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INFOEMATION FOE EMIGEANTS. ^^^''n^^^^^^ in England, it improved by emigrating to TnotW Z^ Po^t^on would become a.ble and willing^ to wfrk GoM i^'^'l*?- J^^ ^^st be both streets of British NoXAmericl oJ A-l r ^' ^''^'^ ^^ ^^ **^« . *?e thoroughfares of Lond^ Thp ^"^*^^^^^' ^^J more than in the tidings of diamond d^cove^esir^'^^'i^K^^ »>'i°^ «8 conveys to us an account ofthrNShfT?^^ ®J>"*\ WalesT also at Sydney. And who are thoL thn, S?^"^^/*"^ *^® Destitute the Australian colonists ? Nnf fTi T^®^®*^ ^* t^® hands of industrious agricultiS^i i^o^^- but ^'^^t''^^^^ ^*i«a^ or needy schoolmasters, feaX3 ' ^i! ^^^^^e^'down barristers, drapers' assistants, and Xrs ^f\ f&^Z''^^^ '^'^^ paper correspondents seriously ad^sSlir>.'* ^^^ ^« ^^^^e news! To act on such counsel si LmS^f ''^? ^^^P^® *^ ^^ligrate, merely jumping onf nf +i« JP • ' ^° °*n® cases out of tp^ should not hear of the disunilrJi^? ^""^ ^'thers to emigrate wp emigrants in cl*X ^Ce *wht 'd^^^^^ without working had far Wf 1 Z rl®*°^ ^i becoming rich out of place mX colonfes ''?)S«^ emigrants who arrived in pLl;^ ^® • ^^ *h® East London says, in a letter S receiv^S"!^"^™ the present summe? jL?f ^ ?«d eveiyine who TwiUin^tJ t?.?^ ^*?\^' ^^^^^ out that he is come to this land to befter IT' ^l^ '^^ ^ »«^eed labour and sober habits. Sobrietv t o '^ P^^'^'^ V honest woo to him who is addicted to Lit 1^®**. ^*^« here, and form, or else he is nTS 1. vl- I'^^i ^^^^^ ^^' He has to re- had better stop at hem« T^»^- ' ^^?\^^ ^««s to himself and menof aUcIasfesTwhoa^es^^^^^ i- ^^^^"^ for wiVldng wiU be led by tC mann^® ^„Tf *^'^ M^^ richest men afe yet worW^«« 1 ''''^^'^.^ «^ this land. The humble descenda^ntTnm^^^^ ^rangup from vt^' essenfaal of success in Ontario and 0"-S»- ^-t''^ ^^^^ *>« »« ^w Brunswick, which, like-^t^wteiatte^^^^^^^^^ "^Z. ^ / 2 NEW BliUNKWICK. J»l*„i • ^ "W. on Uie coaat of the Bay of Fnndv ' Tho buiWinoTfl T^« M j-i. -^ . °^*^®^ contain numerous good are^^ja^.tC it^"p:ffi"1h^ ZtS^p^fef?.^^ ^P^ ""^^B^y^ cSS^S. aUiiTn^/tS t'f ?wf »«?""»»??»»? with some of the best farms inOntoioYti> thoroughly well cleared, has about fifty S of SS'feLe INFORMATION FOR EMIGRANTS. 3 IJ^SinJ o*"! 'S*""? ^ ^°f * ^^^P ^^ ^**«' Parley, coarse grain, potatoes^ and about seventy acres of spring wheat, as anyone would wish to see. He raises about two hundred tons oTC has twenty acres of potatoes, about sixty acres of oats, and a large number of acrea with a fine show of turnips. This shows bennd^nnW>,n'^P^^^'^^^^ P'^P«^ cultivation, and the?ecrn be no doubt that proper energy and skill will, ii a few vears make a splendid farming country, extending ove? a ve^ S Although the winters are somewhat severe ^ess so howfi-rnr than those of Lower Canada), the climate is eiceedinVheTl hv^ t^onJd'maTfo'Jf ' ^%"^ ^"^^^ *^«^« i«' asTfoJe men-' tioned, much fog dunng the summer ceason but this extends a short distanceonl;^ into the interior. The city of St. John ?8 f re- ZT^^ "^f^^^fh ^..^f^«« ««^-^o^' ^'^^^ *he days a?e bright and «loudless at the distance of a few miles only. There are no fogs on that coast of New Brunswick which is^within the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the air there is particularly dry ^d bracing. In the interior of the province the afr i7mSSh warmer m summer than oh the sea-coast ; but there is aSo a f ^unlikXr- ?K^ '"^ ??"*^^- T^« «^^«« <^^ t^r seasons is not unlike that m the mather country, save that the harvpst generally commences in September and ends in Ociobe? the autumn m New Brunswick being longer than with us Th^ two d«v, Of fT-^*^ ''• i^S^^er, is six months and twenty- oF snrin^ oJ^'^ P'"?