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RETURN to an Addhrss of the Honourable The Houm of Commont, dated 9 March 1643;— ^for, CX)PY of any Report or Reports made since the last presented to this House by the Emigration Agents of Cattada, New Brunswick, and New South Wales to the Governors and Ck)uncils of those Colonies. Colonial Office, Downing-street,'] 17 March 1843. J O, W. HOPE. (Mr. Vertum Smith.) Ordered, by The House of ConunonB, to be Printed, 1 7 March 1 843. •i. 1 109. r a ] SCUEDUI. E. i^ CANADA. No. Date. Svwwt. Pmi. ;. Rjght HoMonble Sir ChiriM B^o* i« t6 Jm. ilf» TnmaMat AmmmI Rapor» iT li^ CUtT Agwt LordSttDhf. of EmimtioBortlw PraWnoe oJT Cnadaibrtbe TMriSVa 1 LIST of EicuMvua in th* Report of dM AgMt of Emigratioa : (A.)-.Bipart t iNa.i 184a Four Aid 9 (B.) No. •.— Retuni of the Nainber of EmigrwiU EmbarlMd, with the Nanberof Deethtaed Birtba daring the Veyego and in Quarantint, ihoamig the Total Nvariwr LanMI ia the Cal«qr» dittingaiahiBg MalM fhM FeoHleaiaBdAda]ia(hmChildiwi,withtbeMuBberof VeHcliaad A*eragePaiMce - • i» (B.) No. 3.— Naaaea of Fnrta ftoui which Enigranta came daring the Year 1848 11 (B.) No. 4.— CaBipaiati*e Statenent of the Nunher of Emigranu arrivrd at Qnebee aince the Year iSag. indoairo .................n (B.) Mob 5.— Return of the Numher of Emigranta admitted at the Quarantine Hoapital flrom the lit of MajrtotheCIoaeof the Navittatton^iS^a ............ it (B.) No. 6.— .Diatribution of Emigreiito sn'ived at Qnebee in the Year 1841, aa near aa can be aacertaiaed la (B.) No. 7.— The fellowiag fjat ahowa the Total Naniber of Paopeia and othen irh» received the Manna to Emigrate dmfaig the fear 184a .......13 (B.) No. 8.— Abatract of Average Length of Pamagea made bj Vewelf with Emigianti ftom the United Kingdom to Quebec, during the Year 184* 1^ (B.) No. 9— Eitractt (Voni the aeveral Weekly Reporti made to the Oovemor>Oeneral by the Chief Agent Csr Emigranta at Quebec ..............|^ (B.) No. 10. — Letter from Emigration Agent, reporting Lom of the Emigrant Ship " Jane Bteek " - • *S (B.) No. II. — Latter firoro Emieretion Agent, encloung ASdavit relaliTe to a Breach of Contract, twom to by three F a a ae n g e rt of the Brig " Lively " 94 (B.) Mo. la.— Extract of a Report received Auaa A. B. Hawfce, Eaq., doled Kingiton, 7 December 1841 > 35 (C.)— Letter from the lamc, dated « I December 184a a6 (D). — Letter fhim Medical Superintendent, transmitting Return* relative to sick Emigrants . . • aS (E.)— Letter of Emigration Agent, commeniing on the above yy No 4< NEW BRUNSWICK. a. Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke to Lord :)oJan. 1843 Tranimiu Report* of the Emi^ion Agentt at St. Stanley. John'* and Frcdarteton, Province of New Bruna* wick ........g^ NEW SOUTH WALES. 3. Sir George Oippe to Lord Stanley • a3 May 184* Transmit* Annual Report of the Emigration Agent at Sydney, New South Wale* .... LIST of E>cio*vmB* in Report of th« Emigration Agent of New South Weic* ; (A.>— Return of die Numbtr of Bounty Immigrani* who arrived ir the Colony during the Year 1 841, with the Total Ca*u of their Introduction (B.)— Return of (he Native Cnuntie* of Bounty Immlgranu who arrived in llie Colony in 1 841 , showing the 3> 44 — Kfturn of (he native Ununue* or Bounty immlgranu who arrived in the CoHMiy in 1 V41 , snowing the Number fironi each County, the Aggrecate Number from each of the Subdivision* of Englaiid, Scollandi and Iielsnd ..«•• ....•••...■. ^6 (C.)-Retuia Pmk. - II h II It I* ■ >S d t ■ >4 • •» I • «♦ " 'S • afi • «8 ■ 3» 3» 44 40 iluni [ Hi 3 Paob. (C.)-IUtani of the Ages, Vafirt Goantrict, Keliginn, Edueation, Ac, of the Bounty Imuignnta who *rri«edinlh*ColMydnriiif the Year 1841 48 (D.)— Retoni of the Kumber oT Deatha and Birtha on board Eaalfrant Shipi «Ueh arrived in the Colony ' during the Teari84ii and abo of the Number which occurred in Quaranllne 48 (E.)~R«tam of the Tradea or CaUinga to' which the Bouniar Immigrania, who arrived daring the Tear 1841', proftaaed to belong; ahowing the Number of each Calling, and the Average Rate or Wagea given during the laat Quartet of the Tear •48 (F.V— A Return of the Total Numl>er of Immigranta of all Claaaea, who arrived in the Colony during the Ye«i' 1841 49 (0.)— A Comiumtive Statement of the Taarly Amount of linmigratian daring th« aeveral Taara, fiwa I Januariri838 to 31 December I841 ..•-••--•••-49 Mo. Dati. StmjtcT. 4. Sir Oeo(g» Oippa to Lonl Stanley • ao Sept. 184a Trananila fh»AMiu« Rtfiairi of the CoiMritteo of the Legiihulve Council of New SMith Walea on Iho 8*l^t of hwighition . • . 49 LIST of EiioLoeilikBa, and of the Amii»n m the R«p>»rt tt thb CMmiittM to ImtnigfaUoik t Encloaura, No, 1^— Report of the Committee and Appendix - . . go (A.)— Rauim of Peiaoaa who arrived at Sydney, in Private l^pi, on,Bu«Mty, front 1 Jnfy 1841 to io June 1848 - - -- -57 (B.>— Return of Penona who arrived at Port Phillip, in Private Shipa, on Bounty; ftom 1 July 184! to 30 June 184a -..-.- .....jS (C.)— Return thowing the Amount of Bounty Refuacd, and the Cauae of auch Refuaal, during the Year epdfelg 80 June 1843 • -t 59 (C.a.)— Retnm ef the Number of Surgeona and Offlcera of Idimlgrant Shipa, fttm whom Gratuitiea have beM wholly or piMally withheld; during the Period ttUb t July 1841 to 30 June 1848 - . - • 60 (D.)— RMam of the Number of Penona who arrived in the 6oiony of New Sooth Walea, firom I July 1841 M so Jobe 1:84s t diaiingaiibing thoaa brought out on Bowitj from tboae who dMhryed the Coit or their own Pataaga • - - - - - - •- - - - .-- -60 (B.)--EBtra<)ta IVom Report* from the Immigration Board •-...-•-•(m) (F.>>RaM»n ahowing the Number of Familiea, Single Male*, and Sbigle Feaaaiea, wbw arrived at Sydney, on Bounty, during the Year ending 30 June 1841; with the Number received into Bariacka at the Espik«lbn of the Time allowed for their Slay on board Ship, and the Number remaining in Barradi* on the lut Day of each Month .....-.--..-.68 (F. a.)— Maximum Number* of Immigranta at the Cliarge of or Employed by Govempient for each Month, (ince July 1841 .•.......-.-- ...68 (O.)— Return of the Trade* or Calling* to which the Bounty Immigranta who arrived between i July 1841 and 30 June 1 843, profeated to belong ; ehowing the Number of each Calling, and the Average Rate of Wage* given . ............... 70 (H.) A Return of Crown Land* *old under the Regulation* of 1 Augu*t 1831, he, between i July 1840 and 30 June 184a ...............71 (H.a.) — A Return of Town Allotraenu told under the Regulation* of 1 Auguat 1831, between 1 July 1840 and 30 June 1848 71 (H.b.)