[ 3 ] 70 ^ / RETURNS of the ASSESSED VALUE of those TOWNSHIPS in the Newcastle District in Western Canada, which were settled by PAUPER EMIGRANTS from Ireland, between the Years 1825 and 1828, at the Public Expense; and of the Number of the various EMIGRATION SOCIETIES formed in Canada in 1840, by Canadian Proprietors desirous of Settling Emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland upon their Estates. — No. 1.— f- No- No i Copy of a DESPATCH from Earl Grey to Governor- general the Right Honourable Eai. j Gl. py t0 the Earl of Elgin. Governor- general the Earl of Elgin, My Lord, Downing- street, 1 June 1847. 1 June l847- I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship the accompanying copy of an . ; ju Address presented to Her Majesty by the House of Commons, praying for certain information in regard to past immigration to Canada. Asthereareno means in this office of making a return to this Address, I have to request that your Lordship would furnish me with the requisite information for that purpose, at the earliest practicable period. I have, & c. ( signed) Grey. No. 1.— A Return of the Assessed Value of those Townships in the Newcastle District in Western Canada, which were settled by Pauper Emigrants from Ire land, between the years 1825 and 1828, at the public expense. No. 2.— A Return of the number of the various Emigration Societies formed in Canada in 1840, by Canadian Proprietors desirous of settling Emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland upon their estates. — No. 2.— ( No. 82.) COPY of a DESPATCH from Governor- general the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin to Earl Grey. Government House, Montreal, My Lord, 26 August 1847. No o IN obedience to your Lordship's despatch, No. 76, of the 1st of June last, Governor^ en'eral desiring to be furnished with the requisite information for the purpose of making j,,, Earl of Elgin return to an Address Dresented to Her Majesty by the House of Commons, in to Earl Grey, regard to past emigration to Canada, I have the honour to transmit herewith a August 1847. return of the assessed value of the townships settled by pauper emigrants from Ireland, and a copy of a letter with enclosures, from the Sheriff of the Home Dis- trict, giving information respecting an emigration society, the only one that I can ascertain as having been formed in Upper Canada in the year 1840. I have, & iC. ( signed) Elgin & Kincardine. « 368. A 2 Enclosure