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the wholft amount of taxation of a farm of 100 acres in the 



Upper Province is about 18s. 



Tbe Ciinudiun Government is takinn^ active measures foi^ 

 improvino^ utid extending the means of Kind and water 

 carriage by I'ormino^ roads and canals. Hy an Act 5 — 6 

 Vict. c. 118, (1842), Great Britain guaranteed the payment 

 of the dividend and interest ut 4 per cent, on a lean of 

 £1,500,000 (hat mi^ht he required by the Canadian Govern- 

 ment for public works. 



The 43rd cUnise of the Act for uniting^ the Provinces of 

 Canada (3 — 4 Vict. c. 35) recites an Act passed in the 18th 

 George III , e. 12, which decbires that the King; and 

 Parliament of Great Britain would not impose any duty, 

 tax, or asseiisment whatever, payable in any of His 

 Majesty's colonies, &c., except only such duties as it might 

 be expedient to impose for the regulation of commerce, the 

 net produce of sneh duties to be always paid and applied to 

 and for the use of the portion of the empire in which the 

 isame shall be respectively levied in .such manner as other 

 duties collected by the authority of the respective general 

 courts or general assemblies were ordinarily paid and applied. 

 The clause then goes on to establish these provisions — to 

 retain in the Imperial Parliament the right to impose such 

 duties us may be necessary for the re«nlation of navigation 

 and commerce ; but provides that the produce of all such 

 duties levied within the province shall be at the disposal of 

 tbe local Legislature, by and with the assent of IJer Majesty. 



We shall conclude this part of our ••Notes'* with 

 the average prices of some descriptions of Produce and 

 Provisions, and rates of wages, as given in oflBcial returns. 



Lover Ciinada. Upper Cnnada. 



1041. 1842. 



£. s. d. £. 8, d. £. 8. d. £, s. d. 



Horned Cat- 7 q o tolO 6 Otolo 

 tie per yoke 3 «*«»»» « * w 



Hurses each 10 15 10 39 

 Sheep ditto 10 12 10 15 



Wheatcubread, 0O8OO6OO8 

 6 pounds J 



Beef per lb. 002 00400 2J 00 4i 



Mutton ditto 21 4 2i 4i 



PorkpcrlOOlbs.l 6 o' 12 6 17 6 



Tea ditto 030 040036 060 



Sugar (soft) do.O 00 005007 008 



Beer per gallon 000 00 10^ 00 10 010 



Domestic wa- » ^ 00 1 10 00 18 170 



ges per month ) 



Husbandry K 1 10 2 10 



with board ilo. ) 



Ditto with ditto 2 10 4 



Trades per day 4 C 4 (> « 



