A series of highly interesting letters descriptive of Cum i of those parts of the Dominion which have been opened up, or more fully developed by the Canadian Proifio Railway, have recently been appearing in the Times. And us the tnilway and the line of steamera between China and British Columbin are certain to have some, and perhaps a grent, inflaence on our trade, x fow notes from there letters will be of interest, Lhe railway is rapidly filling up Manitoba and those parts of interior Caunda, with w popu lation similar to that which haa flowed such members into the United Sintes, Bat in addition to Karopean Inrge numbers of French Cann from the eastern provinces have settled thereabouts, Choy do not like to leave their Quebec towns, but they have to do so from absolute necessity; when the farms have been sub-divided among the children, under the old French system, until the long strips of lund Ket so narrow between the fences that there is no room for further division; then the young men are forced to seek homes elsewhere, The timber, dairy, grain and other trades depending on agriculture wre as yet the chief resources of the country, but wonderful tales are told, and apparently truly, of newly dis a eral wealth, the possible existence of which seems to lave been nnenspected, Ostawa Province turned out lust year 71 millions of pounds of cheese, worth 6 millions of dollars, that is within 9 millions of pounds of the entire exe port ut Caunds, Winnipeg, which was incorporated as n city thirteen years ago and has now a population of ly-seven to thirly millions, of wp ed land, one bie ternlly overflowing with milk and honey, The whole country round about it is rapidly filling up, brand uew towns of great expectations, hamlets and forma are met with everywhere. From Wine nipeg the railway stretches out in seven different directions, the "city is the centre, not only of the railway traftio system of a Inrge district, bat of a widely extended system of inland navi gation, stretching in all directions along the streams and Inkes tributary to Lake Winnipeg, and by portages far up northward and westward among the Rookies, aid to the Mackenzie and Pence river regions and the Arctic circle." The field of enterprise open to the Wiunipegiaus is wide enough; but in the meantime, and in their own country they are going alend in sound business of all kinds in @ manner that
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