, 1876-10-07
DOMINION OF CANADA.
A Satisfactory Harvest.-coidition
of Various Branches Of
Trade.
Commerce with the West indies,
South America, and South
Grn Australia.
The Northern Railway..-A Canadian
Claimant Of the Earldom
of Mar.

AA6 AVuILllEIu UA4AWAFsssA
rl,;,ror+ as a. p..,,,s.-
c4alWaut o1 tue taIlo0M
of Mar.
6ptefa. c"rrttpondtnee of 7hs tribune.
OTTAWA, Can., Oct. 1.-Cnnafln Is oulncntly
an agricultural country. Upon agriculture and
the lumber trade thrcc.fourtls Of our people
,.,..a ~ss"eSt ;., -, ane'. ual'y oreaa anu
wnatcFet auects either ifuustfy tells ut once,
whether favorably Or unfnvorabty, upon our en-
tire trade and commerce. We, therefore, turn
drawn Il, y cioso viii, onna aax,o.w =. % ,n,na.1
u'A"'' " c'ohe WILL some ah4'e'y. as inu'cat-
!as psetty accurately tho prospects Tor Tic COM
Ing winter. Lost year, notwithstanding u con-
good average ono, and, a,thourh ,ha win
tsr t was & a'm9s. unsqualcu N severity with
tae whole dominion commercially ut =
plenty, and the condition uf the working elasscs
i,otbfn,, II, l,r comnlaincd abo,t ~ n,,,o,n,a
,.,;,. tSora ~, ~, .,,,,ns a,'a. ~, .1.,sS
."ers %ns am e"see aeaeec an n.oush
usual, ,-cnrourasel, no doubt, by tho hope for
marc linn or.ljnnrv pcncroaItv ~, VI, nar, ~
wrt1.to,lo hy lin ,.rv ~ !. h.r1 ,i,,n. ,tW,ior
,,.a w ,.,.uasa; 49, ';u..to '" ...e', s's s.,a
WIS III liicFeasooi pli'a11on among Inc deserving
poor. A severe winter, followed by continued
stagnatlon and disaster III business, with work
scarrs md noor1y ren,,,neratc,1. malo f. morc
important ti,au ever that the harvest Of 1s1o
sAonla 10 piehtAni. Inc season, from thu
very beginning, greatly favored thu prospect;
and although, now that notes hare bcen conf
pared and resul.scomputcd, certain crops show
past"'. in'i"ts' ."s sul'p1y III otncls ma oee"
30 bounteous that tile year mny with safety be
pronounced ono of more than average agr!cul-
-''
rarr n,c,, 1ror ,4,st M, .siri no for ho,a.s .t
average, both Al to quantity and quality; SPRING
wheat, rather under than over the average in
m ovarnro crdn n,l vo,, ,uoiftr. h,,,;;,,
vi "'e'uto s'oP, "au sooa quu''s oueh,
"heat anu !naian-coFn' crop IN all
respects good; wlll1o, In oats mud other coarse
graius, tho returns will very largely exceed tic
average, 10th "a to quantity and ouality OF sam
~ H.. ,,a,,'axs.s ,.sa .,"s 49, s!,, -. se ~.
Pie' .no n"5.etoP WIS n'so WY s'cat'y Ill cA-
cess OF the average, potatoes falr, and root-
more rain to ins1,rn good quality, It il sonae-
whit dIfl!cuit to arriye at u currcct or satlstac
tory conclusion as to the fruIt-crop, The reports
from the various districts hclur 80 contilctinr:
tain that apples llavc been d failure,
ntlit ftlat We shall buye To lopk abroad
for I iarge proportion Of Tie necessary supply.
rong wo 1p ay a ok re%
IN liz t,ninr winter with n r,p;I tlcai nf tnnl
dcucc, feeling assured tl,at lengor threatens no
ono who Is nlle untl willing to work Tor living
oT,IEa tNANCItEs or TRADE.
The commercial crisis Which u,aycd such l,nvoc
on ro,lI side o{ the line. iu uddtlon to cxer.
cistne general deprcssIrr intlucnce on this
side. llaa Completely parajyzcI what.
neyt Ia aeriei1jt1,rs. FORMS. "a
have anil. our fr,t,st imnnrtnnt ,m,lnatrr. Not
nniv hns the IInitrii sinfrs hrrn mir nrtrcInaI
iutnbcr.mart, but a ycry larce nrono,tion Of our
lcadlne lumbcrcrs are co,itleplen OF American
birth: md nearly avery ilr,1, nf imnortaner Inns
orc Of other Of ita nlembcrs reading in Aibany.
ar Mt whatever nolnt on t],c aonth siils Of iii
lnundnry nav l,est suit the exlrencics of tint
branrh of ths busnrss in w.icll thoy are on
rureI. It mny In ,,ntni en nnssnnt fhat neYt
to 2ho Scotch. Inc American. CanaIsu Ia liz ,noss
entsrrlsnE aaa suscessl O. n the r.
cn1,trv. MI fcw scnatnrs anH mem.
hers Of TIC Holse nf Enm,nons nrn
tncn who wsre iorn and educated under tl,o