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Las diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 »l EMIGRATION TO THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, CANA^DA. 19 72 ai^i I ■ ■^Tf^tt T^j M '- -^ 1 - ^'- - ' ' ''— ' *' ' " " ->,4yi*p- % i ■iii»i-.«>>i» ^i The Proviuce of Ontario is situate to the North of the River St. Lawrence, and of the great lakes, Ontario, Erie, Huron, and Superior. The River Ottawa divides it from the Province of Quebec. The scil varies in different localities, but a large proportion is of the very best description for agricul- tural purposes ; its water communication is unsurpassed. No portion of the Dominion offers greater inducements to emigrants. What the country, needs is men to clear the forest lands, to cultivate the soil, to build houses, to make the ordinary household goods, and to open up communication from one part of the country to another, by the construction of roads and railways. Of professional men, book-keepers, and clerks, On- tario has enough and to spaie. Female hoasehold servants are always sure of immediate employment, at good wages. Dressmakers, milliners, and suam- ■tresses can obtain much better wages than at home. Farmers of moderate means can purchase or lease farms more or less clear- ed and improved; and by discretion and industiT, can scarcely fail toim- ■ „, y-iU'Vve )jHjnr cirndttion, vmd to afford tneir childreu, as they grow up, a " ' ' favourable start in life. Uncleared land is from 2s. to 40s. an acre. Im- proved farms can be bought at from £4 to £10 an acre. Tlie mon' y can nearly always be paid in instalments, covering several years. Tiie leasing of farms is an exception to the general rule, as most men desire to own the land they cultivate. Emigrants possessing means should not be in a hurry to purchase, but get some experience before taking so important a step. '•tf" ■*'•»»»'..-,■' •t^a -4 -.(W -* -e* 2 EMIGRATION TO THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. Agricultural labourers would study their own interest by accepting employ- ment as it may be offered, on arrival, and they will soon karn how to impror* their condition. Men commencing as labourers seldom keep in that condition very long, but after a brief period become employers of labour themselves. It is this moral certainty of rising in the social scale, that stimulates the exertions of the needy settler. In Ontario, old country people will find themselves surrounded by com- forts similar to those they left in the old land ; religious privileges almost the same ; and Public Free Schools established throughout the Provinct, which are attended by children of all classes. ST££LINO MONET AND CANADIAN CUBBENCT. For general purposes, it will be sufficient to remember that the Canadian cent and the English half-penny are almost identical in value. FREE GRANT LANDS. A large area of Free Grant Lands are open for settlement under the Free Grant and Homestead Act, by whtbh, on conditions of settlement, erteej head of a family can receive 200 acres of land ; and any person over 18 year* of age can receive 100 acres. On the death of the locatee, the land vests in his widow, during her widowhood, unless she prefers to accept her dower in it. The land cannot be alienated, except by will, nor mortgaged until the patent issues, nor within twenty years of the location, without the consent of the wife, if living. Nor will it at any time be liable to be sold, under execution, for any debt contracted before or during the twenty years after the location, except for a mortgage or pledge given after the issue of the patent. It may be sold for taxes. In order to make a successful settlement upon a free grant, the settler should have at the least from X40 to £50 ($200 to $250.) after reaching his loca- tion. This amount may soon be saved, or the settler may obtain work with others for a portion of the year, so as to maintain his family until his first crop is harvested. A house, such as is required by the Act, could be erected by contract for from £5 to jBIO ($25 to $50) ; but with the assistance which the settler would certainly receive from his neighbours, it might be erected for even lew. Should it be desired to clear the land by hired labour or by contract, in order to bring it more rapidly into cultivation, the cost would be about£3 lOs. stg. per acre. The best season of the year to go on to a free grant is the month of September, after harvest work in the old settlement is over. There is time to put up a house, and get comfortably settled before tlie winter sets ^. 1 EMIGRATION TO THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 3 ..,..