IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) h // /. &■. '^ jp 1.0 I.I ^ 111^ III 1.6 V] vQ v: y ^ Photographic Sciences Corporation ^ SS f\ <^ \\ m <^\^\ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WFmiP'>,K.\. 14580 (716< j?2.4503 'iJ)^ z xp CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVI/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreprodiictions historiques the Steamer the free luggage allowances are : — For Saloon Passengers twenty cubic feet per adult, for Second Cabin Passengers fifteen cubio feet per adult, and for Steerage Passengers ten cubic feeb per adult, children half allowance. Ten cubic feet is equal to a box about 2ft. Bin. long, 2ft. wide, and 2ft. deep. Five cubio feet is equal to 2ft. 6in. long and 2ft. in widtli and 1ft. in depth. Luggage iu excels of the free allowance is' charged at the rate of Is. per cubic foot. Luggage wanted on the voyage should be put into a trunk or bag, which the passenger will take into the sleeping compartment. Packages required during the voyage should not be more than fifteen inches high. Luggage not wanted on the voyage will be itowed in the hold of the vetisul. There is no fi':ed limit for the size of packages not wanted on the voyage, but it is desirable that no piece of luggage should exceed 2n0 lbs. in weight. On. the Canadian and Avi'vloan Hail/vayt, the free allowance in 150 lbs. per adult. The Canadian Faciiie Railway make an extra allowance to passengers booking to Manitoba and the Canrxiian North- West Territories. Every precaution should be taken for the safety of luggage. lb should not be lost uight of until it is on board the Steamer, and the same vigilance should be used »t the landing port. On arrival at th« }>ort of landing, the luggage is examined by the Customs Officers, and that belonging to passengers lxx>ked inland is " checked " to its destin- ation ; that irt to say :— a metal " tally " with a number stamped on it, is attached to each package, and a corresponding " tally " is handed to the passenger, to present when taking delivery of the property. Before entering the train, passengers should take care to have their luggag* properly checked, and the railway company will then be responsible for it. When changing trains, passengers should see that their luggage is transferred to the train by which they are to travel. Settlers' effects are admitted free of Customs Duty if they com* within the terms of the following clause of the Customs Tariff : — Settlers' Effects, viz : — Wearing apparel, household furniture, professional books, implements and tools of trade, occ\)pation, or employment, which the settler has had in actual use for at least six month* before removal to Canada, musical instruments, domestic sewing miiciiines, live stock, carts, and other vehicles, and agricultural implements in use by the settler for at least one year before his removal to Canada, not to include machinery or articles imported for use in any manufacturing establishment, or for sale, provided that any dutiable article entered as settlers' effects may not be so entered unless brought with the settler on his first arrival, and shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of without payment of duty until after two years' actual use in Canada : provided idso that, under regulations made by the Ministers of Customs, live stock, when imported into Manitoba or the North- West Territory by intending settlers, shall be free, until otherwise ordered by the Governor-in-Council. DURING THE VOYAGE. Passengers should make themselves acquainted with the rules of thi^ sinp as soon as possible after embarking. Copies are hung up in different parts of the ship. Every person is required to be well-behaved and knep himself clean, as this adds much to the comfort and health of all. Any complaint a passenger has to make should be made to the Captain, who will, if possible, remedy the cause of grievance. THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BERTHING of Steerage Passengers are everything that could be desired to make them comfortable. The compartments are warm, well-lighted and welUventilated. An important feature is the separation of the sexes 8 in the sleeping Moommodation. The Liverppol Daily Pt>it hwjn the ■following ftmongst other remarks which appeared on the subject: — " With reference to sleeping aocommodation for males and females, the plan adopted on the Allan liino appears to ub to be the b«)st and if we may be permitted to say so, the only ponsible arrangements, consistent with decency