The Extent of the Province from North to South is about 300 Statute miles. Nassau Island (commonly called Long Island) is situated to the South, its length from East to West, is province, about 150 miles, and its breadth on a medium fifteen miles; The breadth of the Province Northward of this Island is various. From the City of New York North about 20 miles up the Country, size and exthe breadth does not exceed 14 miles, and

Jersey being bounded by the opposite shore

lies

wholly on the East side of Hudson's River,

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--From the 41 Degree of Latitude the Province extends st

on both sides of that River; soon widens to about CO miles; and increases in breadth up to the 42 1 Degree, where it is about 80 miles wide supposing the Western Boundary to extend to the line

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mentioned in the Answer to the preceding Question No. 2, the extent from the 42 d Degree to the North Line of Massachusetts Bay (a distance of 49 miles) is about 456 miles, and from thence to the 45 th Degree, it extends East & West on a Medium about 500 miles, and on the like supposition the

number of square miles contained within this Province exclusive of the Lakes is 82,112 or 52,551,680 acres, which is one fourth less than the number contained in the Province of Quebec.

Nassau or Long Island which contains Kings, Queens and Suffolk Counties. PariB cultivated

-- Staten Island which