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ENGLISH EMIGRATION MISSION. 
 
 REPORT 
 
 lESENTEO TO THE WIEETING OF SU8SCBI6ERS 
 
 HEL.i> Q4tii a\JL.Y, isra. 
 
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 'UB LI SHED A T THEIR REQUEST. 
 
 
 [printed at the OPPICK OF THE " SHBRBHOOKE NEWS." 
 
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 It would add too much to the length of thif 
 Report, to ai)])eHd lO it copies of all the Corres- 
 pondence referred to ; I >ut if there are any who 
 take a sufficient interest in the subject, the cor- 
 respondence itself is open to inspection, and will, 
 I think, well repay a perusal. 
 
 J. H. C. 
 
ENGLISH EMIGRATION MISSION- 
 
 of thi^ 
 Corres-i 
 jiy who I 
 the cor- 
 ,nd will 
 
 H. C. 
 
 'o the subscribers towards the fund for defraying 
 the expense of My Emigration Mission to 
 England, on behalf of the Eastern Townships 
 of Quebec; and to the Hon. the Commissioner 
 of Public Works atid Immigration lor the 
 Province of Quebec. 
 
 ENTLEMEN : 
 
 In presenting to you a Report of the proceediniis of the 
 nigration Mission to England, which you did me thvi honour 
 entrust me with, I need not dwell on the pi-eliminaries 
 hieh conduced to my undertaking the important duties it in- 
 (Ived, further th^n to state that for the purpose of defraying 
 ►me portion of tne necessary expenses, and as manifesting at 
 le same time the deep interest taken by the public in securing 
 |respectable anoksi^stantial class of emigrants a local snb- 
 
 feiption was SSflS^Tof $432 00 
 
 |d this the Colonization Society of Quebec (No. 1,) 
 
 % contributed , 25 00 
 
 r, i^etorson, of Drumduan near Lymington, ir Eng- 
 land, (my brother-in-law) also subscribed ... 100 00 
 id the Eastern Townships Bank allowed on the 
 
 temporary deposits for interest 4 00 
 
 taking a total subscribed fund of 561 00 
 
 hich the Pvovlncial (rovfrnmnnt supplemented by 
 
 two grants of $200 each 400 00 
 
 961 00 
 from this must be deducted, Leakage... 30 00 
 
 pst of collection, &C 24 00 
 
 fassage and other charges of journey to 
 
 and from England 175 00 224 00 
 
 leaving available for the direct purposes of the Mis- 
 sion ir England the sum of. 737 00 
 
On the 5th of Judc, hint year, I loft Qucboe in trie Steam- 
 phip '' Thames," of tlie London (Tenipeiley) line, arrivint>; on 
 the 20th of that montlt ; and I t-aiKd again by the same steam- 
 er from London on the 4t]) of ,h\m\, of tlie present year, reach- 
 ing Quebec on the 22nd ; thus being engaged in England abt>ut 
 twelve months in disseminating the information resjiecting the 
 Townsliips, that was the special purpose of my visit. How far 
 the efforts I have been enabled to make will be practically 
 manifested time will show, for it is not by the immediate re- 
 sults that such work must be exclusively estimated — it is rather 
 ''bread cast on the waters to be found after many days." The 
 Deputy Commissioner oi" Public Works and Immigration, Mr. 
 Lesage, expresses, I believe, a most justi and sensible apprecia- 
 tion of what is to be e: pected Irom such efforts when in writing 
 to me under date of 19th July, i872, he says : — '' As I have 
 " told you already, the work you intend to perform is not one 
 " which will tell a great deal at once ; but I think that by the 
 " course you propose to adopt, you will reach an important part 
 " of the population which has never had any good opportunity 
 " offered of learning something reliable on our Province. No 
 " matter if there are only a few who come (at first), they will 
 " be of the best stamp, and they will succeed, and later on 
 " others will follow." 
 