and decorum. The general custom which, ourionsly enough, prevails, is tc place married people and their jfamilies in •q[Mrate cabins. Now in most vessels these oal)in8 are constructed to •ooommodatc about twenty persons, and in some cases twenty-four. Gonaequently from four to six families are put into one cabin. It is only necessary to remember that people undress when they go to bed, and that fathers of families in the process are not different to other people, and for a man to undress in the presence of other men's wives cannot be proper. After a full consideration of tho subject the conclusion is forced upon us that the only proper course is the complete separation of the sezee as to their sleeping, and this is in fact the praotios of the Allan Line alone among the companies of Liverpool." II most, however, be clearly ^understood that the sexes are allowed %o\.^ together at menlB, and at all times except during the hours of sleeping. Fa«engen are provided with an unlimited supply of eooiied food. The provisions are carefully examined by a Government Medical Officer imiDediately before the commencement of each voyage. SILL OF FARE FOR SECOND CABIN PASSENGERS ■OKDAT WOMDAT - TDI8DAT WBDHKSDAT • 1B0B8DAY • mDAY SATVRDAY- • - BREAKFAST. 7-30 A.H. Ooffea and Tea, Fresh KoUa, Butter or MarmalaUv't, Bacon and Kkxs, Iriib btew, Por- ridge. Coffee and Tea, Freeh ;&oUi, Butter or Marmalade, Beef- ■teak and Ontoni, Fried Potatoei, Porridge. Coffee and Tea, Ki'eah BoIU, Butter or Marmivlade. Flih Uaab, Uver and Bacon, Porridge. Coffee and Tea, Fresh Rolls, Butter or Marmalade, Her- ring'), ILinced Collops, Boiled Potatoes, forridge. Coffee and Tea. Fresh KoIIs, Butter or Marmalade, Veal Cntlets, Irish Stew, Porridge. Coffee A Tea, Fresh Bolls, Buttur or Marmalade. Lochline Herrings, Boiled Potatoes, Irith Stew, Porridge. Coffee and Tea, Fresh Bnlls, Butter or Marmalade, Beef- steak and DINNER. HOON. TEA. C P.M. Roup, Roost Beef and Potatoes, Plukles. Plum rndding and Brandy Sauce, Cheese, Dessert. Soup, Corned Beef and Vege- tables, Pickles, I'otatoea, Hot-Pot, Bread and Butter Pudding. Cheese. Soup, Mutton— Roast or Boiled, lieefsteak Pie, Pickles, Pota- toes, Suet Pudding and Sauce, Cheese. Soup, Boast Beef, Boiled Pota- toe.4. Pickles, ting Fish and ^g Sauce, Rice Pudding, Cheese. Snup, Beef— a la mode, Three Decker. Potatoes, Pickles, .'^age Pudding, Cheese. i^oup, Ling Fish and Egg Sauce, Pork niid Beans, veal Pie, Potatoes, Picklea, Suet Pud- ding, Cheese. Soup. Corned Beef, and Vege- tables, ilot-l'ot, Potatoes, Pickles, Tapioca Pudding, Cbeeso. et, I •a J I I I Oulons, Fried Potatoes, Drr Hash, Porridge. NOTJS — The Bill of Fare Oiuy be altered according to cIrenmstanoeB. PaMengen in this class are provided with Beds, Bedding, and neeesiary Utensili, Wash-basins, ftc. aU » STEERAGE BILL OF FARE. SUNDAY • . MONT)AT - • TUESDAY- - WEDNESDAY THURSDAY • FRIDAY - - SATURDAY - BREAKFAST. 7-80 A.M. ■*•«, Mltk •«« Sngftr, KraOi IlolU and Bnltor, Pnrrldg* Kr.d Qoldnn fiyriip, Coffta, MIIV and Rnf«r, Kreiih Rollt and Butter, Ihih stair. Ontraoiil Porridfa and OiJiiaii Byrup, Ooffaa, Mlik and Snirnr, Vraah lUiilaaiid Batter. Coffee, Milk and Snnr, Fir*h ttulli and Butter, Irtch Slew. Coffee, Milk and Sugar, FrR«h UolU and Butter, Oatmenl Porridge and Golden Sjrrup. OittmoKl PnrrldM and Wyrnp, Coffee, Milk and Snirar, Freeh Rolliand Butter. Coffee, Milk aad Sugar, Vreah Roll* and Bnttar, IrUli Stew. DINNER. 19 HOON. Snap, Fraih Meat, Pota- toM, Plain rnvill succeed, backed up by their determination to do well, is certain. The reporter, in conversation with the travellers, found one and all more than satisfied With the manner in which they had been treated since ,/!,.. I mm 12 5 ii m m m their departure from their native land. They declared the arrange- ments on board Bhip were very good, and that, as they had had a com- paratively smooth passage, the voyage had been a very pleasant one. For Mr. StaflFord, the Government Atrent at Quebec, everyone had a good word, deolaring that he was indefatigable in his efforts to make one and all comfortable." The Dominion Lands Intelligence and Guide Office, Winnipeg, under date 12th December, 1890, have issued the following particulars for the information of intending settlers, farm laborers, ordinary laborers, artisans, domestic servants, &c., desirous of emigrating to Manitoba and ihe North-West Territories of Canada, with regard to employ- men* obtainable and the wages which were current for the year 1889. The Province of Manitoba and the North -West