— Abatract of the Revenue ariiiog from Crown Land*, from 1 January to 30 Juno 1^43 . - 7a (H. c.) — Abatract of the Revenue ariring IVom Crown Land*, from 1 July to 31 Deew " \84i,beinga continuation of a Return furniahed to the Committee on Immigration m July 1841 . . 7a (H. d. I.)— Abatract of the Revenue arlung from Crown Land*, from 1 July 1841 to 30 Ji iie 1848, with the probable Charge* thereon during the *ame Period ..-.-.--.73 (H. d. 8.)— Return of the Revenue ariting from the Sale of Crown Land*, and of the Amount paid for Immigration, and for other itervice* chargeable thereon, for the Period from 1 January 183* to 30 June 1848 ; apccil^ing alio the Number of Immigrant* brought out at the Public Expcnie during the *ame Period -. • 73 (I.)— Retolution adopted at a Meeting of the Immigration Committee, II Angutt 1848 .... 74 (K.)— Circular Letter *ddre**ed by the Colonial Secretary to Holder* of Conditional Bounty Oidera . 74 (K. a.) —Return ihowing Number of Permiuion* to import Immigrant* on Bounty, granted in the levoral Quarur* of Year* tetween that which ended 31 December 1837, and the Quarter ended 30 June 1840, which Permiiaion* reepectively expired in the leveral Quarter* between that which ended on 31 Decem- ber 183!) and 30 June 184a; thawing atao what Proportion of thoae Permiiaion* waa acted on, and the Proportion not acted on •••-..---..-. .74 (L.)— Daapatcb from Lord Stanley to Governor Sir O. Gippa, reapecting Emigration on Bounty Order* . 75 (M.)— Letter from C. J. Lttrobe, Em., to tlie Cleric of the Council at Sydney, relative to the Demand* of the Colonial* of Melbourne and tne lurrounding Diitrict* for Labour 75 (N.)— Letter fVom Me*«r*. Patierton and Lonadale to C. J. Latrobe, E>q., relative to the Demand for Labourer* in Melbourne and the aurrounding Di*trict* .........77 (O.)— Statement of the Port* fVom which Ve**el* lailed with EmigranU for New South \Vale«, between I July 1841 and 30 June 184*; thowing the N'jmber of Bounty Immigrant*, cluaiiiied according to their Hellgiou* Pcrauuion* -jq (P.)— Return *howinB the Number, daaaified according to their Heligiou* Pertuaniont, of Bounty lmmi> granulandedat Sydney and Port Phillip reapeciively, between I July 1841 and 30 June 184a . .79 (Q.)-Retunt li [ jy ] Paoc. (Q.)— Return of the tidtive Countiei of the Bounty Immigranti who arrived in the Colony between i Jan. 1841 and 30 June 1843 ; thowing the number from each County, and the aggregate Number from each of the grand Subdiviiioni of Kngland, Scotland and Ireland ••.•-...go (R. k S.) — Return of the Ages, Native Countriei, Religion, Education, &c., of the Bounty Immigrant* who arrived in the Colony from I Januiiry 1841 to 30 June 1843 ........go (T.)~Retum of Mortality on board Immigrant Shipa which arrived in Port JacksoD between 1 July 1841 and the present Period ..............ga (U.)— Return of Shipa placed in Quarantine, at Port Jackion, between 1 July 1841 and the preaent Period 83 (V.)— Return of the Amount of Quarantine Expensei charged againit Parties importing Immigrants on Bounty into New South Wales between I January 1841 and 30 April 1843 ..... 83 (W.)— Abstract from the Returns of Commissioners of Crown Lnnds, for the Half Year flrom 1 January to 30 June 1841; showing the Number of Persons occupying Stations beyond the Limits of Location, the PopuUtion, the ^tent of Land under Cultivation, and the Number and Description of Livestock 83 (X.) — Abstract from the Returns of the Commissioners of Crown Lands, for the Half Year, from 1 Jul;^ to 31 December 1841 ; showing the Number of Persons occupying Stations beyond the Limits of Location, the Population, the Extent of Land under Cultivation, and the Number and Description of Live Stock 84 (Y.)— Abstract from the Ketums of the Commissioners of Crown Lands, for the Half Year, flum i January to 30 June 184a ; showing the Number of Persons occupying Stations beyond the Limits of Location, the Population, the Extent of Land under Cultivation, and the Number and Deacription of Live Stock - .••84 (Z.)— Minutes of Evidence taken before the Immigration Committee •.-•...85 Enclosure, No. 3.— Resolutions of the Legislative Council .......... 143 Enclosure, No. 3. — Speech of His Excellency Sir George Oipps, in Council, on Friday, 9 Septemper 1843, on the Resolutions proposed by the Colonial Secretary, in approval of the Report of the Committee on Immigration • 1 44 Note (A.) — Comparative Statement of the Quantity of Specie in the Colony of New South Wales, in the First Quarter of the Year 1841, and in the Second Quarter of 1843 . . . ■ • -156 Return of the Amount of Deposits in the Banks of the Colony (collectively), during the First Qoaiter of the Year 1841, and the Second Quarter of 1843 156 Note (B.) — Return of Land sold in the Colony of New South Wales, in the Years 1838, 1839 and 1840 . 157 Note (C.)—Receipts and Expenditure of the Land Fund of New South Wales, from 1833 to 184a • . 157 ••\ C 1 ] CANADA. > (No. 16.) — No. 1.— ExTiiACTS of a DESPATCH from Governor the Right Honourable Sir Charles Bagot, o.c.b. to Lord Stanley. Government House, Kingston, 26 January 1843. I HAVE the honour herewith to transmit the Annual Report of the Chief Agent of Emigration for the past year, together with the Appendix thereto. As these documents only reached me yesterday, I am unable to offer any obser- vations upon the general subjects to which they relate. As a valuable appendix to these Reports, I have the honour to transmit a copy of a communication from Mr. Hawke, which describes the mode of conducting the business of iiis agency, and furnishes valuable information with regard to the expense of forwarding emigrants. I further add the Report of the Medical Superintendent at the Grosse Isle quarantine station, with Mr. Duchanan's Report thereupon, which will complete the view of the emigration transactions of last season. CANADA. NoTi. Sir C. Bagot to Lord Staulejr, 36 Januar}- 1843. ':i(£.) J T Enclosures in No. 1. (A.) EncI.