IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I ■« Hi 12.2 £ U! 12.0 IE |1.25 1 M i 1-6 ^ 6" - ► Photographic Sciences Corporalion 33 WeST MAIN STREET WBtSTIR.N.Y. USM (716) •72-4S03 ^^ •s^ •4> .f)rtanoo tn its dpvplojiempnl nnd intimntely ronnccled with its proMix'ritv- M'ith a territory s)i(tif;iently auipli' (It tlic f"xi;?riir-y fii'ttn imiiMiu! inlliix, anil a soil as fcrlilP (U that of II jicighlKiring uiiliou, it only rRqiiiros t.. ho bolter known to l)0 eiinully nttriictivc. Frorn beiii^ nil bin. staimndry ilu; iiiimli';r of initniL'riuits now liogiiis to iiu'rciiso, the f>xct'*i of the loaf over former years bems( alxjiit 'J0,()00. If it is drsiruhle lo pcr|x>tiuite this increase we must use the mean* uecessiiry to that end. Tmrnigration iit present niny be viewed ns eonsistintr of two parts ; of those who intend to settle in th?! Province, and of tlii.s»; who choose the route of the St. r-awrrnec iis the short(v,t on their way to the far West. ronHi.stini,' of the latter only the country is evidently ii giiiiier by it« contiiiimiice, bin eoinjwred with the former, it is of secondnry consideration. As regards tlie ^t. I^nwreiire as a route to the 'West iiiiii h iioeriil information was ohtainod from Mont- real t"rwurder.s by tlie tirst Minister of ,\i?rii;iilliire and extensively eirciilatid int'reat Hriliiiii and Ireland ui the suninu-r of 1853. Tlio replies ol these are herevs ith inserted as taken from the (ijasgow North Hriliih Tally Mail. Cillery T--\\'ill yoii favour me with a staiemi;iit of the distances from (^iiebec to roi-onto ? — JJulliilo! — Detroit — ChicaRO ? Query C— What ar>! the means of conveyance from t^iiebec to tliese (mrts ? Query M — What is the expense ol trans)mrtiniT an eniiirnint from Quebec to these several places ! Query 4 — How nuich liif-'iT'ige is alkm'ed to each emigrant free of charge ? Query "i-Whal is the charec jh'i cwt for extra liicrv'age trom tiuebeo to these several places 1 -; tjiiery fi- Are the vessels covered, and of what capacity and speed i ... tjucry 7 — liow many days from t^iicbec to l)etruit t Query 8 -t'an you intorin iiie cif the li-cts that contnidislnigmsh the route from New-York to Chicai^o, and the route from tiiiebec- to T'liicago as to boats, Iraiishipincnt, oxjH^use, aud ordinary treatment of stran- gers ? • Jiiery !)— Ave you aware of any prejudice on tho }«(rt of German and other liirei^jiiers on the subject of monarchical government, and esiH'cially relative to mililiir\^iiid militia services 1 (in.Ty I'l. What ai^i-ney wmilil yon lonsidcr most elliiienl. in spresidnig eorr"'<'| intorinntV'" ri;»ii»J(j«>r» prejudice, and inducing emigration to this pro\ iiic' ? BEri.v TO m.KRr 1. The distance from tiuebcc tn Montreal, IIM) miles ; from Montreal to Kinrrstou, 100 ; from Kinijsfoi. to Toronto, l()0 miles ; Toronto to llamilloii, 4-."), or, if |i!irties are goin"; to lUilIalo, it is about ri.') or tiO miles to Uidliilo — milking ,'i,"iO mill s, J^iiobec to Toronto, .'litfi miles: l^iieUc l" Ihiinillon. tiOO or therealKiut ; (Jiielii''' to Ibiinilo, G50 ; from Hiilliilo to Cleveland, alioiit "JOO iniles, ami tlicnee to Detroit, 100 more — ma- king '100 Irom Jliilliilo to Detroit oi thereabout ; Iroin I'etroil to Chicago, by niilroad, is about 100 or IM miles i but \vu are not aware (>f the exact distance ; and by water, round through Lukes Huion. and Michi- gan, it must be six hundred miles or more. t^iiery 'i. — \\ hen emigrants arrive at Qiielx'c. they shuiild lake the first gixxl siteamer to Montreal. The mail steamers leaving every night at about .six o'clock, and arriving at .Vbmtreal next morniui; at same lioiir, are the In^st, and tlii' price otlen iis low, !;• comiietition, as 7Ad, and .seldom hi-rher than 'Is. fid. or 3s, !)d. It is not olten ihat any charge is made Ibr extra liiggago. Kririii Jlonlreal upwards tin re are several lines, and it is for the claimants on iirnviil tf> liiid out the be-l and ehea|iest, l-'ir.st, the mail line to Kiiifiston, and from thence on the lake steamers to 'I'oroiito and llamilton. 