Territories are especially adapted for mixed farming, and industriou« agriculturists who come here with a moderate capital are certain of success. This may also be said of farm laborers, who, after having hired out first with some farmer here, and by saving habits having accumulated a little money, will have no difficulty in establishing themselves on a homestead consisting of 160 acres of good free Government land. Our grain and roots can for quality be equalled nowhere. Our cattle fifron the succulent grass of our prairies, obtain a good price both here and on the British markets. Our farm produce, such as pork, butter, cheese, fowls, eggs, &;c., find a ready and profitable market all along our great Railroad highways. Payment of Prbmiitms fob Fabh Pupils in Canada. — The attention of young gentlemen and parents and guardians is' directed to the following remarks in the Official Handbook issued by the Canadian Grovemment, on the subject of paying premiums for learning farming in Canada : — " The question is often asked if it is necessary for young men wislung to take up farms in Canada, but desiring before doing so to acquire a knowledge of agriculture, to pay premiums either to persons in this country or in the Dominion of Canada for that purpose. // may, therefore ^ be plainly stated that no pretaiums are necessary. Strong and healthy young men from 1 8 to 21 years of age, who are prepared to accept for a time the hard work and surroundings more or less inseparable from a farm labourer's life, have no difficulty in getting employment in the spring; and the agents of the Government in Canada will assist them as far as possible in doing so without charge, although, of course, without accepting any direct responsibility. Being without experience, they will not get much wages at the commencement of their employ- ment, but as they acquire skill they will be able to command remuneration in proportion to the value of their wdtk. Great care should be exercised in deciding whether the young men are suited to the life that is proposed. | 13 The " Canadian Gazette " in a recent itwue also drew attention to this subject as follows : — Experience teaches that a young fellow,., whether he possesses capital or not, had far bt>t.ter steer clear of all such inducements. Let him place himself on arrival in Canada under the direction of the authorised agents of the Dominion or Provincial Governments, go to a farmer with a determination to gain a practical knowledge of the ways of the country by working with his hands, and sell his labour for what it will fetch. Everything in the nature of a. premium should be avoided. It is unnecessary, and may be the accompaniment of trouble. If the newcomer has the right stuff in him. he will find plenty of demand for his services without any premium at all, and two or three yiears' experience gained by hard work on a farm will be found the best possible introduction to an independent career. "There is the alternative of a coune at the Ontario Agricultural College (for particulars see p. 59 of the Otiicial Handbook), where an entrance examination in elementary subjects has to be passed. There is also a School of Agripulture at Truro, Nova Scotia, with a farm in connection, where pupils can receive a good practical agricultural education." THE HARVEST IN MANITOBA. AMAZING YIELD. The special correspondent of the Liverpool Courier writing from Swift Current, North- West Territory, during September, 1891, says: — I am travelling across the Manitoban provinces in a long car on a traia which is as crowded, as a train on the Metropolitan Railway after business hours. The majority of my fellow-passengers are wealthy settlers, men of business, and Englishmen like myself, on the way to Japan and China by the new Canadian route. The talk among the Canadians is all of the bountiful harvent. Amongst the Englishmen on the train one hears little, save about ttie marveUous visible resources of theGreatNorth-Westand the teemingsoil. The prairie farmers are still struggling with the colossal wheat fields. For a month past the vast plain has been alive with reapers aiid- threshers, and so lustrous was the moon last night that, as we sjied through this fertile ocean of cornland, the dim forms of the harvestui-s were seen still at work. I have seen miles of grain trains going eastward to the European boats, and our train has passed many other long trains of empty wagons returning for fresh supplies. We pass farms almost blockaded by their own stupendous produce in stacks. I have heard