The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-28
PROGRESS OF THE cANADAa.

published IN popular form, from an offncia
paper, compiled by Messrs. Hincks, L. M
Viger and Leslie, who compose the Board
of Statistics at Montreal, an interesting ac-
count Of the material progress of the two
Canadas, some of the facts and deductions
in which, with our own remarks, we now
place before the readers Of The Tribune:
Lands surveyed in Lover Canada Acres ISL go
Given for public uses, to 1886, In l. G. saosols
Granted 70 individuals &c. TO do. In do. il343,G2e
ess sasS e naiSiduai. &c IN Gc iassssS
Sales In L. c. since 1895, about sco,0os
Between the years 1886 and 1s47,
s53, 22s acres were disposed Of by the
Crown in Canada East, BY sale or gift |;
and 2,l45,502 acres in Canada West.
These figures, however, furnish little indi-
either section, as they include large grants
or sales to individuals for beyond the capa-
city Of the grantors to occupy or cultivate,
and do not include the sales Of wild land
made by individuals to settlers. The aver
age price Of public lands in Canada West
is given for several years to 1910, in which
year the prices are reported at 80 % per
acre for Crown Lands, pc SO for Clergy
Reserves, and pc so for School Lands
the two latter classes being often found in
detached lots in settled parts Of the coun-
try, The price has not varied very consid-
erably since There are siH uast Wilder-
nesses unswpeyed.
The Canadas contain about ,491 ,626
inhabitants in 90 years Upper Canada has
increased its numbers 565 1855, and Lower
Canada 334, 7O4. The population Of Lower
Canada doubles in 80 years-that Of Up
per Canada in II years, immigration in
elusive.
In Upper Canada, the paupers are one in
every 1859 persons in Lower Canada
one in every Isl. Lower Canada makes
no public provision for its poor, except the
monastic establishments The proportion
Of the sexes in the Canadas is about SO
females to 100 males. Lower Canada fur
nishes no statistics either Of schools or
school attendance. The number Of male
farm-servants in Upper Canada, in 1912,
was 1884, and ls4s had increased y
7,514.
| The Church Of England, established in
1871, (by British act Of Parliament in
Upper Canada, included 1868 Of the
people, leaving 556,952 dissenters from that
mode Of worship.
The official value Of assessed property
in Canada West, in lS4S, was $34 $685.
004, but the absurd mode Of assessment
renders this return useless as an estimate o
its actual worth. Between 1926 and lS4s
the number Of grst-mils had increased from
232 to 527, and Of saw-mills from 1874 t
] ,469; the number Of acres under cultiva
ton from 535 ,2l2 to 2,673, 800; of house
from s,s76 to 1857; and Of horses, oxen
mich cows and young cattle together, from
l2l ,206 to- 4sl AT. The quantity o
cultivated land is 2,673,s2O acres to pop
ulation Of 1913 ,292; the number Of horse
and neat cattle 7l7,233 In 1925 Their
were 5s7 pleasure carriages-in 1s47 Their,
were 1855
The grain and potato crop in Upper Ca
NADIA, in l647, was:
S Sass' s'h' ss h sassns.. 'shsI 1914
e ess' 7 asssSs P Psss 4 szsiss
The value OF this crop we find estimated
at $10,7o5, 40. Of wheat, 10 La bush
els were raised to each inhabitant ~
Mr.. Crofton, Secretary to the Board,
estimates the crop Of maple sugar i'm Canada
West, last year at z, $3.50 Ia tons the pro-
duct Of wool was 2,339,756 lbs. and o.
beef and pork s9, 25l bbls.
In the United Province, there are Gel
fulling and carding mills, 100 breweries,
TIA distilleries, 3s9 tannesies, l,740 ashe-
ries, 10 paper mills, 10 trip hammers, Id
oil mills, and nail factories, Also, in
Western Canada, l rope walk, l candle
factory, cement mill, salaratus factory,
8 soap factories, ] ] pail factories, ] last fac
tory, 3 tobacco factories, 2 steam engine
factories, ship-yard, 3 potteries, vinegar
factory, Z chair factories, brick yards,
axe factory, plaster mills, comb factory,
10 single mills, 81 wooden factories, and
1o5 foundries.
Some of these factories in Upper Canada,
produced last year ga, 97l yards Of fulled
CLOTH ,2s5,172 yards Of flannel, and
I'll, s5 yards Of linen. There are no ship
ping tables beyond 1870
The interest on the public debt of the
Canadas, in lS47, is stated at $593, 056.
1t has probably increased since. The Mon
/ real Herald thinks that the income from
public works alone will soon pay the inter-
est on the debt and yield surplus beside !;
meantime the taxes paid for provincial pur-
poses are stated at $l,9l6,176 for ls4s,
or about 81 Is per inhabitant This in
cludes the customs and tonnage duties.
The estimated value on this side Of
products exported to the United States, in
ls47, is, for -four, butter, ashes, wool,
horses and wheat, $3.50, 1903; and for ls4s,
same exports, 81 1853, 1866 Ofaour alone,
the value exported last year to the United
States was s ,24s,s62 The Canada Gus
tom House return Of exports, in ls46, is
stated at $40, 45l ,404, Of which $685.
72s value went to the United States, lum-
Der inclusive. Several saw-mills IN Upper
Canada return collectively 200, 900 900 Of
feet, sawn in ls4s, much Of it passes down
the Erie canal
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