RECORD of Immigrants into the Province of Manitoba, and other points in the Dominion, by Steamers, from American and from and to Canadian Ports, during the Season of 1883. Statement showing the number of pounds, and the different kinds of freight forwarded vid Port Arthur to Manitoba and the North-West during the season of uavigation of 1883; also a statement showing the quantity received at that port from the West during the same period. These statements also show the exact amount of freight business done by the Canadian Pacific Railway at that port. STATEMENT of Freight received, vid Lakes at Port Arthur, and forwarded West from opening of Navigation to 31st December, 1883. Lbs. Tons. do do 104,039 200 25,925 Total amount of freight received, vid lakes, and forwarded West...... 208,078,854 from the West............ 51,851,111 Grand total of freight handled by the C. P. Ry. at St. Arthur, 1883. 259,929,965 129,9691888 STATEMENT of Freight received at Fort Arthur, from the West, since opening of Navigation to 31st December, 1883. 1,640,145 25,600 174,460 June 199,000 685,145 320,000 436,000 259,000 1,147,880 230,000 96,000 1,032,000 July August....... 230,000 191,000 1,355,880 September.... 233,000 303,480 6,922,671| December..... Total lbs... 5,922,360 9,867,181 15,309,039 2,602,000 2,032,530 14,466,000 2,764,880 560,000 4,106,890 356,000 13,061,151 1,728,000 13,592,720 1,008,000 13,295,693 3,189,571 3,652,000 51,851,111 Tons.... 25,925HI J. M. McGOVERN. Dominion Immigration Agent. No. 14. ANNUAL REPORT OF TRAVELLING IMMIGRATION AGENT. CARLETON PLACE, 31st December, 1883. SIR, I have the honour to present my twelfth Annual Report as Travelling Immigration Agent for your Department. The immigrants that have come under my charge during the year now closed, have been mostly English, and were brought to this country by the Allan mail steamers the numbers being about eighteen thousand by way of Quebec, and six thousand vid Halifax. The larger portion of these I took to Toronto, a fair number being left at Montreal, at Coteau Landing, for Ottawa, and a good many distributed at Brockville, Kingston and Cobourg, on the line of the Grand Trunk Railway. A large number of female domestics have come to the country this year and found places at good wages, the supply however not being equal to the demand. Manitoba and the North-West Territories have also absorbed a large number of the above immigrants. The Grand Trunk Railway Company have made some improvement on their emigrant cars, which they will no doubt carry out in 1881. The refreshment rooms west of Montreal, and at the Tanneries, have been entirely satisfactory. Agents, conductors and brakem on in the service of the Grand Trunk Railway, have been uniformly obliging and attentive to myslf and to the immigrants in my charge. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, The Honourable The Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa. JOHN SUMNER, No. 15. ANNUAL REPORT OF TRAVELLING IMMIGRATION AGENT. (Mr. A. O. KELLAM.) COMPTON, 31st December, 1883. SIE,-I have the honour to again submit for your information, my Annual Report. During the winter of 1883, assisted by Mr. Wm. Anderson, the Government Interpreter, I met at Halifax all the mail steamers landing at that port, and took charge of their passengers as far as Point Lévis. After the 1st of May last, until the close of navigation, I met all the mail steamers and many others, at Point Lévis, and took their passengers to Montreal. On the 19th of November last, I met the mail steamer "Sarmatian" at Halifax, and since that time, assisted by Mr. Anderson, have performed the entire service between that port and Montreal, and am most happy to be able again to report that no accident whatever has happened to the people on the trains that I have had charge of. Immigrants coming to Canada the past year been, with a few exceptions, of a superior class, and quite a number have stopped in the Province of Quebec, but by far the greater part have gone west; a few, however, have found homes in the Maritime Provinces. They were nearly all cheerful, hopeful and happy, and expect to succeed in their new homes. The Honourable I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, A. O. KELLAM, Traveling Immigration Agent. have The Miuister of Agriculture, Ottawa. 1 No. 16. ANNUAL REPORT OF MANITOBA COLONIZATION AGENCY. (MB. C. LALIME.) WORCESTER, MASS., 31st December, 1883. SIR, I have the honour to submit the following Report of my operations in the States of New England and northern part of the State of New York, for the year ending 31st December, 1883. My operations have been the same as in previous years, visiting emigrants at home, holding meetings when necessary to do so, distributing circulars and pamphlets and giving intending emigrants all useful information. It gives me much pleasure to inform you that the number of emigrants from my territory for the year 1883 is far ahead of 1882 and previous years. While it is impossible for me to get at the exact number of persons who have left the New England States for Manitoba, you will see by the statements forwarded to your Department that over 700 emigrants from these parts started for Manitoba last year, and I must add to this number, if I am well informed, about 200 more who emigrated to the North-West without giving any information to this office of their departure. These emigrants formerly were farmers and consequently are of the best class of emigrants, the great majority of them having sufficient money to provide them. selves with the necessary outfit when settling upon homesteads, and some of them being able to buy improved farms. Wishing to find out myself how our New England emigrants of former years were prospering, I went to Manitoba last fall and the result has been more than satisfactory to me. At St. Pie, St. Joseph, St. Jean Baptiste and Ste. Anne parishes, mostly settled by Now England emigrants, I found that the settlers had been favoured with abundant crops; no complaints were heard from any of them. Generally, all of them are well supplied with horses, cattle and farming implements. A large number of our settlers have raised over 1,500 bushels of wheat last fall, and large quantities of vegetables; in a word, I found them as prosperous as could be expected after a settlement of from three to six years. I must state that the success of these families is principally due to their grouping together, as it used to be the Government's policy to grant special reservation of lands for New England emigrants. I heard with pleasure of the opening up of homestead reserves in South Manitoba, where it must have created quite an excitement amongst settlers in that part of the Province, if I may judge by the extensive correspondence exchanged between them and relatives or friends residing in the New England States. I have no doubt that at an early date quite a number from here will emigrate to that part of Manitoba. A few weeks ago three or four delegates from New England went to Southern Manitoba so as to make sure of the opening of these reserves. I have given them letters of introduction to your Agent, Mr. Têtu, at West Lynne, and according to late information, I expect a very favourable report from them. I am aware there are no vacant lands in the Red River Valley, but the emigrants might go to the Saskatchewan Valley. The difference of a couple of hundred miles in the distance would not affect this emigration. |