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 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 ..HIS iMAJESTY'S COMMISSIONEI S FOR EMIGRATION, 
 
 BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 
 Ti : 
 
 Colonial Office, 
 9/A February, 1832. 
 
 Thb object of the present Notice is to afford such informa- 
 tion as is likely to be useful to Persons who desire eitlicr to 
 Emigrate, or to assist others to Emigrate, to tlie British 
 Possessions in North America. -» . . 
 
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 In the first place, it seems desirable to define the nature of 
 tiie assistimce to be expected from Government by Persons 
 proceeding to these Colonies. No pecuniary aid will be 
 allowed by.Govemment to Emigrants to the North American 
 Colonies ; nor after their arrival will thev receive Grants of 
 Land, or gifts of Tools, or a supply of Provisions. Hopes of 
 all these things ha;^ been sometimes held out to Emigrants 
 by Speculators in this Country, desirous of making a profit 
 by thieiT conveyance to North America, and willing for that 
 purpose to delude them with unfounded expectations, regard- 
 
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 less of flieir subscquont (lisnppointmcnt. But Ihc wish of 
 Govornmont is to furnish those who Emiffratc with a real 
 kiiowledfje of the circumstances they will find in the Countries 
 to wlsich they are goin^. 
 
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 No jissistancc of the extraordinary extent above <loscribed 
 is allowed, because, in Colonies, where those who desire to 
 work cannot fiiil to do well for themselves, none such is 
 iioeded. Land, indeed, used formerly to be granted 
 <;i*atuitoiisly; but when it was taken by poor people, they 
 found that they had not the means of living during the interval 
 neces'^ary to raise their Crops, and further, that they knew 
 not enough of the manner of farming in the Colonies to 
 make any progress. After all, therefore, they were obliged 
 to work for wages, until they could make a few savings, and 
 ('ould learn a little of the way of fanning in Canada. But 
 now, land is not disposed of except by sale. The produce of 
 the sales, although the price is very moderate, is likely to 
 become a considerable fund which can be turned to the 
 Lu'iiefit of the Colonies, and therefore of the Emigrants; while 
 yet no iiardsliip is inflicted on the poor Emigrant, who will 
 work for wages just as he did before, and may after a while 
 ac([uire Land, if Land be liis object, by the savings which the 
 high wages in these Colonies enable him speedily to make. 
 
 These arc the reasons why Government does not think it 
 necessary to give away Land in a Country, where, by the 
 lov/aess of its price, the plentifulneB$i of work, and the high 
 
 
rates of wages, an industrious Man can earn enough in a few 
 Seasons to become a freclioltlci by moans oi' his own 
 acquisitions. 
 
 The Land which is for sale will be open to Public com- 
 petition, and of course, therefore, its price must depend u[)on 
 the oilers that may be made ; but it will generally not be 
 •old for less than from 4s. to 5s. per acre ; and in situations 
 where roads have been made, or the ground has been partially 
 cleared, tiie common prices Irtcly have been 7s. 6(/., 10»., and 
 15s. Further particulars will be bent learned upon the spot, 
 where every endeavour will be made to meet the different 
 circumstances and views of different purchasers. 
 
 Although Government will not make any gifts at the Public 
 expense to Emigrants to North America, Agents will be 
 maintained at the principal Colonial Forts, whose duty it will 
 be, without fee or reward from private individuals, to protect 
 Emigrants against imposition upon their first landing, to 
 acquaint them with the demand for labour in different districts, 
 to point out the most advantageous routes, and to furnish them 
 generally with all useful advice upon the objects which they 
 have had in view in emigrating. And when a private 
 engipgement cannot be immediately obtained, emplo3rment 
 will be afforded on some of the Public Works in progress in 
 the Colonies. Persons newly arrived should not omit to 
 consult the Government Agent for Emigrants, and as much 
 as possible should avoid detention iu the Ports, where they 
 
