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Selection 



of 



District. 



MinneBota 

 and Iowa. 



Wisconsin 



Ontario, 

 Quebec, 

 and Nova 

 Scotia. 



berious obstacle to settlement there. North America is 

 provided with perfect railway communication ; Quebec and 

 New York, its principal ports, are within ten days of Liver- 

 pool, and the mails are dispatched nearly every day. 



In reference to the most desirable parts for settlement, the 

 " Standard," in commenting upon recent emigration statistics, 

 says : — 



" WLen we glance at the direction taken by the human flood which 

 in June poured out of the Mersey, we find as usual that the great Re- 

 public obtained the greatest share of the fertilising overflow of the 

 Old Continent. Of these 26,688 people, 22,565 were bound for the 

 United States, 3,837 for Canada, 40 for Australia, 173 for South 

 America, and 31 for Africa, by which may be understood the Cape 

 and Natal. . . It may be, therefore, said in general terms that 

 last month's emigrants went entirely to the United States and 

 Canada. . . The great distances of the South African and 

 Australian colonies axe a drawback to their settlement. With the 

 exception of New Zealand, and of Tasmania in a less degree, they 

 present but small attractions to the tiller of the soil." 



The district at first selected by the founders of this 

 agency was that of Southern Minnesota and Upper Iowa, 

 a country exceptionally healthy. The climate is hotter in 

 summer and colder in winter than in England, but the 

 seasons are very enjoyable, the atmosphere is clear, dry, 

 and bracing, and rain seldom falls dui-ing the winter 

 months, which are much more healthy than in England. 



The same characteristics of temperature, soil, and cli- 

 mate are also found in Southern Wisconsin, to which State 

 we are still sending pupils, and the farmhouses and ap- 

 pointments are usually better than in the first-named dis-, 

 tricts. The best parts of Canada also offer an excellent field 

 for learning farming, probably better than any of the Prairie 

 States, though the prairies give better opportunities for 

 buying land at low prices or starting a farm. We have 

 selected, therefore, the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and 

 Nova Scotia, as containing within their boundaries some 

 of the best districts in the Dominion, and quarters emi- 

 nently suited to those who desire to gain a thorough know- 

 ledge of farm and country, and yet wish to settle under j 

 English laws. The soil of Ontario and Quebec is extremely] 

 rich, though the best fields are by no means equally dis- 