 On my arrival I remained some little time in London in 
 order to confer personally with the Editors of the leading agri- 
 cultural preSvS (,a the subject of my mission. Noticeably 
 amongst these were Mr. Morton, one of 'Her Majesty's Com- 
 missioners on the River-pollution inquiry, who'for nearly 30 
 years past, has edited the Agricultural Gazette ; Mr. Algernon 
 Clark, Secretary to the Central Chamber of Agriculture, and 
 the editor of its journal ; and the able editor of the Field, all 
 of whom promised me assistance, and subsequently afforded me 
 every facility, through the medium of their respective publica- 
 tions, for making the object of my mission known. We were 
 also specially indebted to the editor of the Standard and of the 
 Globe for like courteous facilities through their columns, that 
 gave to the mission, not only the advantage of the publicity of 
 their general circulation, but at the same time a status and signi- 
 ficance that were of essential service. I had also to pay my res- 
 pects to Mr. Dixon, the Dominion Agent, to whom I was fa- 
 voured with an introduction from the Department in Quebec, 
 requesting him to furnish me with a supply of the official pam- 
 phlet for distribution amongst my correspondents. These 
 arrangements made, I took up my headquarters at Loughbo- 
 rough, in Leicestershire, at the residence of my sister, from 
 whence, as a central point, there is ready access by railway to ; 
 all parts of the country. 
 
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 rriving- on 
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 land about 
 ecting the 
 How far 
 practically 
 lediato re- 
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 lat by the 
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 jportunity 
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 jondon in 
 iding agri- 
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 sty's Corn- 
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 . Algernon 
 Iture, and 
 Field, all 
 flForded me 
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 and of the 
 limns, that 
 ubiicity of 
 land signi- 
 »ay my res- 
 1 I was fa- 
 in Quebec, 
 Rcial pam- 
 t8. These 
 ; Loughbo- 
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 railway to 
 
 It had been, a8 you are aware, uiy original intention to avail 
 Imyself, as mucli as pof^^-ible. of the meetings of the several 
 farmers' Clubs to speak before them of the advantages of our 
 {Townships ; and the agricultural papers, in alluding to my mis- 
 sion advocated this course, and suggested that the secretaries 
 )f these clubs should confer with me on the subject; but un- 
 [brseeu difficulties interposed, and with two or three exceptions, 
 found it better to abandon my intention and confine myself 
 the opportunities through the press, that were constantly pre- 
 sented from various quarters. From a short conversation I had 
 ni\\ the secretary of the London Farmers' Club, which as- 
 funies to take the lead of all the country clubs, to whom T was 
 itroduced by my old friend and drainage coadjutor, Mr. Bai- 
 ley Denton, of the General Drainage Company, I was fir.-^t lead 
 fear difficulties migl'.t arise, for lie said with some warmth on 
 earning the object of my mission, and oji my asking hinj if the 
 iondon Club would give me a hearing — '• sf) then you want to 
 |ake our best men away from us !" And this finally proved to 
 a prevailing apprehension, very unjustitiably as many 
 ilknved ; but at the same time it was not policy on my part to 
 dck against the pricks of such a feeling, however absurd, 
 (rhen there were other equally desirable sources open to me for 
 fisseminating information. Indeed, as the purpose of my mis- 
 pon had more especially in view people of respectability uud 
 leans, rather than the labourer. I purposely abstained from 
 Entering into any discussion on the vexed labour questions of 
 he day, and I believe you will concur in thinking that in so 
 ioing I exercised a wise discretion. Another consideration that 
 pduced me the more readily to give up the idea of personally 
 i^ddressing the Farmers' Clubs was that having regard to the 
 l^ture and importance of the mission, I believed, on reflection, 
 plat it would be much more likely to be effective if it partook 
 lore of a persistent than of a transient character. That, in 
 fact, with the limited amount of means at my disposal, more 
 leal and enduring good would be accomplished by judiciously 
 prolonging the work, and so give time for inquiry and discus- 
 ion, than by a hurried run of a few months through the 
 mntry, which would very quickly have exhausted my funds, 
 jen probably a nine days talk and as soon forgotten. By the 
 Jlan I followed I was enabled^ as opportunity offered, and as 
 iospitality was kindly accorded me, to visit many parts of the 
 |ountry imparting information, both in public and in society 
 nthout drawing so heavily or so constantly on my means as I 
 lust have done in making a round of the clubfi. I believe, 
 therefore, in this you will consider I acted for the best ; and 
 pat whatever im] ressiou was made, it had time, couipairatively, 
 fix itself in the public mind. iaisafcaskJ /li \ikm^ 
 
