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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 ♦ 5 6 Cxry To the Editors of the utreral Neiciqiapers of Canada : — Sirs : Tlirouijli your several JoiimaN, if you con- diilor ibo sniiio worthy of ii placi! unler your EJitorial head, I bei? lo subii it the folliiwii]:; plaus for the ^leneral prosperity of the Yeo- manry ttiul other classes of the inhnbitniits of Caimila, to the Uislriel Couucillora of tlie seve- ral Di>liiKt», to bu by tliem brought befori- the Township Meetinr: or other Special meeting for this object only, of tha several Townships they represent, as they may deem proper, that a united effort may bo made to obtain, at tha next meelin-iof our Provincial Parliament, general Acts, for the purpo>e of allowin-;, as iu the Town, Incorporation, Mutual Assurance, and other .similar Acta, the formation of Com- panies in any locality to carry out the objects tct forth in the Prospectuses anjiexed. I address the present Mijiisly of Canada (in the subject of inlrodncin;; the same as Mini-- terial measures, lelievin;; they ^^ill thereby generally benefit our country, the object of every enlightened Statesman. And if ap- proved of by the several meetings, lecom- mendin;; the same to the atteulion of Jie sev- eral Uepresenlalitia in Parliament, as well as the rivourableoonsi.iMralion of lli,! Miuislry, inilht be ad.jpled and forwarded Vi llieni. flavinj no separate interest lo sijve !'y the publication of those views, gratMil(.i:sly n,- ncjt as ynu please, will especially oblige, (leiille- mon of the Editorial corps, most respectfully, Yoni obed't, humble servant, ANDKKW SlIAlfP. Uraiitlurd, -^6tli December, 1818. So. l,— Thr Proipeclus nj' a rom/Kim/ to he calU'il the Canuila Furiiim" Milliiii; iim/ M.iniifMluvinff t'ompiim/, C^i)r llii' hrditii i\f BruntJ'ur(L—£M,{.m Cuitilal, i,t 5,(HW .SViarcj oJ'XlO eacli. Tha object of 'this Company is to ])ro- lecl ourselves and provido against tho areat change presently tocomo upon us by the libe- ral commercial [lolicy adopted by our Impe- rial (iovornmunt in (heat llrilain, by ('rectin;,' mills and ipannfactories to grind our own grain, and manufacture our own wool, ami other produclionn of our farms; uilvanco mo- ney on the same to the ^'rowers, and evpoil to tho bread-eaters of tho Mother Country, or other better markets, our surplus produce, and so realize the gains made by the Upi^r Ca- nada buyers, and the bu/ers and shippers in Montreal, besides tha great sain iu griiulins and on bills of exchange on Kngland, rani-inu from 10 to IT) percent, premium, and on Now York '2\ to :t, and sometimes higher ; the pro- fits on which to be divided among tho Stock holders, of which every Farmer should bo a holder in proportiin to his farm (say for every lUO bushels wheat usually sold by him in a year, one share.) The afTairi of tho Company st loss by dungiTs of the navigations of the canals, rivers, lakes and seas, lo iilaces (i. exjiorl, and the life of larni stock, (all of which may be done at as low rates as the American W.ishini'lon County C\)mpany, or any other can do safely.) N». X— Prnsprrtiis of a Cmmmnii to ha railed thf Cniuidii Miilnal iJlV Amiramr and iMin Voiiipami.—iin Ihf Mutual ^ii^t'Ut. so far as that will commrt with the nalun: of the risi;. The object of lliis Association will be to enable those persons who are now_,tlio slay aiiil siipiv.rt of iigi'd relalivi<, or rising fiinii- lies, lo secme, by the pu, nent of small sums weekly, say one shilling for u female and one sliillJTigand three-piMice for a nuile ; or monlh- ly, quarterly, or yearly payments, at the rata ofXHformen, and XJ 10s. for women, per annum, be'^^iniiing lo pay severally at llie aires of 18 and 'JI, an tho rule of membchip. I add the lurm o( u Subscription I.itt iiotr being circulated in the proposed OL-Urict ot Brantford, under the head uf Prospectus No. 1. We whoso uames am hereto subscribed, would hereby most respectfu'iy submit to the consideration of iho present Liberal Ministry of United Canada, the introduction, as u min- isterial measure, to present Provincial Parlia- ment, tu aKAemble on the tZSth of Jaimary, 1849, of a general measure, (such ns the Town Incorporation Act), allowing any number uf persons in ]iarticular localities, complying with tho conditions of the central Act, to bflcumo a body corixiratu for tho purjwses above named; and in confident expectation that such a measure will rnceivo the unani- mous support of I hu Parliament, wo each of u^ lor ourselves severally promise and agreo to (Niy the sum of CI currency, (xir share, at the time of our rubscribiny lo this Pros- pectus, as an instalment uf ten per cent, on our several shares of Stuck, to be deposited in either the Banks of Montreal or British North America, in Dranlford, for the purpose of se- curing a Mill Site, preparing water courses, buildings and machinery, in time for the manufacture of the present groiving crops} and the balance of ninety per cent, on each several Share of Stock so subscribed by each of us, to be paid at tho several times mid places appointed by the Board of Dirt'clors, to be elected Irom our number, agrvcnblu to such Act ol our Provincial Parliament oft shall in- corporate the same. Brantford, December 18th 1818. Date. A'umni ofSlodJiuldcrs. Ki'^id iMT. ,Vo. StHirfs. In^lahnentf fHud, f %