"there are no persons in the township whose passage has been paid by the proprietor and the same may be said the other three townships [in this district] with the exception of five or six indentured servants brought out from scotland in 1803 by the earl of selkirk, and who afterwards received small allotments of land for their services. a few of the young men employed in the shipyards belong to other parts of the country though they have been resident in the district for the last 8 or 9 months. in this township there are several poor families who only arrived on the island last fall and who have not yet taken up any land, some of whom will most probably settle in some other parts of the country in consequence of the little encouragement held forth to them by the proprietor's agent. in the rear of this township there are several new settlers who raised no crops. on the whole of the lot there is but one half-finished church, one grist mill frequently out of repair and one very indifferent school house. there are no brewing or distilling establishments."