^' *^® ^^^^^ ^^ ^^«at a«d crops and Trpnfo«« ^ ^^^^^IJ an average of three months a?e ?Pn«r«nv tt^\ ^*'^ ^®*P^?^ *^« com crops there are generally about seven weeks clear for nlouffhinff before winter sets in. Before the average so^nHime ?f ir«!^*^f r "^ "'"^1^ ^^^* «^ ^««^«' during Xch plough on Th«^f preparatory treatment of the land can be cS ?^L +?^® ^^""T ^'''^^*.' '° ^°*er generally penetrate so dee« into the ground, especially when it is not covered ™h grass ^ loosland nni' oc *' "^^^^ *^® *.^*^ ««°»®8' ^^ « alreadv so S« i? J i.^P?°' ,*^ scarcely to require ploughing at all or if ploughed, to be done with little force Ld Ireat sneed ThP SSrand t?.t 1^ r ' '''^' *^I« i^ *^« pfo.dnc:TremS! able , and the frost, by openmg and pulverizing the soD, is one of the agents by which the large product is brought about The ians'^tew^^ productions a^e wheat, r%, oatTbarley! o«5^k5 ^r®^*i' ^^' *°d> ^^ so"»e places, maize. Potatoes Xmo f 7^1?'' ^^'^ numerous vegetables, ar^ common. Apples t^^tuL''ltln''''''fZ'^^^^ To dev^CThe Soi f Jt resources of the colony more labourers are much ThisinSnL/nnT amount of taxes per head is about 10s. ^! iHiB indiudes aJl local and State rates, nearly the whole of the r-j ! k. 1l * NEW BRUNSWICK. money so colletted being used to promote the conatruction o£ roads, bridges, &c. The forests contain vast quantities of pine, fir, spruce, hem- lock, birch, maple, beech, ash, elm and poplar. Oak is some- times found. Pine is the most valuable for commercial pur- poses. The labour of felling and preparing the timber for sale IS called " lumbering." At one time wooden ship-building bad© fair to become the great industry of the colony, the best clip- pers in the world being built at St. John's ; but of late the ship-building interest has been seriously afPocted by the in- creasing use of iron vessels, also the United States navigation laws, and is by no means active. One of the leading occupations of the colonists is that of fish-preserving, the cod and salmon fisheries being amongst the most prolific and valuable in the world. Cod, mackerel, nemngs, salmon, perch, trout and other salt water and fresh water fish, are caught in immense quantities, some being pre- served and exported to America and Europe. The trade in salmon is assuming enormous proportions ; " nearly every river han its occupants, who, for the sake of sport, come from diatant parts, and, despite the torments of mosquitoes and black flies, secure both health and recreation in their efforts to entice a few salmon from their retreat in the 'deep pools of the rivers. There are rivers and fish enough to meet the wants of all who • desire this mode of taking a holiday. The trade in salmon, how- ever, is, of course, carried on differently. An English firm has now at work, notfar from Bathurst, an establishment where salmon are taken, cured, put into tins, and shipped to England, whose cash outlay at Bathurst, in carrying on their operations, is .£500 sterling per week. The demand in England for this produce is large enoiigh to sapport many such establishments, whose out- lay would be equally great, divided, of course, between the tshermen, curers, packers, &c." At Bathurst also is an esta- blishment for supplying New York and other markets with J^esh salmon from the 1st of December to the middle of March. The fish are caught in nets, and placed in a large wooden bmlding called a "freezer," and which is fitted up with shelves, or small boxes, capable of holding several thousand fish. Here the salmon become frozen hard as stone. They are then put mto freezing chambers, where they remain until the winter. A aj;?ra5?e weight of these fish is considerably more tban 151bs. Fish preserved in the same way were sold in New York last winter at 50 cents (Is. 6d.) per lb., and there is no A i.1. ?