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 arc exposed to all kinds uf impositiois, und of pretexts for 
 koopiiin- theiii at Taverns till any money they may possess 
 lias been expended. — For the same purpose of guarding^ 
 against the frauds practised on new comers, and of prevent- 
 ing* an improvident expenditure at the first moment of arrival, 
 it seems very desirable that individuals who may wish to 
 furnish Emigrants with money for their use in the Colony 
 should have the means of making the money payable there, 
 instead of giving it into the hinds of the Emigrants in this 
 Country. The Commissioners for Emigration are engaged 
 in effecting general arrangements for this purpose, and due 
 notice will be given to the Public when they shall be com- 
 l>Ietcd. Agents for Emigration have been appointed at St. 
 John's, St. Andrew's, and Miramichi in New Brunswick, and 
 at Quebec and York in Canada. On this whole subject of 
 the manner of proceeding upon landing, it may bo observed, 
 in c<jnclusion, that no effort will be spared to exempt Emi-^ 
 grants from any necessity for delay at the place of disembarka- 
 tion, and from uncertainty as to the opportunities of at once 
 turning their labour to account. 
 
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 After this explanation of the extent of the aid to be expected 
 from Government, the following Statements are subjoined of 
 the ordinary charges for Passage to the North American 
 Colonics, as well as of the usual rates of Wages and usual 
 Prices in them, in order that every individual may have the 
 means of judging for himself of the inducements to Emigrate 
 to these parts of the British Dominions. 
 
exts Ibv 
 possess 
 Harding 
 prcvcnt- 
 ; arrival, ' 
 wish to . 
 Colony 
 )le there* 
 5 in this 
 engaged 
 and due 
 be corn- 
 ed at St. 
 rick, and 
 jbject of 
 observed, 
 npt Emi-^ 
 ;mbarka- 
 f at once 
 
 expected 
 oined of 
 American 
 nd usual 
 have the 
 Emigrate 
 
 PASSAGE. 
 
 Passages to Quebec or New Brunswick may either be en- 
 gaged inclusive of Provisioas, or exclusive of Provisions, in 
 which case the Ship Owner finds nothing but Water, Fuel, nnd 
 Bed Places, without Bedding. Children under 14 years of 
 age are charged one half, and under 7 years of age one third, 
 of the full price ; and for Children under twelve months of ago 
 no charge is made. Upon these conditions the price of Passage 
 from I<ondon, or from places on the East Coiist of Great 
 Britain, has generally been £6 with Provisions, or £3 without. 
 From Liverpool, Greenock, and the principal Ports of Ireland, 
 as the chances of delay are fewer, the charge is somewhat 
 lower; this year it will probably be from £2 to £'2 \Qs. with- 
 out Provisions, or from .€4 to £5 including Provisions. It is 
 possible that in March and April Passages may be obtained 
 from Dublin for 3Sf., or even 908.; but the prices always grow 
 higher as the season advances. In Ships sailing from Scothind 
 or Ireland, it has mostly been the custom for Passengers to find 
 their own Provisions; but this practice has not been so general 
 in London, and some Ship Owners, sensible of the dangerous 
 mistakes which may be made in this matter through ignorance, 
 are very averse to receive Passengers who will not agree to 
 be victualled by the Ship. Those who do resohe to supply 
 their own Provisions, should at least be careful not to lay in an 
 insuflScient stock ; 50 days is the shortest period for which it 
 
is safo to provide, ami from London the passage is sometimes 
 prolonged to 75 days. 
 
 The l)cst months for leaving England are certainly March 
 and April ; the later Emip^nts do not find employment so 
 abundant, and have less time in the Colony before the com- 
 mencement of Winter. 
 
 Various frauds are attempted upon Emigrants which can 
 only be effectually defeated by the good sense of the parties 
 against whom they are contrived. Sometimes Agents take 
 payment from the Emigrant for his passage, and then recom- 
 mend him to some tavern, where he is detained from day to 
 day, under false pretences for delay, until before the departure 
 of the Ship tlie whole of his money is extracted from him. 
 This of course cannot happen with Agents connected with 
 respoolable houses ; but the best security is to name in the 
 bargain for passage a particular day, after which, whether or 
 not the Ship sails, the Passenger is to be received on board 
 and victualled by the owners. In this manner the Emigrant 
 cannot be intentionally brought to the place of embarkation 
 too soon, and be compelled to spend his money at public 
 houses, by false accounts of the time of sailing ; for from the 
 very day of his arrival at the Port, being the day previously 
 agreed upon, the Ship becomes his Home. 
 
 The conveyance of Passengers to the British Possessions in 
 Noilh America is regulated by an Act of Parliament (9 Geo, IV. 
 
