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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. > .'.r 7-' 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 . --<, . ■'■-< V t,. ^^ f ^ 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 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. •••t.....* (teeiageX w It « N II I\ •.(.' !^ , ...i m|iii-.-'-. .1 t.iJiiW .., .-.'i/