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CONTENTS OF 



CHAP. XXXIII. 



the Hudson's bay company. 



Incorporation of the Hudson's Bay Company. — Profits of the Company. — 

 The North-West Company of Montreal. — Union of the two Companies. 

 — Profits of the Hudson's Bay Company after the Union. — Proprietors 

 and Stock of the Company, — Administration of their Affairs. — Sir George 

 Simpson. — The Council. — Departments, Districts, and Posts. — Extent 

 of the Administration of the Company for the Prosecution of the Fur 

 Trade . . Page 206 



CHAP. XXXIV. 



THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CANADA AND- RED RIVER. 



The Winter Communication. — Character of the Country on the North 

 Shores of Lakes Huron and Superior. — Probabilities of a Road being made. 

 — Country north of Lake Huron. — Mr. Salter's Survey. — Mr. Murray's 



Survey. The Summer Communication. — Route proposed by Mr. 



Dawson. — The Pigeon River Route. — The Old North- West Company's 

 Route. — Cost of improving and opening the Fort William and Arrow Lake 



Route. Communication viA the United States. — Arrangement of 



the Hudson's Bay Compan}^. — Arrangement of Messrs. Burbank and Com- 

 pany. — Captain Palliser's Opinion respecting the Canadian and Ameri- 

 can Routes. — Objections to his View. — Advantages of the Pigeon River 

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CHAP. XXXV. 



THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RED RIVER AND THE PACIFIC. THE 



IMPORTANCE OF THE BASIN OF LAKE WINNIPEG. 



The Result of Captain Palliser's Expedition. — Valley of the Saskatchewan. 

 — Character of the Valley. — The Rocky Moimtain Passes. — Route across 

 the Continent. — Lieutenant Palmer's Explorations in British Columbia. — 

 Roads in British Columbia. — Lieutenant Richard Maine's Explorations 

 in British Columbia. — Thompson River. — Present Position of British 

 Columbia. — The Customs and Imports of the Colony. — The Gold-Fields. 



— Their Extent. — Captain Palliser's suggested Boundary of the New 

 Colony in the Basin of Lake Winnipeg. — Objections to this Boundary. 



— Importance of the New Colony being conterminous with Canada on 

 the East. — The Natural Boundary of the New Colony. — Importance 

 of the East Coast of Lake Winnipeg. — Necessity for a natural Northern 

 Boundary. — Suggested Boundary. — The Natural Advantages of the 



