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C N s I D E a t N o ii necessary lo lay before the public, some account of he ..avanlages tli.u will probably result from openin(f a line of Railway run, buiiu At.dri-wsio Quebec. I submit the folfowins statement, which 1 Oelieye from the luformniion derived from numerous enquiries, to be correct. . llii'line has been . I, contemplation since 1836, and wcs surveyed by Major Yule, of the Royal Engineers, under appointment of the British Go- vprnment. 1 ho operaiiy.is of that officer commenced at Point Levi, crossed he head wnters of the Saint John, passed the Allegash, and down the Aroos- look 10 Its mouth, ihence to Mar's Hill, and through the valley of the river at. John to Woodstock and Eel river, and thence to the termination at Saint Andrews; the whole distance, according to this survey, beipe about 200 miles. ' " The most part of thii extensive line intersects a remnrkablv fine country, both in respect to the growth of limber, and soil for cultivation ; and it is worthy ol remark, in reference to this Railroad, that no tunnelling will be ne- cessary, very few rivers lo cross, and even ihiise can bo bridged at acompar- nliveiy inning expense ; besides, it is found that no grade will be required over J9 feel in a mile, as reported by Major Yule. liy the Ashburion treaty, all ihe Iflnds from the Canada line to near tha mouth of the Aroostook, over which lVIa>r Vule surveyed the line, have been ceded to the United States, and consequently a British line of direct , connexion between Cannula and the lower Provinces, is broken, and thus the projecioi-.s of the line in question have been (orced to abandon that route, and explore a new line, which proceeds from the oiiginal line at the raouih of the Aroostook, crosses the Saint John at the Grand Falls, coniinues by Ta- Oiisquatu to the Saint Lawrence, and following its margin reaches Point Levi, or mity terminate at the river Du Loup. (At this latter point the dis- tance from buini Andrews to the river St. Lawrence, would be 230 miles ) ihis latter route to Quebec has been found perfectly practicable, but it increase.s the distance nbout 90 miles further than the other, and requires expensive bridges nt the Grand Falls and Madawaska , . It IS stated that capitalists in thi United States have-pledged themselves to construci the road from the mouth of the Aroostook, up the valley of the river and across the Allegash to the Canadian Frontier, and also to procure a hallway Act of the slate of Maine, and an Act of Congress, to allow Brit- i.sh goods and mails to pass duly free, or at the same rales as through Brit- Hh territory, provided ihe like privileges wore conceded to them, so that .■mw>™°-, " 'connecting Railroad between Quebec and Saint Andrews ot -JbO miles, as orminally inlended. Were either of these lines completed, the flour and goods of Canada, could be brought from Quebec lo St. Andrews, lor one cent, per ton. pvr mile, less than Js. 31. per barrel. But suppose that charge weredoi,n!», its advantages are still app.irent, when we consider the great demand i:h exists fur Cunada fiour for the whole Bay of Fundv, and^the intermedi.. ■ , i.nlry from .Si. Andrews to Q.iebec ; the present price flour at St. Andrew and other sea purls in the Bay of Fundy is SG to $t)i per bbl. ,• at Quebec it is $4 to S4| ; at St. John and Si. Andrews oat« to' 6d. . |vr bushel ; in Cnnnda in winter 9d. lo Is, and all other goods in proportion. Pearl and pol ashes that usually remain all winter al Que- bee. would find immediate opportuniiies of shipment to Enghn.d. It should also be considered whai a large market would be opened to the West Indies lor Canadian produce which could be shipped from the mild climate of St. Andrews at all seasons, but which cannot be done by the St. Lawrence, where the voyage is usually long and dangerous. Ii therefore becomes ti question, which of the two is the prefdrable route, the shorter one throu-rVj iha State of Maine, or that by the Grand Falls keeping within British terri- tory. An exammation of Greenleaf 's map will give the enquirer more cor- -oct iiifomtalion than he can obtain from any description. That iha uiiravuiiruble cliurucler ntiribuU'iI tu the Buy of Fiiiidy ii intrue, would appenr by iha fullowing facts. In thu yenr 1817, it 1:4 provvii by Custom-House entries, that between Cape Sable and BuMtjiori 5,000 ri.'^i- ■itered vessels entered the Bay ofFundy. For the last ten ycMrN llio biisea by shipwreck have not averaged thirty sail, whereas neatly that iniinber have been lost in the Gulf of Si Lawrence in one storm, aliho' the amount of '.onnnge of tl\,e St. Lawrence is far less thati that ol the I3ay of Fundy. Tho Buy of Saint Andrews is of great beauty, capacious, and perfectly safe for shipping, and is free from ice at all seasons of the year. St. Andrews ii the most westerly seaport in Now-Orunswick. It is lii miles from Eastpori : is 50 miles lower down iho Bay of Fundy than St. John, and consequently so much nearur England anil the United States, The Upper St. John and its tributaries produce the largo plimpliin or soft pine in abundance, which no other country furnishes of the same (pmlity. — The groat staple of this country is lumber. Upwards of l.'JO.OOO tnin of )iine timber from the upper counlty, is annually sent to St. John, itb trans- .nission attended by great loss and delay before it reaches the market. Tim expense of drivinr;, the lo.ss of a portion from bruises and other cauioj, atid consequent reduction from noce.Hsary rehewing and reaurveying when ro ceived in the poi.Js, is estimated at about 33\ per cent. Boards, shin- gles, clapboards, pine timber, &c from the Are-'locik and numerous rivers, ire floated in gfal quantiijps to St. John for the Utiiied States market. — These ariiclps also are subject to many ol the casualties attending the trana- mission of timber, and the expense of transportation is 50 percent, more than 'I would bo by Railway to St. Andrews, without actual loss of any portion, JJoslon is principally supplied with cord wood and hen'lock bark from Nova-Scoiia, which ocxupin-s fully one ijuarter longer vijyage ihaa from St. Andrews. There is no limit to the quantity of wood, bark, claph lards, shin- gles, limber, deals, ship timber, that could be furnished by this Railway. The Iron works at Woodstock are now in active and successful ofieration, "lid possess every elt-ni^nt nece-ssary to their becoming an extensive and .'mpiirlant e.