PREFACE. 



In July, 1893, the High Commissioner for Canada, by direction of the 

 Minister of the Interior, invited the following gentlemen (who ar« all 

 connected with the agricultural "ndustry in the different parts of the 

 United Kingdom from which they come) to visit the Dominion of 

 Canada, and report upon its agricultural resources, and the advantages 

 the country offers for the settlement of farmers and farm labourers, 

 and the other classes for which there is a great demand : — 



Mr. A. J. Davies, Upper HoUings, Pensnx, Tenbiiry, Worcpstorsliiro, ; Mr. W. 

 H. Dempster, Millbrook Lodge, Clarbeston itoad, Soutli Wales ; Mr. Alexander 

 Fraser, Balloch, CuUoden, Inverness, Scotland ; Mr. 11. IT. Faulks, Langham, Oak- 

 ham, Rutland ; Mr. J. T. Fmnklin, Handley, near Towcester, Northamptonshire ; 

 Mr. J. J. Guiry, Peppardstown, Fethard, Clonmel, Ireland ; Mr. Tom Pitt, burn- 

 ford, CuUompton, Devon ; Mr. John Koberts, Plas Ileaton Farm, Trefnant, North 

 Wale.s ; Mr. Reuben S';elton, Grange Farm, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire; Mr. 

 Joseph Smith, 2, Mowbray Terrace, Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorkshire; Mr. Jolin Steven, 

 Purroch Farm, Hurlford, Ayrshire, Scotland Mr. Booth Waddington, Bolehiil 

 Farm, Wingerworth, Chesterfield; and Mr. William Weeks, Cleverton Farm, 

 Chippenham, Wiltshire. 



In addition, two other farmers— Mr. John Cook, of Birch Hill, 

 Neen Sollars, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire ; and Mr. C. E. "Wright, 

 of Brinkhill, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire — visited the Dominion, under 

 their own auspices, during 1893 : and they have been good enough to 

 prepare Reports of their impressions. 



The Reports, if published together, would make a bulky volume. 

 It has therefore been decided to di'ide them into the following 

 parts :— 



Part 1 — The Reports of Messrs. Shelton, Waddington, Cook, and Smitk 

 Part 2 — The Reports of Messrs. Franklin, Faulks, and Wriglit. ,..^, ...^ .. ^ ,,,, 

 Part 3 — The Reports of Messrs. Weeks, Pitt, and Davies. / .. . \ j 



Part 4 — The Reports of Messrs, lioberts and Dempster. , , , ., ); ,,, , ,,;, ,r 

 Part ^ — The Reports of Messrs. Steven and Fraser. , , . ', . • 



Part & — The Report of Mr. Guiry. , ,.;. ,.) : » ,,v. ' ,.j."^J' 



Part 1 will be circulated in the following counties: — Northumber- 

 land, Cumberland, Durham, Westmoreland, York, Lancashire, Shrop- 

 shire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derby, and Nottingham. 



Part 2, in Lincoln, Rutland, Leicester, Northampton, Huntingdon, 

 Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertford, Bedford, Bucks, Oxford, 

 Berks, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, and Sussex. 



Part 3, in Warv.ick, Worcester, Hereford, Gloucester, Wiltshire, 

 Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. ; , '; , ..it 



Part 4, in Wales ; Part 5, in Scotland ; and Part 6, in Ireland. 



Any or all of these pamphlets, as well as other illustrated 

 From whom pamphlets issued by the Government, may be obtained, 

 Pamphlets post free, by persons desiring to peruse them, on applica- 

 ohtainahU. tion to the Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, Bart., G.C.M.G., 

 C.B., High Commissioner for Canada, 17, Victoria Street, 

 London, S.W. ; to Mr. J. G. Colmer, C.M.G., Secretary, at the same 



