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... Population and origins of the people - Social Economy - Indians - Immigration and the duty of directing British emigration to the British Colonies - Openings for the settler , free lands - The classes in demand . NOT only in Canada ...
... Population and origins of the people - Social Economy - Indians - Immigration and the duty of directing British emigration to the British Colonies - Openings for the settler , free lands - The classes in demand . NOT only in Canada ...
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... population of the colonies must add to their wealth and strength , and also to their productive and consuming capacities . Such results must neces- sarily tend to make the British Empire , of which we are all so proud , a greater factor ...
... population of the colonies must add to their wealth and strength , and also to their productive and consuming capacities . Such results must neces- sarily tend to make the British Empire , of which we are all so proud , a greater factor ...
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... population exceeds 5,250,000 , only a fringe of the territory available for cultiva- tion is inhabited . There are ... population in 1891 was nearly 1,400,000 , or 28.77 per cent . of the whole . Over 45 per cent . of the population find ...
... population exceeds 5,250,000 , only a fringe of the territory available for cultiva- tion is inhabited . There are ... population in 1891 was nearly 1,400,000 , or 28.77 per cent . of the whole . Over 45 per cent . of the population find ...
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... population in 1871 was $ 2.96 ( 12s . 4d . ) , and $ 12.33 ( 51s . 9d . ) in 1897 . - In a country like Canada , with a frontier nearly four thousand miles in length , the climate necessarily varies . But , speaking generally , the ...
... population in 1871 was $ 2.96 ( 12s . 4d . ) , and $ 12.33 ( 51s . 9d . ) in 1897 . - In a country like Canada , with a frontier nearly four thousand miles in length , the climate necessarily varies . But , speaking generally , the ...
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... population it may safely be said that nearly one - half are more or less connected with agriculture . Accord- ing to the census of 1891 , the area of improved lands in Canada was 28,527,242 acres , of which 19,904,826 acres were under ...
... population it may safely be said that nearly one - half are more or less connected with agriculture . Accord- ing to the census of 1891 , the area of improved lands in Canada was 28,527,242 acres , of which 19,904,826 acres were under ...
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