^ price at least will be obtained this year. The one estabhshment, therefore, now engaged in this business will have a gross receipt of 90,000 dols. Wild animals are not numerous. The moose deer is rarely seen, but in the uninhabited parts of the colony bears, foxes, squirrels and beavers are frequently to be met with. Wild geese, dttcks, partridges and pigeons form the principal de- i INFORMATION FOR EMIGRANTS. 6 scriptionB of game. The rivers abound with fish of almost every kind. The extent of the mineral riches of the colony is at present but imperfectly known. They include gas coal, marble, gypsum, iron ore and antimony. Gold and silver are believed also to exist. Last ^ear thirty square miles of ground were purchased for gold-minmg purposes. The formation of the Intercolonial Bailway, now in progress, will give a great impetus to mining operations, besides assisting to largely aevelop other industries. In less than three years from the present time New Brunswick will have about 490 miles of railway. During the past season there has been a great demand for labourers and mechanics. Persons accustomed to railway work, such as engineers, stokers, guards, signalmen, &c., are also in request. The immigration agent at St. John, the principal trading town of the colony, Mr. B. Shrives, says : — " There has been a falling off in ship- building, but all other branches of industry are in a healthy state. Farming was carried on with groat advantage last year ; and the prospect for those willing to undertake the cultivation of the soil promises to be remunerative. One hundred acres of Government land can be had for 20 dols. currency (about .£4 sterling), or it can be paid for by labour on the roads, say 10 dols. for three successive jrears ; then the land is granted by deed to the settler and his heirs. Agricultural labourers, dairy- women, female servants, and boys and girls over 15 years of "age, will find ready and remunerative employment. To these classes New Brunswick offers great inducements. With land so easily procured, and remunerative wages for all kinds of labour, the country offers great inducements to all who are disposed to labour for a living. The many thousands of emigrants who landed in the country but a few years ago, and who have become the owners of productive farms, and are living in comfort, and in many cases in affluence, should induce those who are intending to emigrate to look favourably upon our young and growing country." The cost of passage, between London and New Brunswick, by flailing ship, is from .£5 to £6. From Liverpool it is about £o. Frcn Glasgow the voyage by steamer costs six guineas. The "hints given respecting proceeding to Canada are equally appli- cable in the case of those desirous of emigrating to New Brunswick. The immigration agents at St. John and Miramichi are Mr Shrives and Mr. Leyton. At St. Andrew's, Bathurst, Dalhousie, Bichibueto, and Shediac, the land agents or deputy treasurers act also as immigration agents. The Dominion emigration agent in England is Mr. W. Dixon, 11, Adam-street, Adelphi, London, from whom emigrants will obtain any information required. Emigrants should, however, be careful, in making purchases or business engagements, to ascertain whether the sums mentioned are currency or sterling, there being a great difference between the two. Subjoined is a 6 NEW BRUNSWICK. English Mono/, in dXrs tSd Canadian llts equivalent in I- cents. I i'Urreuoy. Enghsh Money. 