^. m ; and during the winter the work of chopping and clearing can go on. In this way, a crop can be got in during the first spring. The operation of putting in the first crop is a very simple one. Ploughing is unnecessary. The land is rich, and all it needs is a little scratching on the surface to cover the seed. This is done with a drag or harrow. SETTLERS' HOMBSTEAD FUND- During the session of the Legislature in 1870-1, an Act was passed whereby the Commissioner has caused to be cleared, fit for cultivation, a plot of five acres on each parcel of land, and erected thereon a one story house fit for habitation, of the dimensions of sixteen by twenty feet, at an expense not exceeding two hundred dollars. One sixth the cost of the improvements (£6 13s. 4d.) must be paid down at the time of location, and the balance in five annual instalments, with interest. The Township of Ryerson, on the Maganetawan River, has been selected for the purpose, in which roads are now constructed, clearances made, and houses erected. Messrs. Dodge & Go's, lumbering depot, at the north-west corner of the Township, guarantees to the settlers* a market for all kinds of agricultural products. WAGES IN A FEW TBADES OB CALLINOS. t Agricultural Labourers, 4 shillings to G shillings per djvy, without Board. Do do 50 " 80 " per month, with Board. Carpenters 6 ** 8 " per day. Bricklayers 8 " 10 " Plasterers 8 " 10 " *•' Stonemasons 12 " U " " Blacksmiths 6 " 9 •' " Wheelwrights 6 " 9 " " Tailors, piece-work, at good wages. Shoemakers " " Female servants, general, 20 shillings to 32 shillings per month. Cooks 28 " 40 " " PASSAGE FROM BRITAIN TO CANADA All necessaiy information «8 to passages can be obtained of W. Dixon, Emigration Agent, 11 Adam Street, Adelphi, London; of Henry J. Larkin, Jo, 14 South Frederick Street, Dublin ; of Charles Foy, do, 11 Claremont 4 EMIGRATION TO THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. Street, Belfast ; of David Shaw, do, 24 Oswald Street, Glasgow ; and of any other Canadian Emigration Agent ; and also of the Officers of Emigration Societies, or of the numerous Shipping Brokers in the United Kingdom. X ASSISTED PASSAGES. A The Government of Ontario will pay to regularly or ^aniped Emiorratinn. ^ Societies, in the United Kingdom or in Onta;rio, or to individuals, the sum onix dollars (XI 4s. 8d. stg.) for every statute adult seni to this Province, at the end of three months' continuous residence in the Province, and on the following conditions : — 1st. The Societ y or i ndividua l sending out the Emigrant, in respect of wliom the i)ayment is to be asked, shall forward the Eriiigrant to London, or to a shipping port, to an Agent approved by the Goverimient of Ontario ; or where there is no such officer, to the Emigration Agent for Canada, with a certificate in form as furnished on application to any of the Emigration Agents or Societies above mentioned. 2nd. The Agent in Europe will, when the certificate is presented to him from the Society or individual sending out the Emigrant, sec that at least seventy per cent, of the adult males are of the Agricultural or Farm Labourer class, and the residue Mechanics, sucli as Blacksmiths, Bricklaj^ers, Carpen- ters, Cabinetmakers, Painters, Plasterers, Saddlers, Stone-cutters, Shoe- makers, Tailors, Tinsmiths, &c., and if he is satisfied that the Emigrants so being sent are of good character, and snited to the wants of the Province, and in respect of whom the Societies or individuals sending them should receive the Government allowance, he will endorse such certificates in the manner pro- vided for in the " Form of Certificate" referred to. 3rd. Tlie Emigrant on landing at Quebec must present the endorsed certificate to the Emigration Agent for the Province of Ontario, at his office on the Wharf at" Point Levi, who will again endorse the certificate, and give the Emigiant such acj^ice and instructions as he may lequire. 4th. The Emigrant Moving reached the Agency in the Province of Ontario nearest to his intended destination, will then be provided for by the Local Agent, and sent by free pass lor otherwise to where employment is to be had. 6th. At any thne after three jnonths from the date of the endorsement g^^ the certificate at Quebec, and on; proof being furnished.that the Emigrant has ^ during the interval been and st^l is a settler in the Province, the Govern- ment of Ontario will pay to th6 Society or individual! issuing the certificate the sum of six dollars (XI 4s.rfd. stg.) per statute adult. « .. ARCHIBALD McKELLAR. Commimomr. DbPAUTMKNI of AgUICULTUUE and Pir.LR' WOKKS, Toronto, Province of Ontario, 1872. ;«'•'.,)&■/