of wheat, yielding thirty-five bushels to the acre, and of oats rising to sixty, and- even to seventy bushels per acre. Twenty millions of dollars from Europe* will be distributed amongst 25,000 farms, all in Canada, and many settlers will become rich this year. The weather is superb, the night light as day, and the day itself warm and doudlesa. u Since I passed tliis way in 1884 many new towns have come into •existence, and hundreds of miles of new country have been settled aud cultivated. Many new settlers from the old country are in the comfortable colonists' car, and we all sleep and live as if in a luxurious hotel on this great travel route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Ottawa, Oct. 14th, 1891. Advices received by the Department of Agriculture report extra- ordinary results of the threshing round Regina, the capital of the North-West Territories. In many places wheat has yielded 48, ,50, and .even 55 bushels to the acre. At Cullom the oat crop has yielded 100 bushels an acre. From all parts of the Province and the Territories, says the Manitoba Free Press, comes the news of great crop yields. At Moo3on?^r. uoout 1,000 bushels of wheat is being raarlceted daily, and as high as 75 cents 'has been paid for loads grading No. 2 hard. Threshing is well advanced. At Pilot Mound stacking will be in progress until the snow falls, and it is thought that owing to the scarcity of threshing outfits much of the threshing will have to stand over until spring. The yield is frequently from thirty to forty bushels to the acre. The same state of affairs is reported at Neepawa. As high as 78 cents has been paid at Minnedosa for No. 1 hard, and 80 cents were offered for more, but the price haa since fallen to 75 cents. At Springhill the wheat is of a fine quality, and is yielding from twenty-six to thirty-three biishels to'the acre. Two Cars daily are being shipped from Hargrave, and most of the Belleview farmers are marketing their wheat at Oak Lake. At Sheppardville, fifty acres yielded 7,766 bushels, and in another case twenty-seven Acres yielded 963 bushels, and other similar yields are reported. From Deloraine reports come that sixty-seven acres yielded 3.300 bushels, or over 49|: bushels per acre, and from the same district reports of from forty to forty-five bushels per acre are common. Major Clark, a member of the Crofters' Colonisation Board, writes in regard to Manitoba and the Great North-West : — Everywhere there is evidence of progress and improvement arising from the best of all sources — the agricultural development of the country. The present positioii of t!iu ranches and the cereal estimates of the present year are but eainests of what the future will be. The train-loads of oatUe which have passed eastwards during the autumn, and the millions of bushels of gnain now awaiting transport, are but samples of future yields. The Canadian Pacific Railway, taxed as it now is to carry the present products t'^, their destinations east a: id wefet, is as yet only doing a sample trade, though it is already earning dividends on the very threshold of the country's possibilities. Settlement goes on surely and steadily. One of the most encottraging features in this matter is the repatriation of so many Canadians from Dakota and neighbouring States of the Union — settlers of the best class who have purcliased their experience dearly in the blizzard belt and to whom Nature has this year accorded a bounteous welcome back to 'Canadian soil. 7!.TC J| T m is ur "f tliid The 1 32,0 ■ exec m hush \'^i^i 15 STATISTICS SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF MANITOBA. 1871. 1882. 1886. 1891. Population of Province 19,000 (55,958 108,640 154,442 Schools in Province : — Protestant 16 150 484 524 Gatholio 17 34 65 96 Educationalgrant from Government ...... none $20,000 $86,000(89)108,969 Railway built — miles., none 65 999 1,365 Railvb'ay Stations ■ none 6 103 149 Post Offices 500 523 ( Manitoba Crop Wheat exports— bus. .. none none 3,000,000) 1890. Flour exports— sacks. . none none 383,600 i 14,665,769 V bushels. From "The Canadian Gazette," October 22nd, 1891. THE EXODUS FROM DAKOTA TO THE CANADIAN NORTH-WEST. There can be no question of the reality of the movement of farmers from the Western States into the Canadian North-West. The Department of Agriculture has received information that over tliree thousand settlers have crossed the boundary from Dakota to Manitolja this season. They all brought large quantities of stock, .and express themselves as thoroughly satisfied with