f their lands, which would probably be the case, as the time
allowed to complete the settlement is nearly expired.

"That even granting those long narrow slips of land could be
settled, their being situated in so many places (in the several
townships) and so different from each other, makes it absolutely
impossible for a Proprietor to look after them with that care and
attention which the establishing of new settlements must require.

"That the inclosing those several lots must of course be attended
with great expense and the fixing their boundaries be very liable
to create disputes.

"Capt. Spry therefore proposes the following Plan to the Society,
viz.:--

"1st. That every Proprietor shall have his proportion of all the
lands in the several Townships (except Conway, as will be
hereafter explained) in one Township only, that Townships to be
fixed by Ballot.

"2nd. That when the Proprietors have drawn the Township their lot
is to be in, they draw again for their particular lot in that
Township.

"3rd. That the lots in each Township be divided so as to be as
nearly of equal value with one another as possible, the expense of
which to be defrayed by the Society in general, in case the
division cannot be settled by the survey already taken.

"4th. That all the Islands be divided into sixty-eight lots and
drawn for, except Perkin's Island which is to remain in common
among all the Proprietors.[76]

[76] It was perhaps at the suggestion of William Hazen or James
Simonds that in the grant of the Township of Burton, of
which they were grantees, there was included the "island
in Passamaquody bay called Perkins Island," now known as
Indian Island, where the fishing station of Simonds &
White had been for several years established.

"5th. That the Saw Mill also remain in common among all the
Proprietors for Twenty years from the date of the Grant, and then
to devolve to the Proprietors of the Township it is in.

"6th. That as the Townships of Gage and Sunbury have been surveyed
and the places for the Town Plots fixed by Charles Morris, Esq.,
surveyor of Nova Scotia, that as ten families were sent to the
River last Fall and could get no farther than Fort Frederick, by
reason of contrary winds, and therefore are not as yet fixed to
any particular Township, and as several other families have been
pr