8. d. § c. 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 20 22 24 30 36 43 49 61 1 22 2 43 4 87 24 33 48 67 12. 67 486 67 4866 67 § 0. 01 02 03 05 10 15 20 25 50 1 00 2 00 3 00 4 00 5 00 6 00 10 00 20 00 25 00 60 00 100 00 500 00 1000 00 5000 00 10,000 00 £ 8. d. 0* 1 1^ 2i 5 7J 10 10* 2 1 4 1 8 3 12 4 16 5 10 6* 4 8 1 1 2 2^ 2 9 5 6f 1 2 4 5 10 20 10 111 102 14 9^ 205 9 7 1027 7 Hi ^, — , 2^ 5415104^ 68. 3d. ; coopers, sf • cartpr«wi*i.T„' j' cabinet makera, laboureW, l; ' ^^X'^'^tmZbi^UsX''^- '' "%^^ 5s. 6d. ; painters and ^iRyiai-o^^ '"acnmists, 7s. 6d. j millers, men, 4s. 2d. ropLaWs^ S S' * iP^«««,^ands 5s. ; quarry. 6s. ; shipwr ghts 6s to 7s 6^ ' «^*>«°^^kers, 4s. ; sawyers, stone-cuttersf7s 6d saddlers t' . «*T^^««^«. ^' to 5s. 6d. braziers, 5s. • Zh^iwr^li^P ^^'A ^^**^''^' ^«- ' tinsmiths and tailors, 'Mo; ta^Zl^j!b^'J'^''T^ get ^^24 per annum ; board and lodsin^ cLX^^ ?? whitesmiths, ^36, all with cooks, 20s toS; da^-w^Len l1'^^ ^f^'' Pf ,«»^^th; female 60s.; male servants ^ST^^l®?'/^^-; ^^^ labourers, 40s. to board and iodgkg' ^^" ^""^ ^^^^« servants, 25s., aJl with The prices of provisions seem to be pretty mnch the same as, J s II J INFORMATION FOR EMjORANTS. 7 in Canada. The cheapest ariicles are f reah beef, 3d. per lb. ; Boconde bread, Id. per lb. ; froah butter, 8d.; eggs, Cd. per dozen; Bait fiab, 12s. 6d. per cwt. ; fowls, Is. 6d. per pair ; geese, 28. each ; lamb, 3d. per lb. ; mutton, do. ; pork, do. ; veal, do. : tea, Is. 8d. ; coffee, Is. 4d. Beer, wine and spirits are dear. Wheat brings per bushel about 5a. ; barley, 4s. 6d. ; rye, 3s. ; oats, 2s. ; maize, 43. The prices of most articles of clothing do not vary much from those m Canada, but a few are dear. Among these latter are couuterpanoa, mattresses, flannel, lor.g boots and sheeting. Some articles, such as blankets, cotton, stockings, &c., are cheaper than in other parts of the Dominion, but prices ore regulated by the quantity of articles imported. The free land grants are ©btainc i on probably soma of the easiest terms in the world. The conditions on which a grant of one hundred acres is offered to each emigrant are as follows:—!. Payment of 20 dols. cash in advance, to aid in the construction of roads and bridges in the vicinity of his location, or performing labour on such roads and bridges to the extent; of 10 dols. per ^ 3ar for three years. 2, The immigrant to commence improving his location imme- diately lifter obtaining permission to occupy the same, and within two years thereafter satisfy the authorities that ho has built a house thereon of not less dimensions than sixteen by twenty feet, and is residing thereon, and that he has cleared at least two acres of said land. 3. He must continue to reside upon the land for three consecutive years, at the expiration of which time, provided he shall have cleared and cultivated at least 10 acres, and performed the labour in the manner hereinbefore pre- scribed, or paid 20 dols. in advance, a grant shall issue to him of the 100 acres located to him. If, however, his means be limited, he may for reasonable periods absent himself in order to procure the means of support for himself and family without forfeiting' his claim to constant residence. The settler may, after having built a house and cleared and cultivated two acres of the land, and paid the 20 dols. in advance, or performed labour on the roads and bridges to the extent of 10 dols. or upwards, cut and haul lumber and timber from the lot ; but he cannot sell or otherwise dispose of the s landing timber until he has obtained a grant of the lot. Every actual settler who is in- debted to the Crown on account of the lot occupied by him, and has resided on such lot for three years next preceding, and has cleared and cultivated 10 acres therectf, and has paid 20 dols. in cash, or performed 30 dols. worth of labour on the roads as hereinbefore provided, becomes entitled to a grant of such lot. The average cost of cutting and clearing off the trees, leaving the stumps standing, is from .