IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I msm 2.5 2.2 lis. Illllio 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 4 6" - ► V] ^^ r^S. o'K '\ "-* Photographic SC^rsr\nckC} Corporation 23 WEST MA!N STREET WS£STlR,N.Y. 145S0 (716) 872-4503 ^ -r- _ 7 •- CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICIVIH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Instltut Canadian de microreproductions historiques Technical and Bibliographic Noteii/Notes techniques et bibiiographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. □ Coloured covers/ Couverture de couleur I I Covers damaged/ D D Couverture endommagde Covers restorod and/or laminated/ Couverture restaurie et/ou pelliculie Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture manque L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a M possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-dtre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger una modification dans la m^thode normale de filmage sont indiqu6s ci-dessous. D D Coloured pages/ Pages de couleur Pages damaged/ Pages endommagdes Pages restored and/'or laminated/ Pages restauries et/cu pelliculies Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ Pages d6color6es, tachetdes ou piqu^es T t( T P fl C fa tl s f s n n D D n Coloured maps/ Cartes gdographiques en couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material/ Relid avec d'autres documents Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior maijin/ La re liure serr6e peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distortion le long de la marge int6rieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajouties lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont pas 6t6 filmdes. □ Pages detached/ Pages d6tach6es \/ □ D D D Showthrough/ Transparence Quality of print varies/ Qualiti indgale de I'impression Includes supplementary material/ Comprend du matdriel suppl^mentaire Only edition available/ Seule Edition disponible Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image/ Les pages totalement ou partieliement obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure, etc., ont 6t^ filmdes & nouveau de facon & obtenir la meilleure image possible. n/ Additional comments:/ Commentaires supplimentaires; [Printed ephemera] 1 sheet (verio blank) This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est filmi au taux de reduction indiqui ci-dessous. 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X 30X / 14 V 32V The copy filmed here hee been reproduced thenks to the generosity of: D. B. Weldon Library University of Western Ontario (Regional History Room) The imeges sppeering here ere the beet quelity possible considering the condition end legibility of the orlglnsi copy end in keeping with the filming contrsct specifications. L'exemplaire film* fut reproduit grAce A la gAntrositi de: D. B. Weldon Library University of Western Ontario (Regional hiistory Room) Lee imeges sulvantes ont Mi reproduites avec le plus grand soln, compte tenu de la condition et de la nettetA de l'exemplaire fllmA, et en conformiti avec les conditions du contrat de fllmage. Original copies in printed paper covers are filmed beginning with the front cover and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All other original copies are filmed beginning on the first page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impression. Les exemplaires origlnaux dont la couverture en papier est ImprimAe sont filmAs en commenpant par le premier plat et en termlnant soit par la dernlAre page qui comporta una empreinte d'impresslon ou d'illustration, soit par le second plat, salon le cas. Tous lee eutres exempleires origlnaux sont fllmAs en commen^ant par la premiAre page qui comporte une empreinte d'impresslon ou d'illustration et en termlnant par la dernlAre page qui comporte une telle empreinte. The last recorded frame on each microfiche shall contain the symbol ^^ (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"), whichever applies. Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Un dee symboles sulvants apparaftra sur la dernlAre Image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbols — »• signlfle "A SUIVRE", le symbols y signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planchee. tableeux, etc., peuvent Atre fllmAe A dee taux de rAduction dIffArents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seul clichA, 11 est fllmA A partir de Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images nAcessaire. Les diagrammes sulvants lliustrsnt la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 CIRCULAR. «s-^«li TO THE WARDENS AND MEMBERS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTY COUNCILS IN CANADA WEST : GENT L J: -MEN: . rerinitme, now ihat public improveitifnl h»» become the order of the Jay,— to call your alteiition lo a icheme, which I hn\o lately had the honor lo bring under the nonce of the Government, for the aale and settlement of the Waste Lands ot th* Crown, in VVealern I'aiiada. There are, I believe, few persons in Upper Canada, at all conversant with public matters, who will not readily admit that some improvi-men< upon ihe present system of disposing of the public Lands, might not with safely be adopted ; as a proof of Ihenecessity of change, I have only to call your attention to the great number of active and in'elligent young tnen who ara annually leaving C^inaiia, and good Lands,— to settle in the far west, further from market, upon lands often of an inferior qual- ilv, and in a Country, and climate, in no way surpassing.?