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When Newfoundland comes into the Dominion, St. John 

 will become the summer port of Canada. Here passen- 

 gers will land after a five days' ocean voyage, and crossing 

 the island by rail, will re-embark in a steamer for Mira- 

 uiich? or Restigouche, two ports on the Intercolonial 

 Railroad, within fifteen hours' rail of Quebec. The total 

 journey from London to Quebec will thus only occupy 

 seven days, and the route will touch some very charming 

 scenery. 



The Dominion of Canada, and especially the province of 

 Ontario, is the most English of all Her Majesty's colonies. 

 From the year 1829 to 1873, both inclusive, 1,325,000 

 immigrants in round numbers came from the Old World 

 to Canada. Of these 543,000 were English, 506,000 Irish, 

 146,000 Scotch, and the remainder of other nationalities. 

 Comparing the returns of the English immigration with 

 those of the Irish, it will be found not only that the 

 number of the former are greater, but also that the Irish 

 immigration has been steadily decreasing since 1848, 

 whilst the English immigration has been as steadily 

 increasing. The great bulk of Irish immigration to 

 Canada took place in those decades from 1829 to 1849. 

 These people have now become assimilated with the 

 Canadian people, and their children are thorough Cana- 

 dians. Again, of the 506,000 Irish immigrants, a very 

 large proportion are north of Ireland men. The real 

 Irish element in Canada is scarce ; the bulk of the emi- 

 gration from the south of Ireland has always been directed' 

 to the United States, where they cluster in the cities in 

 such multitudes as to outnumber all the other people put 

 together. I do not wish to/ make any reflections upon the 



