The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-25
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c lNADA,
Its Premier and its Prospects.

The census OF the DOMINION OF
Canada will be taken in May, and We
shall know in the course of the sum
mer how many people-kniShts,
senator's and plebians - English, |
Irish. Scotch. French and Yankees,
she has within her broad borders. !
Her area is about 311 900 square
miles. without reckoning the vast
and thinly peopled west and north
west regions. which are estimated as
bringing the total area of British
America up to more than 4,0OO,o
SQUARE miles. Two hundred thou
sand of these are i'll that valuable re-
pion. British Columbia, Of which
the population is less than 10000.
The Dominion. including the two
Canadian provinces of Ontario and
Ouebec. with New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia. had in 1861 a popula-
ton of something more than 5000
900. and now probably has more
than 4 900 900 That is to say, with
a territory about eight times As great
rs the State of New York, which 1t
adjoins, it has population about
as large. The province OF Ontario
alone is believed to have about hall
these people. on less than third
part of the total area. Its square
miles are set down as about II, 900,
and it boasts of having received last
wear $4,000 Immigrants, or about
the same number that came to live
in the petty 5000 square miles OF
Massachusetts,. Considerin g all the
disadvantages OF its provincial posi-
ton, however. Canada Is making a
handsome gain in its trade and re-
sources of all kinds. Its exports IN
1869 were but COS million dollars
in 1860 they ran up to AZ millions
"a gain Of more than 20 per cent.
In le6S the exports were nearl Y D
millions. OF the articles exported,
about S21 900 000 was lumber, 3d.
COS. 500 was fish. So, ,13S, 600 We're
"animals and other produce, Sl3,-
GS6. 600 came from the farms, about
oIL millions from the mines, nearly
as much from manufactures, while
no less than IS .000. .i00 was com and
bullion. and 6Is millions were goods
not produced III Canada. The most
important branch OF business as will
be seen. is the timber trade, and OF
this the best paying branch is the
shipment of boards and house stuff
to South America. This trade Is al
most exclusively controlled by Am
ericans who operate III Canada.
From one cargo in 1860 the business
has grown to seventy-one IN lo.o,
having increased 30 per cent. IN the
mast twelvemonth. But this is still
bnt n small fragment of the great
lumber shipment from Quebec. Dur
ing the past year 932 vessels, includ-
ing steamships with a tonnage OF
7Ol 265 tons. have cleared from that
mort with cargoos of timber. Earlv
in 1870 low water made timber
scarce and slow in coming to hand,
hence there has been Il serious fall
inc off in white p.ne-the staple
article of the lumber market. Price
have been unusually high from the
opening Of the season, and not from
abnormal causes, since they are
maintained and the demand abroad
for good grades of timber Is steady
There is. however. much low-claSS
timber made in Canada. The Am
erican demand continues unabated
and the most notable incident Of the
past year has been the heavy invest
ments at very high prices, by Am
,erican capitalists in Canadian timbe:
limits. The public debt Of Canad'
has grown faster than its trade, and
now. including the whole Dominion
more than $4,000, 900. This is
mere fea-bite compared with ou
debt, however, and does not averag
half so many dollars per capita a
ours, consequently taxes are muc
lower there than here, and the Who'll