(A.)inNo. I. OflSce of Her Majesty's Chief Agent — ^-— for the Superintendence of Eniieration to Canada, Sir, Quebec, 31 December 1842. I UAVB the honour to lay before your Excellency, for the information of Her Majesty's Government, the following Report of the emigration to this province during the season of 1B42. It is gratifying to me to be enabled to state, that the expectations which, at the date of the last similar report made to your Excellency, I had found reason to form, have been very fully realiscn ; and that the number of emigrants from the United Kingdom to Canada in the year 1842 has exceeded that r><' any previous year, with the exception, only, of the seasons of 1831 and 1832. On reference to Paper No. 1 of the Appendix to this Report, it will be found that the total number of emigrants landed at this portduring the past season is 44,374 — 614 of them coming within the description of cabin passengers. A comparison of this aggregate with that shown by the returns of the year 1841, will present an increase in favour of the past season, amounting to 16,288 persons. The paper here referred to presents a tabular view of the immigration of the season, divided intl) weekly periods. It distinguishes the adults, the children between 14 and 7 years of age, and those under seven, as well as the males and females ; and it shows, further, the proportion of the whole who were ascertained to liave received parochial, or other assistance, in aid of tlieir removal from the United Kingdom to this country. Pajier No. 2 of the Appendix is an abstract of the records of this department, and shows the total number of emigrant vessels arrived, with an average of their passages from port to port — the number of steerage passengers embarked — the deaths in course of the passage, and in quarantine — and the number landed ; distinguishing, in every case, the udult persons, the children between 14 and 7, and those under seven years old ; and, also, the male from the female, adults, and children. Paper No. 3 furnishes a list of the seaports in the United Kingdom, and the Lower Provinces, whence the immigrants were received, showing, at the same time, the number embarked at these ports, severally, and distinguislung the cabin from the steerage passengers. Tiiis abstract presents tiic aggregate number of emigrants : from England, 12,191 ; Ireland, 3>),632 ; Scotland, 6,00S ; and n-om the Lower Ports fi50. 100. B Paper 1 ' CANADA. No. 1. Sir C. liagoi 10 Lord Stanley, 36 January 1843, a PAPERS RELATING TO EMIGRATION. Paper No. 4 is a comparative statement of the emigration into this provinc! from tho year 1820 to 1842, both inclusive. The total nunil^er arrived within this period of 14 years IS 306,181 ; of whom, had sailed from ports of En^^land and Wales Ireland --..-... Scotland -_.-... Nova Scotia and jwrts on the Continent of Europe Encl.(A.)inNo. I. ue,324 222,416 42,424 0,018 300,181 [I I am under the necessity of referring to a disaster attending the migration of the early part of the season ; but it is subject of sincere gratification to iiie that the year has closed without loss of life by shipwreck, or other casualty, coimcctcd with the voyage from Ein'ope. By the violence of a gale niitun, and at the time of her traversing Lake St, Louik. The Shamrock hud on board at the time upwards of 120 passengers, chiefly English emigrants, with their luggage, and the violence of the explosion was such as to involve the death of 47 of these unfortunate people and of two of the crew ; of the remaining passengers many were seriously injured, and all lost nearly their entire property by the subsequent sinking of the vessel. The boeen in employment on the St. Lawrence and its chain of lakes but few steam-vessels constructed 011 tlie high-pressure principle ; and to this circumstance it may lie owing that the country has had room to congratulate itself on the occurrence of so comparatively small a number of casualties, simi- lar to that of the Shamrock's explosion. The horror which was produced by this accident in all minds brought to reflect on its circumstances, has given rise to a general disposition to see steum-cngincs of all descriptions, but particularly those worked under high pressure, in the propelling of passenger vessels, placed under supt'rvision, and subjected to the regu- lations that woidd seem rcqtiisitc to remove the risk of future disaster, whether from insutii- cient construction, or from in)pro|)er management ; and I have every reason to hope, that with the approval of your Excellency's government, the necessary legislative measures to this end will he duly considered and enacted. It is gratifying to nie to be enabled to report, that the general health of the immigrants of the past year lias been comparatively lightly aftectod by their sea voyage and change of climate. Several cases of severe sickness on the voyage have occurred, and, as I have bad occasion fully to detail, in my weekly reports, one or two instaiiecs of extensive mortality. On the other hand, ihi; favourable passages which a large proportion of the passenger-vessels experienced, and particularly those which arrived in the early part of July, secured to tho passengers a great share of comfort and convenience, and an almost complete exemption from tiisease. The deaths at sea, in the course of the seoson, have amounted to 204 ; those in cjuaruntine to S4 ; and the numljer of those which occurred amongst immigrant patients, admitted into the Marine Hospital of this city, within a short iieriod of their arrival in the country, as will apjiearon reference to I'aper No. ft of the Appenaix, amounted to 32, making a total of 3.'iO. Coni|)arcd with the oggregate emigration of the season, the proportion of deaths will appear to equal 0.78, or somewhat more than 3-fourths jicr 100 souls embarked. The mor- tality occurring amongst emigrants, and particularly that suffered in the course of their passage V PAPERS RELATING TO EMIGRATION. s paggage, is found, trom the returns to which I have already had occasion to refer, to affect, CANADA, ahnost exclusively, young children and infants. That it must remain a difficult task to — — reduce materially the proportion uf infant deaths in the period of the emigrants' outset, No. I . may be admitted ; hut I have every confidence that the operation of the New Passenger Sir C. Bagot to Act will, in some degree at least, have this result. Every regulation tending to secure tne Lord Stanley, parent from privation, anxiety, or discomfort, must bear upon the young child, and moat a6 January 1843, directly upon the infant ; and it may not be unreasonable to hope, therefore, that the next — — -^ year's returns will show an improvement under this point of view ; permitting comparison End. (A.) in No. with those manifest ameUoratians in every other respect which have been effected through legislative interposition, ar.d the systematic attention to which emigration from the United Kingdom is now subject. The periodical report of the medical superintendent of the quarantine establishment at Orosse Isle has been rendered to your Excellency, in the most detailed form ; and a copy has been fiirnishcd to me also by Dr. Douglas, under instructions from the Chief Secre- tary. This document shows that the medical treatment of the immigrants, and the general management of the institution, have been productive of the most satisfactory results. Of a