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===Common school lands=== In 1797, lands in twelve townships (six east of York, and six west, totalling about {{convert|500000|acre|abbr=on}}, were set aside, from which revenues arising from their sale or lease were dedicated to support the establishment of grammar schools and a university for the Province.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 1844|title= The Origin, History and Management of the University of King's College|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1SrPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA9|location= Toronto|publisher= [[George Brown (Canadian politician)|George Brown]]|page= 9}}</ref> They were distributed as follows: {| class = "wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |- |+Townships reserved for Common School Lands in Upper Canada - Lands disposable (in acres)<ref>{{cite book |last= Hodgins|first= J. George|title= Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada|chapter= V: Educational Provisions of the Upper Canada Legislature in 1832, 1833|chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto02ontauoft/page/102/mode/2up|location= Toronto|publisher= Warwick Bros. & Rutter|pages= 102β105|date= 1894|volume = II (1831-1836)}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|District !rowspan="2"|Township !rowspan="2"|Original Royal grant (1797) !rowspan="2"|Townships set aside as substituted lands<ref group=a>In place of lands in reserved townships that had been sold to individuals</ref> !colspan="3"|Lands alienated !colspan="2"|Reinvested in the Crown<ref group=a>In lieu of lands granted elsewhere</ref> !rowspan="2"|Lands disposable |- !To individuals !Surveyor's % !To [[Upper Canada College]] !University<ref group=a>King's College University, later renamed as the [[University of Toronto]]</ref> !UCC |- |rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|[[Ottawa District|Ottawa]] |style="text-align:left;"|Alfred |25,140 |– |25,140 |– |– |– |– |– |- |style="text-align:left;"|Plantagenet |40,000 |– |40,000 |– |– |– |– |– |- |rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|[[Midland District, Upper Canada|Midland]] |style="text-align:left;"|Bedford |61,220 |– |2,678 |2,858 |– |– |– |55,684 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hinchinbroke |51,100 |– |– |2,437 |– |48,663 |– |– |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sheffield |56,688 |– |– |3,158 |– |– |– |53,530 |- |style="text-align:left;"|[[Newcastle District|Newcastle]] |style="text-align:left;"|Seymour |47,484 |– |– |3,515 |25,000 |– |18,969 |– |- |rowspan="7" style="text-align:left;"|[[London District, Upper Canada|London]] |style="text-align:left;"|Blandford |20,400 |– |– |1,179 |5,000 |– |– |14,221 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Houghton |19,000 |– |1,592 |1,505 |– |– |– |15,893 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Middleton |35,000 |– |22,600 |1,667 |– |– |– |10,733 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Southwold |40,500 |– |30,900 |719 |– |– |– |8,881 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwick |– |600 |– |– |– |– |– |600 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Westminster |51,143 |– |40,725 |1,218 |– |– |– |9,200 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Yarmouth |20,000 |– |7,084 |1,026 |– |– |– |11,900 |- |rowspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|[[Home District|Home]] |style="text-align:left;"|Java<ref group=a name="Nottawa">Later merged to form Nottawasaga Township</ref> |– |12,000 |– |– |12,000 |– |– |– |- |style="text-align:left;"|Luther |– |66,000 |– |– |– |66,000 |– |– |- |style="text-align:left;"|Merlin<ref group=a name="Nottawa"/> |– |40,000 |– |– |– |23,281 |5,031 |11,688 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Osprey |– |50,000 |– |– |– |50,000 |– |– |- |style="text-align:left;"|Proton |– |66,000 |– |– |– |– |– |66,000 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sunnidale |– |38,000 |– |– |– |38,000 |– |– |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|'''Totals''' |467,675 |272,600 |170,719 |19,282 |42,000 |225,944 |24,000 |258,330 |} {{reflist|group=a}}
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