-itablishinenl. 'i'he same argument with respect to the transpor- ition of Timber &c , i^qiially applies to the e.rpnrialion ol their Iron, imd lo lie iirp.'irialinn of sn|ijili'.s for lln.-ir woikintni. Our .Siapli' l-'i^li iiikI Lunibfr bmli fur Brnisli and U Siau'< marki'v ■Mise a great miporiiiiion of bread stufFs and .supplies pariic ilarly On i; ■ i imliennen, which are e'liclly imporied from Bo.sidii. Thi^^e irnit^ y,:---. iiy Easiport to Si.,.lol)ii 5) miles as bi'diro stated, aM,l rurr' il iluMrc i- Frederlcion 81 miles, th»iico to Woodstock 75 iniL'^ tiy w,:'. r, ii:;l.ini; ~09 mi'fs. As the St Juhn rivi-r is frosm up from 5 to 6 iii!i;u!i.i in i!i ■ year, and not iiaviuable from ilrmiiilu to Woodstock ilnrmfr a ivi,-t of ^n n ener, the expense of supplying lliis iippjr counlry \r, a 'u>, .so ili c. i!;.: cost of tran:;iiMiliiig imports and exports b.' ih' pfnp.i. I'll sciH>iiie, wivi' ! probably bo ihreo foitrtlis les.i ►ban the prcjeiM r.-.tos, ali'.-i.ded liy thf ■jreiti ndvant.ige of po^3essill^ an nninterrnpted co.'nmuriicati.i't. The supply of jjoods for the .Aai'.'ricaii sido of tlio boumbiry, for M it' ton, ilu; Aroostook, Fish river, .Vlidawaska and oi her r.l. ires i- priin ipnii .• cariiu'd from U injjor to H mlion by sled-* in .vi.rcr, a di- ihico of ! 17 iiiili ■. Jiing')r is situated on the Penobscot 50 miles from Deer I>!;ind nt il-< lipxii'i and is frozen up 5 to mnntlis in ilie year, conseqiiiiitly mo-t of ilic m.. r- chandize for the upper Country is deposited nt Bangor during "lie sti'nmp; for wintor Iransporlaiion. Thesis goods would find their way by the Sai Andrews and Cinebec Railway under the f.icililies given by the binding ,-ysiein — free of duly. The enormous quantity of goods rfqiiirod for the tipper cnimlry ex- ceeds belief, In I94.> fully aOO.OOO barrels went up for hot! i sides of the line at an" av.'rago cost of one dollar pr. barrel, whcreii?" it cmild he carried by Railway frotn S.iinl .ndrews to Woodstock or Houli"n for one shilling. Passengers ccnld be convoyi'd}from/ Houlton and Woodstock to Saint Andrews in four" hours, thence lo Poril.ond in 12 hours, at a cost of seven dollars, whilst as ihoy now travel via Si. Juhn the fare is about double, and 'toften reritiires four days lo accomplish the iourney. y of Fiiiidy it in, il is proved tpori 5,000 r<.'m- IvatH llie I'lj.saa mt fiiimber hava ' ihe nrriouiu of )f Fundy. Tli'j erfei'lty snff for Andrews is the )ni E.ntporl : is cunseqiieiiily so pliinpUin or sofl same i|Uiility. — 130,000 101.^ of Inhn, iib trans- innrliet. Tha lier ciiuii'», ntid eying whan ro Bimrds, fhin- umerous river?, lalei mnrUet. — nding the trarij- • cent, more thnn 'if any portion, lock bnrk from 1 ihfiii from St. Inph nrds, shin- his finilwny. i\ssfiil operalinni ri extensive and 111 lliH irniispiir- icir Iron, ninJ lo Sinn's iiinrlii'«, ic llrt;l\ f"! t'^ los^ ;; "it- ;•:■, •■ irri'il iliPiire lo w;itt'r, iniUniig I luiiiUh.!; ill til" 1 ni.-t i)f Jill 11 I '■,'< f),ir|,- !■< :• ■ ■■' !N,llv::y •w -, -ot ill I'. I!l0 :'■ ■■,no, \\',i'i'i| ltd Liy tilt' ;irfi',l l: prill' ijiil,; ,■ 10 of ! 