EXHIBIT C. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA. PASSENGERS from United States to Manitoba, all-rail; through Canada. PASSENGERS from Manitoba to United States, all-rail, through Canada. EXHIBIT D. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA. PASSENGERS from Eastern Provinces of Canada to Manitoba, all-ail, vid United States, PASSENGERS from Manitoba to Canada, all-rail, vid United States. STATEMENT of East-bound Tourist Passengers passing through the Dominion, en route from West to East. (Copy.) EXHIBIT E. LETTER OF EXPLANATION, GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA. MONTREAL, 25th February, 1884. DEAR SIR,-Replying to your favor of 22nd inst., of the 14,324 European passengers arriving at Quebec and Halifax, 9,066 left Canada at Sarnia, the remainder leaving at other frontier ports. The greater number (1,146) of the 1,535 passengers from Europe, via the United States to Canada, entered at Suspension Bridge. DEAR SIR,-With respect to yours of the 2nd, I beg to report that I have given the matter very careful attention. I have been in the baggage room during the time the United States Officers were examining baggage, for ten nights, and am quite certain that I was able to note every instance where there was an entry. I find that there were forty-seven entries for the ten nights. The quantity of baggage was from fifty pieces some nights, to 100 pieces other times. The mode of procedure was for the officer to take a memo. of the value of the goods and name of the party, and charge 70 cents. No other questions of any kind are asked. So that in the case of a settler's entry, they have no statistics to show that there were more than one in a family. There has been, until the last four days, a morning train crossing from here, and I have ascertained from one of the American officers that there are not as many settlers by that train as by the evening one. You will readily understand that United States Customs have no means whatever of ascertaining the numbers in family, destination or occupation, as the only two questions asked are names and valuation of goods. I noticed that they took entries from passengers who had two or three old blankets and a quilt or two, when in similar cases we paid no attention to such small lots of household goods. No doubt when you quoted 90 cents in your report as the fee charged, you were correct, as this charge is regulated by the Treasury Department, and has varied from 60 cents to $1.20. EXHIBIT G. STATUTORY DECLARATION OF C. H. IRWIN. (Copy.) I, Charles Harrison Irwin, of the City of Port Huron, in the County of Huron in the State of Michigan, gentleman, do solemnly declare that: 1. The statement of facts set forth and contained in the hereunto annexed writing marked "A" and signed by me, is true and correct. paper 2. The statement of facts set forth in the paper writing hereunto prefixed, marked "B," and signed by me, is also true and correct. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of Her Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for the suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial oaths." DEAR SIR,-As you request me to give you a full account of the manner in which I used to make up the Emigrant Reports for the port of Port Huron, I will try and explain, as well as I can, how it was done. I was baggage-master for the Grand Trunk Railway, at Fort Gratiot, for nearly ten years, and during the latter part of that time I, at the request of the Deputy Colketor in charge at Fort Gratiot, made up the Emigrant Report for him. I was then appointed Deputy Collector of Customs at Fort Gratiot, which position I held for eight years, and during the whole of that period I made up all and every report of imigrants arriving by the Grand Trunk Railway. You ask what method I used and what data I had to go upon, in making up the imigrant report. I answer, nono; it was simply arrived at by taking the four quarters of the year and allowing more for the summer, spring and fall quarters, than for the winter, as the oce in steamers could not land at Quebec or Montreal during the winter. In reply to your query as to whether any attempt or pretence was made of counting the number of emigrants or passengers, I would say that I never, during my term of office, saw or heard of anything of the kind being done. G. N. MATHESON, Esq., C. H. IRWIN. Collector. (Copy.) "A" I was told to estimate what I thought was the number of emigrants that arrived from all trains, &c, for the quarters ending 31st March, 30th June, 30th October, and 31st December, as each ensuing quarter came round, and was given to understand |