, 1879-04-10
portel into Canada irom tho Unitod 9tatcs of

porte,t tnto Canada from tho Unitcd 8tatcs of
America troln n'sl utter this late.
IL l'etdtnn flEictl by Sir Hugh Allan md
number oT manufacturers ahtppors, ule., OF tho
Iroylnco OF Quebec, has boon fnrwarlc1 to Dr.
loTrtIii, n. T.. for presentation to tl,u Minister
cent ad salorc,n duty Imposed on foruIen.biilt
vessels entered into Canada be 50 amended as
to apply to vtssols Rtu,c,-nli machinery, nh
pl!anccs, Dutflt, nt!l furniture to be subjected
tasifr IN It's present form will cnal,,o Americans
tu Introduce utsicr tho 10 per- cent list as yes
eecls' outfit numerous articles which arc sub-
jccte to dgG1e; hlgl's;; 5t,tGs, 9ntSs; :, ~. ,,,n,
OTTAWA, d Xpr IHs Si t,o Il senato neai liz Hon. Mr.
campbail sa!.i negotiations wero ia progress be-
tween tue Don,tngn Government ard that OF
between Cnnaua md the latter country. CnI.
ada had offered to glvo subsidy OF $4,000
towards monthly service Il Brazil would R!vo
slmllar amount. No decisive repty. had hean
llevo tlnt tho negotiations would to a SUCCESS
fn, and, II 80, 1t was probabto Cannd,an vessels
would bc On, ,otoyed.. The steamers would run
bctween Halifax and Rio Janairo, calling at tliu
atr., Dunater,, Monbor Of Iarliamcnt from
British Columbia. Enve some interesting owl
dcnce before. tho Committee OH immigration
a,l Colonization relative to tho resources una
Columbia had been injured by tls entrance into
confederation; hut It's prospects, wore bettor
now, rs there was general expectation that
@ ,s Pas H. Rpway sy y %oa l s'9a sn BE- Rr1sset led
u Cattle rsmanen en- @ II 1 tI'S % aoid al iG"usn: wiz:
ter without ste1tcr. Beef WA superior
to English beof. Largo deposits OF both
both Vancouver Island md the main lnud. It
was usod principally In her hfaJcsty's navy,
duty OF u cents q ton. From 1,000 to 200 moi
IL f4x4 4r.fr 1tY,.r
sources OF largo md superior timber TT for ship
billdiugwcrc IN thc province. At present timber
was sent to Australia, Sandwich 1slnnds, South
America, and CApo Of Good Hope. lnexlaus-
Tile famous DouRlas pincgruw In all parts Of tho
province, as far north rs Alaska, nnl In great
abundance; fish wero abundant, being prEncipal-
y salmon. Tho export trade In fish was very
Sonc of tllu fish in the northern regions wore 80
oily ttiat tic Indiana used them, When dry, In
lieu Of ca,llloa.
british Columbia was xoll adapted for agrt-
ratsed tero, the soil being Dry, sandy loan at,tl
very rich. About th!rty-f1ve acrcs to tic bushcl
was the average. Not much attcution was at
present paid to cattto.brccding. Tho gold
past past few w. years. About s,ooo 'Ii,' mon wcro o
in gold -tntnlng throughout the province. There
was only one copper mine; plenty Of iron-orc,
but II 'Tas not mined; silvcr,denoaits were
promising. 1HeTo WeFG Apout u,uuU LlltnAucn
in tic province. uo regarded them ns very
inferior cluss Of people, illthy, md undesirable
for the country. Every cent they. earned went
to ChIna. They arc a ,scpasato. liatinct racc,
md ha beloved tiny should not ho allowed to
come into tho country Ut a!l Ho udult. ted,
| however, that Ia summer they supplied lack
| pf lAtofcre whom tho whites went to the
| mountains mining.
- LONDON, April 0.-Inforlnat!on received from
| Texas Btatcs that a man named Grcnnlc was
hanged tl,cra n short time ago, ntll tllat On the
scaffo1d he confessed to tho Monaghan murder,
London, tfreo years ago. The murder created
| great excitement In this notgnborhood at the
/ ttnG J.ntH at niHht ttirGQ TDjllrr men drove III
to Monnghnn's farm.resdouye IN Warwick in a