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 nyment so 
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 tho parties 
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 departure 
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 whether or 
 
 on board 
 
 Emigrant 
 nbarkation 
 
 at public 
 r from the 
 previously 
 
 sscssions m 
 (9 Geo. IV. 
 
 c. 2J), of which the following are tho principal provisions: 
 Ships are not allowed to carry Passengers to those Colonies 
 unless they be of tho '.eight of five feet anda halfbotwci^n docks, 
 and they must not c.irry more than li Passengers for every A 
 tons of the regist(>red burthen ; there must bo on board at Ivnsi 
 50 gallons of pure Water, and 50 potxnds of Jircad, Hisciiil, 
 Oatmeal, or Bread Stuff', for each Passenger. When the Ship 
 carries the full nund>er of Passengers allowed by law, no part 
 of the cargo, and no stores or provisions, may be carried 
 between decks; but if there be less than the complete number 
 of Passengers, goods may be stowed between decks in a pro- 
 portion not exceeding JJ cubical feet for each Passenger wandng 
 of tho highest number. Masters of Vessels Avho land I'as- 
 sengers, unless with their own consent, at a i)lace diHerenl 
 from that originally agreed upon, are subje(!t to a penalty of 
 £20, recoverable by summary })rocess before two .Justices <>( 
 the Peace in any of the Nordi American Colonies. 
 
 The enforcement of this law rests chiefly with tlie Officers of 
 His Majesty's Customs; and Persons having coin|)laiiifs to make 
 of ils infraction, shoidd address themselves to the nearest 
 Custom House. 
 
 Besides the sea voyage from England, Persons proceeding 
 to Canada should be provided with the me.'uis of ])aying for 
 the journey which they may have to make after their arrival 
 at Quebec. The cost of this journey must, of com'se, depend 
 upon the situation of the j)lace where the individual may find 
 
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 employment, or where he may have previously formed n wish 
 lo settle; but to all it will probably bo useful to possess the 
 followitifr report of the |»ricos of conveyance, during the last 
 season, on the route from Quebec to York, the capital of 
 I 'pper Canada. From Quebec to Montreal (180 miles), by 
 steatn-boat, the char<vo for an adult was (in. Gd. ; from Mon- 
 treal to Prescot (120 miles), b' Soats or barn^es, 7*. ; from 
 Prescot to York (250 miles), by steam-boai, 7s. The journey, 
 performed in this manner, usjially occupies ten or twelve 
 dijys; adding", therefore, 11 v. foi provisions, the total cost 
 from Quebec to York (a distance of 550 miles) may be staled, 
 according' to the charges of last year, at £1. 11. v. 6d. Persons 
 who are possessed of sufficient means prefer to travel by 
 land that part of the route where the River St. Lawrence is 
 not navigable by steam-boats, and the journey is then usually 
 performed in six days, at a cost of £6, It must be observed 
 that the prices of conveyance are necessarily fluctuating, and 
 that the foreg-oing account is only presented as sufficiently 
 accurate for purposes of information in this Country, leaving- 
 it to the Government Agent at Quebec to supply Emigrants 
 with more exact particulars, according to the circumstances 
 (»r the time at which they may arrive. 
 
 RATES OF WAGES and MARKET PRICES. 
 
 The Colonies in North America, to which Emigrants can 
 with advantage proceed, are Lower Canada, Upper Canada, 
 and Now Bnuiswick. From tlte reports received from the 
 
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 other British Colonics in Nortli America, namely, Prince 
 Edward's Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Ca])o 
 Breton, it appeal's that they do not contain the means either of 
 affording employment at wa^es to a considerable number of 
 Emig-rants, or of settlinjv them upon land. 
 
 LOWER CANADA. 
 
 From LOWER CANADA the Commissioners for Emi- 
 gration have not received the Official Reports which were 
 required from the North American Colonies, for the purpose 
 of compiling the present Statement. They believe, however, 
 that the following Account of the Prices of Grain and of 
 Wages may be relied upon for its general correctness :— 
 
 Wheat per bushel 4 (> 
 
 Rye.. 
 
 Maize 
 Oats . 
 
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 3 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
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 3 
 
 Wages of labourers 2 C per day 
 
 Ship-builders, carpenters, joiners, 
 coopers, masons, and tailors . . 
 