1 7 null' I. nd '\\ it-i i);nui!i 01 f!' ll;f III I- iit; 'lii> sii'Minr ;iy by Iho S;il by ilie binding ;ior cnniifry fx- lol'i sides of ilie lull Id ho c'lrrii'd for one shiilinqf. dsiock to Snini t n cost of fifvpn loui double, and The liinds 111 Umilion, VVonditotd.-, Aroofinok, mid for lui'idrcdii of rrtiles in iht- interior, nn.' |iroverbi',il for richiiuss ot ijuuluy, nod ivhon culiivu- ltd their produce ifi .'-up, riibund,ini. It is throoKh the river St. Lawrence thai iho fxtentive Cnnndns are supplifil with West India goods, ai.d it should be borne iri^ mind, thni the ships so iin|il'iycd pass near Cape Sable in the Bay of Fundy, nod that during wint'-r these f,oods are deposited at Halilax ; in Spring ilicy are iranshippi'd lo Qii^hec ond Montreal, incurring hi'avy charges The distance from Cipe Sable through the Gulf and river St. Lnwrence bfing about 1200 miles, this voyage can only be performed in safety during 5 months in the year. The distance from Cape Sable to St. Andrews is 130 miles, from thence to Quebec 260. inking Major Yule's route, making in all 300 miles, consequently there is a saving of nearly 800 miles, in transmitting VV^at Indian produce to Quebec, It is known, that the freight of a cask of sugar from the West Indies to St Andrews is f2 to !S2J, whilst the same from West Indies lo CJiiibec is $5 to $6, and someiimes %H. The West li dia vessel obtains no rtturn cargo from Quebec, and has to encounter an iiicreui- ed length of voyage, ejtira in.«urnnce &c., whereas at St Andrews ihe most suitable and assoried West India cargoes of fnh, lumber &c., can always be proiMired ; from the above, iind ilitf fact ihat goods can be imported into St. Andrews throughout the year, u'ld immediately forwardod to Quebec, ii is evident that were the Railway finished all this imtnenae traflic would be directed by thi.s route lo Cannda. Since ahip-i from England arrive nt St. Andrews in nil senson.i of ihe year, how iinporinnt and advantagenus would it be lo ilie fancy diy goods and oiher iMerchnnis of Quebec and Cniindn West, to have sprin.jj I'oods in Februiry or Maich. (i is difficult to aniicipnie the great trade thnt would (low along thi.i line, from Ciinada East and West. Instead of flour and provifion.s (or the lo.ver British Provinces, being iin|ioried from New York iiiid Biisloi). and there paid for in cash, they would undoubtedly come from Cannda and be paid for in We.sl India and other goods. Fresh fish, which are laken ai all seasons of ihe year in the Bay of FuHdy, as well as cured, wool I be an iiiiporiaiii and lnri;e item of traffic of all ihe upper St. John and ('aiinilis. ihe liuiisinission of which would be a source ol revenue to tlie Kailroad. The MaiLs from England lo Halifax, haVe been brought from that City to Aiiiiapiilis III Vi hours, ilience to St. Andrew.s by wnler, llic distance is 1.5 or Of) lid ■-, 11. Incli oiii be run by menm ni all liines in llie year, in 4 or Ij hours, iinil till iM-e III Qio'nec by Riilrond in 12 hour-t, making 29 hours, or at lurilii 111 IJfi in ,ili ; iliis fan of iiself is of paramount i'nportnnce. .\ii ,\li "I i.it'oipiraiioii has been obtained for the Itnilroad through N.Mv iiiihi.