 iff 
 
J liavL' till' pKastrre to lay bcfoi't! you, aiJHlii^o.l in ali>luibe( 
 ical ordor. (Nos. 1 to (J inclu«i\c) tlu; Kttei'rf of iuqiiiry I re 
 ceivod Iroin various corrchpondiiitH, most o\' wliicli you wil 
 observe aro from {h'oj)1(' of rcsjtcciability, with iiusaiis, citti'T a 
 iijcoino or capital or botli, to live in comfort hero and bo an ac 
 (luisitioii to our connnunity. As my time was pnitty i'uily oc 
 cupi'd, I did uut tl)ink it necessary to koep cojjies of all myH 
 npli'^s; bnt in a lew of the more special instances I did so, and 
 you will sou from them the inforn)ation it was necessary touivcJ 
 In every case my reply was accoui}»ani(.'(l by the Liovornmeiitf 
 pamphlet on the province, and a copy ol' my own paj)er, and! 
 on the map in the former I made }ij[)oint of always indicatin 
 by a separate colour the East(;rn T()wnshij):% 1 think it ri^h 
 to mention that tiiis official paaiphlet was written by Mr. Li: 
 saue, who in describiii^u' th.e Townships has d(Mie the districtl 
 ample justice. 
 
 It is my duty also to submit to you the C(»rrespondcnce with 
 the Department, and with tlu; Hon. the Provincial Treasurer 
 How far this correspondence bears out the expectations of co-J 
 operation from the Provincial Government which, as I think 
 you were justly entitled to form, is i'or you t(» jud.',''. It must 
 be borne in mind that your subscription was, I believ*.-, the tirst 
 effort ever made in this province, by dirt et contributions, td 
 promote iumiiizration. It. was a significant expression of th; 
 deep inter(!Ht you took in the .stibject, designed to strengtheii 
 the hands of he fj-overnment, but by no means to lessen or su- 
 persede the application of a fair proportion of the parliamen 
 tary i^rant. 
 
 I have further to ask your attention to a short corret pond- 
 ence with Mr. Dixon, the Dominion Aj^ent in London, involving; 
 features in our immiojration policy not yet adopted, but which. 
 are nevertheless essential to success. Wishing, if possible, te 
 provide for the passage of some labourers families that had ap- 
 plied to me (and amongst them that of a working smith, the 
 brother of a farmer in this district, and who besides his trade 
 was accustomed to farm work.) I wrote to Mr. Dixon to ask 
 if he had any means at his disposal for such a purpose ; in re- 
 ply to which he informed me that he had government warrants 
 for passages at reduced rates, and added, " the season is so late 
 I do not expect other funds for assistance this year." On my 
 informing the people what could be done for them I found, what 
 in the majority of instances is the case, that a passage at £4. 
 5s. 0. per adult is practically as impossible for such families to 
 raise as the full fare of six guineas. By a recent Act of th«. 
 Dominion Parliament, equitable contracts made in England 
 with emigrants are legally binding in Canada, and it would 
 enable many more respectable families of this class to come out. 
 