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 UPPER CANADA. 
 
 The following Table exhibits the lowest and the highest 
 price which the several articles therein-named bore, during 
 the year 1831, in each of the principal districts of UPPER 
 CANADA: 
 
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 Wheat per bushel 
 
 Maize „ „ 
 
 Oals „ „ 
 
 Barley „ „ 
 
 Potatoes percwl. 
 
 Butter (fresh). . . per lb. 
 
 Ditto (salt) „ „ 
 
 Eggs per dozen 
 
 Duck.s per pair 
 
 Fowls , „ 
 
 Geese „ „ 
 
 Turkeys „ „ 
 
 Hay. per ton 
 
 Straw per load 
 
 Bre<id per 41b. loaf 
 
 MEAT, per lb. 
 
 Beef 
 
 Mutton 
 
 Pork 
 
 Veal 
 
 FLOUR, per 100 lbs. 
 
 Fine 
 
 Seconds , . , 
 
 Eastern DiMirict. 
 
 Lowest 
 
 Price in 
 
 1831. 
 
 Highest 
 Ditto. 
 
 £. «, d. 
 
 5 
 
 2 6 
 1 3 
 
 2 6 
 
 1 3 
 
 per bushel 
 
 7^ 
 
 71 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 18 
 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 1 15 O 
 16 8 
 9 
 
 2i 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 15 
 
 12 6 
 
 } 
 
 £. t, (t. 
 5 6 
 
 3 
 
 1 8 
 
 2 6 
 
 16 
 
 per bushel 
 
 9 
 
 7J 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 1 8 
 
 1 6 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 2 5 
 
 16 8 
 
 10 
 
 31 
 
 :> 4 
 
 .'» 
 
 3 
 
 17 6 
 
 12 6 
 
 } 
 
 Johnstown ditto. 
 
 Lowest. 
 
 Highest. 
 
 £• s. 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 O 2 
 
 3 
 
 1 10 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 15 
 12 
 
 d. 
 S 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 7i 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 O 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 
 
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 6 
 
 SI 
 21 
 4 
 
 21 
 
 
 6 
 
 £. *. d. 
 6 9 
 
 2 3 
 
 1 6 
 
 4 
 
 19 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 13 
 
 2 6 
 
 4 
 
 2 10 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 Bathurst ditto. 
 
 Lowest. 
 
 £. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 
 
 
 s. d. 
 
 5 
 
 2 6 
 1 6 
 
 3 
 
 1 3 
 6 
 7i 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 2 6 
 
 1 8 
 
 4 
 4 
 
 7 
 10 
 
 Highest,] 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 17 12 6 
 
 15 ?0 '.v. 6 
 
 s. d. 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 3 (Ji 
 
 1 !) 
 
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 7; 
 
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 8 
 
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 10 
 7 
 10 
 
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 4 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 16 0, 
 
 12 
 
athurst ditto. 
 
 INewcastle ditto. 
 
 west. 
 
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 5 
 
 Highest. 
 
 Liowcst. 
 
 £. s. d, 
 r> 
 
 s. 
 •3 
 
 Higheat. 
 
 d. £. s. 
 
 2 G 'O .3 
 
 I 6 
 .3 
 
 1 .3 
 G 
 7i 
 G 
 
 4 
 
 2 G 
 
 1 8 
 4 
 4 
 
 
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 I) 10 
 
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 D 4 
 
 D 3 
 
 » 4 
 
 1 C 
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 2 
 
 .3 6 
 
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 7 
 
 G 
 
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 3 Oj 
 
 2 .3| 
 
 4 ()| 
 
 4 
 
 2 10 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
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 3 
 
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 16 o; 
 
 12 
 
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 7i 
 
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 2J 
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 17 6 
 
 15 
 
 Home ditto. 
 
 Lowest. 
 
 Highest. 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 3 9 
 
 2 
 
 lU 
 
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 10 
 
 71 
 
 O 9 
 
 G 
 
 7i 
 
 13 
 
 13 
 
 3 3 
 
 d 
 
 1 10 
 15 
 4^ 
 
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 3 
 
 3 
 
 12 6 
 Oil 3 
 
 £. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 s. d. 
 