the Canadian North-Wcst. On September 28th a large party of farmers from ^South Dakota arrived at Winnipeg in charge of Captain Holmes, bringing their stock and effects with them. Captain Holmes says they are but the advance guard of many others who are still to come. On September 29th another contingent of South Dakota farmers arrived at Winnipeg, and General- Agent Campbell was advised that another lot wns to leave on the morrow. Those aiTiving on the 29th had banners fastened to their cars, with mottoes in large capitals painted on them, bidding "good-bye" to Dakota, and "ten years' hard labour," ri;i .stating they were bound for the "land of wheat and gi-ain and hay and wood and water and plenty." ONTARIO'S HARVEST. The Bureau of Industries reports that the yield of grain in Ontario is unusually large. Tl»e autumn wheat averages from twenty-five to thirty buahels per acre, weighing sixty to sixty-five pounds the bushel. The crojis of spring and autumn wheat are estimated at over 32,000,000 bushels, or almost one-half more than in 1890. The oat crop exceeds that of 1800 by '22,000,000 bushels, and barley by 500,000 bushels, notwithstanding less acreage. li If »<: it 16 A VISIT TO AMERICA BY THE ALLAH LINE. To the Editor of the " Wigan Examiner.^* Sib, — Indiaposition and other unavoidable causea liave prevented the fulfilment of my long-standing promise to relate in lecture my experi- ence and obuervations during my visits to Ainericii. 'i'he lecture season is past, but as there are many in this and the surrounding districts who contemplate a pleasure trip across the Atlantic, whilst a oonuiderable number of our working people are bent upon emigration, and requests for guidance are from time to time addresseci to nie by both of these classes, it may be an advantage to them if I brictly summarise some of the iuforuiation and suggestions I trust to present to them respecting America more amply in the form of a lecture. First, a word in reply to the enquiry as to the line of steamers. Most unhesitatingly and einphatically I recommend the Allan Line, and for these reasons. The St. Lawrence route is the shortest, safest, cheapest, most comfortable, and most interesting. (1). It is the Shortest. In summer it is only five days and a half ocean sail from Moville, near Londonderry, where the boats take in the Irish mails, 'J'he rest of the passage is in view of^the land and in com- paratively smooth water. (2). It is the Safest. First, because there is much less traffic by this route, and secondly, safety is really and truly the first consideration of the Company. The owners of this Line are not frantically straining every nerve to beat the record by a few minutes, but enforce most rigidly their rule, which I can testify from experience ia observed, that in case of fo<^ the speed must be reduced to dead slow. Auotlier guarantee of extreme carefulness is, I venture to think, afforded by the fact that the steamers are not insured, (3). It is the Cheapest. The Through Fares by this Line to in- land places iii Canada and the Western States are lower than by any other route. Where time is an object, and the desire to sea as well aa to sail, I would recommend the direct route to Quebec. (4). It is the most Comfortable. The absence of the rush and excitement inseparable from a large crowd is no small factor in the restoration of the weak, the over-worked, and the jaded. I have circumnavigated the globe, I have sailed in many ships on many seas, but I never spent a happier week in my life than on board an Allan Steamer. Steerage Passengers will find the accommodation excellent, and the food good and abundant, while for a few shillings they are relieved from the expense, inconvenience, and trouble of providing their own bedding and eating utensils for the voyage. I found every- thing to bo very satisfactory — the accommodation good, and the places well ventilated and airy. (5). It is the most Interesting. The sail through the Gulf and up the river of St Lawrence is exceedhigly fine. The St. i^awreuce m one of the grandest and most interesting rivers in the world. Canada is developing with extraoi-dinary rapidity, and p.tfords a grand field for tlie English emigrant. From all I have heard of the experience of the Wigan colliers who have returned from Pennsylvania, I expect tiiat they would do much better in the coal district of Nova Scotia, but of this I hope to be able to speak with greater confidence after personal observation and enquiry. Ince Vicarage, May 21st, 1890. (CANON) THOS. F. FERGIB. I