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Three hundred and three are on the west side of the river, and 465 on the east side. In the year 1848, there was bought and sold 3,086 gallons of alcohol, costing £480 95.; 3,924 gallons of malt liquor and cider, costing £145 10s.; 6,336 Ibs. of tobacco, costing £224 155.; 17,676 lbs. of sugar, costing £482 ; 660 Ibs. of molasses, costing 464 135. 4d.; 7,395 lbs. of tea, costing £773 175. 6d The following is a summary of the assessment for the year 1877 :— Number of persons assessed, 696. Number of acres assessed, 1,556. Number of acres cleared, 1,556. Value of real property, $701,650. Value of taxable income, $5,750. Value of personal property, $20,900. Amount of real and personal property, $722,550. Taxes imposed by Municipality, $6,783. Taxes imposed by Counties, $600. Expenditure for roads and bridges, $916. Expenditure for schools, $2,949. R. P. COLTON, The subject of this sketch was born in Oswego County, in 1808. He first served his apprenticeship at the woolen business, removing to Canada in 1830, and settled at Gananoque, commencing the manufacture of hand rakes (the first rakes made by machinery in Canada. In the following year, forks were added to the business. In 1836,*a small foundry was established for making ploughs, about In 1&41, the premises, including all the books, were destroyed by fire. In 1842, Mr. Colton removed to Brockville, and in company with Luther Houghton, laid the foundation of the old Brockville foundry. Mr. Houghton disposed of his interest to Benjamin Chaffey ; in a few months Mr. Chaffey failed, and the entire business devolved upon Mr. Colton. In October, 1850, a destructive fire broke out, which destroyed everything connected with the manufacture of stoves in the foundry, except the patterns for the “ Brockville Air Tight,” then a new stove. Mr, Colton by untiring activity rebuilt the moulding room in four weeks, a building 7oxtoo feet, and in a few days after the establishment was turning out thirty " Air Tights” per diem. 1,000 being turned out in a year. During the succeeding four months, one thousand five hundred stoves were made and sold. In 1853, Mr. Colton’s health became impaired, and, in consequence, he made atrip through France, Italy, Egypt and Palestine. During the year 1858, he commenced the manufacture of stoves in the Lower Provinces, but, the premises being destroyed by fire, he disposed of the business, the erection of a residence “ Thornton Cliff,” which, when completed, was one of the fimest in Canada. In 1863, from a few bad investments and the endorsation of notes for other parties, he suffered a loss of $60,000, which compelled him to make an assignment ; subsequently all demands were paid in full. During the American war, Mr. Colton associated with another person and engaged in the extensive cultivation of flax in the County of Dundas. In the preparation of the refuse tow, heavy machinery was required, and an establishment for that purpose was opened at Gananoque, which has since been transformed into a manufactory for agricultural implements. W. BROUGH. Mr. Brough was born in Scotland in 1816, and in 1840 removed to Canada, where he secured an interest in the mercantile business of the late Hon. James Morris, of Brockville. In 1845, he married Elizabeth, daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Richmond, of Paisley, Scotland. Mrs. Brough died in 1856. Mr. Brough next married a daughter of the late A. Ramsay, of Pittsburg, Ont. Removing to Gananoque in 1847, Mr. Brough purchased Mr. McDonald s grist and flouring mill, and has carried on the milling and mercantile business from that date, doing an extensive business. JUDGE McDONALD. Herbert S. McDonald, the Judge of the County Court of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, was born at Gananoque, in February 1842, and was the youngest son of the Honorable John McDonald, of that place. After a grammar school education in Gananoque and a short term of school life at Kingston, he entered the University of Queen’s College in the autumn of 1856, and graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1859, and took the degree of Master of Arts in 186r. In June, 1859, he entered the law office of Mr. A. N. Richards, now Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and subsequently completed his studies in Toronto. He was called to the Upper Canada Bar in May 1863, and in the summer of the same year formed a law partnership in Brockville with F. W. H. Chambers, Esq., then M. P. P. for Brockville. married a daughter of David Jones, Esq., then Kegistrar of the County of Leeds. At the general election in 1871, he was returned as member for south Leeds in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, which position he held until appointed in October 1873, the Junior Judge of the County Court of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. In December, 1878, he was made Senior Judge of the Counties, a position which he fills w:th distinguished
