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THE CANADA COMPANY, / ^^

Hating had many inquiries from varioas parts of British North America, upon the thriving
Town OF GuELPH, and the Wbllinqton Dihtriot, of which it is the District Town, have
been induced to print the following Memorandum— which will, it is hoped, prove useful and
interesting to those who may contemplate settling in Canada West, as it is furnished by a
very intelligent and experienced Gentleman and Magistrate, long resident in Gaelph. >

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I'aice of Imfroved Farms,

Vaiy mnoh according to fuaHtjf, situation, and other oircunutanoet. The average price of wiifflimiMd Land it 95
per acre ; improved Land, (14 to 916 per acre. The Buildings on a Farm are invariably told at a sacriiioe, although
there may be few respectable Settlers passe«sed of means disposed to sell on any terms, eqjiecially at bare value, or at
a loas to themselves, diere would be no great difficulty in purchasing improved properties at a price advantageous to a
class ofSettlen who cannot, on fint coming to Canada, contend with wild lands in remote situations from old
settlements, and the thousand little comforts of a good neighbourhood, and a Town well suiylied with every
necessary of life.

Ths Kinds of Froduob.

The kinds of produce are Wheat, Barley, Peas, Potatoes, Rye, all the Grasses, including Clover, Tumipe (very
fine), Cattle Be^ and Linst, .^d. Some seasons, the early kinds of Indian Com do very well. Cattle, Pigs, and Poultry
are reared in abundance i and Sheep of improved breeds are rapidly on the increase hem Butchers ftom long
distances now visit Goelidi to purchase for die large Towns on the Ldce Shore. Orchards and Gardens do well.

Wages.

Average of Agricultural Labourers, £90 per annun ; if able>bodied men, audi are boaided in die house ; Day
Labourers (now), Ss. 6d. per diem ; Day or Week Labourers in Hay or Harvest Work, Ss. M. to Be. per day ;
Boys and Girls, under fourteen years of age, tS per month, which increases with age tip to 14 per month. Wages
continue high, and will do, as it Is found so profitable for a parent to avail Uranlf of dw sarvioea of his children on
land or in trades, and little or no capital is needed to learn your snr a trade, or to beoome a ikmier on your own
account.

Crops.

Their charaotor snd yield vary with the seasons, but as the Land is u good as any in the Province, a good season
gives to the judickHis Fanner an ample return, and, so fiir as I know or hear, our Craps are as abundant as in any
other part of Canada. The extraordinary deep snow of this last winter has damaged the Fall Wheat for the first time
during my atgoura here. Our Clover, Turnips, and PoUtou are in great perfection ; Peaa of all kinds grow here
most luxuriantly and yield abundautly. Everywhere rich pastures may be made by ordinary care and means. Our
Cattle are very fine, and rapidly improving under the infiuence of the Agricultural Society here. Butter and Cheese
may be made to any extent. Pigs are greatly improving in breed, and where fed on Barley and Peas, produce as
line meat as I ever saw or tasted in England. Sheep aro becoming numerous, and are found to pay well. It is to be
regretted that Hemp, whieh would come to perfection on many Farms here, and be highly profitable to the Grower,
the Merchantj and Colony, is utterly neglected. The same may be said of Flax and of Hops. If the Canadian
Farmer was half as much pressed and pinched to hold his Farm and avoid utter ruin, as is nearly everywhere
experienced iu the Old Country, I iancy lees neglect of every improvement would oharaoterixe the Canadian Yeomen.

Climate.

Of course, we would say, that our winters are too long, but they are much shorter And milder than in Lower Canada,
nor have we usually more sleighing than is absolutely required to convey produce to Maritet. As regards the salubrity
of the climate, I can at ooce answer that there is no spot better fcr health, no aguea or fevers, and very little disease
of any kind beyond those brought on by eioossea. This neighbourhood haa festered to good health many sickly
persons who have removed from the Old Country, as well as fimn many of the Distrioto bordering on the Lakes, and
unhealthy pans of the Union. The soil and substntum are well adapted to insure a healthy state of the air. We
are extremely well supplied with excellent Water, which is readily found a few feet below the surface. Springs are
numerous. OnrLaadsaraneitherlittyof fiat^ but sver varying in idea undulating order. The Wild Land is mostly
timbered by Hard Wood. Pulrooaary aoMttmpfiM, Md'the various forms of scroAilous complaints, are very:,nrely
met with here, and tMoa*'%ho bring thk tlNMielito to their early stages with thf m, sOcn.)ose tb^ lUogot^r.. ^if,liM!t
can be attested by every medical man in Guelph. ''^ _. » iW^.... ^*-i . --<, .