total number of 48B persons admitted in the course of the season into the hospital wards, of whom !i40 were cases of fever and 56 of small-pox, there were discharged, cured or con- valescent, 434; the deaths, compared with the admissions, being, consequently, 11 per cent. only. Compared with the total number of immigrants arrived in the course of the season, tliis proportion of deaths amounts to 0.1*i, or considerably less than 1-ninth per cent., showing an improvement in the results of the hospital treatment, even over the year 1641, and admitting a roost favourable comparison with every previous season. At the Marine Hospital the patients admitted have been 312, of wnom the cured and conva- lescent amounted to 280 ; the deaths being as 10.25 to 100. By a reference to Dr. Dou- glas's abstract of admissions to hospital at Grosse Isle, appended to his report, it will l>e found that the proportion of cases comprehended within the various types of fever has been very large, including almost all the cases of disease affecting adult persons. Amongst children, small-pox and measles appear to have been the most extensively active forms of disease ; and these had, doubtless, been the chief causes of the numerous deaths which occurred, on the sea voyage, in this class of the immigration. More than one creditable statement has been made to me to the effect that the introduction of cases of evident small-pox 1ms taken place on board passenger-ships at the time of embarkation, with the almost certain prospect of general contagion. Indeed, the frequent recurrence of cases of this kind is notorious ; and I am led, therefore, to venture to suggest to your Excellency's government, whetlier or not some provision for a medical inspection of steerage passengers, at least as iiir as the chief ports of embarkation are concerned, tnight not be made, with a prospect of the prevention of contagious disease in that most fatal held for its action, the crowded emigrant vessel. The number of cases of infringement of the law by masters of emigrant vessels which have occurred in Uie course of the season, show that the, complete abatement of the evils against which the Imperial Acts for the protection of passengers were framed, was not to be effected unless by the most persevering enforcement of these enactments. For although in some of the cases in which it has become my duty to direct prosecution there may have appeared room to admit ignorance of the law as an excuse for the offence, in by far the larger proportion of instances, I have had no reason to doubt that a deliberate consideration of tne chances of gain, and the risks of penalty, has resulted in the attempt to evade the law, and set its supporters at defiance. With tnis experience, I am forced to a conviction of the necessity ol permitting no future infringement of the regulations for the protection of the emigrant to pass unaccompanied by the infliction of the severest penalty upon his oppressor. The collector of customs at this port has been under the necessity of enforcing tiic penalty in no less than seven coses of vessels found to have carried a number of passengers exceeding the amount permitted by the law, in proportion to their tonnage. The cases also in which it has become my duty to institute prosecutions fur infringement of the Passenger Act, have been, I regret to say, much more numerous than in former years. In consequence of instructions, received through the Chief Secretary, in the latter part of June lust, to the cfiect that the enactments regulating the superficial space between decks ol vessels conveying emigrants should be strictly enforced, I lodged in the hands of the Crown law officers, at different times, the information necessary tor founding proceedings against the following vessels ; viz. The Mary - - - Jane Melvuiue Thomas &i Hannah Bruce ... Lively • - - Joseph Green Exile . - - Springhill Dumfriesshire Independence Lord Scatou Droiuahair - - from Lverpool. „ Lc ndonderry. „ Di'.to. „ VVestport. „ Gulway. „ Thurso. „ Belfast. „ Donegal. „ Belfast. „ Ditto. „ Sligo. „ Ditto. 109. D 3 TllO Ij *r.«? PAPERS RELATING TO EMIGRATION. CANADA. The masters of eight of these vessels were severally convicted in the penalty of 20/. — . sterling. The cases m which the last four enumerated in the list are involved, owine to No. I. legal difficulties, encountered in their prosecution, and which have been already fully Sir C. BiKOt to reported to your Excellency, remain yet undecided. Lord Stanley, The master^ of the brigs Tottenham and Leo, the former from Ross, the latter from i6 January 1843. Wexford, I procured to be fined under the provincial enactment, which renders it penal in —^-^-— the master of the vessel to remove the berthing of his passengers previously to arrival in End. (A.) in No.), port; and under the same enactment, , master of the ship Mountaineer, from Liverpool, was, on prosecution, fined in the sum of 5 ». currency m each of 20 cases of removal of the berthing of passengers in his vessel. The amount of these penalties has been duly accounted for to tiic collector of Her Majesty's customs at this port. The master of the Mountaineer was further prosecuted, upon the charges of having issued impure and unwholesome water to his passengers, and of having exacted exorbitant prices for the provisions sold by him to them in the course of the voyage ; and the court, upc:? the evidence adduced, tiiought fit to award ()enalties for each infraction of the law. The Mountaineer was reported by me on the 27th August as having landed her large number of passengers in the worst condition, from the joint effects of disease and scarcity of food. Her paitsage had extended to (18 days; and 32 deaths had occurred among 511 souls embarked on board of her. The brig Mary, , master, from Liverpool, also was reported by me on the 2d July, as having arrived with 213 passengers in the most distressed state of disease and suH'ering. Five deaths had occurred previously to her arrival at the quarantine station, and two more immediately afler ; while a6 cases of typhus required hospital treatment. The medical superintendent at Grosse Isle has, in his report, fully dr-tailed the condition of these vessels on their arrival there, and exposed the gross negli- feiice by whic"' disaster, so extensive as these roses exhibit, was permitted. There have een, I regret u suy, frequent instances of neglect 011 the part of ship-masters towards their passengers. 