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 II iivailinii t)ioinsci\eH of tM.- law, arriui;;ein( iits wero mado 
 rcrthc ['uyineiit of the wiiole pasf^airo money, taking from each 
 uii-irnnt or luad of families a writti'ii undertaking to loniain 
 In the country and to repay by instalments such a prop<»rtion 
 if the passage money as thof^ovi'rninciit might see Ht to charge, 
 osidc' enabling many to emigrate tliat are now ];rovented by 
 lahiiity to tind even part of the passage money, this plan 
 (tidd give to the Dominion -Agent a very desiiabie controling 
 )Wor, which at present he does not possess, viz: that of 
 Irrfinn. Under the present system, if an emigrant pays the 
 iii'iuiit rc!({uired for his assisted pjtssage the Agent has no 
 jticn but to give him his passage warrant ; whereas, if no 
 loney was tak«in from him at th(^ time, the "Agent would say 
 [) the euii,.irant — before your application is entertained, you 
 ust .'•ati.sfy me by a note fromycKir clergyman, or minister, or 
 lUio liitting antiiority. of yonr )"':-peetability. and when this 
 dune you shall be immediateiy furnished with a passage 
 :'.rtirieatc for yourstiif and your faniily un .'signing the rcqnired 
 ageuieut. Financially this plan would, in the end, involve 
 le go\ eminent in no more expense than t/ie present arrange 
 n iits. but it would secure a better class oi' emigrant.i, and 
 irre than this, it would be tin; means of preventing many fr(>m 
 niing of whom we have already a superabundance. Wishing 
 Iso to learn how far his exjierience concui red with uiy own 
 ("ws of .^eason agencies, I ventured, as you will see, to ex- 
 ress to Mr. Dixon a conviction of the comparative insufficien- 
 of mere transient eiforts, and the necessity for persistent 
 ertions ; and moreover that error eous impressions had hither- 
 prevailed as to the most suitable season for our agents to 
 lerate. His reply was: ''My experience exactly coincides 
 with your own, that winter (and the late autumn) is the best 
 ^season to work for thone we most urgently need in Canada ; 
 and I have more than once pointed it out. This is, however, 
 the iirst year a systematic principle has been adopted, and I 
 feel sanguine from the changes making in (.anada, that we 
 shall work well in the future." 
 
 Whilst on this part of the subject it may be useful, perhaps, 
 allude tu the very scant share of the general immigration 
 ich apparently settles in the Province of Quebec, and which 
 is mainly to be attributed to an internal influence that can only 
 counteracted by direct and active eyertions. It is impossi 
 to interfere with the interests of the Grand Trunk Railway 
 prohibiting them from selling through tickets whenever they 
 n, and so carrying emigrants either altogether out of or as 
 r into the Dominion as possible. Hence, whilst the majority 
 ' the steerage passengers are, as a rule, booked beyond Que- 
 !c, there are many who have no lixed destination, and who 
 
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 would tliiinkliiily I'f guided by Jiuy infornuitloii jr'veii thonj 
 either on board or by Agents on i.-nding. A great de;ii of gooj 
 would, 1 believe, be done by distributing on board the ste.uneij 
 li-hort |nij»pliiets. v^th full inrornmtion about the To\^•n^hiJ^ 
 which would be re.id and considered during the vrjyagc, anj 
 would, iu many iuf<tHneRH, save tliu people Uiuch anxiety and d| 
 little time and expense. On the Kteanier in whici; I returncj 
 there were many in the steerage that had no iixed de.stin;(ti()i| 
 and 1 took the opportunity of t^pcaking to them oolhetivel\^ 
 poiuting out to them, on a large and excellent map that 
 bought iu London, the poi^ition of the townships and the uj mj 
 advantnget^ tluy possesistd. Thi>^, of cour.se. could only be oil 
 Cus^ionally done; but there could be no difficulty in bavin 
 pamphlett^ difstributo I on all the .steamers bel'oro yturting. 
 