- >,-i( I, 1.) '.ill- Caiiaiia l.iiie, on the most fnvnnrnblp, terms, with tho piivil.'i:;' Hi" r.;!i'iiiliiiy lines tu any jinrl ul' the Province. The LegHla'tire of NrM\ Broil?" iid(, have guaniiiieed an interest of G per cent, on £100,000 for 2>5 yeiir.*, on 'he compleiion of the Railway to Woodstock, li Ns also grant- ed five Mii! '^ df'p ol Crown Laiid.s on each side of the line from St. Aii. drews 10 Woodr-iock, whi.-h compri.ses at l?asi 200,000 acres of the most va- luable Crown Liiids in Briii.sh Norih America. The proprtelurs of lands through which the line passes^, have nearly all given the light of way, nnd liitle or no expense, has ns yd been incurred by the Company, the prc- liminarv Suivey, bcioi,' defrayed by the Bri'ish Government, and ihe services of ihe Directnr.s hilherin gratuitous. The Wooil reijuired for super.struciure and bridges, will be procured at n verv trifling expense. aS ihe Company's land produce il in abundance. It is conleniplaled, to limit the first oporaiion.s lo the. ci(ni|ileiinn of the line, (roni St. .Andrew.- lo Woodstock, for whirii ihe larger anmuiii of Stock is stibi^^rrilied ill flnslaiiil. and New-Brunswick. ... In 1P30, llie Orivernment of Canada passed resolutions, to extend to nny Railway, ilmt should iiereafier bo built, from oppo-,.t.«., .„ u, \ \ , " """ '*''*'*> Cod and tho.,.utl> shore, of Ne v f, u.'dTam ul a, it^^ I'f '" ''"'""'" ^''l-' ecrtifV, .ha. .ho navi«a,io„ of the S !f^ Fu , V' X':": ^ fc".';^ '.r"'' """" adva,uageB „ the way of refuffe, and to Bafe nav « H , ,, ^aa "■' ,: v .n .r'-,",""" and c,.,na„)dio»8 5 a:„l in ,.,.n,.ral it miv liliLl '■""!''*l""i '« ;" M iin.os safo ;nivisation than .'omu, l.^m^.^ g,^ ^'^ ^j/ ^.'f " S;";''';' '-"'l-^s lor B.lb Nova Scolia and ^<:^v^.M,ndland. '^ "^ """'' '■'""" "',"'« '^•"'^"' of Campobcllo, January 1, 1850. ' '^"""' •^''"■"^'"' "•^' "". ''■''"i' o^' -^■'""'y. ri>iiiuiii>i'niivii iliAii ^'11 i I lusinin itii» 'liny for ihtj firit pni(( oil eotit «i- y irininjj oxpcfrm*. y nil given lo ihc :> I' lii'fiire riU'iuioi). HIT jcara, being vre, ill'-' lino cnn U iiiii ngu. raiivi'ly noihiiig, e siiiU'd. V lie fdiivoyt'il liy lu.MV* rcBMIII for fiil.'owing Jimiii. vlli) liiw" liirt'elv ild surcesi. Aiiiliuwa, vi». Huliinsori, I{. N., ilaoii, Esq., Cll. Ksq , Jo, Esq. rii iheir inlcrcstp, 2 result (iC actuni iiiid ol' tlic triiili, llh' ii:n ijfaijdii iil' 'ilsililiicuJUuB (Jo "rt llio cfja:5ta uf rs IHU uiiJ 1848, 1^ l>L'Uvoi;ri Ciipe - VcMr, anti iiiusl ■iiid clluis iiimu i^'llv iiiui iviili „|| "iiiy olliin- pails •II slinre and Ilia " ill liniRs siifo ■ii'ililii'S I'lir fjiil'i, "I llie ciiasls of •nr Ailiiurn', Hay of Fuiifly. 'If-NKUAI,. i<5 proposed lino res, the greater iibeied uiih tlio hemlock, cedar, llkttntivo irnrn arn or«ii(ir>rii)r i|iiulily lor fiillivalimi, j iirCKtit urin i>( ilj, flnett npporiiinilipa I ini awnru of lor the looalimi ol KiniurHiii* m cunipiipi boilipn — '1 hn Snii|,.