1 , is u satisfaction to me, however, to be enabled to report these two vcs^eln only as cases of an aggravated nature ; very gencmlly the passenger-sliips exhibit improve- ment in their nianugenipnt ; and numerous instances of considerate attention and humane conduct in their commanders have come under my immediate observation. Among the cases of pn)tcction atforded by the department in my charge to immi^rniits subjected to wrong 011 the part of the owners of passenger ships, I have particularly to notice that of the brig Lively, fn)m Oalway, with 192 pussengers. These people had enga(;ed their passages to St. John's, New Brunswick, and were brought to this port in open violation cf their agreement. Immediately on obtaining; a knowledge of the circum- stances, and ascertaininf; the correctness of the statements of those interested, I caused the institution of proceedings af;ninst the vessel; and I am required injustice to add, that tho master, who, it npjiemed, hud been appointed to the command within u few days only of her sailing, and who wns consequently not involved in the imposition, showed immediate willingness to iiidomnify liiose of^ the jiassengers who were contented to remain at this port, and every nlucrity in tiie procuring ol^ means of conveyance for those persevering in their original intention. ! niii happy to be enabled to say, that although cases of thisxiescriptioii of fraud ;ire known to linve occurred numerously in former years, the ]ienalties to which thu parties coiieenie'■ a laiiiiiy iroiii u iiniisii port lo me snores (•I the St. LiiMriiice; uiiil the facilities in the provision of passages, ami for eniburkatioii, which the inteiest of the owners and 'harterers of shipping employed 111 the trade of this country leads ihein to olli-r, even to the least intelligent, have, for iiiunv years past, led to Canada, rather than any other coli'iiy of the empire, a great share of the most destitute of thu4u PAPERS RELATING TO EMIGRATION. those whose thoughts tend towards emigratioii. So long as similar causes shall operate, CANADA>' the same result must be experienced ; and your Excellency is, therefore, doubtless, prepared ^'~' to learn, that although the province has been the resort, in the course of the pant season No. I . of such a number of immigrants of property, and superior intelligence, as considerably to Sir C. Bagot to exceed the accessions of the previous year, the increased number which the returns now ^^ Stanley, transmitted nhow, as the agEregate arrivals, may be assumed to arise, chiefly, if not alto- "" January 1843. gether, from an increase in the numbers of the poorest and most destitute classes. It is on . this description of persons that d<.oeption may be most easily practised previously to their Encl.(A.)iu No. I, embarkation ; and it is these, who from their deficient education, and careless habits, may be permitted, by negligent superintendence, to suffer tlie most fatally on their voyage. Their limited means rarely extend to the provision of all that their immigration demands, and it is to them, and to their wants, therefore, that attention is most frequently required to be paid, as well on their landing at this port, as in their attempts to reach sources of per- manent subsistence. I regret to say, that of the poorer classes of the year's immigration, a small proportion only have been exempt from suffering and privation on their voyage; and I have reason to know that it has been only through the assistance afforded them by til is department, under your Excellency's instructions, that continued distress and discou- rugemeat have been prevented from attending their course subsequently to arrival within the province. The passengers by the ships Bowling, Wexford, Harper, and Renfrewshire, from Glasgow, 040 in number^ were of the class of manufacturing operatives, and having embarked under circumstances of extreme poverty, had probably evaded the law prescribing the stock of provisions which shall be taken on board for the Quebec voyage ; for before the expiration uf their passage, in no case exceeding 58 days, they were already under privation, from the exhaustion oftheir stores ; and on arrival here it became necessary to supply them with food for their immediate support. The brig Percival, from Cork, occupied only fi5 days on the voyage to Quebec, yet the stores of the passengers, 140 in number, had been some time before wholly exhausted, and the vessel compellc' '•> put into Sydney, Cape Breton, for a n iiewed supply. The passengers by the Compton, from Liverpool, in a passage of 63 days, and tlie Ayr- shire, trom Mewry and Dublin, in &1 days, were likewise short of provisions previously to arrival ; and it is probable that in many cases which, from the natural desire of the parties to conceal their own evasion of the law or their want of economy, did not come so plainly before me, there had been short supplies laid in for the voyage, und consequent exposure to distress. The operation of the New Passenger Act of the Imperial Legislature, I have every confidence, will wholly remove the possiuility of a recurrence of similar cases ; for the clause which enacts that the ship shall provide and issue a supply of bread, or its sub- stitutes (sufficient alone tu obviate want), promises to be found capable of enforcement by the emigration agents at the ports of embarkation, without the practical difliculties that must have been atteiulunt 011 every attempt to carry out the terms of the former law. Pa[)cr No. 8 of the Appendix affords an abstract return of the voyages performed by the passenger-ships which have arrived from British and Irish ports, in the St. Lawrence, in the course of the season. It is divided into semi-monthly periods, which very plainly show sluirter aveniges for thi- early portion of the season than lor the months of July and August. The vessels sailing alter this latter |)eriod appear to have had passages equal to those of the spring ; but as the u'.ituinn is the least liivuurable time of the year for the arrival of the mmiigrant on these shores, whether his ciii])loyinent or his health be the subject considered, it is between the spring and the summer passages that the compnrifcon remams to be drawn ; niid there is evidence in this table to show that the months of April and May ore those in the coinse of which the depurtun; of the emigrant ought by all means to take ])lace. The statement which will be found in Paper No. »l,at page 12 of the Anoemlix, is a com- pilation of the returns that I have received throughout the season, from Mr. Ilawke, chief uneiit for (.'annda West, us well us the local agents of the department in both sections of the province, of the distribution of the emigrants of the yi'iir. It is unnecessary for iiie to leinark, in refefeiue to this statement, that the means of being strictly