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 YOUR COMMITTEE having, on the summons of your Honorary 
 Secretary, assembled this day, and, in obedience to your instructions, 
 having considered the Papers and Business referred to them beg leave to 
 
 REPORT, 
 
 THAT in recommending the immediate establishment of " The Buitish American Land 
 CoMPANV," they rather accede to the general wishes of the Colonial Residents themselves, and 
 the public at large, influenced at this time by the example and effect of various circumstances, by 
 bringing it forward as the continuance of a plan long since in contemplation, than presume to 
 present it as a now measure ujion which due consideration has not been bestowed, or on which 
 theoretical arguments or bold assertions are required. 
 
 The fact, thrt in the year subsequent to the establishment of The Canada Company, and 
 so long since as the Spring of 1825, two Committees, independent of each other, and without any 
 knowledge of their respective proceedings, were in simultaneous operation (one in the City of 
 Montreal, and the other in London) sufficiently confirms this statement. The Gentlemen of the 
 Province of Lower Canada, headed !)y the Lieutenant Governor, having, in the month of June 
 in that year subscribed ,=£* 182,000. towards a CapiuU of cCl, 000,000. for the purpose of forming a 
 LowEii Canada Land Company, deputed to this country one of their Committee, the Hon. 
 ^W. B. Fei.ton, of the Legislative Council, with letters of credence to various Gentlemen 
 connected with the Colony, and he found on his arrival in London, a Committee already in 
 existence, propvising a similar capital for the same purposes, — a coalition took place, out of which 
 another Committee was formed, and arrnngcincnts were made for the organization of the Company, 
 — various conferences with his Majesty's Government were held, by whom the proposals of the 
 Committee were approved, and the whole business was proceeding satisfactorily, when the events 
 of the Winter of 1825 (too well remend)cred,) induced the Committee to defer their labors to a 
 more favourable opportunity ; that opportunity your Conmiitfeo consider to have occurred, and 
 n variety of circumstances justify, at this time, the revival of the undertaking ; an undertaking 
 whicli promises to be beneficial alike to the Colony, the Emigrant, and the StcK'kholder. 
 
 The success of the operations of the Canada Company in the Upper Province, has proved 
 that the most sanguine anticipations of the promoters of that Institution have been far more than 
 realized ; and it is gratifying to know, that in the prosperity of that Company, the comfort of the 
 Emigrant and the improvement of the Province, have fully kept pace with the advantage acquired 
 by the Sharelioliler ; independent of the benefit arising to the Manufacturing and Shipping 
 Interest of the United Kingdom, by the extension of markets and the increased employment 
 of tonnage. At the same time, your Committee are persuaded that the proximity of settlements 
 in the Lower Province to the two shipping ports and iniporiums of the Canadas, orters an especial 
 recommendation, in the best and readiest markets, whether for the purchase of necessaries and 
 luxuries, or the disposal of produce, to settlers under the proposed Company. 
 
The extraordinary and increasing emigration to the Dritisli Colonies during the last year, 
 ought not to be lost sight of. More tlian 55,000 are reported to liave been landed in Lower 
 Canada, nearly the whole of whom, equal to one-fifteentli of the population of both Provinces, 
 have been absorbed therein ; and from tlie facility with which tlicy have found employment or 
 locations, the actual improvement in their condition, as can be attested by your Committee, 
 as well as from other sources of information, your Committee have reason to expect that the 
 Emigration will not only increase in the course of the ensuing year, but consist of o class with 
 more ample means of settlemejt. The various and liberal grants and enactments of the 
 Provincial Legislature too, for making Hoads, Railways, and Canals, some of which are in 
 actual progress, arc of importance to the speedy establishment of the Company : for one object 
 alone of this kind, no less than ^£"50,000 have been voted. These circumstances, it must bo 
 evident, are greatly favourable to the early formation of the Company, whose first attempts 
 are contemplated in the vicinity of these works 
 