|iiBMl» already Coimtd near Ihc e«lrumUics ol il:e line, flouiisli and incrcuso rajiidly in wealth. I he pro.xiinlly orihno land* In Ihe tea-bnard, oven now {(really enhnnco their worth, but this will be inoreaned in a lii){h ratio when the Hail ,vny inlerdeeiu iheni — ••alea n( lllocka of aeveral thouaami Acres in this, tho souih-weslern |inrl. of iho I'rovinpfl, have hroughl prices aveia(jing one hundred per cent, liijiber lliaii aiiywhcro cite, nnd the timber und lumber berths soM there last itason, realiied lo (Jovernment a lato previously iinoxampltd. ^ ', , „. (signed) TIIOS. HAIM.IE, Crown Land Oflice, \ Surveyor General, r redcnctoii, Ivew IJrunswicK, ; 13lh April, 181!). ) The cnpnbiliiie* of New Brunswick asun ngricultiirBJ country, are well aualnined hy ilie followiniT exirnct from n Irciure delivered by Trofetsor Johnston, of liurnpcnn cclcbriiy, ai the ftlechanic's Iiisiiiute in Si John,27ih Dec. 1849 The produce of New-Brunswick, compared with ihnl of ihe Slaleo of New. York mid Oliiu, ai also Upper Cannda, for 1849 : Ann Brunswick. JStw-Yurk. Wlieat, per ucre, t7.f bush. 14 buih, Bnrley, 27 i lU 0»is, 33 36 Rye, 19 Qi Potatoes, 204 90 Turnips, 389 8S Ohio. 151 bush. 24 •m 16] 69i No reiurns. U. Cmiada, m Hi 34! nf S4 The next pcint consiJored, was ihe prices obtained for tho produce ; with reference lo which he was of opinion, that the fiitmers of Ncw-Brunswick, na i> whole, were beiier ofl'thnn those of other pans of North America ; and then staled the nveragf prices obtained for certain nrlicics in this Province compared with ihe following place* : — Ntto- Brunswick Wheal, per qr Barley, Oats, Rye, Pointots, per bii. 60 8 34 IG 38 8 1 h Qr> is eight bushels. Vpi r Canada, 28 18 .IP 18 1 6 Ohio. 31 . 14 8 8 16 1 lOi BANfiOR, (Statt of Maine,) Jan'y. 1850. Being desirous of ascertaining the ()unntity of Merchandize ihnt is brought from Boston and oiher pons in the United Stales lo the City of Bnn- gor in summer, for the purpose of iranspprlaiion to Houlton, Fish River, and the Upper St. John, with the coat of such transportaiion, — I am enabled to stale from tho most reliable sources, that the following is ns near the truth ns can ue «rrived at : — 6,. 00 barrels of Flour, 200 lb. ea. 6,000 Pork, 300 ,, .10,000 Indian Corn Meal 7.000 Fish, Srx. 8,000 Salt, 8,500 West India Goods 4,000 Tea, Soap, Candles, &c. '60,000 Crnckeryware, Machinery, ^ Domesiic Goods, Liquors, inn', monnn and various other kinds of [ *'''*' 1 J6,200 — — — _ Goods, j ___^__ 108,500 Borrels amounting to $266 030 Traffic of Good-) that pass up ihe Kennebec River, lo Moose- head Lake, and the Eastern branches of that river, is 66 200 37,125 barrel?, ,.-•. 3,27 ___J $ 332 220 -The above includes freight and charges on Merchandize from Boston to iJangot and Houlton and Kennebec routes : also, from the most acmr'.i. in. 2,27 $ 13,620 3.00 15,000 2 27 22,700 3,00 21,009 3,00 24,000 3,00 25,500 2,00 8,000 furnlatioii ilim ^.„, i,, „). • i , ■n pan cn.e. .he con^unlpIL '7,^;::' SS^jr '"^'"^ ^^'' ^' "'^'^ Beef +ork, i.gh, Iron, Salt, Crockervwar« «„H n^''^'''""' "'" ^u^ni'ty «' i-'iou very large. I, j, 3,)^ /^at i, IMS. fX SM ono?'^ ^"'"'* '^»' "'« «"''«'■ ^i^'^" ^ •"»■ .