 You wi;l not fiil to notice that many of tho.su wlio h ive beerj 
 in correspondence with me, speak of their being induced tj 
 think of emigr.iting by the present nigh prices of almost eveV| 
 thing in England. And when T tell you, a.s a further consf| 
 quence of this .st.ste of things, that C inida :nd her resource^j 
 and her social condition Ims become not only a fisiiionable U^yk 
 in hoci(;ty, but one in which a very genera) interest is niduife.M^ 
 ed, you may readily understand the prospect of iin enlarge 
 iuiiuigr,ition that is likely to come amongst us, and thu me-iiij 
 that should be taken to .secure to the Townships our fir pn 
 portion of such immigr..tion. It is a strange difi'erence i: 
 value, to be accounted for, I believe, uiore by our apathy th.ii 
 from any other cause, that whilst farms in Ontario of no bettt; 
 quality of land, or in better situations, and certainly with ii 
 better markets, are readily saleable at from £20 to £80 pcv 
 acre, the best of those in the Townships- will barely realise .. 
 many dollars per acre. I have frequently in my oonimunici 
 tions taken occasion to refer to this as one proof of tfie obviou: 
 advantage of .settling in our district, and T doubt not but thai 
 many will avail themselves of the information. 
 
 I think it right also briefly to speak of a practice which maji 
 well be dispensed with, as not only most impolitic and incon 
 sistent, but us occasioning immigrants very unnecessary troubh 
 and annoyance. The baggage and effects brought by immi 
 grants are, vary properly, free from duty ; nevertheless the, 
 are subjected to search by the Customs Officers at Qu ;beo. 
 myself witnessed in the immigrant shed there hundreds of poo 
 people, already wearied with the voyage .and with gettiL* thei 
 things together, subjected to the further i^rouble of uncordini 
 and opening their boxes and packages, whilst I venture to as 
 sert that not a single article was found properly chargeable witl 
 duty; and many valuable hours were thus uselessly wasted 
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 i^'i;!^e was free — wliy then «houM w<» be made to open our 
 ixe.s?" I tohi him to refuse compli incc, and I did the same 
 
 two other gentlemen to whom I was talking when an officer 
 smanded to know what their boxes cortiinod. A further in- 
 iincc has also bevn reported to m« by another of my emii!;rant8 
 ho was a cabin passenger on the Priinniav along with the 
 implainant. of a lady emigrant who had brou.;ht out some 
 irikets for home use, and who was m ide to have the box uii- 
 •ewed that contained them, for examination, greatly to her 
 Inoyance and vexation. We may think lightly, })erhaps, of 
 |e expression of disgust in her letters to her friends at home ; 
 it these thhigs, trifles as ve may think them, have done us, 
 [d are yet doing us morj harm than we know of. It may be 
 
 very well, as was done by the gentlemen 1 have just spoken 
 
 to require a formal declaration that their effects were for 
 ;ir personal use and were not merchandise; but beyond this 
 luless for some special reason in an exceptional case) is super- 
 lous trouble and annoyance, and but ill .tccords with our pro- 
 fsed anxiety to secure immigrants or their just expvctitions of 
 feting with a considerate and hospitable reception in their own 
 'ritory. 
 
 [Although it is not necessary to enter here at any length on 
 )jects which I considered it ni^ht be for the interest of our 
 •mers incidentally to make some inquiry about (and on which 
 
 lay take some other opportunity of imparting in detail the 
 formation obtained), I may briefly mention that through an 
 production to Mr. Wigan, the banker at Maidstone, and who 
 also an extensive hop-grower, I was permitted to make a per- 
 lal investigation of the hop cultivation of that famous dis- 
 ict ; whilst on th<^ same occasion I was present at a meeting 
 
 the Maidstone Farmers' Club — one of the oldest and most 
 jily conducted clubs in the country — and was cc teously al- 
 fed to speak to them of our Townships and their ipabilities. 
 lad a great deal of conversation with Mr. Wigan respecting 
 [ps, who took me over his grounds and his kilns and most un- 
 
 irvedly showed mo all his arrangements. In speaking of 
 
 different kinds that were grown in that neighborhood, he ex 
 jssed his conviction that, with proper cultivation, our climate 
 IS specinlly adapted to the production of the finest qualities, 
 [ch as the Gouldings, &c. ; and he most kindlv offered to sup- 
 
 us with some sets of the different sorts. If our growers de- 
 
 '^e to avail themselves of this offer, and will communicate with 
 
 J, T shall be happy to do what is necessary to further their 
 
 Ishes. When in Yorkshire, an introduction to soine uentk-' 
 
 [en in Bradford afforded ihe the ©pportunitv of m^iking a \iii\h. 
 
