Preface, vii 



that railway company. He is prepared to sell the land at a reasonahle 

 rate per acre, a small sum being paid down, the remainder in annu«l 

 instalments on a graduated scale. Mr. Heeman has already sold about 

 40,000 acres during the last year. As will be seen from some of the 

 delegates' Eeports, Lord Brassey, Senator Sanford, and others have 

 land for sale. The Cobnisation Board have also land for disposal, 

 under favourable arrangements, particulars of which may be obtained 

 of Mr. Q-. B. Borradaile, Winnipeg. • • ' '" '.'-'■•■• 



In all the provinces improved farms may be purchased 

 Improved at reasonable prices — that is, farms on which buildings 

 Farms. have been erected and a portion of the land cultivated. 



' The following are the average prices in the different 



provinces, the prices being regulated by the position of the farms, 

 the nature and extent of the buildings, and contiguity to towns and 

 railways: — Prince Edward Island, from £4 to £7 per acre; Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec, from £2 to £10 ; Ontario, 

 from £2 to £20; Manitoba and the North-West Ten'itories, from 

 £1 to £10; and British Columbia, from £2 to £20. These farms 

 become vacant for the reasons which are explained with accuracy 

 in many of the a<M;ompanying Reports. They are most suitable 

 for persons possessed of some means, who desire more of the social 

 surroundings than can be obtained in those parts of the various 

 provinces in which Government lands are still available for occupation 

 and settlement. 



Canada has already assumed an important position as 

 SigricuUural an agricultural country, and the value of its exports of 

 Exports. such products alone now nearly reaches ^50,000,000* 



annually, in addition to the immense quantity required 

 for home condumption. The principal items of farm and dairy 

 produce exported in 1 892 — the latest returns available — were : 

 Horned cattle, $7,748,949; horses, Sl,354,027 ; sheep, $1,385,146; 

 butter, «1,056,058; cheese, $11,652,412; eggs, $1,019,798; flour, 

 $1,784,413; green fruit, $1,444,883; barley, $2,613,363; pease, 

 $3,450,534; wheat, $6,949,851; potatoes, $294,421. Besides the 

 articles specially enumerated, a considerable export trade was done in 

 bacon and hams, beef, lard, mutton, pork, poultry, and other meats, as 

 well as in beans, Indian corn, oats, malt, oatmeal, flour-meal, bran, fruits, 

 and tomatoes. The chief importers of Canadian produce at the present 

 time are Great Britain and the United States, but an endeavour is 

 being made, and so far with success, to extend the trade with the 

 mother country, and to open up new markets in other parts of the 

 world. The products of the fisheries, the mines, and the forest are 

 also exported to a large annual value ; and the manufacturing industry 

 is a most important and increasing one, especially in the eastern 

 provinces, and includes almost every article that can be mentioned. 



It is not necessary to extend this preface or to summarise the 



* The exports of these products in 1879 were only 33J million dollars, and 

 the importatice of the present volume of the trade may be realised when it is 

 remembered that prices nave declined, roughly, 25 per cent, in the interval. 



