A(:;ki('Ultui;al itEsourtCES. 100 



^aeli having its own imiuber, the numbers ranging from one to 

 thirty-six, and are arranged on a maji. Eacli square mile again 

 Is snb-divided into four equal parts, each containing one hun- 

 ^Ired and sixty acrt's, wliich constitute a farm. This township 

 survey lias made known many valuable tracts of land where 

 previously none was su])posed to exist. The proximity of the 

 railway has greatly enhanced their value. The land reclaimed 

 iiud cultivated in thi' neighbourhood of Whitl)ourne, where a 

 pretty \ illage is growing up, is an illustration of the revolution 

 wrought liy tin- introduction of a railway. A large quantity of 

 gooil timbei- li:is lieen cut along portions of this locality, and 

 niore remains to be utilized. The total area of reclaimable land 

 evQii in this unpromising section of the counti-y is far greater 

 than might be suj)posed, so that numljers of farms might be 

 located here at no great distance from the railway. The eight 

 townships laid out lure contain seventy s(piai'e miles, or 48,800 

 iicres, of fairly gill Milam I. This wouhl give four hundred and 

 forty-eight farms nf nue hundred acres each. 



TKST13IONY OF COMPETENT 3IEX. 



In corroboration of the reports of professional and scientific 

 jnen, it may not be amiss to rite the opinions of some other com- 

 petent jtidges in regard to the agricultural capabilities of the 

 island. Sir .b)lin Haivey was appointed Governor of New- 

 founilland in 1842. He \\as a man of much intelligence and 

 energy, and was well actpiainted with Canada and the Lower 

 Provinces. In one of his s])eeches at the opening of the Legis- 

 lature, he used the following words: — "And here I will not 

 deny niyself the satisfaction of recording this public declaration 

 ■of my conviction, deri\-ed from such observation and information 

 as a residence in the island for np^'ards of a yi'ar has enabled 

 me to acquire, that, both as regards climate and agricultural 

 capabilities, Newfoundland in many respects need not shrink 

 from a comparison with the most favoured provinces of Xorth 

 America. Its summers, though short, enjoy an extraordinary 

 degree of vegetative power, which only recpiires to be duly taken 

 advantage of ; its winters are neither unu.-ually long nor severe ; 



