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I do not in this place introduce any remarks in rela- 

 tion to the railroad communications with the Atlantic 

 which are now projected or in progress, as the observa- 

 tions I subsequently made in New Brunswick will natu- 

 rally suggest some considerations in connection with this 

 important means of colonial development. 



from public works, during the first ten months of 1849, was £64,601, 

 while, during the same ten months of 1850, it has been £76,672, an 

 increase of nearly one-fifth. This, with the other abundant symptoms 

 of prosperity experienced in the colony during the present yeai', will, I 

 hope, hush the cry of discontent and disloyalty for some time to come. 



