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Messrs. Burbank and Co. now undertake the transpor- 

 tation of goods from England or Canada, in bond, col- 

 lecting all charges on delivery of the goods at Fort 

 Garry ; and persons desiring to order goods from Eng- 

 land immediately, can have the same forwarded from 

 Liverpool by Allan Brothers and Co., care of J. C. a"hd H. 

 C. Burbank (in bond), St. Paul. 



In July 1858, Capt. Palliser was requested by the 

 Under Secretary for the Colonies to state his opinion on 

 four points connected with the country he was engaged 

 in exploring. These were — 



" 1st. Whether Red River Settlement possesses qualifications which would 

 adapt it for an English colony. 



" 2nd. What should be the dimensions and the boundary line of such 

 colony, and whether it would be advisable to include the Saskatchewan 

 district in it, so as to establish one great border line from the new 

 colony of British Columbia up to the Red River Settlement, under 



they have this year on the line from here to Selkirk settlement, appoint- 

 ments sufficient to meet the demands of the Hudson's Bay territory and . 

 intermediate country. 



" On that portion of the line, from St. Cloud, seventy-five miles above this 

 city, on the Mississippi, to Georgetown, three hundred miles further north- 

 west, on Red River, they will have on and after the first of June, fifteen four 

 horse Concord coaches, making, regularly, tri-weekly trips, and one hundred 

 transportation waggons. The waggons are divided into four brigades of 

 twenty-five each. The whole line will be organized and conducted with 

 military precision. One brigade, commanded by a captain, will leave St. 

 Cloud every week, and another returning, will leave Georgetown. From 

 that point the steamer will connect with Fort Garry, in the Selkirk settle- 

 ment of the Hudson's Bay territory." — St. Paul Pioneer, May 11th. 



il The Anson Northup returned to Fort Garry on Monday morning, 

 having made the round trip between this and Georgetown in a little 

 over seven days — the fastest time on record ! When she left George- 

 town, on Saturday morning last, the heavy teams had not yet come up, the 

 badness of the roads, owing to continuous rains, having kept them back 

 beyond their usual time. Several teams with freight were, however, within 

 a day's journey of Georgetown ; but the boat having to make good the time 

 lost on the previous trip, at once returned. Her cargo consisted of 100 kegs 

 of gunpowder, for the Hudson's Bay Company ; 21 bales of clothing, for the 

 Royal Canadian Rifles, &c."— Nor '-Wester, Fort Garry, June 20th, 1860. 