/ egiitl, lo our own,— purely on account of difficultiM which I conceive might long since have been removed, without in the least lessening Ihe revenue derived from this source. To Ihe speculator and capilulist, the present, ia perhaps the best system that could be devised,— but lo the poor, lb« actual eeitler, undoubtedly the very worst,- how permit me lo ask, is he lo pay down for hisland.-even though he got itatane third ofiisval«e,-or of what value in^ecasejout of six w»uld «n Aundred acres of land, be to him twenty or thirty inilas,trom a market, in rear of hundreds of acres ot uncultivated lands, held by absentees and speeulators, without roads to reach it,— other than such as he may be able to make with his own labour? and how many instances might be given of induitrieu and well conducted Emigrants who, having settled in the more re.iHXe K«rt8 of the Country, have for years struggled agamst poverty and privations, who might, with Ihe assistance of even a tolerable road, been comparitively inaepeiidant. The question then arises,— is there no remedy for his evil ? Thai no such remedy has yet been found in the various schemes heretofore promulgated, must be admitted. It ia true that large sums of money have been expended in bringing out settlera from various parts of the mother Country, to whom free grants ot lands were mude, and provisions supplied, liul without pro- duc:ng the desiied result. The plan of making free grants upon condition of Bellleni'ni. has also proved ilself as great a ailure as the first, and there can be lUtle hope that the more recent, though not leas absurd scheme of reducing the pric* of Crown Lands, will be attended wilh any better effect. On the contrary, such p. plfmH.mW have a tendency to open the door of speculation wider than ever, and compel the actual settler lo purchase his lands bec.njhand. and at enormously high prices. Such have been, and doubtless will continue to be.ihe effects of the system we complain of; a system which has driven from us hundreds of our most enterprising young men, and prevented thou.-^aiids of iudustrous and valuable emi- grants from settling amongst us. .JO- r ToiemeJylbisl.mgsiandingand universally acknowledged evil, is, in my opinion, a work worlhy ol he united effort of 8 Government and a people. Jf Ihe following, therefore, should be found to contain a single sugjestion which would, in the slightest degree, promote the interests of this my native country, by placing this important purl of our Colonial Government upon a belter footing, I should consider myself amply repaid for all the labour which its preparation may have caused. The plan I have lo suggest, is,— That the Government should dispose of all the waste, or unsold Lands of the Crown, to the several County CouikmIs, where such laads may lie, at a nominal price of say 6d or Is. per acre,-paymei.t for the same to he m«de bv the Councils in Debentures, bearing interest, and redeen.able in 20 years. The fund so created to be applied towards Ihe establishment of a permanent " Common School- fund. The cond'tious of the sal. to the Counties to be,- thai these Lands shall be by ihem re-sold, at a low price. varying/romSs. (id. to 79. 6d. per acre, according to value.-and onth„e\! the purchasers require i. -toactual settlers only. The entire proceeds of such sales after providing for the pay- ment of the interest upon the purchase, and any incidental expenses, lo be anticipated by Debealuros and laid out in making Roads thereto. The advantages of the scheme are, I conceive First,— The making of good loads throughout the most remote partaof your several Counties. Seconiltii,—'Vhe immediate aod consequent settlement of the same, and , <• . • n 77,;,v«,/,-The creation of a permanent Common School Fund ; three things of vital importance lo the people of this 1 ro- Vin.e, and if attainable, as 1 contend they are, and that too, without creating one shilling of additional tax. """Id be pro- duciive of incalculable good. Without roads and suitable means of communication, no country can very apeedtly ba sealed i and without schools, no people are likely to become intelligent, great o' prosperous. t».;,-,- The question has been asked, will the Government do it f Most certainly, if the people desire .t,-why not , Is ther« any c^ne among us who does not believe that the chief aim and object ot any Government should be m disp,,sing of the public lands of the Crown,to have them pass directly into the hands of the actual 8el.ler,and that every family settled in a new Town- sbipis worth more to the Government than a thousand acres of unprodnttive land. , r , r> I am aware that manv of the Counties do not contain a eufficienl quantity of land, now at the disposal of the Crown, to make It an object lor the Councils lo undertake their management ; though in a majority of them the quanlity is .till larg.- ,,■■,., . , „ ,i„ h.-, , Mim exceedine'iViirJv t/iotiiiand pound* could be raised for road pur- In this county, which is oy no means the bei-t, a sum extetaing iiiinn mc/uou/.u.^ amount sullicient to make nearly /our hundred n.iles of as good road as any country could de«,.. 1 have the honour to L<;, Gentlemen, Your iiiosi obedient servant, W. S. CONGER, Sheriff, C. P. - poses alone, — an SherilT-s Office, retetliurough,24th February, 1851