to honest and industrious labourers, immediately on arrival.”

The office of the British American Land Company is at 4, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, London:  they have also agents at the various outports.

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Transcription note:  Except for the tables in the Appendix, which have been reformatted to accommodate the presentation of tables in plain text, this transcription attempts to faithfully reproduce the text and punctuation found in the 1836 printed version of the book.  As a consequence, numerous instances of spelling and punctuation may appear incorrect by current standards.