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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-09-05, Page 16PAGE ,2A--OOD ERiCH SIGNA A) t--- THURSDAY,: SPTEMBER 4, 1974 T'- 4 �r of the 'CanadaCompanya ��so • 4ontinded from last week 'Even though °4 the Canada; .Company received a One million acre tract in "lieu of .the Clergy Reserves, this* did not `+tffect the 1,384,413 acresgof Crown Reserves previously allotted.: to them, or the Halton Block, , (where Guelph is' ° naw located) . which consisted of 4 000 acres. met Mackenzie (but the in- sinuation that Mackenzie had cast seemed to be always present in G,alt's future dealings with the,goyer:nnzent.) After. registering the Charter :of the ''Company in Upper "It was the disposition of these annual payments that gave the Canada Company a , unique character. The division may be listed as follows: 8,000 pounds for the ciyvil establish - !tient ' replacing the annual " grant from Britain; 1,000 pounds towards the building of a college; 400 pounds to sup- port the' salary of a Roman Catholic Bishop; 750 pounds for supporting Roman Catholic priests; •750 pounds for ° the Presbyterian Clergy of the.Kirk' of Scotland; 400 pounds, as a pension to Colonel Thomas. Talbot at his request; and finally, 2,566 pounds 3s. 3d. , over seven years to pay, ,the land officers who will still func- - tion but 'nob be paid by the Britissh Government." , • The Canada Company Char- ter was drawn up on the 19th day of August, 1826, embodying the previous arrangements and items- in the ACT and as secretary, was signed as wit- nessed by John -Galt. for the Canada Company. ' Frederick J. Robinson (rater Lord Goderich.) Under Secretary of the Colonies and War, suggested that John Galt be sent to Canada and accor- dingly. Galt was appointed °by the Court of Directors of the Canada Company to proceed •on a special mission of inquiry, for the Company, to Upper Canada. " He left England on' Oct. 26; 1826 and after a stormy voyage reached New York -on Nov. 23. Qn leaving New York he • toured the Genesee district, in the State of New' Yock, bor- ° dering -'pan part of the south shore of Lake Ontario, the Niagara River, and .part of the south shore of Lake Erie. He visited the two .large land holding, companies , there: The • Pulteney Estate. at Geneva and the Holland Company at Batavia. • Galt was shown their method of operating, their bookkeeping,. and the terms for sales of land. He saw the settlements these _big companies had founded first, by building a store, an ac- commodation. for travellers,. a grist mill, lumber mill,' •.blacksmith and in time a school and church. They had good - 'routes by land and by water, and -available- markets, and they took produce in payment for land. After leaving the Genesee country, John Galt arrived . at„ York, Upper Canada' Otf Dec. 12 and promptly delivered the let- ter, of introduction. from the • Court . of Directors of :the • ,Canada" Company, signed by John Hullett, to His §xcellency .Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B., Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. John Galt was surprised to' find Maitland coolly polite and acted. almost chagrined that Galt had been sent to represent. -the `Canada Company., After considerable ' correspondence' and visits, Galt -at last found" out that. the "thank you" inote he had sent to Wm. Lyon Mackenzie for copies of the Ad- vocate. (which was referred to by the legislative :council of Up- per 'Canada, .as. a `scurrilous .rag') had been used by—that agitator when he. ` had been charged for an . offense and -brought into Court,Mackenzie intimated that John Galt was a friendand sympathizer; whereas Galt• had never even. 0)) Canada, Galt left for the Lower .Province to register the Charter there; and in January' was -joined by Dr. Wm. `Tiger' Dunlop. Dunlop had preceded Galt to Canada a month earlier `"" andhad' been roving Around nts made the .l rovince of Upper Canada, tracking down and inspecting. the Q rown Reserves,that were scatt •red throughout the sur- veye townships. ' .° Galt opened, -an agency in Mon .real, and then an agency • in Quebec, f'or prwa,rding emigrants to the Canada Com; pany lands in Upper, Canada On returning to York 'there :were several. offers waiting to purchase land• He'Wrote°to the. Coy°rt of DD'rectors in. Loddon, England,' asking for an exten- sion • of time,- saying that the eight months al ted fqr his " mission of inquiry td Canada were not:en-ough ,to take care of their affairs,. As he says, solicited 'tie superintendency 0 tl M and was - plromoted to this position by the Court of Direc- tors. However, with the ' extra duties ,he found he had"to set Up a bookkeeping system and to attend- to all, the other details a `;',3 regarding; the selling of lands. He a tented a small room for an office at $1.00 per week; and hired a clerk.. • The Canada Company Office; in York, Upper .Canada, was open for , business. e, • ABSOLUTELY NO COMPROMI 111 Q ALITY AT A &P INFO ALL PRICES SHOWN IN THIS„ AD GUARANTEED EFFECTIVE THROUGH'' SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7tb, 1974. Fresh for Flavour! CANADA No. 1 GRADE, ONTARIO; FINEST `FLAVOUR Actionpriced! (SAVE 12c) BEEF OR IRISH CANADA No. 1 GRADE, ONTARIO, FRESH DAILY Celery iHearts bunch 39? SOUTH'. AFRICAN, SWEET; SEEDLESS Navel Oranges dozen 9 . 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