-oats ; an, Tully ,0,000 ..re^J^X^ cSrilltt^P^nl'r^ FosT OF St. John N. B. watered by the river S,. John. „^ it, iHbu.lrr ^""'l ° ■"'' '^'"'^ of Maine. Mock. FisI, River, Fort Ken^ Fo Fa rfi 'l'< I'' » "°"''""' '^^°'"'' the year 1849. ' "" ^'x-field, Limestone River &c.,) durinn- Wheat flour „ , Pork S""*'' Mo'a,=ses ^""^l* Tea (jollons ■ Sugar ;P''"'«'» Ttfbacco ■ f^'' Indtan Corn r,,'; , Salt ^""hes Genevi S° '"'» Wine .Y"'""' Rum .J,'« °"* Coffee n """ shoes, tobacco pipes, inkes, and brooin" en ware, dry goods, cottons and woollens ard, furnuure, chairs, hair mailrasses 11: .hers stra«r cutters, washing machine 'i„di go. alum, clocks and weights, zinc, ruff- shovels, candles, nuts, pails, scythes forkf" oil and turpentine. •. lorKs. Nails, lead, dried fruit, cordage, stoves n«n. i iron, codfish. ' P°"*' I computed in Treasury, S; John N. B, ) ' '^ 12th January, 1850. | ^ computed in barrels at cwis at 2,621 978 12,04S 7,97(i S8 9 J 1,983 100 300 2.210 1,898 105 39 Hi 503 Bris. 145 Cwii B. ROBINSON, P Treasurer, JPoRT OF St. John, N. B. ;he Uni JS.:rrS"f j;;:rta^;fLa^°rl' -^ ^-^-^^ -ported to Clapboards o nna nnn Shingles 4 4li2 P-r* or about 1,339.000 feel, Custom House. St. John, N. M., j' ' "" 18th Jan. 1850. \ ALKX GRANT, Coiit'r. derive from ihe'^co npleUon of thi imnorl^ "h'"^^^ ^^'•"'d ready been proved b^leforegoinnial-Spn^^ "-^y '"'^« "'• have been published ^ ^ »latemen;s, and other statistics which St! Andrews. NevvBrunswick. Jan. 1850. "^^^^^ ^^^^SON. .^'1 'Jtli s t)aiidj;!e. Jl'ii supeilicia; 'eel, ■,, hicl: passing „,, ,)ie St. J„i,f,, Hon, Die quamiiy of Flour 'oods for the British sido, L s passed Frederictoii in horse > 101 Uoiihon, per annum. ids transported by Inland rlsoflhe State of Maine, icluding Hoiihon, Wood- jstone River &c.,) during 2,521 978 12,048 7,970 S8 9 J 1,988 100 300 2,210 1,298 165 39 114 lied in i at 593 Bris. led in ,., ^ 1 145 Cwu B. ROBINSON, P Treasurer, that fuHv Tnlr. L ■ ''""'^''aiidize af , » . - 'Pv "' ilie upper '"-^■^~---:::::::i::: "Are you „„, . ^"^''^ """ced ; J V'"'ernn,ent ,o "solution,!.", ""'."'vare. the nre,en, r id Shingles exported to parts of the Stale of n Woodstock .upwards, out 1,339,000 feel, •VLKX GRANT, Cotit'r. 'P"'' It is quite su- ew-BrunswicJMvould ?. for they have nl> her statistics which i pi. JfN WILSON. Ettract from the work on .he 'BniTisn Coi.om«," recently published by and dedicated by Special Authority to Her Majesty the Queen. la.lmrn.wlff "''.'' '"."^'jr' '""^^"'""iccommunicntionisthe establishment of a Nnl 4 '''''"'' "• "'■""'' '^'"•"•"-•a. which shall cnneot tl o whole of the bee t|' whinh I havn referred io the -^ "■' ---'- -" ?-- ^,'^'r I"'"'","' "?""•""=« "^an «l>crefore be scate^v overrated, when viewed either aa a high ...iul to the moiher cn.mtiy, ,„• as (■o,.„L.c.i„'o ,!u3 diirJica provinces n. com"."" b'-d ot cmmniucau.:, ; n,„l ,„ a nie,c,nt,lo''r„int of new it'^can orbo con- aidered otherwise than as o, e ofllie Ik-h invesimcnla of ihe day. having been slam o- edwiih the patu.naou ami a;,proval ,.f ,l,e late l.,rd .Uhbr.Moi, eveV b.?ure Tim L.o;npany received Iheir recent magnificent (jrant of ii.-ul : l.„„l Ashi.uit-.n-s aenuaint- atioa with the country, from his sc-tl!ement of the b.iuu.kf v dia.MUff, renders his teat - mony 01 Kreot valoe. I h« nn,,,, oonsists of all the .ui:,lloUed land, eoi^prised with- in a beh ot five miles on ei.ch miIo of the railway, niul, by a ccriiiicrjte from the Sur- veyoi-.Oener.-il, coni,,ins ii|uvar.i3 of -2(10,(100 acn;s of someofths bsit land in the pro vinre, »hielim(;onsem.i.i|ce, duubk-s, or even quadr- 1-s the Piijiuable character of the iiiidortakiotr. "The Oompany is incorporated hv several acls olti,,) local le^isht^ire, confirmed by the titiecn in Cooocil, ami m addition lo the almv.