Excerpt from First Report of the Special Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Causes Which Retard the Settlement of the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada M the Special Committee appointed to inquire into the if causes which prevent or retard the settlement of the 4 Eastern Townships in the Districts of Three Rivers, St. Francis, and Quebec, and to report on the most effectual means of promoting/the settlement of the said Townships; and to whom were referred several Petitions on the same subject, with power to send for persons, papers and re cords, and report thereon from time to time, have the honor to present their First Report your, committee have begun to investigate the subject submitted to their consideration, and have this day ex amined A. Polette, Esquire, M. P. P., as a witness. This X gentleman has given his evidence before the Committee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.