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was twenty-five be able to purchase a farm of 

 fifty acres of land, with ten acres cultivated, 

 and having good household accommodation, 

 equal to that on any fifty-acre estate in this 

 country sufficiently furnished, or property to 

 the same value, if he belonged to the commer- 

 cial or manufacturing interests. 



The period of agricultural apprenticeship we 

 would not fix at any particular number of 

 years, but rather measure it by the amount of 

 labour the party had performed, or the capital 

 he was possessed of. As soon as any one was 

 able to purchase property, it would be sold him. 

 If he thought otherwise, he could remain in the 

 enjoyment of the advantages of the company, 

 and purchase property for his family : so long as 

 he rendered his services he would be a share- 

 holder. Mechanics, &c., of course would have 

 to serve a regular period, as in this country, 

 before earning wages. 



If we suppose the period of an apprenticeship 

 to be on an average six years, then the total 

 number of labourers in our colonies may be 

 stated at about 1,000,000 men and as many 

 women, of different ages. 



This, however, would not represent the whole 