 5 3 
 
 2 9 
 
 1 10} 
 
 3 9 
 
 2 G 
 1 
 10 
 
 G 
 
 1 10 
 1 101 
 1 6 
 
 6 
 10 
 10 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 Gore ditto. 
 
 Lowest. 
 
 Highest. 
 
 £. s. 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 7^ 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 15 
 
 12 G 
 
 d. 
 4| 
 
 6 
 3 
 6 
 3 
 
 7# 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 G 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 
 G 
 
 74 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 14 6 
 
 £.i. 
 G 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
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 3 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 d. 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 10^ 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 n 
 
 7i 
 
 G 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 7i 
 
 Niagara ditto. 
 
 Lowest. 
 
 £. s. 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 1 15 
 5 
 
 
 d. 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
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 3 
 
 H 
 «i 
 
 4 
 G 
 3 
 3 
 9 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 3i 
 
 3i 
 
 2i 
 31 
 
 15 
 
 12 10 12 G 
 
 2 
 
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 31 
 
 21 
 
 12 6 
 
 U 12 G 
 
 Highest. 
 
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 31 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
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 Lowest. 
 
 Highest 
 
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 3 9 
 
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 74 
 
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 41 
 
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 From a comparison of all the Documents before the Com- 
 missioners for Emigration, it appears that the yearly wages of 
 labourers in Upper Canada, hired by the year, are from £27 
 to £30 ; that their monthly wages, in difterent situations and 
 at different seasons, range from £1. 10«. to £3. 10s. per 
 month ; and that daily wages range from 2s. to 3s. 9d, In 
 all these rales of wages, board and lodging are found by the 
 employer. Without board, daily wages vary from 3fi. 6(1. out 
 of harvest to 5«. during harvest ; 6s. 3d., besides provisions, 
 is sometimes given to harvest men. The wages of mechanics 
 may be stated universally at from 5*. to 7s. 6(/. per day. 
 
 NEW BRUNSWICK. 
 
 The following is a List of Prices compiled from Docnmen<s 
 sent in from various parts of NEW BRUNSWICK :~ 
 
 £ s. d. £ s. (I. 
 Wheat per bushel r> to 10 
 
 Maize , 4 (J ... 5 
 
 Oats , 1 6 ... 2 C 
 
 Barley „ 4 ... .5 
 
 Potatoes per cwt. 1 3 ... 3 (J 
 
 Butter (fresh) .. . per lb. .9 ... 1 
 
 Ditto (salt) , 8 ... 10 
 
 Cheese • „ 4 ... 7 
 
13 
 
 Eggs per dozen 
 
 Ducks per pair 
 
 Fowls ,. „ 
 
 Geese „ 
 
 Turkeys „ 
 
 Hay per ton I 
 
 Straw „ 1 
 
 Bread oer 41b. loaf 
 
 Beef « per stone 
 
 Mutton „ 
 
 Pork , 
 
 Veal , 
 
 Flour per 100 lbs. 
 
 Salt Pork per barrel 4 
 
 Ditto Beef „ 3 
 
 Malt per bushel 
 
 Rye flour per ban'cl 1 
 
 Indian ditto .... „ 1 
 
 Oatmeal per cwt. 
 
 Salt Cod per 112 lbs. 
 
 Ditto Mackarel . . per barrel 
 
 Ditto Alewivcs . . „ 
 
 5. 
 
 d. 
 
 
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 Coals are sold at 30s. per chaldron. House rent is from 
 £b to £6 per annum for Families occupying one room ; and 
 for Families occupying two rooms, from £6 to £ 10. Common 
 Labourers receive from 3s. to 4«. a day, finding their own sub- 
 
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 sistcnce ; but, wlion employed at the Ports in loading Vessels, 
 their subsistence is found for them. Mechanics receive from 
 4s. 6f/. to 6s, a day. 
 
 Upon the foregoing Statements, it must be observed that 
 Emigrants, especially such of them as are agricultural La- 
 bourers, should not exi>cct the highest wages named until 
 they have become accustomed to the work of the Colony, 
 The Mechanics most in demand are those connected with the 
 business of house-building. — Shoemakers, and Tailors, and 
 Ship«buildcrs also find abundant employment. 
 
 By Authority :— 'J. Hartncll, Fleet Street, Loudon. 
 
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 Vessels, 
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 i^ith the 
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