his was the last page of the manuscript containing the article The Story of the Village of Harper, by W. Clyde Bell. Transcribed by Charles Dobie.
| THE FIRST QUARTERLY RETURN OF LICENSES, ISSUED IN THE BATHURST DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 1848. An abstract from the February 11th, 1848, issue of The Bathurst Courier, the property of W. Clyde Bell, Perth, Ont. | |||
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| Inns: | Perth. £7 10s | Drummond. | Ramsay. |
| J. McCallum | W. Code | A. Snedden | |
| W. Coyle | R. Doyle | J. McAllister | |
| John Stewart | J. Preston Jr. | John Wright | |
| C. Gordon | J. McCaffry | J. Coulter | |
| C. Nicholl | S. Hogan | E. Houston | |
| P. Dooker and | F. Grant | ||
| M. Manion | C. Hollinger | Horton. | |
| W. Wordie | T. O’Neill | ||
| George Barry | Carleton Place | Henry Groves | |
| W. Glascott | R. McLaren | John Munro | |
| G. Wardner | N. Lavallie | N. Wright | |
| E. Farrell | |||
| Franktown. | Smiths Falls. | Xavier Plant | |
| Ann Burrows | J. Walters | ||
| J. Hughton | A. F. Wall | Pembroke. | |
| J. Armstrong | Peter Hay | ||
| McNab. | A. Currie | ||
| M. Roddy | Bathurst. | ||
| D. Stewart | J. Murry | Westmeath. | |
| T. McIntyre | B. Bolton | J. Lyttle | |
| T. Austin | W. Costello | ||
| Beckwith. | |||
| Ross. | T. Ridd | Pakenham. | |
| J. McLaren | D. McFarlane | Isabella McFarlane | |
| A. Gillis | A. Currie | ||
| Lanark. | J. Jackson | Levi Rose | |
| S. Buffam | |||
| J. Lamond | Elmsley. | ||
| G. W. Young | |||
| Shops: | Perth. £7 10s | Carleton Place. | Pakenham. |
| John Kerr | J. A. Gemmill | D. Hilliard | |
| W. Lock | |||
| James Kerr | McNab. | Smiths Falls. | |
| W. Campbell | P. Morris | J. Shaw | |
| J. Forgie | and Company | ||
| J. Hicks | Pembroke. | ||
| J. Doran | D. O’Mara | ||
| Stills: | P. McArthur, Beckwith, £10 0s | ||
| R. McLaren, Perth, £10 0s | |||
| Brewing Ale and Beer: | R. Farr, Smiths Falls, £2 0s | ||
| Wm. Jobin, Smith’s Falls, £2 0s | |||
| ( Signed ) A. LESLIE, Inspector of Licenses, Bathurst District. A True Copy: J. Macdonald, J.P. Perth, Jan 31, 1848. | |||