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List of Persons who have located themselves upon Crown Lands, in Prince Edward Island. From the Appendix F, Journal of the House of Assembly for P.E.I., 1848

Names of Squatters	Where Located	Particular Lot in which located	No. of Acres Occupied	No. of Acres Improved	No. of Years in Occupation	Remarks
Bazelle Perry	Township No. 15	Half of Lot No. 129	50	5	2	These People are all Acadian French; they are all very poor, and unable to purchase the land upon which they are settled, the greater part of which is of inferior quality.
Romain Perry	Township No. 15	Half of Lot No. 129	50	6	2	"
Moses Gaudet	Township No. 15	Half of Lot No. 28	50	1	1/2	"
Joseph Gallant	Township No. 15	Half of Lot No. 28	50	9	7	"
Joseph Arsenault	Township No. 15	Lot No. 126	100	5	5	"
John de Roach, Jr.	Township No. 15	Lot No. 126	100	4	2	"
John Richard	Township No. 15	Part of Lot No. 190	66	3	2	"
Bazelle Arsenault	Township No. 15	Parts of Lots 189 & 190	64	2	1	"
Clement Arsenault	Township No. 15	Part of Lot No. 189	64	2	1	"
John Arsenault	Township No. 15	Part of Lots 188 & 189	60	4	3	"
Fidelle Arsenault	Township No. 15	Part of Lot No. 188	58	4	3	"
Alexr. Arsenault	Township No. 15	Part of Lots 187 & 188	56	2	1/2	"
John Wedge	Township No. 15	Lot No.181	100	5	4	"
Romaine Arsenault	Township No. 15	Lot No.179	100	6	5	"
Lazar Arsenault	Township No. 15	Lot No. 178	100	7	8	"
Christian Gallant	Township No. 15	Lot No. 177	100	6	6	"
John Mac Inally	Township No. 15	Lot No. 94	100	8	7
Barney Gillis	Cardigan Point, Georgetown Royalty	Lot No. 48	8	8	5
John Sudbury	On the Intended site of Princetown	About 40 town lots & a part of 5 streets, adjoining the wharf	10	10	12	These 40 lots are not all in the Crown, some having been granted to other persons many years ago.
John Whealan	d.o.	About 60 town lots and a part of 7 streets	20	20	50	Some of these lots have also been granted to other persons many years ago.
David Palmer	Princetown Royalty	Pasture Lots, Nos. 325, 326, and half of 333.	20	20	35	This person states that he applied to the Government for a grant of these lots, previously to settling thereon; but in consequence of that part of the Royalty not being surveyed at that time, he could not obtain it.
John Cochran	Princetown Royalty	Lots. Nos. 267, 268, 274, 275.	32	32	63	This person was allowed by the government to occupy Lots Nos. 274 & 275 while keeping Darnley Ferry, which is now done away with, and states some steps were taken towards giving him a grant of some others, which were not complete, except with regard to one lot.
Alexander Henry	Princetown Royalty	Lots 461, 462, 163, and 468	32	32	40
James Crozier	Princetown Royalty	Lots 464, 465, 481, & 482	28	20	16
George Curry	Princetown Royalty	Lots Nos. 467 & 468	23	6	7
John Clarke	Princetown Royalty	Nos. 354, 355, & 361	21	10	2
		Total Acres:	1460	239

I certify the above to be the substance of a Return furnished to His Excellency, Sir H. V. Huntley, on the 30th November, 1844

George Wright, Surveyor General
Surveyor General's Office, 18th February, 1848.