PREFACE. 



It^ July, 1893, the Il'gh Commissioner for Canada, by diroction of tho 

 Minister of the Interior, invited the following gentlemen (who are all 

 connected with the agricultural industry 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 Hollings, Pensax, Tonbury, Worcestershire ; Mr. W. 

 H. Dempster, Millbrook Lodge, Clarbeston Koad, South Wales ; Mr. Alexander 

 Fraser, Balloch, Culloden, Inverness, {Scotland ; Mr. 11. II. Fanlk«, Langham, Oak- 

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

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

 ford, Cullompton, Devon ; Mr. John Kobcrts, Plas Ileaton Farm, Trefnant, North 

 Wales; Mr. Reuben Shelton, Grange Farm, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire; Mr. 

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

 Purroch Farm, Hnrlford, Ayrshire, Scotland; Mr. Booth Waddington, Bolehill 

 Farm, Wingerworth, ChesterHeld; 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 Beports of their impressions. 



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

 It has therefore been decided to divide them into the following 

 parts : — 



Par' 1 — The Reports of Messrs. Shelton, Waddington, Cook, and Smitli. 



Par, 2 — The Reports of Messrs. Franklin, Faulks, and Wright. 



Par' 3 — The Reports of Messrs. Weeks, Pitt, and Davies. 



Part 4 — The Reports of Messrs. Roberts and Dempster. 



Part 5 — The Reports of Mes.^rs. Steven and Fraser, 



Part G— The Report of Mr. Guiry. 



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

 land, Cumberland, Durham, Westmoreland, Yori, 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 Warwick, Worcester, Hereford, Gloucester, Wiltshire, 

 Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. 



Part 4j in AVales ; Part 5, in Scotland ; and Part 6, in Ireland. 



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

 Th-oni whom pamphlets issued by the Government, may be obtained, 

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

 obtainahle. tion to the Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, Eart., 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 



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