NOTES ON CANADA, 



S)C. S)'c. 



As the operation of f!iP piesent Law with respect to the 

 nmies on Wheat jjiuI Fl()i:r iinpoited from Canada into 

 the Unit«»<l Kir);;(loni rxcites rr.nch discussion amongst the 

 Ajuritullnrists of this ccuiitry, it is huptul that the followin<;f 

 pagrs will not he coiisid(n'rd iil timed cr useless. Thoy 

 are puhii.-hed for llio purpi>r.e of plucinf^ hrfure the public, 

 Topographical and V-lati.stical iuibrjuation collected from 

 various sotjrces, whith may i;!isist |;orsons in forniing- a 

 ju(lj;ment as to the prtjbaMtj future rosiilfs of the facilities 

 given by the Act of (! — 7, Victoria, c. 2J) —for the impor- 

 tation ol Vv'hcat and M'hcat Flour into the United Kingdom 

 from Canada. 



POSITION, ARK A, & POPCLATIOX OP CANADA. 



Canada comprises that portion of the American Continent 

 which is boiunlcd on tlio Kast by the Atkiutic Ocean and 

 the Gulf of St. Liiwrrnce — on the \Vest by the country 

 beyond Lt.ke Superior — on the North by the Hudson's Bay 

 territory — and on tlie South by the United States and a 

 pari of Nrw lirunswiik. 



The country occupies an area of about 850,000 square 

 mile''', beiri<:f more than six times the area of Enyla'ul 

 and Wales, atul nearly three times that of England, Wales, 

 Scotland, and IrtUind. Lower or East Canao'a occupies 

 4?05,8tj;i square miles, including G'JOO miles covered by 

 lakes and rivers, and excludinfj the surface occupied by 

 the St, Lawrence and part of the Gulf, which cover 

 6'^,(^00 square miles, the whole area of land and water 

 beinof 257, POO square miles or lG5,(13'i,3..^0 acres. Upper 

 or West Canada comprises about 144,000 square miles 

 or 9"2.1(J0.00O acres. 



At present bwt a coniparativfly small portion of the land is 

 in cultivation. Pr. Mc Culloch gives the follow ing table for 

 1845. 