 It is not, however, necessary to explitin the (k'tail of the modes by which it should be 
 effected, further than to remark that its object will lie to purchase tracts of land Irom Government, 
 Corporate Bodies, or Individuals in the I'rovincc of Lower Canada, or ul!ti'r Provinces and 
 Colonies in British America; to open Roads, build ]\lills, &c. kc; to dispose of the Lands 
 t(» Emigrants and others; to afford information and assistance to, and facilitate the location 
 of, persons intending to purchase Lands of the Company, and transmit their funds; and in 
 all respects to hold in view principles and purposes similar to those oi' the Canada Company ; 
 varying, however, in such particulars as may seem to be advantageous, and adopting such other 
 |x>ints as may have lK>en overlooked in that Establishment, or which the pecidiar situation, 
 laws, population, and circumstances of the Province may seem to require. 
 
 It is within the knowledge of your Committee that besides the ungranted Lands and Reserves 
 in Lower Canada, which, when the former Committee was in connnunication with his Majesty's 
 Government, were calculated at four millions of acres, there are at this time many extensive 
 private properties in the market, could purchasers be found on a scale commensurate with 
 the quantity of acres to be sold. Upon these grounds, and in obedience to your request, youi- 
 Committee have drawn up the following short Prospectus, which they respectfully submit to this 
 Meeting ; premising, however, that when it shall lie taken into consideration, some of its provi- 
 sions may admit, ol' tliange, and otlun-s of value to the success of the Company, may present 
 themselves. 
 
 Finally, your (^ommittce is not disposed to anticipate any diiiiculties in arranging widi 
 his Majesty's Government, when the benefits, whether Individual, Colonial, or National are 
 considered ; at this |x;riod too, when the practicability of such undertukings have been fully 
 tested, and when, as it is understood by the Committee, the Government is itself engaged in 
 plans for |)romoting Emigration. 
 
 All this your Committee humbly submits. 
 
 (SiGNKD) NATH'. GOULD, 
 
 CHAIRMAN OF TIIK PROVISIONAL lOMMITTF.E. 
 
 Lmidon, 6th Fchrunry, 1832. 
 
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 Tliis Rki OUT being read to a numcnius and very rcs|)eital)le Meeting of Gentlemen, convened 
 by public advertisement, held at the London Tavern, the flth of February, 1832, 
 
 G. H. ROBINSON, Ewi., M.P., in the Chair, 
 It was resolved unanimously — That the IIepoiit be received and adopted. 
 
 That it is expedient to establish a Company, un ler the name and title of " The British 
 American Land Company," with a Capital of i?500,00(). to be raised by Shares of X'SO. each. 
 
 That the following gentlemen be appointed a Committee to carry into effect the alwve object, 
 with liberty to add to their number; and that it be referred to them to draw up a "Pkospkctus" 
 to be presented to the Shareholders, viz :— 
 
 J Alexander Gillespie, Esq. 
 
 Heniiy Bliss, Esq. 
 
 John Shuteb, Esq. 
 
 James Wilson, Esq. 
 ijAMES DowiE, Esq. 
 
 G. It. Robinson, Esq., M.P. 
 P. M. Stewart, Esii., M.P. 
 Geo. Sinclair, Esq., M.P. 
 E. S. RUTHVEN, Esq., M.P. 
 John Bhowne, Esq. M.P. 
 j^athamel Gould, Esq. 
 
 That Jons Gai.t, Estj., be Honorary Secretary to the same. 
 
 That applications for Shares be addressed to the Committee, at their tcmiwrary Office, 
 1, Freeman's Court, Cornhill. 
 
 (Signed) G. R. ROBINSON, Chairman. 
 
 Resolved unanimously— That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chmrman, for his 
 
 candid and able conduct in the Chair. 
 
 CHARLES BISCHOFF, Sec. pro. tern. 
 
 
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