OG AGKICULTURAL EESOUKCES. 



Elotliiug lliey uwd ov u.se. North of tliciii, :uul extending to th 

 Baracliois, is a large settlement of Englislimeii wlio came chiefly 

 .from tJie ssoiith coast of the island. 



CiEOLOGICAI. SURVEY RErORT. 



Here are a fe^^' extracts from the Geological Survey Reijorts 

 which present this region in a very favonrahle light : " North - 

 eastward from the terminating point nf tlie Cape AnguilLi 

 mountains, the whole country between the coast and the Long 

 Range is of a flat or undulatory characlcr, densely coA'ered with 

 forest trees, except in such parts as ha\(' liccn swept by fire, or 

 occasional tracts of marsh. The trees of this i'orest consist of 

 ■white and bellow birch, spruce and lialsam, iir, poplar, tama- 

 rack or larcli. Much of the timber of this gi^at plateau is very 

 large. Trees of yellow and white lurch are frei|neutly met with, 

 and ])artieu]arly on the river flats, ha\-iug a diameter of three 

 feet, anil even more, many of which are la.ll and straight, re- 

 sembling the hardwood forests of Cajiada. Spruce, balsam, 

 poplars and tamaracks also reach a maximum size and seem to 

 be of excellent ([uality." . . . "These valleys and much of 

 the higher lands, now primeval ^\•ihlel■ness, a})pear to be nearly 

 in every respect well adapted for agricultural settlement. By 

 deducting the tract occu^jied by the Auguille Range of hills, 

 amounting to 256 square miles, which is too high and too steep 

 for ordinary tillage, although well-suited as runs for sheep or 

 cattle, tlu' reuuiinder of the block, ^iz., oCO si[uare luiles, is 

 certainly to a large entent reclaimable ; and tliere can be but 

 little doulit lliat the construction of roads, which must necessa- 

 rily be the conserpience of occupation, together Avith the clearing 

 of the foi-est, will lead to mineral discoveries of vast imjiortance 

 to the Colony. . . . Tracts of considerable extent upon tlie 

 coast, and nearly all tlie valleys of tlie ])rinci2)al streams, bear a 

 soil of the most fertile description, which is even already shown 

 by the few and rudely cultivated sjiots here and there where the 

 produce in grass, green crops, and even cereals are all first class 

 both in (quantity and ([uality. The richness of the soil at this 

 part of tlie coast is jiroliably due to the calcareous material 



