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There nv two .:)ills ut Mulau.' tor thiit iinrpose. There avo others, ten 

 mil's lower down, ;it .Ste, Kelieite ; tnri ^l^ill, and :is i';ir as Sto. Aiiiie 



d. ;■. .M(,iiis. Messrs l.'ussidl &. Co,, uii. ^\ n one ol' the two luilh, at Miitaue 

 ail'! Sie. leli.'iiH, h; ve otlj.'rs ai Cuu a la Haleiii.., Sam's Cr.-ek and Cap 

 Cliiii : Mr. Ch. lies Uiti laud Ii.-s lu.lis at . "a!)Ufiiis. :\IartMi liiver and 

 Ste. .-\i)ih (Irs Mom., where Mr. Theodore I.nmonlau'iie alsohassoiue. 



'1 he hirrh IS '.;ti; out ol'lhe woods iii ill ' wiuter ;i.id >iuvii in th" sp^'iii^r. 

 I'or. wiiei) ()-,•.. the -non;!) olJuly i; j>iss,d, it '• ;^ours '' us lli-y sev ill 

 Mmaue. ihe ends (ur ))lu(> and i'; d-t.-riorates <;:'eat.ly in v.du ■ TIht foro 

 It can only h' exiio.ied --arly, i'l ih- al)sene' o! a. railwav., or it must bo 

 s]i'op..d oarly in .sehooneis, \vliieh is aliou-eiiier iii-^unirii-nl. 



The Messrs I'ri> e mannlaeture a eo!i--id-v;;i,i,. (juaiilily ■'' -i>ruee d"al.s 

 for exportation ; til-o a uood denl ol' cdiir and a comp'.ir ; ^ ivelv small 



qie .111! y of ])ini'. 



( edar is the iiudjer rhielly di'all in by the uj. eiiaiiis ol Mataiie. Mr. 

 Jo,- ph L'Vasseur. o^,' ol'the mereliants of the b st siandiu'. ni tln^ pi.u;t> 

 told mi.' tlial is.si year h<> had nmd ' s^veu Jmndred (L.Tlars Wf.rlhand that 

 the otln'v m.-ivhants had nnido about as niu.-h. Ihit thi ti\i;:', .r has io be 

 shi,,,,.(1 in .schooners which is one olthe >• aso-is why tliis ;r. de (h>e> not 

 dev lop a> il is a source ol d 'lay and dei-riora! e.s ihe" vdiie of l he an i.'le. 



About th ' middl' ol'sunuu r, it s.m.'rime- ha].pe!)s tha: there is a 

 fali in the market an.d one haiiol'ilic manu.ad u!' .1 ce.lir ivi.iain-; on the 

 hands oi' the uiorclitnits niilil the followinu' spring;', altei' haviim- lo.>l a 

 good deal ol'iis value from expo.-ure t(. th' weather ami olh-r causes. 



U :.s eal.'UJated thai la^t wi nier about, l-jrj,()On I'eet ofeedar wer • eat 

 for ;(i ■ lociii tiieie and IVoui touv to live millions I'e't ol bir-h I'or expor- 

 tatn;;i. If iheie was a railway there wuid b- a! leas! ilir. timi-s the 

 cjuaiititv of cedar cuf. At pv,.,s,.),i, the M.itaiie merehants. wiiodoaeom- 

 para.nvely ..'.icd busim-v, bui \v]io. a ft-r all, are no: Miibioniiaires. are 

 obh^'ed to mak" h"avy advane; s of provisioiLs and mal'ri.,!s io ih^ men 

 who work-in I h" shanties ii; the autumn and winter, and ihen have to 

 wait uiitii the foilowiiiLi- Slimmer 1), lore ihev are repaid, i'is iherefove 

 qnii' evident that if ihey could .shij) their ced.ir in wiiit'-r, or sell ii on 

 th( spoi, ihev would do very mueh belt r. Th.. Malaiie m-r-wants al -o gvt 

 oui . H'reat deal of,~.(juar .spruee. forty i'eet ,i v r,; -v. whieh they shiifto 

 Quebec, in schooners. 'I lie spiuce must be soil op in iji,. s;>viu"o-^ olluT- 

 wise it loses valu" like thecccbir. The sanf mav be s,r"' of 'shin.-.rhvs 

 w^li:;'ii miuhi b' -xix.rl'd in unlimiled <|uantines ; ' btil ihe\ hav to wait 

 luit.I summer a)id then the traib' is v ry limited as there 'sr • only four 

 sdiooii. rs at Malaiie suitable for eanyinti- timber, to say iii>iiiinu- <"'! the 

 obstach's and d(days caused by a bad' season and (he many ol her diilicul- 

 tK's in the Way of river iia vi;rat ion. 



The result (dall thi-; is iImi M.tia'ie, nol witli,4audin-' the activity of 

 the iM.pulation and its local i mhi e :io<. is placed, owing h.the ab.senue of 



