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Ordonnance du Comité des temes

22 février 1 790

Hir Lonosni~ expressing hir Opinion of the Utility of furnishing the
Counci.1 Chamber with a general Map of the Province, and seperate Maps,
on a larger scale, of the several Districts into which it is divided. shewing the
parishes, Seignories, and their Concessions, in the Districts of Quebec &
Montreal. and the Townships, grants and tracts held under Occupation
Certificates, througbout the Province.
At is accordingly Ordered by His Lordship. with the advice of the
Board, that the Surveyor GeneralS Off~cc proceed to the execution of this
work without delay, and that a Duplicate of the Gcneral map be also
prepared for transmission to the Office of His Majesty's Secretary of State.

The destinaUon of each Map to be inscribed thereon, as-weU as the
names of the persons by whom the Original surveys were made, distin-
guishing the parts done by each, and at what ti.me.
The scale of the General map to be six miles to an Inch and the scale
of the Maps of the several Districts two miles to an Inch.
And to facilitate the design with the greater accuracy and dispatch it
js committed to Mss". Finlay, Harrison, De Lery, Grant & Baby as soon as
may be to make report to His Lordship of a List of the Parishes, and of al1
the Seigneuries and grants, they respectively comprehend, specieing the
dates of the creation of the parjshes as weil as the dates of the Seigniories
and Grants. That for thjs purposc they send for persons, papers and records,
and that they take course for calling in tlie assistance of the Seigniors, Clergy,
and Officers of the Militia, for such information as the casc may require and
for returns from every parjsh of the names of aii Males therein of the age of
sixteen years and upwards, discriminating those under nineteen years from
such us are above that age, and also distinguishing of what Seigniories or
Grants they arc stated Inhabitants.

Source: ANC, RGI LI. Quebec. Lower Canada, Upper Canada. Canada Executive Council,
minutes books (on land matter). Quebec, vol. A, p 397.338.