accumto have not existed within my reach ; I may, however, add, that I have no reason to doubt th'j general correctness of all the returns on which it is founded, or the justness of the result which it presents. The great bwly of the immigrants, it is gratifying to hud, have temuiiied inhabitants of the province, and settled in the Western Section ; the iiumlicr of those ascertained to have resorted to the I'nitrd States, together with an addition to cover probable defect in the letuni, being not more thit-.i 'JiOUO, On the other hand, although the iinmitrrution which this country has received, through tie United States, is supposed by Mr. Ilawke (see page 24 of the Appciulix,) to be about 0,O(Ml souls, I have grounds for believing that, taking the entire province into view, it has been considerably more extensive, und that the total accession to the population of Canada, in the course ut the year, must have been at least &(i,(i(Hi. This inffiix, consistirg us I have already had occasion to show, in great pro])ortion of a luiHiiiniig ciuss, forced iiy want of resources to seek early employment, may be suppy weekly reports, made up with a view to show the uumoer of immigrants whose removal to this country has taken place tliniugh the intervention of parish authorities iu England, or by the aid of landlords and charitable societies in Ireluud aud Scotland. Of these 831 persons, as shown by the abstract, received, Utidcr my inspection, the amount of aid promised to be furnished them on landing in thiscountry, viz. 1 1, sterling fur each adult, and for children in projioilioii. The remainder of the families brought within this classification up|>eared, to the extent of till' greater numbtr, tn have received, on departure from Orcat Uritain, some assistance in addition to tiiu cost of tiieir pn-ssugi; luul provisions. But tlie best information I could obtain left it doubtful whether tiiere were not many who had received nothing beyond the menus of transport to tills place. The Scottish immigraiiU included in the list, are those already alluded to as constituting two or three societies for the purpose of mutual relief. Tlicw societies hud received some aid from charitably disposed persons in Scotland ; yet with this and their joint means, the members were laiide, made in the course of its lust Session, for the purpose (if afl()rdiiig rcliiT to destitute immigrants on orrival in this country, was 3,000/. stti'liiig; and a further u|ipr<>priati(iii, by tlii' same authority, has made available, for meeting the ex|)enses of the agencies of the emigrant (lri>artnient, a sum of 1,.'V00/. sterling. These topther constitute u siiiu of T,->-2il. As. .">,'f".ns "of the v-ar lliroutjliout the entire province, and to bring into one \iew the total expense^" that have been incurred. Tlie i'X|N'nditiirr involved In the assistance, lliroii:;h donations of provisions and neees- Mirli's.aiid the tiunsport "ilaiid of the more di'stiliiti- classes of the year's ininiigratlon, liiui limoniiled, in the nugreuute, to ll,.llo/. I I ». J /. T .«. 7 (/. ; the an. omit paid liir trans|>ort, rhietly on the mam line of inteiior comnuinication, has been H,»a4 /. I t. :i (/. ; and the cliuruis for medical assistance have lieiii 1,1.) 1 /. fi *. I '/. In the course ol the past -eusoii, have Ix-en erected various biiildintis lor the lodging of nrttly-orrived imnii^raiil", and n» h^ispitul-t for the sick, at Montreal, Kinustun, and Toronto, involving a coiitiiment 1 x|Mnw amoiinlnm to /Hi/, ft ». Hi/.; and lastly, there has been |mid, as salaritsaiid contingent dislinrsenieiits (pf the chief Utfeut, and ugents of the dt|milni(iil at Kinu''iHn, M..iitiral, Toronto, Hylouii, Haniiltcm, I'ort St. I'luncis, and (■■ihiitirg, n total of 1,1171 /. 1 1 .«. Mxl. The eninu ex|)endiluie of the depaituient, hir the v.nf iHH'i, !i,.vihv l-fTn i li.Trt-J .'. 1! s. 1! tru('ted sea-going boat being now maintained at this port, can scarcely recur), 500/., and by the difference between , the cost of the pennanent buildings erected in IHii, ^t^■ll. !is. lid., and the estimate for iiccfssHry rcjiairs in the ensuing season, IHii/. .'xf. \ld., liOO /., will show a sum of about 12,1100/,, lialifiix currency, which 1 would respettfully submit to your Excellency's consi- deratimi »s the c\|itiise to which tliis dc pai'tiiRiit may lie sulijccted up to the close of 1843. The ciiiigniiit tux, which, under thr continued o])eiatioii of the Act, may be ex|)ected to Im" collected in the course of the season, luiiHt bear u similar proportion to the numbers of the iiiiinigmtion, as hitherto. If this resource, tlieicfoie, be set ilowii at u probable amount of h,,'i00 /., there will renuiiii a sum ol about 4,ooo /. unprovided for; and as the balance rcmainiiig of the last year's ap|iroprintioii is compaiativitlv trifling, while there is reason to liar tluit tin- estimnteil limits of the next season's liabilitieH may prove to have Ixen too niiu'li curtailed, I am led to hope that the uiunt of the Imperial Legislature, wliU'li will be made in lieu ol the paviiients originally coiiteiiipluted ill the passage of the Eniittnint 'I'ax Bill, will not lie less lluiii the ainouiit voted last year, viz. .■),()(I0 /. sterling. I am indi'lited to llel' iMiijesly's Coiisiil at New York lor the means of stating the number of emigrants from the I'liited Kingdom landed ut that port in the course of the past year, nt OI.hihi. This return shows an increase over the arrivals of the previous season, Hnioiiiiting to lll.ilill persons. I have, through the same ehannel, nbtuineil iiiforimitioii of the number of |K'rsoiis who have saileil from New York to (ireat Britain and Ireland in 1H4'J, and it will l>i- iiuiller of surprise that so lar;^e a pinporlion as 0,."i21 |M'rsons within one year should have found themselves coinptdled to return tVoin the United States to illeir native country. The condition of viitiiiil bankruptcy to which so many of the state governments of the Union ui'i' at the p'.seiit moment reduced, has produced a total interruption in the progress -,4 ..I . 1.1 „l. A. .1 .:.-.