£3 to <£4 currency (£2 143. to £3 12s. sterling) per acre. The proper season to commence clearing the land is the month of June. All underbrush should be cut down, and this is in some cases done with a scythe ; but the small trees require an axe. The large trees should then be m^' I i 8 ITEW BRUNSWICK. SSL^L'^rb^ cut off and *^^^'^* ^^^^^ *^« ^^^^• trees as may be of value for fl^>^^ ''^ ^.^^ '^^«' ^^^ ««ch moved. ThetiXrthn8lpi?L l°'?f u^"" ^*^^^ purposes re- convenient over the Sou^^^^^^ A\'-T^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^ tue whole. The pronS timfl f or if h • *^^* '^^^ ^^. may consume inAugustorS'eXmb- 9,!nl^^^ "^^^ ^« is any dry day shoullbepMfnhtpsand^^^^^^ be scattered over the land wS^^ "f -ii t^® *^¥^ «^ould then The tax on a good farm of 100 oi"^'" ^.t l^^^^ ^^^ planting, stock, is abou? 4s. Td sterW "'^' ""'^^ houses bams and districts is about 3d. sterling ^•- ^® ^" **^ ''^ *^® ^^^^ry il^^hZZr^^^^^ tSfi^^r^ ^ ^^^^ «^-- to capital. In such f.olm!Sa%?^ ^ *^ *^® possesses a little always welcome K oTunemnl^vfr'' i^/ l^^^^^^ labourers S way to New Bmnsw^ck or f^ ^^^ "^"^^l^ '*^'^® *« fi^^^«^^^^J2^e^t, from the rude and is to be found in all stages ©t advanc«m , ^^^^ attempts of the J^^iCodTctive re^^^^^^ husbandry. half fisherman, to the P^o^^?*'J®/f'X^ and extremely healthy. The climate of the colony is ^g^^^^°^®Xpr in winter than in The weather is warmer in summer and coMer ^^ wmt^^^^^^^ .^ England. fiJ^'^^Zil Th^e pr^v^ce produces all the Canada and New Brunswick, ine p r ^^^ northern so pleasant as m Britain a-^.^f® «f"^^^!^^^ but rather consists any distance inland sensibly influence tne a P ^^^ ^^^^ the beginning o^tuly, until the m^^^^^ Witnessed in nights exceed in spl^e^dour any that ar^ lo ^^Qj^gov, Northern Europe. T>ey are thus describ^^^^^ ^|^.^ in his volume on British Amenca:~To^^^^^^ ^^^^^_ true colours would require mo^^^^ tmagSon^an execute The plish, or any pencil but t^at oi JPf^' ^^jj- ^ay, is always Sir, Notwithstanding the heayf the ^^^^^^^^^ pu^e; the sea general y. unruffled, and ^^^^^^ .^ ^-^^ Reflecting wit| precision eve^vis^^^^^ heavens or on ^^^ e^^^^'. J^^^^Sement ^^ «*^^« «^ ^^^"^ ^"^ like brilliancy, and, during to ^^ 3 t i the their utmost effulgence, i isnes ^i jariuu f ^ ^^^^ water; the singular note of the ^^^Wf 'j;.^^^^^^^^ vivid the woodn; the firefly fioate m the ai^^^^^^^ !a«^tntrd»tl^^^^^ may be heard i ■* ^ . / t'«»lH»l4, smiu^ u NOVA SCOTIA, the voice of the milk-maid, or the drowsy tinkling of the distant fold. In another direction may often be seen the light of the birch torch, which the Mic Mac Indian uses in the prow of his canoe, while engaged with his spear in fishing." There is no assisted emigration to Nova Scotia, although con- siderable encouragement is afforded in the shape of grants of land on easy terms to suitable applicants. To men of good health, and accustomed to bodily labour, who are willing to engage in clearing the forest and cultivating the soil, facilities are oifered in Crown lands, on terms which the poorest can accept. And the agriculturpl emigrant, with means sufficient to procure