In Prince Edward Island, the ultimate results of his father's work came to have far-reaching and exceptional merit, in the unpleasant story of absentee proprietary ownership on that island. Much of his land gained directly through original grants from Lord William Campbell, the 5th Earl's interests having been secured through purchase by lease and release, from individual holders. At its peak in 1831, the Selkirk PEI Estate consisted of Lots 10, 31, 57, 58, 60, and Lot 62, one-half of 12, one-third of 53, and one-third of 59, some 142, 966 acres. In 1842, the Estate was estimated at some 114,000 acres; the lands having been correctly disposed of by sale or lease of 99 or 999 years. In 1860, Dunbar Douglas, Lord Selkirk, acting on advice of his land agent, sold his holdings to the Island Colonial Government, then containing some 62,059 acres, for £6,586 17s 8d Sterling, the per acre price stated as 2s 2p Sterling (this the lowest price paid for land lottery grant lands).Martin, Chester, Lord Selkirk's Work in Canada, Volume 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1916, Selkirk's Aims and Influence: Page 177. Source: Selkirk's Titles see Selkirk Papers, 1 93 15 et seq and Colvile to Lord Stanley, Selkirk Papers, 20338. See: https://archive.org/stream/lordselkirkswork00martrich#page/176/mode/2up. Retrieved 20 January 2016MacQueen, Malcolm A., Skye Pioneers and "The Island", Part 1: Founding of Belfast, Stovel Company Limited, Winnipeg, 1929. See: http://www.electricscotland.com/history/skye/pioneers2.htm. Retrieved 20 January 2016MacGowan, P.S., Testimony: Henry Waden, Office of Commissioner of Public Lands, Report of Proceedings Before The Commissioners Appointed Under The Provisions of "The Land Purchase Act, 1875", P.R. Bowers, Queen’s Printer, 1875, Charlottetown: Patriot Printing Rooms, 1877, Page 11. See: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433023035292;view=1up;seq=7 Accessed 201.10.2016
