, 1879-05-19
CANADA.

| The Oldest Campbel1-Conndian Railway
Stntistlcs-The Thirteenth New York Regi-
| ment-Business at Montreal.
/, Special Dispatch to Tie Tribune
OTTAWA, Ont.,. May 18-Donald Campbell,
Of Lochaber. who claims to be the Oldest Camp
bell in Canada, visited the Go7ernor-Gencral,
and was well received.
Mr. C. ]. Bridges last annual report on the
railwaY-statistics Of Canada, and the capita.
traffic, and working expenditure Of the railways
OF the Dominion, is published. According to
the report, the railways Of Canada represent q
nominal capital outlay OF upwards OF $3.50, ,0O0,-
600. The railway-capital is more than double the
debt of the Dominion OF Canada. =. The mileage
Of the entirer raiIway-system included in the
present return is divided as follows: Railways
actually in operation. 6, 14S; railways under con-
struction, portions Of which are completed and
track laid, 11 miles; RAILWAYS under construcc-
nal capital raised for tic ralway-system OF the
Dominion. on the 30th OF June, 1873,
was as follows: Ordinary share capital.
Sl22 175, $780, preference ditto, $780, 155 6S3 50;
705.o5. Tile amount Of AID IRON the Dominion
Government, s65, ,999, ,90o.51; Ontario ditto,
I s., ,229 6S902; Quebec dieto ss,513, 1927; New
Brunswick ditto, s., 900; Nova Scotia ditto,
Ss1s 75o; amount Of aid tEom municipalities,
cuded in paid-up securities, sl,ss2, ,oo0,-
SS5, ,574, 4S1.43.. Total, o,617, 1SG,48. The
total train-mileage given is 19,669,447 miles.
The number OF passengers carried was 6, 443, 924.
The tonnage Of freight handled during the year
was 1883, ,472. The operating expenses Tor the
year amounted to SIG, 100, 102 agaiust S15 $50 0H
in the preceding year; while tile receipts in
creased from S18,742, 053 to S20,520,078. There
we're ninety-sevea persons killed lust year,
against ~ the year previous; and s61 n5ufed'
The general impression Is, that the 100 000 900
acres Of land to. be set apart in the Northwest
for constructing the Canada Pacific Railway
form mere bagatele Of the quantity OF land
there. 4 competent authority asserts that q
block Of 120 000 600 acres OF land-lhat Is, allow
ing 20 per cent for nou-IeTtile lands-wli in-
cude all tile lands In the Northwest available
for settlement; indeed, there are grave doubts
~ TO there being sufficient available lands to
form the 100. 600 900 acres. So
Hpeciui Dis1atch TO This Tribune
MONTREAL, May 1S.--The Montreal Reception
Committee ior the Queens birthday have de-
cided that large delegation of officers should
meet the Thirteenth New York Regiment en-
route for Montreal, at St. Jonus, Here
Maj. DRUMS battery will thunder forth :.
q salutc; after which the visit
ing regiment will proceed, accompanied
BY the delegation, either direct to Lachinc, or,
If time will allow, will take the vessel ut the
canal and proceed up to Iachlne,-in either
case running the rapids afterwards. The s.
FiIgate will arrive opposite jacques Cartier
come viii be rendered b7 the Mayor and Cor |
poratfon; after which the regiment will be es-
corted to its quarters fn the Rink. The band OF |
the Thirteenth will give some sort OF an enter
tainment in the evening.
There we're 312 deaths from all causes IN this