- irra.il r,(l.in!, has ol.taineb nrivi- U'ffes ^Miil ndvnntnncs wliicli cannoi be claimed l.v anv o;i;er siin.hir blidv, viz 6 oer Centon tiu! lMl^ll^^uc■lpli:,! g„:,n,iiW,ed by i!io Il^-i-;! ;iiiru iui 25 years, which is cliarpeahleon tlKircveruifsoCiho piovince. Tlio Corninuiy have the powerto make bianoh lines orcxicnsn.r..-, m, or in ai.y purt of iho cn|,,nv sviilunitapplyin" for frtjh le^'Kslative acls, and with Hie sr.no ficilities as to lar.d and iha free use of Ctown ma- terials as on tlio irnnic line, "It is officially siaie.l lome that the capiial of the Association is divided into 8 000 sharcsot £'H), -u^U : l,;i!l ofuhicli, termed Cla.ss'A,' are lo be allolted in Eimland and the remaind.r. oalh.Ml f;i,ii-» • i,' reservfd for nllncalion in New ]3umswicl( • the in.ajnrily o|•|he■^o ^nr.rr.s are already apjoopriatcil, and the wco-ks are procoedinir 'with vigour, an.l it u; coufiiiently hoped thai the lirst serii.ni h, WikxIsIocIc (80 miles) will be opened in lw,>year.<.. Dfiices for \\w. pavment of .lividends and the transaction of Buch 'ni.s::;''sa as must hn fniidueted in Ennland, ar,^ r: inMished al No. 10 Parliament Streei, VVcsiminstfii ; and ihe inteiesl.s of the Ki,[;l;.Mi slnckliolders are guarded by a bo-,.-d of liiitc-iors, rur-idoni in tnis onuntiy, whow i.anciion is nocp'ssary lo all moi- suies j.ropcsedoy the hical diiecturf* in ^ ew lininjiwich. The land beloi.ginjf loihe Cnmp.iny, whch lias iii'.lierto bora id'-ompaialividy iii:hiis value, will when the rail- way pissis ihroiiuli 11, moii proiiably b..' eageily soirjlit allci, and ot once command a Cm liideiaoiy eiiliaiic.'d pr.c, which will far inorr iliin biiiiu hack their whole cap- inl to the sliareholdurs, tm, f,)i- insiancc, ihere are 8,1)00 sharT'S of £-20. each, aiid if the 200,000 acies are divided amonusi those 8,000 bharcs, it wiU-pivo 23 acres per share, which taken at the h,w lijiure of £l. pn acre i;ivcs X'23. per sliare ot £5 per share more than the aciiial eapiiiil suhscrihed : and altlnun.:!! ilie land may bo disposed of, and thus ra- torn their capital to ihe shaieholdeis, vet tliil the line will reiniin their properly, am', from the provincial guarantee of interest, retain a compacaliv* hiph valne in the market. "This is a strong imlucement offered to the English capitalist, the use of whose money will only in the fir.st in?tance be required ; but to the homeless wanderer from the liritish shores I's hencrtts will prove incomparably greater, as employment will be- affbrdcd him on the railwuy nntil be has had lime to clear his land and become acquaint ed v/iih the requiremonis ot his novel mode of life; and by this he will be spared that fearful season ol .suspence which now intervenes between tne first dealing of the land ■ and the period when it yields iis return. "Some of the shareholders have agreed to give a tenth of their land for church, school, and hospital purposes. Thus will nuclei be formed, around which .a Population will collect tn a healihy and legitimate n^anner, and blessings, both present and pro*- pective, be secured to all future emigrants."