CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING EMIGRATION. 24 No- 1- to the aggregate emigration of the season. They were in general better provided than LOWER CANADA, hitherto; and I am glad to find that the recommendation I so frequently urged, of not entrusting~ money intended for the use of such emigrants on arrival to themselves, is begin- Report ning to be more generally adopted. A good many labouring persons came lately from Nor- on Emigration. folk, aided in their emigration by Mr. Matteaux," Mr. Gurney, and other gentlemen of that j2 Dec. 1835. county; from Berkshire, Hampshire, Sussex and Wilts, a good many poor labourers came also: they were astonished when I informed them the wages they could obtain in Upper Canada, if sober and industrious. If my report of 1834 has been printed, I shall feel much obliged by your ordering me two or three copies of it, as also of the New Passengers Act. The printing my report, and giving it wide circulation, I consider of great importance to voluntary emigration. I have, & c. To R. W. Hay, Esq. Under Secretary ( signed) A. C. Buchanan, Chief Agent, of State, Colonial Department, Downing- street, London. COPY of a DESPATCH from the Earl Gosford to Lord Glenelg; dated Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 7 Dec. 1835. No. 1. LOWER CANADA. MY LORD, I HAVE the honour herewith to transmit for the information of your Lordship —— a return showing the comparative number of emigrants which have arrived Earl Gosfor? annually in this province, from 1829 to the present year, as well as the sums, to Lord Glenelg, received from this source in consequence of the tax imposed in the year 1832 by 7 Dec. 1835. the provincial legislature. I have, & c. ( signed) Gosford. A RETURN of the Number of EMIGRANTS arrived in Lower Canada between the Years 1829 and 1835, inclusive; and of the Amount of Tax received on their Arrival, between the Years 1832 and 1835, inclusive. FROM WHENCE EMIGRATING. England and Wales Ireland - - Scotland - Hamburgh and Gibraltar Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, West Indies, & c. TOTAL - - - 1829. Number. 3,565 9,614 2,643 123 15,945 1830. Number. 6,799 18,300 2,450 45i 28,000 1831. Number. 10,343 34,133 5,354 424 50,254 1832. Number. Tax. 17> 48l 28,204 5,500 15 546 51,746 £. 1. d. 6,605 9 2 6,605 9 2 1833. Number. 5,198 12,013 4,196 345 21,752 Tax. f. t. d. 4,775 19 « 4,775 » 9 2 1834. Number. 6,799 19,206 4,59i 339 30,935 Tax. £. 3. d. 1835. Number. 3,067 7,108 2,127 225 12,527 Tax. £. s. d. 2,449 6 8 2,449 6 8 TOTAL. Number. 53,252 128,578 26,861 15 2,453 2U, i59 Tax. £. S. d. 13,830 15 - 13,830 15 " FROM WHENCE EMIGRATING. England and Wales. Ireland. Scotland. Hamburgh and Gibraltar. Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, West Indies, & c. - - - TOTAL. Quebec, " 1 7 December 1835 J. Walcott Civil Secretary.