CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING EMIGRATION. 12 loiter about the ports of landing beyond four days after their arrival to have no further claims on the protection of His Majesty's agents for assistance or employment, unless they have been detained by sickness or some other satisfactory cause. Five thousand labourers, also many artificers, are wanted at the St. Lawrence Canal, near Cornwall, and at various public works in Upper Canada. Routes and orders for employ- ment will be furnished gratis on application at this office, daily, between ten and two o'clock. ( signed) A. C. Buchanan, Chief Agent. EXTRACTS from a portion of the WEEKLY REPORTS of the Chief Agents for Emigration ; also Copies and Extracts from LETTERS addressed to this Department from Magistrates, Landed Proprietors and Public Institutions in the United Kingdom, in relation to their sending out Emigrants, with Mr. Buchanan's Answers: also Extracts of Correspondence with the Commissioners of the New Land Company and Emigrant and Forwarding Agents in Upper Canada, & c. Emigrant Department, Quebec, 1835. EXTRACTS from Several WEEKLY REPORTS made to the Governor- in- Chief by the Chief Agent for Emigration at Quebec. Week ending 9 May 1835.— The emigrants arrived this week were all in easy circum- stances, and possessed of sufficient means to pay their way to their different places of destination. Week ending 16 May.— The emigrants of this week are in general of a good class, such as respectable farmers, trades of various kinds, and some farm labourers, all in good circum- stances, and able to proceed to their several destinations. Week ending 23 May.— By the Severn, from Bristol, Captain Smith, arrived on the 18th instant, there came 94 pauper emigrants, sent out by different parishes; they were well pro- vided with means to pursue their journey; they have all proceeded to the Upper Province; they received every attention and ' instruction from this department for their future guidance. By the Ellentheria, from London, 31 boys arrived from the Children's Friend Society in London ; they proceeded to Upper Canada, under the care of Mr Orrock, in the Canada steamer on Friday night, 22d instant, with the necessary instructions. The remainder of the emigrants of this week are of a respectable description, and are principally gone to the Upper Province ; a few went up the Craig's lload, with the intention of purchasing land in Leeds or some of the adjoining townships. Week ending 30 May.— The emigrants of this week are in general well provided, and are principally gone to Upper Canada ; any of them that were dependent on immediate employ- ment readily found it, the demand in Quebec at present for labourers and house servants being very great, and at high wages; good labourers can readily obtain 3s. 6d. per day currency. Week ending 6 June.— The emigrants of this week, with a few exceptions, are gone to Upper Canada. The pressing demand for labourers in Quebec induces some to remain. In general those arrived this week were well provided. By the Amity, from Aberdeen, there came a number of respectable farmers, possessing considerable capital, some of whom have gone up Craig's Road to inspect the townships in that part of the province, with a view to settle there, if found satisfactory. Some captains of emigrant vessels persist in illegal oppression towards their passengers in regard to the passenger emigration tax. Until the. New Passenger Act comes out, I am unable to take a legal stand for redress; I do all I can by amicable means. The unfounded clamour raised here, and studiously circulated in the United Kingdom, as to distress and want of employment for emigrants on arrival, has operated to turn a number from this route. The forwarding system, particularly as pursued at Montreal, has also added much to embarrass the emigration of persons of the labouring classes coming this way. The number of farmers and agricultural labourers that have already arrived in Upper Canada this season by the New York route are very considerable. Having received urgent application from Mr. Law, the Government agent for emigrants, on behalf of himself and the other out- port agents in the United Kingdom, for a number of my printed Instruc- tions for emigrants entering the Canadas via the St. Lawrence, or the New York route, I transmitted a few days ago a considerable quantity through the colonial offices, as requested. More than a usual average of persons ( in reference to the total emigrants arrived) aided by parochial assistance to emigrate have already arrived this season. They were all recom- mended to this department, and were well provided, not only in regard to the voyage out, but with funds to aid them to reach their several destinations. The captain of the Severn, from Bristol, improperly withheld some money belonging to pauper emigrants that came out by this vessel, and who have all gone to Upper Canada ; a record of their names, and the amount, is in this office. I wrote the captain, requesting him to immediately bring the money to this office to have it transmitted to the government of Upper Canada, to be distri- buted to the owners. If this is not done soon I shall cause legal means to be resorted to to compel him, lest lie, the captain, should slip off. Week