The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-21 00:00:00

CANADA COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.)

The annual general court of the proprietors
WA held at 1 Aka at Oen& Home, Great St. Helen's,
Mc. C. FRANLs In the chair, for the election of four
directon and one waiter. sod foe general Leiner.
The report submitted to the meeting said :
The affairs of the mamma, during the past year have
roads very istisfactory program the tramactione se com-
pared with those of the year preceding showing as thereon
nailer every head. The rearipte of money amount to N 5,21131.
currency, being 25,0011. more boa the sum collected in I$&J,
whilst the dieproal of lead is isnot by 7,112 acres. The
proprietors an aware that is the year 1a".1 a survey and
valuating al the comeany's estate was made, when
the mem asleep value per acre wee estimated
enseeney. dace that time 166,671 arms of
Lad have bees disposed of at 51s. I Id. per acre,
thus showing ea adheres Is els years of Yds. fd. as acre
over sadbeyond the astithelle of 111 K er uneaullard
per eat Thee peel advathe is the ree el! the
is • meet impeeleat awl satishebey beim. The seiaha
seseived hem the asessaimisasse lees the yearly easennts
were made up maim te be eatnemely 'avowable ; they
SIGN don to tbe deed et Peirmay. From the let of
hammy that deith 174 wee hove bees told at 265. &I.
Pc east AVON mine boos boa hosed at Sas. pm acre,
mid *MI aeres have bees menrerted to freeholds. The
chards of mossy bee emesated to 47,9431.. viz., on
eseseatef porekeee money, WOK ; rem, 11,611111. ; sun-
dries. Mk The pebbled arias is the POW %dee tom-
yam* eitesbed tie asevemsna of rodeos ; bat the recent
whine hem the powlese repot a revival of activity
limmisbont the osestry, VP pliellateee of grain sad other
yesdaste having boa node by dram from the fanners,
sad sterol as Ur miter dspbe eke( the lines of ma-
w,. The heavy wows have lately taterfered for a short
Um with the timemeimion ef but have facilitated
the farmere swatter upon their Lath, and hese very
benethisl to the fall mega The sempany's collection of
=due Dee. 31 bait as doom above, bees ?my pow&
; sad it is a gratifying proof of the impiesed eir.
eambeases of the settlers. tbet. with few etottreidethaf
love been enabled to meat the plifeblie of the of
the bails assopied by Moe ender Lee, whim* bestow*
meow far the pose, as bee bees tiss ponds* in Imam
yesse.Tbs !elitepee the exchange hes ambled the essambehmens
be amiss remittances borne et mornany favesnabie salsa
The directors avail themselves of thle to ex-
press their high oommeadation of the , mid die-
motion *rimed by the company's sad that
atrial Matt, in the coaliset oil the company's bairn
dunes a period of more than ordinary setlvlty.
The prospects of emigration to Gorda this mesa
are touch more favouralde than they have been far
same years past; the poloti,nl difficulties in the United
Mates, if protracted, will probably induce
from thence to the province, and also tend mafirWy
to divert thither a considsrable proportion of the
emigrants from Europe. The prosperous condition el
the farming laterests in the province at the pewee,
thee primate as adslitossal inducement for farmers
sad agriculturol labourers to waxed thither, as they
may
_feel eertaie of fielding au ample field for the pro-
bable applicatim of their capital awl industry. The third
issialtorint of purcharie•money d CO' Aerial Harbour and
leads, amounting, with interest, to 2,4981., has been duly
paid by the Buffalo and Lake Heron Railway Company ;
the works undertaken by that company for the improvement
of the port are being pushed forward, and will probably be
completed this year. They h*ve also chartered three largo
steamers to run daring the corning mason, between Goderich
sad Chicago, Milwaukee and Green Bsy ; and they have also
in coarse .4 mettles a largo elevator and storehouse, which
promise to be of great advantege to the trade of the town.
By the census Jut taken, it appears that the population of
the town numbne 3,210, having more than doubled in the
Lst tee years.' The report of the auditors upon the accounts
for OA veer ending the 10th September last was annexed.
A vacancy had, it was Mated, occurred at the board by the
ilisqualificatiou of Sir John Fastimpe' Bart. In deference
to the generally expressed wish of rho shareholders, the
directors had abstained from taken any step for filling up
the seat thus vacated.

n. followieg gestlemee were re-elected directors Mr.
R. Richlulpb rM. W. Carden, Mir W. M. T. Farquhar,
M.P., and Mr. R. Gillespie. Mr. W. A. Heygara, M.P.,
wan re-appriiiited audit e.
The Camelia"' then proceeded to give supplementary in-
fortunitoo foe the two mouths of this year, estotalinf
up to the Ist of March. Comparing the corms.
poatiac two month. of the yews 18110aod 1161, he said the
land sold in littiO was MO acres at aa average of llta pd.
per acre ; in IP6I it warn 478 sent' at tie. Pd. per sem
shewieg an Mersin of 174 wets, at ia. 11d. per acre. if.
laud leaved is IM6O was 3.210 sera, at aa average price of
54a. NI. per acre ; in 1661 it wan 6,141 scree, at
57e. 4.1. pee sec., shawls% as innews of 2,1171 acme and
2,. 1 Id. per ewe. Of leases wevarted Into freeholds, that
is to my hods paid far, perwent was completed la
1860 for 311,6110 awes, at 17s. per acre ; in 1111ro1
the aseasst was :0,933 aerie at Iris. 241. per act% shown.,
aslooms, all 1;124 acme, at la 2erl. per acre. 1s makwg
the eowparimoo of thee items, it was observed it ghoul he
hems is lied that the trailarnetiona cornpletai were a
for swami yews ago. The receipt. in Canada in DIGO=
the head of purchase money amounted to 33,8401. ; is
1661 they were 37,r,04/., both them items beteg
gives in correacy, and the increase bias 3,764/. Under the
head of rents rod Miami the unmet received in 1660 was
10.1.611/., la 1661 it was 12.3211., showiag an irneream 0t1,3751.
Under the heed of atuadries, the ewe nerved in 1860 was
671 f. ;is 1861, 573 f. The general molt was, that in the
bet two =oat h& 0! 1610 there was received 45,4571. cur.
raw, and is the maw period of 1661, 60,6011 i. Cambay,
slow* as %grease 6,049/. n• wora remitted home by
sealedwiewers stare the MA ef December last was
. .

WOOL disdki. ?he ireerial ensue Lt y akin
Is I.lsois chid gratifyiag proof of the posing
poorponty awl h. .s rovsi•uo• of flor
orpotholky ka the rural fissure, whore rho