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sections of our own country that must surely come in 

 contact with the almost boundless agricultural wealth 

 and resources of the British province ? 



As we were about leaving Winnipeg, a banker of 

 that lively town, in speaking of the great expanse of 

 rich wheat lands around the city, said : " While the 

 land in the neighborhood of Winnipeg raises fine 

 wheat, and lots of it, one thousand miles further north 

 they raise just as much wheat to the acre and just as 

 good." One thousand miles further north ! Think 

 of it ! I do not know and could not find out in what 

 latitude Winnipeg is situated. I asked the clerk at 

 the Manitoba House, among others. " Well," he said, 

 " I really don't know, but I do know it's an awful 

 cold latitude." The railway guide says it is one 

 thousand four hundred and twenty-four miles from 

 Montreal, and yet good lands are being cultivated a 

 thousand miles still further north. This fact helps to 

 explain the enormous quantities of freight the Cana- 

 dian Pacific Kailroad is sending down, both by rail 

 and water, to the lakes and through the St. Lawrence 

 River. 



At Regina, the capital of the province of Assiniboia, 

 we were much interested in the House of Parliament, 

 the Governor's mansion and the barracks and drill 

 ground of the famous mounted police force. All are 

 equipped with electric lights and other modern con- 

 veniences. 