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SOOIITY. ,

Decidedly good for Old Countrymen— lit, beoauie we hare many here who are well bred and well educated—
8nd, beoauM we are nearly all (with half a doxen exceptiom) Old Countrymen — Srd, we have feelings, viewH,
affeotioni, and habita that harmonixe with the glorioue trio of Gudpk, WelUnglm, and Waterloo. Even the street* of
our Town are lo named as bring daily to our minds the most renowned Counties, Cities, and Towns of our Father
Land — Lastly, so many old Mends have met here together as to banish from our recolleotions at times that we were
ever transplanted. A MaHtr is still a Jlfosfer with us, and a Servant is a Servant still, and not a " H«}f." Ouelph
is truly a British Settlement, and it is evident the present generation here will not suffer it to be anything else during
iu alotted time. We have Cattle and Agricultural Exhibition* or Shows of all kinds ; Cricket Clubs, Horse Racing,
Racket Court, Billiard Table, Whist Club, a Band of Music, and Tavema conducted in accordance with British habits
and customs. It should be observed, under this head, that at our last Spring Assise* we had not a criminal to punish,
and no business has yet been dow within our District under the Bankrupt Act«

PoFULATIOR.

GUelph Township oontalna about MOO Inhabita n t * all the Minounding Townships have been longer settled than
Ouelph, and nearly all a* well settled. Every year augments our mmber* ; and numeroua a* new houees are in
Ihi* Town, we find eoma inooavenienoe in provfaUng haUtaticna for all the new comers.

Probpboti.

The past of Ouelidi baa been one steady uniform course of prosperity to all who seek it, and the prospect by no

< means feiMd a ooatiaaaabe of Improvement } large new Mill* are going ^ very near us ; and vkyj year we have

: an improved set of Settlers coming In, with skill and capital enperior to tboae who induced them to come and join them.

; ' Ai it regard* our IWn, it may be said to have realixed fully the expeolatioa* and wishes of in first pnjector, being

' dow the Oapital of the largest Distrial in the Province, which, by a recent Proclamation, has been so much enlarged

*' a* to extend from witUn 15 milca of Li^ Ontario to Owen'a Sound. La*t year a new Flouring Mill was erected,

' Whidt 1* tiie third hero, and forthwith another I* about to be built and worked by a respectable party. A new Carding

Mill i* juat finished, and an Iron Foundry is to be com menoed. Various new Stores and Manufactories are everj-

year added to the Town, and a large buainess is being done on eautiott*, *afe principles. Guelph nu ports two Bank

Agencies, and Cash is paid for all kinds of Produce. Hamilton at present receives the extensive benefit of receiving

fro7« and supplying thisTown { but, «bMild the projected R ailroad from Toronto Westward traverge Oiiplph. that

Ci^ty ifould at once oom^nand our busineaa, canal tolls, dus., making, the change deelrable and'prdfltable to ourselves.

Provisions, mh. i:i.>t:'^f,!rt*rf'jiO ■ . '''.' " '' '''

' All the necessaries and roal comforts of life ara hero to be found in abundance, at a very, moderate rate— cheaper,

of course, than in the large to#ns of the Frovinoe, but still in ordinary times romunerating the producer. We have

now. a great excess of Prodt'oe, and several thousand barrels of Flour are yearly branded for exportation. Larg.-

quantities of Whiskey and Oai.TwaU Pork and Beef, are annually sent down the Lake, via Hamilton. The pro8perou>

Villages of Fergus and Elora, a tb'v mile* in nar of us, aro now exporting several hundred barrels of Fioui ,

Whiskey, Pork, and Oatmeal, throu{h this Town and Hamilton. This is tl e first year in Foreign Flour Trade.

Places of Worship.

The Church of England, the Romish Churoh, the Scotch Churoh, the Independents or Congregation ilists, the

' British and Canadian Methodists, and Baptists, have all their respective places of worship in this Town. We havn

"no religioiis feuds here, no Mormons, no Millerites! We have a good General Circulating Library, well supporter!.

Temperai^ce gains ground hero daily. A Bible Society exists; and Ministers of the several dencuiinatians reside in

Guelph. ^hools abound in the Townshisp, and the District Grammar School is in our Town, v^

Stores OR Shops. .

We have several Store*, sellhig the nsulil variety of a Country Blerohant, and at prices very little in advance upon
those of the nearest Port. All korts of British and Foroign fabric* and produce may be met with in Guelph. New
Stores cpening every few months. Many of the*e Storee take In produce for goods, and some pay eaah for all sorto o(
produce. Luxuries of. nearly all kinda aro to be found in the Stone. It has recently been ascertained, from
indiaputable evidence, that the value of Dry Good*, Grooeriee^ Ironmongery, and Crockery, brought into thi* Town
annually by ito preeent Storokeepera, amounto to the *um of J »W,aOO O uwency. The Farmen' purohaaee, when
below with produce, cannot bo known, but muat be large altcgetESr: —

MRCHANlCt.