his implements, and maintain himself and family for the first year, may censider himself independent for life ; but none should undertake to clear land on his oivn account, unless in such circumstances. If possessed of some capital, he may buy a farm partially cleared, either in crop or ready for crop. There are always persons ready to sell such farms and remove to vacant land, there to commence, a new settlement. The clearing of wild, or vacant, land is to be understood as cutting down trees, chopping, fencing and burning. Such treer as are large enough for logs, or to be sawed into deals, may be so applied, if within convenient distance of a saw-mill. The larger branches and smaller trees are used for fencing, and all the rest are burnt on the ground. The ashes are spread, and the first crop sowed or planted without any further preparation of the ground, which must be ploughed for the succeeding crop. The stumps are commonly left and allowed to rot out. An official letter from Mr. Crosskill, of Halifax, dated December 3, 1868, says : — " A good class of farmers who have sufficient means wherewith to purchase small farms, already under cultivation, would do well in the western parts of the province. Fruit- growers in particular could make money ; but this is no place for paupers. What is required is more capital and industry ; and there is a good opening for the expenditure and employment of both." Woollen and cotton clothing are a little dearer than in Eng- land ; but food, with the exception of bread, which is about the same price, is much cheaper. Beef, from 3d. to 6d. per lb. ; mutton, 2d. to 4d. ; pork, 3d. to 4d. ; geese, Is. to Is. 8a. each ; fowls. Is. 3d. to Is. 8d. per pair. Fish are, comparatively, still cheaper. The rates of wages in some trades, such as bricklayers, curriers, mechanics, plasterers, quarrymen and the like, are higher than in Canada. In others they are lower, but in most th^ are much the same. The cost of a passage to Halifax is about ^85 by sailing vessel, and about £6 6s. by steamer from Liverpool, Glasgow and Cork. From London the cost per sailing vessel is about .£5 10s. The hints respecting outfits, &c. for Canada, are applicable, also, to Nova Scotia. The passage is not of long duration, the pievince being the nearest point of communication with Europe on the tt in SHELF ill I •••^••^•■•* INFORMATION FOB EMIGRANTS. 15 i.- f On Undlnff at Halifax tlie emigrant can American continent. On land ng ^^ ^ lodgings, where to procure all necessary ^^^ormation^^^^^^^^ ^^ j»^ j^ ^ ^ram, fieek employment &«•' ?^,S iTent in that city. In this the Povernment Imrn^^^^^^^^^ ^^ jy. the Canadian country application should oe ma ^ , ^^j London, •nominion Agent, 11, Adam-streeu, -a-»J«^P ' , ^yovince ahout ■^ Of the 10,000,000 acres surveyed ^y*f,,,?i^g something •6,500,000 acres t^aveW granted or B^^d le^^^^ ^ for like 3,500,000 acres to \^^^^{gf tVa^^^^ but, by the existing Crown lands is Is. ^^J^fVj^fnJ^^^^^^ nioney, Immigration Act, a credit la allowed to | . ^^ one-half payable in two years ^^« J^^^^il the pnce is paid. years, the title deed not *^«^°S^ '^"""rlording to their degree of ke prices of cultivated lands vary a^^^^^^^ ^.^^ bouse and improvement or situation. Upland i^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ the barn, partially ^^^J^^f^f 'Je^^^^^^^ hundred acres. The average ^ice oi ^^^^^ j^ ^^^^^ and similar purposes is from .£lb ^o ^^^^i^nds are bought however, be observed t^^"* rV.