John Carling, The
Commissioner, And Greatly Tended To The Development Of The Country.
By This Policy Liberal Provision Is Made
For free grants of land to
actual settlers, for general education, and for the encouragement of
the industrial Arts and
Agriculture; by the construction of public
roads and the improvement of the internal navigable waters of the
province; and by the assistance now given to an economical system of
railways connecting these interior waters with the leading railroads
and ports on the frontier; and not only are free grants of land given
in the districts extending from the eastern to the western extremity
of the Province, but one of the best of the new townships has been
selected in which the Government is now making roads, and upon each
lot is clearing five acres and erecting thereon a small house, which
will be granted to heads of families, who, by six annual instalments,
will be required to pay back to the Government the cost of these
improvements - not exceeding $200, or 40 pounds sterling - when a free
patent (or deed) of the land will be given, without any charge
whatever, under a protective Homestead Act. This wise and liberal
policy would have astonished the Colonial Legislature of 1832, but
will, no doubt, speedily give to the Province a noble and progressive
back country, and add much to its strength and prosperity.
Our busy factories and foundries - our copper, silver, and plumbago
mines - our salt and petroleum - the increasing exports of native
produce - speak volumes for the prosperity of the Dominion and for the
government of those who are at the head of affairs.
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