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falo, Niagara Falls, New York, and Philadelphia. If the Salmon 

 of the northern Rivers could be transported by railway to Saint 

 John, they would find a ready market in the numerous towns 

 and villages of the United States, and the Salmon Fishery alone, 

 would prove a perfect mine of wealth to the northern part of the 

 Province. 



The immense products which might be obtained bv a vigorous 

 prosecution of the Fisheries for Herring, Cod, and Mackerel, would 

 not only furnish a fruitful source of profit to a railway, but they 

 would afford such an amount of remunerative employment to all 

 the productive classes, as almost to defy calculation. They would 

 enable the Province to open up and prosecute, a successful trade 

 with several Foreign countries, with which at present the mer- 

 chants of New Brunswick have no connection whatever. The 

 farmer also, would be greatly benefitted by the extension of the 

 Fisheries in connection with the railway, because he would not only 

 find a more ready market for his surplus produce, but he would be 

 furnished with wholesome and nutritious food, at all seasons of the 

 year, on the most reasonable terms. 



Aided by railways, the Fisheries of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence 

 now of so I'ttle importance, and such limited value, would take 

 rank as one of the highest privileges of New Brunswick — its unfail- 

 ing; source of wealth forever hereafter. And while the efforts of 

 the people were successfully directed towards securing these boun- 

 ties of Providence, lavished with such unsparing hand, they would 

 rejoice in the goodness of an all wise Creator, and offer up humble 

 but earnest thanks to Almighty God for his exceeding goodness 

 and mercy towards his erring and sinful creatures. 



Article VII. — Catalogue of Canadian Plants 1 in the Holmes' 

 Herbarium, in the Cabinet of the University of McGill 

 College. Prepared by the late Prof. James Barnston, 

 M.D. 



[Introductory Note. — The plants comprising this herbarium 

 were collected and determined by Prof. A. F. Holmes, M. D., in 

 the year 1820 and following years, and were presented by him 

 to the University in 1856. They are admirably prepared and in 