Thi*claaaisBumerou»la«U-ardiaafytrada*iaadan always aemii^ la, but all who aro worthy do well and
•oquiro property. The <bargeeof M s rhanl ee awi almat twice aa mneh as aro paU in Bli^aad lo a similar class of
artixana. I know of nope out oreavloymsnt, nor a penoa near me la Want oTtbe neceasarieaoflifo. Our mechanicx,
generally apeaking, aro • aolier, Mmriam, and well hdMvod *et of mm*.

DiSTANOR FROM Ports ANQ dthir Markctv.

Our Home Market i*TU7 00HidenMe,aaexteMlTetnida Is oanled ca ia tlie back TViwadrfps bow *ettUag, and
Baken and Millers buy laigely for oadij Uie OiaOUeries and Broweriea take eg a large qaanlity of produoe ; the
nmainder of cv* prodaoe ia di*po*ed of as sh|ira undsr tbs hsad "JVssfifsai." Hamiltoa Wharf is about 89 miles
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House Rbnt.

Wo keep up heM the order of things obeerved and praotiaed in th« country pnria of the United Kingdom firora whioh
we camo, hence no large rents are either aakad or given. Perhaps it nwy be said a man had better hire in Oulph
than build, still, as all oareftil men are money getters, we have many providing their own dwellings, and yearly nuik.
ing some additions of convenience or oomfbrts thereto.

Our Taxes.

In the United States they would be well understood by saying the amount is not more than one-third, or at most one
half what tlie Taxes are in the Union, l|d. in the pound on Assessed Property, and Id. per acre on Wild Land per
annum, is the amount of all that is paid here. It will be gratifying to thoae long resident in the Union, to be informed
(what nearly all men like very much,) that the Taxes are imposed by those having to pay them, through their own
representatives in the new District Councils, and were any inducements necessa r y to Old Countrymen settled in the
tates, to come to Canada, my mom fli«mt would consist in informing them of the very altered state of Canada, ••
[egards Responsible Government and Munioiple Councils. Our new District Buildings and School Houses are all
inished, and as the public debt is not large, cur yearly surplus revenue will enable the Council, at no very distant
^riod, to remove the extra taxation now impcaed, leaving an amount to pay yearly far less than is known in any
country in the world.

^osT OF Transportation by the Navigable Waters, and afterwards by Land, to the Company'i
Settlements.
The cost of Conveyance by Steambcala varies slightly each jrMUf— bat tha following rstM of Paaage will ba found
to be sufBoiently correct :—

From Montreal to Toronto Cabin, JB

Prom Montreal to Hamilton "

From Toronto to Hamilton "

From Kingston to Toronto.......... '<

From Roonester to Toronto......... "

From Lewiston to Toronto "

Land Carriage, that is the hire of a Team of two Hor«g8, Waggon and Driver, whioh will lake 16 owt. of load, may
generally be reckoned at 8d. pei mile to the Joamey'a an d , ■ s u ppceing the Team to cone b«ck empty ; cheaper land
travelling than this can, however, often ha obtained by making a bargain.

Communications with thb Unitbo Statm.

Steamers ply daily from Lewiston, Queension, and Niagara, to Toranto and Hamilton, distant 40 miles. There
are two Steamers plying three times a>woek ftcm Rochester to Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton. The distance, by
Railway, from Buiflalo to Lewiston, is 80 milea. The Stoaiu-boat Ktnt, will leave Bu&lo every Tuesday and Friday
Evening, at half-past Six o'clock, for Port Stanley, touching all Ports on the Canada shore, in connection with the
Steamer Brantford, of Dunnville to Hiantford. Leaves Port Stanley every Monday and Thursday morning, at half*
past Eight o'clock for Buffalo. ThU route aS^rds eu easy and cheap access to the Gore, Brock, London and Western
Districts.— Stages to and from the Boat at Port Stanley fbr London. A Steamer plies between Bufflklo and Chippewa,
from whence there is a Railway to Queenston.

Distance iVom Hamilton to Guelph, thirty miles ; two Stages and a Post paai to and fW>m daily.
Note.— The prices given are in Haliikx Currency, of which tl or 5s. is equal to Ss. York or 4s. Sterling,
(fir A. Map of Ike Tomt of Gaelph tnaf le seen at the C^lee tftht Canada Company, and at Ds. Aluno's, Gutiph,

CANADA COMPANY'S OFFICE,

Frederick Street, ToroiOo, 1st /«7y, 1845.

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