'fhase going to Buffalo can taki ihe steamers orossmg the lake to Lf'wistoii or tjueenstoii, th<>mi- to Hulliilo by rail. .Second, — the .American Passage Line to tJgdensbiirg, at which place tin' enii;;ranl is Iranshipjx'd into large and comnuKliciis hike steamevs. that go to Oswego, liochcster, and Lewisti'ii. Tliird — what wa.s last year called the 'riironirh Line, larce and commodious .steamers, v hich to direct through to ililli rent poris imi Luki- ('iiu.io. Last— the Lake freight and deck ims-sage Ix^ats, These are large stianicrs, of alHuit two to three hundred tons burthen, that go di- rect thri>ugb to ports on Lake thiturio.iiiid many ossible — a mere trifle when there is competi'ion, and this is most of the time. Moiitreul is the great startiii!r plaeo, I'roiii which some four to six large steamers 1,'iive almost evcr\ day. The prici' to IbilHilo ramies fri'in three to five dollars, and to 'J'oronto, llHiiiilton, and ports on Lake < 'iitario, one Io three dollars, aceordiug to the number of b:iats leaving on any particular day, and the i-onipetition existing at the time. W •. are unable to gi\ p the usual fare liom Hiitlalo onwards, but !•! ccairso it is no more to the rmnrrint coming ''iti .Monlreiil, than to Ihe one via New-Vork, and as this i.s ihe point at which all luiist arrive, whether by the one route oi the other, we du not see tluit it is niciterial. Query +— t>neowt, ol 1 1 ".2 lbs. is ahvnys allowed to enrh emicrint free, and when there is com [K-t it ion a ^eat deal nirire is notobjieted to. .steainbonls are not very particular alKUit ixtra luggage. t^iiery fi. — When a charge is made t,.r extra liiguaue it is from one slnlliiij.;, or twenty eeiii.s, to one and sixjtence, or thirty cints, to places on Lake Oiitoiio, and aliout one tliinl mort- to Butfiilo. t^ueiy t). — The steaiiicrs are all eiivi'ied I'y the promenade deck extending iroiu stem to stem, and Uiar- dt'd up on the sides so Ihat jiastKingers are com[tlelely protected from this weather. They aro tine vei>scls — 2 — from one Imtnlrod niul fifly to tlireo himdred tons biirtlien, )iro|>ellei3 by low pressure enm'nfs fit tlio rate (lifter ilioy are (rec ol'tlic euimls) ol'lVoni oiglit to twelve miles |)t;r hour, »iinio ol'tliR CBb'a jwssenger boats muking linifteeii miles (ht hour tiiiery 7. — 'J'ho timu Ihnii Moii .eal to Torontd, Ilnmiltun, and BiiflUlo, is from threm Quebec ami Moiitrenl to Duffulo, the jioiut where emigmnts from New- York meet those by the river route, is (iir prefernhle. ]ii the tir.st pliiee siii(iM eiiu iilloid to bring them to l}ueb«'c at ii uiiirh levi piiee tliuii to Ne\v-\dfk, us it is well kiiowii Imlf'lhe .ships, nl^T landing their jinssi'ngers, eame round to Qiu-bee in IwDiivl ILr carco home. The emipninl is placed at Quebec on bouid line large ciivered steiinurs. travelling til'teeii miles p'r hour, mid at .Montreal tin- ehiiiige is niude into ecjiially eomliirtable lM)ata, and he jiroceeds up tlu' St. Lawrence and the Lakes, waters )'ure and the air braein>{, to his pluee of destination in tlu'sjuu'e ofthri'i' or linir days. Then; is a govirnnieiit Kinigrant Agent at Quebec always ready to ^ive inlbriiiatiun, and doing lii.s K'st to get the emigrants on ipiickly, com- fortably, and cheaply. At New-N'urk we arn told, and liuve .seen liy the news|ia|iers, that they are siihiect ill great imposition by desittniiii; and nitensted iiuiividuals. The rniite from N'ew-Vork to .VIbanv nnd '1 roy is by steam, and at the latter place they are .sIiiIUmI into small canal iMiuts iliuwii by iiiTses throngli a narrow dirty canal near limr himdred mile.sto lUillalo, e.\|iosed tn the weutlitr or confined below decks in a smuH place almost sullbi'utiiii,' in hot weather. It is true the emigrant may proceed on arrival at New-Y'ork by rail U< Hiilliilo ; Init this is very e.\|M'nslve, und we belive nut oUcn resorted to. (^iiery 9. — We are not aware of any. liuery 10.— We would recomnieiid the pidilisliing a liook with a mapol the ."^t. I/iwrenco nnd Lakes giving a concise des<.'ri|itioii ol'tlie route, and its ad\ antaires crver that of the New-York me to Hidlalo — the place where I'liiigrants, hy the res|H'ctive routes, ueiierally meet. 11 may be as well to point out the tact that there are otleii large and cnuiiuodioiis steanieis guiiig directly through the Welland-( ana! to Cleveland, De- troit, and ether |porli on [.ake llri-.', and eiiiiisraiils can be taken williiuit t ansliipinenl to their place o( des- tination on ]..ake Krie, without touching ill Hiilliilo ; and when there is enoimli ol'theni to load a .steamer they may make u cheap bargain, and save nearly half the amount their pussuLHs \mII cost via Uiiflido. " Hurcaii of Agriculture. " Quebec, Februaiy'23, lHn3.^ " I do hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies of replies to ipieries received and tiled in thin Bureau ; and to the best of my knowledge uuJ belief, the .nlbrmatiou therein couUuned is correct and re- liable. " Malcolm Cameron. '• Ministi^r of Agriculture, Cuiiidt. But tlie settlement of the Public I.