, 1879-04-28
CANADA.

CANADA.
Tho Lumber Trn1c-D0tDfnfon TanA&--The
ChinoAc Quchtlun Ia lIrltisf. Columbia
Tho gath Of ntay-lfuE- -Cltulern,
spectai Hispatch IN 7as TrtbnHt
OTTAWA. April 27.-ssncc tic list of January
Inst over 500 persons lave gonu to Manitoba
from thc Ottawa dlstrct.
Lumber fretghts will open up at the following
rates for tho cu:utng year: 10 Montreal. 90
cents per 1000 feet; to Quebcc, sf.fo; to Bur-
!itgtoE, $l.G0; 10 Whitehall. s1.75, to Albany,
so.7j; to New York, 80. This shows rcdue-
tion Of about o:5 per cont hctwccn OTTAWA n's'l
Quebec, burlington, aud Whitehall. Through
rates to New York nre tic sa.no as last year. The
for tho coming ycnr. Burlington f. lnorc lopc-
full Theirs Is better dcmn,,tlt but without my
ntlvanee in prices. whitehall prospects nrc
much encouraged bv ihc c!Ia1,ees Of rev ra'-
opened In juno. THIS will place tl!at city on as
Euod busfs ns Burlington as distributing
point for 1rcaausl lumber. The Now Y9rk an!l
Albany trnde Ii in n fair condition, although
tioa tHs stey IH ioy sre hodlas oT ior tic pres:
cnt to SEQ what Michigan docs. The l'nlk oi
thu Oltawa lumber for the New York tralc
passed into second hnntla last fall:
a IL ,tt9outea to tet' tin @ lack "sf'oFf ef qu1ss sy
for lumber. Tile stock Of shipping l!un,!'cr win
tered III Oitnwa has 0cen purchased principally
by thy Export Luulocr Company, OF New York,
and Mcssrs. Watcra u Wilson, Of the snne
place It. is expected that some csntIacts will
he made for this years cut at last ycars prccs:
4 largo amount of the lumber heretofore currlcd
by american boats from Ottawa Wall bc this
year tre!ghted by Canuda burgess to WHITEHALL
ind reshipped there for New York tn American
hn0fH fTf1an h1rrEe NtFDOB9 tdiSuE return
freight IN coal. ....
Col. Weat!lcrloy and Ills hun, who were killed
In tlie fight between Cul Wnri's command Htd
tic Zulus, on tic 2Stl Of March last, were tho
hrotcr anil nephew Ut Capt. Weathcrtey, Of our
Post Office Department. Col Wcatherof's son
was only 10 years utl.
Sir John Macdonald's bill to amend The act
fesncst9x Dnini an5s naa eesn nrtcd
tho Lnnd.Ofl!cc from purchasing or apec!,latl'l4
In lands. Townships are to contain thrty-six
square miles cnc and tic land is to be laLl ont
III Ilucks Of four townships each. Secs. II niia
20 in overy township arc to 6o reserved for
educational purposes. All surveyed Dominion
lnnds are 10 be open for purchase ut tle rate of
81 per aero; but tho Minister OF the Interior
mny Withdraw, my section from ordinary salc,
nor aero. No patent will be granted to settlers
Til there has bceu three yenrs residence on tho
lant. Understands will also be open for acttle-
mont, hut uD sales Of B1el, tutnls wiIl 10 rinte
Wll1Fu u l!G GA1Cl IN VI ANt Ill rlbpJ
monopoly. All'l-owncrs can secure tlse right OF
cutting timber on limits By paying bonus Tor
cacl, .quase mlle.-monthly roturns Of t'ls
quantity cut to be made to the Government.
r. E?9s oa ssa is'fs y sa s'fsas 1sas b Sans n I'll?
Fculalo Immigration soe!ety, aak!ng TINT s0.fD
per head ba given as II bonus for this tniposta-
! tion al fcn,nIe scryants from Germany. The
petition Is being slgmod ny senators ~ UNI , H. u
| for m address to tho novcr.loe-icueral fur
copies Of any addresses, reports, Or other COM
| municat!ona from, DoaTds OF Trade. or oihcr
commercial tn, 3 @ ro,n may axs ,csr ees
rlleo 10 ti.o commercial poliry which ia now un-
,lur tho consideration of, tl.c House.
| Senator Mcdonald nil1 Mr.. Mclnhcs, OF Brit
.sh Columbia, hare been c1anlincd before the
said tllcro wore about 5000 -Cb!noso in British
Columbia lie tlt1 not thIult it desirable that
| Chinese Immigration should ba Encouraged. lIe
habits nild mMie Of living OF afo Chinese wcro
| different from those OF Canadians, lle would
ho sorry 10 sec them employed On the Canadu
Pacific hallway, ns 1t would prevent Others from
working on it WHO would settle in the country.
The Chinese took no Interest IN tl'o country oI
about 1868. Three lInndre4! GANG direct, from
China lust your. To certain oxtent limited
number at Cinnamon llad been llsetul to tue
Province: but, on tho wl'u!a, tl!er im,nt9rat I!
1,ow cut III when tiicy wore imprIsoncd; bu,
this hal no deterrent effect On tllelr i,ntntErn
ttull. They gatnb!rd ant! l.ad vices; but he did
not thiuk tsioy wers much Worec than Whit
men, though tho women might ho moro Ink I.
was taken over piece Of burnt paper
| Mr., htcIunea, H., r., said that iu sthe City ot
New Westminster, where he lived, there wess
700 permanent Chinese settlers. %flo. dislns
loo or 1,500. Tllry. ca,no pElneIpaaiy fsolt
Orovon, Washington Territory, mud California
They left the country as sooi Us ltey mad mail
from $500 70 81, ,oN, went back 10 Chlna, boagl,
to ti!c end of their days. lie had been toll
tiut they could 1.-Two On fran onc to two cents
day III Chtna. Tho Chinese worked In flshcan
neries for sa5 monthrwlll9 men wei, were pa.s
0onlu,cn for chtueap Companies, Il'ey serc
b0tt men anil women, filthy. vicious, Alnl In
moral class. During Two ysAfs fle was Mayo
,l.,!l pollcc.Maelstrato o. New Wesanl'nstot
talia.lozcn Chncso females were In thu
city, and they were OF ln.1eputo,i an' ~;
va. notorious III That ,di: mark el ,l.,t y.
.lAt ellnractor. They were simply 'nportstl 10
!. siderable knowisIgo Of item; md there wa
scarcely Cllnainali III British Columbia VII
was not Affected With tic most virulcnt f0rm 9
syphliis. That dlscaso. was communicated I
the indians and The white popns9t!on; ai!u
beloved the consequence would o. shad, e., ~ 4
uuartcr of century, Ut tho u, too or 4O,0o0 Y
@ wouIa bo alive It was killing t1lum of by bur
drcds every ycar. The Chfnamcn were boardc
ut l2t6 cents day, whilc or1inaEY white laool
| crs could not live on less tlIan ho or w cents
: day. IIu believed 1t would bo great 'nsai9
. tunc II tie Cinnamon Wcre employed OH I'll
Canaaa Pacltu lsnIlway, as they would carry
large percentages ut tho money spe9t OH that woI
. back to China, mud take tts place Q! whii