. Canada and its provinces; a history of the Canadian people and their institutions . est in thepapers and magazines of the day, and consequently, whenhe outlined his plans of forming a company to settle thevacant lands of Canada, the greatest attention was paid tohis suggestions by the people and the government. He didnot wish at first to take any active part in the of a life of adventure, he had taken up his residence atEskgrove, near Musselburgh, and intended to devote hisremaining days to literature and the education of his threesons. He had not been long there before he
. Canada and its provinces; a history of the Canadian people and their institutions . est in thepapers and magazines of the day, and consequently, whenhe outlined his plans of forming a company to settle thevacant lands of Canada, the greatest attention was paid tohis suggestions by the people and the government. He didnot wish at first to take any active part in the of a life of adventure, he had taken up his residence atEskgrove, near Musselburgh, and intended to devote hisremaining days to literature and the education of his threesons. He had not been long there before he was called to aconsultation on Canadian affairs by Frederick John Robinson,afterwards Viscount Goderich, who was then chancellor of theExchequer. Upper Canada was at this time seeking assist-ance from the home government for the purpose of meetingliabilities that it had incurred in bettering the internal com-munications of the province. The chancellor of the Ex-chequer was prepared to satisfy the existing claims againstthe province provided it would guarantee to pay half its civil. SIR JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON From a painting in the Department of Education^ Toronto THE GUELPH SETTLEMENT 89 expenses. Gait, through this interview, renewed his interestin emigration to Canada and consulted many persons wellversed in Canadian affairs, particularly Bishop knowledge he now received caused him to modify tosome degree his original ideas regarding emigration. Theresult was the formation of the Canada Company, of whichhe was appointed secretary. In 1824, shortly after this company was formed, a govern-ment commission, consisting of Gait, Sir John Harvey, ColonelCockburn, Mr M^Gillivray, and Mr Davidson, was appointedto visit Canada and make a valuation of the crown reservesin the upper province which it was proposed to sell to thecompany. The commission decided that 3s. 6d. per acrewould be a fair price. But those interested in the clergyreserves bitterly opposed the sale of t
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