«nds of the Provinco is of greater [aeseiii moment than the ikjssos- sion of a liivorable highway. There is a |>ower in that to produce etfi'cts and determine interests whitdi is not to be Ibiind in this, it is prniKisid therefore to siibiiiii a plan by which it may be promoted. The li«ality of un intendiiit; emigrant's choice is treipiently determined by the advice of relatives who in"*'.?- or discourage him Irom their own experience. If belonging to the lalKJiiring cla.ss un increase of wages beyond what he nioy have been accustomed to receive in the country of lii.s birth, is olten a sutlicient rea- stni. ,.wny however being dissutislied with the monarchical from of government under which tli -y live and to which they unwarrantably ullributtt their station in lilt;, think tiny see in a Kepublic a relief from their imaginary Ills, Canada as a dejiendence of the BrilLsh Crown is shunned by them (or this simiilu reason, without .stopimig to inquire, into the fertility of her soil, or the nature of her laws. Hut the einigraut may sometimes chiKwe his liitiire homo from a mere facility of trans)iort, which may Ik; another ciiuse against Canada nnd in lavor of the I'nited .States. 'I'hisisnow in a great measure obviated by the csttt- blishmcnt of a direct Transatlantic steam communication. In the return to an Address with a detiiiled statement of the application of £60,000 njipropriated in tho ges,sionsof 185^-r)3, Ibr opiiung iiji the waste lands ol the Province, there is much inlbrination in a con- densed Ibrin. Frei. grants of .T(i acres of land are to be, made to actual settlers on certain lines of rwid in iKith .si:elioii.sof the I'rovinee. The location of these neces.sarily comjirtses the ap|)ointment of judicious and exjierieiiced agents to whom the Cruwn Land Agents and others c^uld act as au.Mliarie.s in directing the immigrants by giving them the advice so eagerly sought by the me.\|)erieuced stmnger. The Voluntary services of residents of (Quebec Montreal, and (UUiwa would materially aid in iiromoling tho object in view by [loniting out routes and distances. To reach the Ottawa, ond {)|K'ongo and other roads in that section, the immigrant could U; told how tiir he should proceed by steamer up the Ottawa, and atler delxirking, the route by land. The colonization of this extensive and lerlih! country would thus b.) greatly facilitated and a sure Ibimdation laid lor extension to the North, a direction .seemingly less iuvitim; than that to the We^t. The LiLsUru Tovvnslii|is present another field tor seltlemtmt u|K)n the advantages of which it is scarcely neces-sary to enlarge. Ainon;^ others may be mentioned tlu' coniplelion ot Hallway eoiumunication between Quebec and .Montreal. I'.very lacility is thus given to the hjcalioii olits roads, ami its s|M>edy coloni^a'iou. It may U-, reg.irded as more |K:culiarly adapleil to tin settlement of Ijelgiuii or Kremdi iininigranls ami might be (arlially appropnateil fur that p'lrinjse. .Small maps illustraliiig rouds and routes Would be of esseutial service to iiitendig nHtlers. It IS needless then to attempt to prove that we havi' all that is e.s.seiilial to the absorption of a largo im- migration, if only ri-iuaiiis lor us to direct it to our shores by diverlinj,' it from its more favored routes. Considering the ellbrl^ thai have b(;eii Iliads- by Austialiu to secure the lli.'Wei of llritish einiirration, and tho,se by mleresled jiiirlies m tin' Iniled States, it mas be worthy of eoiiiidtratioii whether it might not bt! advantageous to ap|Kjiiit an iiirent to reside 111 Kuro|i.; Il'r a nuinl«fr of years, wliosi; duty it woiiM be to dilfil.se mliiriuation on this coiinlry. practical m it.s character, and useliil tothe intending emigranl. There are many persons ready to emigrate wlio n-lraiu Iroai lackol kiiow!eili;e, aiul others to whom the diflicnlties on tt.-rivai present the most serioiis ubslacie. the. scruples o| wliuiii may be in a degree overcome by the plan sug- gested, 'file necessary i X|K>nditure tbnns no valid objection lo the. project. A.siccjunterliulance there are the mcreused head money or duty payable by the ship and more imrlieiilarly the eiirease ol revenue from 1 ho sale of the public lands. ,\ (Kirtiou of the eliarL'cs might be cos cred by otIuT arrangements. The suceesscl the pli'll proiHjseil de[>eiid5 111 a gr(sit decree ii|ion the adoption ol mcasiui s to facilitate its jiruseciiiion. im-