^^Jt be obtained except chiefly for. their tl^y'th^ittioTm^^^^ suitable for agn- by purchasing the l«;^f ' ^^^^^ up. All persons are cultural operations being J^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^p^on Crown lands and strictly prohibited by law from^^^^^ ^^^ ^pphes to cutting ti^o.^^^^.^^^tbfmrnes ^^^^^ The Commissioner the interfering with the mines ^^^ business of the of Crown Lands in Nova Scotia con^^^ Halifax, where department in the I*ro7^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Deputy surveyors all the original records and plans are ^^^ i a reside in every, county, whose duty it^^^^ ^^^^^ from tres- bv their principal, and to protect urow v f respective pLsers; they are furnished witt plans ^t ^^^.^ ^^ bounties, and are ^^.^^^^^ *^^^^ ^n^^^^^ together with veys. AH plans and furveys made n^^^^^ ^ ^^. ^^^^ ^ rt- reports, are transmitted by djuties^^^^^^ ^ f ^.a. ment, where all Proceedings are re^ew^d.^ Applicant pre- posing of the Crown ^^^^I'l^^^Z^a petition to his Excel- sentsat the office of the commission^^^^ v ^^ ^ specified lency the Lieutenant Governor praying S ^^^ locaJity, at number of acres, with a general descri^ Receiver-aeneral a the same time paying intoJ:he ofece oi ^ ^^ distinction sum of money at the ^ateof ^9tor^A^^^ ^^^^^ ^ t^^ is made in the price between ^^^.f ^J^^triflinff. The cosu of dXencein cost of the survey '^^ ^^^:^tot the petition survey is paid ^y *^«X,7^^eTfor?hw^^^^^^ thebeputy and money an order of snrv^y tonnwii. ^^^ ^^^y ^ Surveyor of the county to si^I«y^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^y^^ purvey, and, the surveyor to jroceed ^^^^«j^^^^^^^^^ to report ewy in complian«e with his general ^ ^ occupied or vacant, particular descriptive ?« ^ f *, wne objections made Wher improved or otherwise, asweiia«iwij > if!^ff^Pfi9ii k itn i^ uf- , M^ f^^C^ ' 1 • ■ ♦ a. 1 * * ^ 16 NOVA SCOTIA. I to the pasamg 01 the gra^it, together with such remarks of bis T^ nrZ^ if*'^ '"^ forming a lust decision in case of controversy! The order of survey gives but an incipient right to the applicant -the report 18 for the information of the office and the Govern- S iSnlq^i? niAl''^*''''^?^ survey and report, a careful examination IS made of all the particulars ; the plan is compared with the general map of the county ; and a report then drawn up by the commiPsioner and submitted to the Government, who decide to whom the grant shall issue, in case the lot is claimed by more than nrfn'r^f. */"°?®y '^ ""^P^'? to apphcauts if the grant be refused. Grants, after being completed, are forwarded for registry to the Registrars of Deeds m the several counties where lands lie and afterwards delivered by them to the grantees The price of water lots vanes from those on the upland. A reasonable ex- tMit IS generally granted m front of a proprietor's lot for ^10 A i!?"^® t^^^^ ^® observed in making the appUcation. Although numerous manufacturing industries are in active operation m the province, emigrants should not depend upon Si.fe^T'^^'^'^i? employment in these. The classes most required during the last few years seem to have been farm labourers, artisans, domestic servants, miners, &c. Good miners t can aJways procure work, but in no case should emigrants pro- ceed to the colony before the commencement of spring. The openmg afforded by the Nova Scotian mines for the profitable employment of labour deserves the attentien of the unemploved portion of our miningpopulatior who, not only in Nova Scotia, but m other parts of British North Aiierica also, might find the means of procuring the food, clothing ard shelter of which they and their families stand m such need, without having resource to the assistance of the parochial authorities. icouuice w mmmmmmmmmmm'K^-