 ^tLiry about ' wool, for sevei'al people in^rested In manufad-' 
 
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tures bad asked me, " Ciiniiot you send us !«omo wool from C 'ii 
 ?ida ?" What I leaiut in iij short visit was, that from th 
 variou.s s imples shown me, we were not, as a rule, obtiinim 
 nlore 'oi our wool than ;:bout lialt its value ih Bradford ; imk 
 that much may be mo«t profitably done here in the product") 
 of this article, the demand for which, like man^ other raw ma 
 terisils, is larj^eJy on the increase. If I m ly be again allowed 
 would quote what Mr. Lei?ap;e says to uie on these matters unde 
 date of 2nd September of I'Pt year, 'the inform'ition yo 
 " pmposo collecting on tlie cultiv tio'i of hop<. and their prepar 
 '• ation for market cmnot fail to be useful all over the province 
 " So also as respects wool." "* 
 
 Boiore I conclude, there is a pissage in the Hon. Provinci;. 
 Treasurer's list communic itiom to me, dated '"Ottawa, May 
 15th," that demands some notice— he says — "You must bea 
 'i in mind that) there r.re dozens who want and expect like as 
 " sistance,. who are not agents, but think they could do some 
 " thing to induce pirtlcs to immi^irate to this country.'' I 
 there • . one object more than .nothcr in which it is essential inl 
 the public interest to disregard indiscriminate pretensions, it i 
 th.it of emigration ; and you may rest assured, for all previous 
 experience verifies it. that it is a wanton waste of money .ind 
 time to send unknown men to Enjil.md on such work. I havt 
 not lived half ;i centurv there without knowinij somethins- of iht 
 pfc(»ple, and more pirticulirly of that class from amongst whoni| 
 our best emigrants come ; and I assert nothing beyo;:d the trutii I 
 when I siy advisedly that, like ourselves, they look with jeal 
 ous distrust, often but too well founded, on entire strangers ad 
 vocating the clains of Can id. i. They w mt, as we should our 
 selves, some guarantee, by a knowledge of his anteceder^^*, of a| 
 man's trustworthiness .and integrity of purpose. So fai as the 
 Treasurer's remarks may have reference to my mission, theii| 
 .seeming to ignore the fact that I was honoi 3d by your confi | 
 dence and support, takes from them much of their persona 
 application. No one knows bett« r than the Hon. the Provincia 
 Treasurer the preliminaries that conduced to my entering oti | 
 this mission, or the special qualifications for it which, from 
 »Mrcurastances, I possessed; and now that I have had a year's 
 experience of its duties. I feel entitled to ^peak with the au 
 thority which that experience warrants, of the requirements 
 necessary to do ourselves justice before the English public I 
 know too well the value and the effects of the work that ha 
 been accomplished, through this mission, to have much appre- 
 hension about the future ; for the day is passed, we may hope, 
 when a continuance of the 'sop to Cerberus" system in sucli 
 matters will be endured. What is »t present to be deplored is 
 the sadden termin&tioQ of the work when it had become pretty 
 
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 jely known and appreciated ; and when the insignifieant sum 
 ^0 or $50 a month was alone required to carry it to some- 
 r like a Gtate of completion. Whether anythinj^ further 
 , b<» done is for you to determine. 
 
 Lnd now, in order to prevent any false impressions, 1 deem 
 cessary to say, in conclusion, that whilst I have had the 
 Isure of giving my services gratuitously to the mission, 1 
 . had also to spend socie $30 of my own money, and hence 
 ive the further satisfaction of sharing with you in the assur- 
 of having, so far as it has gone, done an importnot public 
 hoe. I am sure, too, you will consider thaf. -iii acknowledge- 
 It is due to Mr. Peterson for his good oflSces munifested by 
 [handsome contribution. 
 
 I have the honour to be, 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 Your faithful servant, 
 
 JOHN H. CHARNOCK. 
 
 .ennoxville, 24th July, 1873.