8 PAPERS RELATIVE TO EMIGRATION TO CANADA. / / 8 Enclosure 1, in No. 2. End J in No o RETURN 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, according to the Assessment made in the year 1846. Encl. 2, in No. 2. Enclosure 2, in No. 2. Sir, Montreal, 16 July 1847. I H AVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d instant, requesting information upon the subject of emigration societies formed in Upper Canada in 1840. In reply, I beg leave' to state, that at my suggestion in that year the subject of immigra- tion and colonization was taken up in Toronto by several influential persons, and ( upon a requisition presented to me) a meeting was called of the district of Toronto, which was numerously and respectably attended and certain resolutions passed, a printed copy of which accompanies this letter. At a subsequent meeting, the association was formed, by the appointment of the Hon. R. C. Jameson, Vice- Chancellor of Upper Canada, President; the Hon. John Henry Dunn, Receiver- general, the Hon. W. H. Draper, Attorney- general, the Hon. John Elmsley, a member of the Legislative Council, and Isaac Buchanan, Esq , as the four Vice- Presidents; several influential persons as Directors, and I was requested to act as one of the Secretaries. The association agreed to and published a prospectus and bye- laws, and distributed copies through the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and also sent several copies to the British islands; a printed copy of the prospectus and bye- laws also accompanies this com- munication. The Lieutenant- governor of the province, Sir George Arthur, Bart., and the Governor- general, the late Lord Sydenham, were pleased to express favourable opinions of the objects of the association, as will appear from the printed copies of letters addressed to the secre- tary of the association. The funds requisite for carrying out a scheme of such magnitude as that contemplated by the association were not expected to be raised in Canada, but it was anticipated that large sums would be raised in Great Britain and Ireland to assist the emigrants from the parent state, sustain them for a time in Canada, and assist the association in locating them on lands, or in obtaining employment which would in a short time place them above want. It was contemplated that many resident proprietors would place at the disposal of the association ' portions of their waste lands for settlement, either at the market value of the lands or by gift, upon condition of actual settlement and improvement, with the certainty of reaping a rich return for such sale or gift from the increased value of the remaining portion consequent upon such settlements and improvement. The association did not receive any countenance or assistance from individuals or public bodies in Great Britain or Ireland, nor was it ( from want of funds) able to take advantage of those lands placed at its disposal by the resident landed proprietors, except in a very limited degree ; during its existence, however, several hundred persons were provided with employment in the colony amongst the farmers, and several were provided with portions of land gratuitously, and have become respectable settlers, benefiting not only themselves but the proprietors of the lands adjoining those on which they have been placed. From