„ .1 ; ,. - «1 . -i ; l.,.»l. Ill itiiiitmi ,-vri' jdiiiiii' niMK. f\\ me r'liiiic tiimr nn'ir esisin iiic* nt'vfusfc iirpit:ri.M»i, ..i m..h» the trade and the ntnculture ol that country j and the greatest exertions of American cnter- piise ate insiillieii III (llerliially to siippoit IIk' iintuward cireiimstuiices of the times. The result IS appureiit in the destitution lorced iiihiii the lalxiuniig classes of iminigraiits, rtuiiity for industry to lay by n portion of its earnings. Kveii in the cuscs of ponie very rrtently arrived immigrants, who had obtained employment on the roads or ciimuIh of the province, funds have been saved tor this |iiir|K)S(', or ilepositcd in the savings banks. But I nni irquirrd pointtdly to remark, that it is ninnual labour chiefly which, in this ccjuntry, oblaiim superior rrmuneralidn. Tlieie arc t^oiiic descriptions of pcrs-oiiH who cannot bciictit thenischcs by resorling to it, at least ill the |ireseiit time; and niiiiiV nuifl, ill fo |HiFr(l or iiiconipclcnt to devote tlicinseUes to bodily labour, expe- rience miicli (li^tresK and disappointinciit ; and may be emphatically warned of the error of emigrating to this coiinliy. 'lo tlioKC wlio^o cbjrct is settlcn.rnt, and the cultivation ofluiiii, fins country continues to promise very ci rtiiiii mcccss. The icduced prices borne by agricultimil protluce would sci'iii to take liway from the profits to be realized by the i'aniiir who brin);siiitii application his own iiMiimnI labour only ; but llicrr are few who ilr not require the assistance of others in i-iibdning the forest, or ciiltivntinu the improved (atni ; and since both this ussistanci', us Will as all the llcc(•Hs«ric^ of lilc ie(|iiireif to be purchased, may now be obtaini'd more cliciijily than formerly, it may be assumed that the settler, even on tlii' most liiiiited scale, Coiitiiiues to have bejore him uniple encouragement. In the cuse of those who i'i)iitem)ilute the luring of lalxjuieis for the pi riorinance of inoro extensive works of iaiprovemcnt, the circumstance* PAPERS RELATING TO EMIGRATION. 9 circumstances of the country will appear decidedly more advantageous than hitherto. The CANADA. high value of labour, and the occasional difficulty experienced in procuring full assistance — at the seasons in which agricultural undertakings might require it, have operated to prevent Ko. 1 . the investment of extensive capital in this way. Henceforth it may be found, that the Sir C. Bagoi to expenses of farming being reduced correspondmgly with its returns, the result continues Lonl Stanley, equally favourable, while greater facilities in the procuring of agricultural labourers permit s6 January 1843. its bemg conducted on a scale not hitherto reached, and render it an employment more — — nearly correspondent in its character to that of the extensive farmer of Great Britain or Eiicl.(A.)iDNo. 1. Ireland. Lands, both wild and under partial improvement, are offered for sale, to a large extent, in every section of the province. The several land companies, and many private individuals, offer lands for sale on liberal and advantageous terms, and their agencies are established at nil the principal towns, for the ready reference of persons desirous of purchasing. The Crown also oners for sale extensive tracts in both sections of the province ; those in Canada ' West at St. per acre, those in Canada East at 4«. and 0*. per acre, according to situation. The districts which have been opened by roads of access, and placed under a system ivhich offers to each efficient settler a free grant of 60 acres of land, continue to hold out to immigrants of enterprise a further resource on their arrival in this country. The class of the immigrants who possess the means of support for the period which must necessarily intervene between their establishment and the realization of their returns, but who have not, perhaps, sufficient funds to meet, at the same time, the payment of the price of lai. J, must find material advantages under these arrangements, which leave their entire resources to be devoted to the purposes of their settlement. Having thus brought before your Excellency every matter connected with this depart- ment which has appearr-* *o be worthy of notice during the past season, I have the honour to conclude by requesting your Excellency will be pleased to transmit this Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, for the information of Her Majesty's Government. I have, dec. The Right hc.i. Sir C. Bagot,! (signed) A. C. Buchanan, tec. &c. &c. J Chief Agent. (B.) — No. 1. — The foUowing Statiiisnt ihowi tlia WetUy ArrivaU of EuiaBiKTa at Qtubte uJ Montrtal, during the Yoar 18M, •pccifylDg Um Number of AdulU, Main and Femaln ; alto the Male and Female CliUdren un^er Fourteen and 8«ren, a> well aa tbe Number of Volunlary Emigrant!, and tliOM that rcceif ed Paroclilal Aid. (In tblt Return the Death! on the Voyage and In lloapltal an deducted.) WEEK E.NDINQ Adultii Under 14 Ycare. Under 7 Yean. Parochial Aid. Volun- Ury. Total each Week. M. F. M. F. M. F. I'nini Dth lo Sfllh May • 4«« 310 80 61 138 88 868 00) 1,160 - SlittolieihMay a,ui4 I.ISII 8M sao 480 480 86 4,846 4,070 4 June 3,163 l,.'i4M 307 887 677 617 118 6,877 6,380 11 - - • !l,00« l,44ll 379 301 030 408 736 4,480 5,816 \» - . ■ 1,110 7Ufi 817 140 376 8*6 387 8,400 8,787 sa - . . l,!lll IlliO 108 i:>3 888 864 8,004 8,UU4 •JJuIt a.iiu l.WW 338 387 40(1 660 308 6,840 6,648 11 - S,7M 11,1411 441) 463 074 700 477 0,710 7,187 sa - UlU 1141) 71 Al 71 03 38 783 881 81 - - ■ ':. 183 40 38 67 48 Wl 084 747 13 Aiiguit - 4.M V(<0 81 80 187 114 84(4 MM VO - «M !i04 &0 40 07 07 , 008 008 S7 - - ■ fi44 370 m 81 110 183 16 1,313 1,388 »t|ittinlifr fiOu 4 17 - 41)3 MO 83 81 187 133 (HI 1,103 1,10:) » 1 Oitobf r - 384 iJlW Ul 77 ua 100 7 1)86 003 lo - im 101 (W AO 78 75 16 037 058 u NoKBibcr 7il ao 14 11 11 10 147 147 • ' ^ 17,173 18,38H ■um 8,688 4,688 4,187 8 680 41,831 43,700 Cabii 1 Tauengi ri 11.... . 614 huta End. (B.) in N*. I. Einlgnnt Department, °| Quabw, 91 Dfctmher 1848./ 109. A, C, BucSannn, Chief Agent. 10 PAPERS RELATING TO EMIGRATION. CANADA. nT"i; SirC. Buotto Lord Stanlej. 36 January 1B43. End. (B.) in No. 1. o I I CO CO ^ t^ ^ .JT « 01 IM ^ (H A A a ! i § 1 w « > 1 CO 00 Ml c« OS r^ Pu t>. .( 3( go a 5 U5 CO CO e< & t» t>. V) c^ * u 00 ffi >n M ^ $ eo 00 p tu 0. ♦ "5 % r» « c< CI i FN a 5 ui t£ 00 ^ CO CO 00 c« CO g 1 « « eo w» fe CO ^ to •n t- a 0< •* cT 1 - 1 bu % .4 u> JB « »-• e» o> ■*■ ^ & r-i h M s to > 1 »- a s a c« .s| •o 1 h^ ;i t- 5 1 a % Q CO ■«• 1 3t s CO *q u^ 0. "3 C4 ^ « c< 3 CI ^ „, •♦ a a 00 *1 »o ki i ■^ 1 1 ei -^ •*• " ■ 3> c CO ^ 00 •o »o Cl a CI t « rC •* •^ ■ilniij •> »o t-. « 1 alai»V £ ^ ♦ 1 1 ■•''!Mi) J" J»95 94 578 1.035 5,8»3 39 1 1.173 1.807 >3 7 3» 101 90 4 84 318 la.igi 34 198 4,636 1,875 871 3,081 409 308 877 4,031 3,300 Ireland— eoa/MKfti. Newport . . . . New Ross • - • . Newry . . . . Sligo Tralee . . . . Westpo,39l 34 63 85.533 495 37 33 ;* 164 3.797 3 646 150 193 443 »3 ao8 6,09s 534 33 656 A. C. Buchanan, Chief Agent. — (U.) No. 4. — COMPARATIVE STATF.MF.yT of the NiimlHT of Kiiir.i L. KiiRtuixl auU Walci II,,VB (1,701) I(VM:i|17,4»«1' 6,10t< (I,71i0 ,1,0(17 13,1«8 .'■,S80 000 I,u80 4,M1 fi,!)70 12,101 011,021 Irelttijil ..... 