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THE ST. OLAIR FLATS ANJ> J.AKK >fAVlGAT10N.— KMlGilATlON DUIUXU 1854. 



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5. Cetonia fulgida liumber, 



Trichius rotundicollis Gardens, 



6. Buprestis chrysostigma Toronto, 



,, lineata ,, 



7. Melanotus cinereus.. 

 Ludius appressifrons. 

 Ctenicerus Kendalli. 

 Elatcr obesus 



rare, 

 commou. 



common. 



8. Rhjnohsenus Nenuphar Plum weevil. 



Bruehus pisi Pea weevil. 



Balaninus nasious rare. 



Hylobius Pales common. 



Attelabus analis „ 



„ bipustulatus rare. 



Rhynchoenus Strobi common. 



Hylurgus terebrans ,, 



Tomicus exesus? ,, 



9. Arhopalus nobilis Toronto, 



,, Robinioe Niagara, 



Elaphidion mucronatum Toronto, 



Tylonotus bimaculatus ,, 



Oberea mandarina ? „ 



Clytus erythrocepbalus „ 



„ ruricola ,, 



,, colonus ,, 



Cyrtophorus verrucosus ,, 



Callidium atennatum ,, 



,, violaceum ,, 



„ russicum ,, 



Criocephalus agrestis ,, 



Tetropium cinnamopterum „ 



Saperda caloarata „ 



Graphisurus fasciatus ,, 



Liopus adspersus „ 



„ maculatus „ 



Necydalis mellitus „ 



Rhagium lineatum „ 



Centrodera decolorata ,, 



Typoccnis fugax ,, 



Evodinus monticola ,, 



Strangalia Quagga ,, 



very rare. 



common. 



rare. 



V 



not common, 

 common. 



rare. 



very rare. 

 common, 

 rare. 



elegans. 



common, 

 rare. 



,, emarginata., 



Leptura Canadensis .. 



,, proxima 



,, biforis 



,, sphaericoUis.. 



,, vittata 



„ erythroptera. 



rare, Mr. Ibbetson. 

 not common. 



common, 

 rare, Mr. Ibbetson. 



Mr. Coupcr baying commenced a catalogue of bis insects, it 

 is greatly to be hoped that he may continue it, as few persons 

 in Toronto are better qualified for the task, on account of his 

 already tolerably extensive cabinet and his zeal in collecting. 



The above list, which may form a sort of appendix to Mr. 

 Couper's catalogue, has been very hurriedly made up from those 

 insects in my collection which are at present labelled. By far 

 the larger portion remain iindetermined. 



Tlie Si. Claii' Flats and Iiake NaTigation. 



A Committee of the Buffalo Board of Trade, appointed to inquire 

 into the amount of losses sustained by owners of vessels Trhich have 

 been detained on the St. Clair Flats during the last season of naviga- 

 tion, have recently made a report, from which we gather the following 

 facis: 



The number of steamers engaged in the carrying trade of 

 the Upper Lakes, and passing the St. Clair Flats, hav- 

 ing a total tonnage of 0,880 tons. 



Number of propellers, forty-four, of 21,789 " 



Total steam tonnage 28,6i9 " 



The vessels have paid for lighterage, including expenses of same 



during time detained, and for damages by collisions while aTound on 



the Flats, the sum of $208,000. 



There are also of sail vessels engaged in same trade : 



Thirty-two barques of 12,234 tons. 



Eighty-four brigs of 21,756 " 



One hundred and ninety-eight schooners of 48,323 " 



Total sail 82,324 " 



These vessels, the Committee estimate, have paid out during the 

 season of 1854, for, 



Towingand lighterage $168,686 56 



Time detained, 5,566 days 220,040 00 



Damage for repairs by collisions, &c 62,800 00 



Total sail damage $452,126 56 



Total steam 208,000 00 



Total damage $000,126 56 



Kznigrsition during 1854. 



The number of passengers who arrived at Quebec in 1854, was 53,- 

 183, of whom 52,365 were steerage. The number which left Europe 

 was 51,965 steerage, and 811 cabin ; 83 were born on the passage, and 

 847 died at sea, and 46 at quarantine. 52,326 were landed from the 

 ships ; 857 came from the lower Provinces. This return shows an in- 

 crease on 1853 of 16,484, or nearly45 per cent., the immigration being 

 larger than in any previous year except 1847, The total immigration 

 since 1829 amounted to 825,187, averaging 31,738 per annum 



1853. 



There sailed from England 9,585 



" " Ireland 14,417 



" " Scotland 4,145 



" " Germany 2,400 



" " Norway 5,056 



" " N. Brunswick 406 



Total., 



36,699 



1854. 



18,175 



10,168 



0,446 



5,688 



5,749 



857 



53,183 



Of those coming from England, 13,471, or nearly thrce-fourthi, were 

 from Liverpool. Of these 2,739 were natives of England, 4,268 of Ire- 

 land, 727 of Scotland, 4,613 of Germany, 199 of Norway. 231 of Hol- 

 land, 641 of Sweden, and 58 of the United States and Canada. 295 

 Germans sailed from Hull, .and 255 from Dublin. The nativity of tho 

 whole is shown in the following table : — 



1853. 1854. 



Natives of England 3,928 



" Ireland 18,972 



" Scotland 4,913 



" " Germany 3,135 



" " Norway 5,133 



" " Sweden 90 



" Holland 32 



" " Switzerland 



" " United States ' 



" " Canada 



7,353 



20,269 



7,186 



11,034 



5,849 



910 



236 



33 



36,203 



52,859 



Tho foreign immigrants were 18,078 against 1,489 in 1853. The 

 increase of English and Scotch was 5,098, and of Irish 1,297. 