11,(114 iH,noo ;i4,lii.i '-iH.idl ia,(ii;i MI,-i(HI 7,1IW li,r.no I4,.'>3t< i,4ai •MIS ltl,i))l 18,1)17 •ii,.-,M 222,410 Hcutluul • . . . •ifiti\ •i,iM .■.,iV.4 6,ulNI 4,11X1 4,.',U1 3,127 2,334 l,ftOl) r,47 48.'-| 1,144 fl,.,iO (1,00.-, 42,421 Nnv Uruimwlrk «iiil Niiv» Soo. tiu, iiiid |M>rts oil tlie lliver Ht. Ijiwrfitco ... 13n 461 4il4 bM av, llilO 3-iA a:l.-. 274 373 3&> 3)3 24U .wll 4,018 CoiilliicnUl portt • - • - - • - 16 ■ ■ • - - • 4W - • - - - - ■ - - - - - ODD t.'.SU:, tIK.IKHI .•.il.'i'ii • .•.1,7411 'J1.7,Vi ;lo.',)!lj l3„-,47 27.773 21,!H)1 .1,'Mll 7,4!W 23,3:14 38,08(1 44,;)74 0(10,181 Kniigntnt Departnipnl, (luib«,1 31 Ui-ct'mber 1843. / A. C. Huchuiian, Cblof A|{eiit. i<»!). c 3 la PAPERS RELATING TO EMIGRATION. CANADA. No. 1. Sir C. BiBut to Lofd Stanley, a6 January 1843. EDcl.(B.)inMo. I. — (B.) No. 5. — RETURN of the Number of Emiokadt* admitted at the Quarantine Hospital fWmi the lit of May to the doie of the NaTigation, 184s. Men • . ■ 1 Women • • - - - • •) Children J ADMITTED. 488 BISCHARGID. 434 DIED. 54 EMIGRANTS admitted to the Marine Hoipital in Quebec during the lame Period. Quebec, 31 December : Men • Women Children Emigrant Department, \ 1849./ ADMITTED. 31a DHCIIARCED. a8o DIED. sa A, C. Buchanan, Chief Agent. — (B.)No. 6.— DISTRIBUTION of EMionAiiTt arrived at Quebec in the year 1849, u near at can be ascertained. CakadA, East : City and district of Quebec District of Three Rivers and St. Francis, including the eastern townships City and district of Montreal, including Beauhamois, St. Andrews, and Grenville ........... Canada, West ; Ottawa and Bathurst districts, and along the line of the Rideau Canal, including Bytown .......... The Eastern and Johnstown districts, and along the route of ihe St. Lawrence The Midland, Victoria and Prince Edward's Island districts, and up the Bay of Quinte, and in the vicinity uf Kingston . . . . Landed at Cobourg, Port Hope, Windsor, Darlington, and settled in the Newcastle district Landed at Toronto, and settled in the Home and Gore districts Nis|ipara district, including St. Catherine's and along the Welland Canal - The Huron tract and in the London district ..... Went to New Brunswick and Prince Edward's Island, and to ports of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence ........ Supposed to liave gone to the United Slates ..... Kctumed to the United Kingdom Distribution unknown 500 J, 100 5,000 fl,6oo 3.500 2,«50 J.6iO 15,800 3.700 1.500 900 9,500 100 414 37.774 it • • - 44.374 migrant Department, \ Qutbec, 31 December 1849./ A. C. Buchanan, Chief Agent. PAPERS RELATING TO EMIGRATION. »3 ■^ — (B.) No. 7.— CANADA. NoTl. Sir C. Bagot to Lord Stanley, The following List ihows the Tout Number of Paupers and others who received the Means to 96 January 1843. Emigrate during the Year 1843. - '^^ _________ Encl.(B.}inNo.i' WHERE FROM. DATE of ARRIVAL. ENGLISH. IRISH. SCOTCH. VESSELS- NAUE8. PoorLsw Conmit. ■ioucn. Puith ■BitPrlratc Fuadt. Undlordt ind Piiv*t« Fundt. SocistiM tnJoilwr fumb. John Bell New Ross - 11 May • • • »9 ^__ Tottenham Ditto - 90 - - 30 .«. Prince George London 90 - 919 — Belle Padstow 34 - «9 — Edward • Plymouth - 38 - 6 — Vittoria - Fowey 39 - >4 — R. Adelaide Ditto . . . 39 - 9 -_ Spermacetti Plymouth - 99 - - 16 _ Emmanuel Bristol 3» - >9 — Lord Canterbury Ditto • 3 June - 54 ^ Bowlin Glasgow 6 - . • " 130 Harper Ditto . . - 9 - . «9 Heniirewshire Ditto - 10 - . • ■ 568 Voluna Padstow 7 - 8 M. Bryan Abbs Limerick 13 - • • 104 _— Irvine Bristol 16 - 39 ^ Puiey Hall Coves • 16 - 171 — Minstrel • Liverpool - 16 - 30 — Dependent Bridgwater - 97 - 59 — Ayrshire - Newryand Dublin 30 - ■ • 69 — Orbit London 1 July 194 — Traveller • Dublin 5 - - S» — Sapphire - Limerick 5 - - 43 — Arcturus • London 5 - 48 — Wexford • Glasgow &;Greenocl t 6 - • • • 130 Independence Belfast C - - 158 — Hope L'merick 9 - • 47 -_ Joseph Green ■ Thurso 17 - - . 38 Mary London 3» - 13 ^ Pactolus • Glasgow 3 Aug. . - • 5» Euphrosyne Bristol 35 - '5 — City of Watcrfon il - Liverpool 38 - 5 — Princess Royal • Carmorihen - 99 - 4 _ Susan London 9 Sept. • 80 — Elixa Ditto • 17 - 60 — Roscberry Ditto - 9G - 7 — Adelaide ■ ■ Liverpool 19 Oct. - 8 — John and Mary • Padstow 19 - - 7 — 831 948 504 94O Total Emigrant Dq)arlraent, Quebec,! 31 December 1848. / 109. C3 9,5«9 A. C. Buchanan, Chief Agent. M PAPERS RELATING TO EMIGRATION. CANADA. nT*!. Sir C. Busot to Lord Stanley, SC Juiutry 1843. ~(B.)No. 8 ABSTllACT of Average Length of PAssAOEg made by Vessels witli Emigrants from the United Kingdom to Quebec, during the Year 1843. End. (B.) in No. 1. DATS or SAILINQ tHOU TUB UNITED KINOOOM. March April May June July August September 38 to 31 1 to 15 16 to 30 » to 15 16 to 31 I to 15 16 to 30 1 10 15 16 to 31 1 to 15 16 to 31 1 to 15 16 to 30 ■ED NUMBER OF SHORTEST LONGEST AVERAOB VESSELS. PASSAOR. PASSAGE. PASSAGE. . 3 4* 54 48 1 • C4 3a 61 47 - 49 40 70 44.'. • 4» 39 6a 471 • 30 3* 50 40 - ag 18 77 4a - 83 39 70 58 ■ • 11 40 6a 5> - »5 33 66 48 • "7 4« 7« 47 J - «7 35 54 46 - 4 38 4C ♦'* • 9 30 35 3»| Average • Emigrant Department, Quebec,! 31 December 1843. J 46 days. C. Buchanan, Chief Agent. ■V K — (B.)No.9.— EXTRACTS from the seveiul Weekly Reports made to the Governor-General by the Chief Agent for Emigrants at Quebec, Week ending 'l\s,t May 1842. The emigrants who have arrived at thin port since ihc opening of the navigation, arc farmers, labourers, and mechanics, and all landed in good health. Those by the Favourite, Mohawk, and Monarch, from Glasgow, 100 in number, are farmers and ri>8|)ectable mechanics, all in good circumstniiocs, who, with the exception of a few of the tradesmen, are proceeding to join their reliitives settled in diflcrent sections of tlic province ; two families went to their friends in Sliipton, eastern townships. 'file John Dell and Tottcidium arrived from New Ross with 4'JO passengers ; these are chiefly labourers and farmers, many of the former very poor and depending on innncdiatc employment for their support ; the foinicrs generally appear to possess money, and with few exceptions are proceeding to their friends in Canada West. On my boarding the Tottenham to inspect the vessel, I found iiiat the master had removed all the berthing and acconmunlation for his passengers previous to his arrival in port, contrary to the fourth cliiusi of the Provincial Passenger Act, <'or which 1 fined him ni the penalty off)/., which he paid to avoid costs of prosecution. The |)enulty I handed over to Mr. Jessopp, the colli'dur of customs. The banjiic Borneo, with 'ISli passengers from Limerick, chiefly labourers, and a few liirnicrs : many of the latter iippeiir ii: ;;o