. Manitoba and the great North-West [microform] : the field for investment; the home of the emigrant, being a full and complete history of the country .... Agriculture; Natural history; Agriculture; Sciences naturelles. 60S MANITDHA AND Til': (!KKAT NOKTII-WKST. onorgctic Socrt'tary ol' tlie Sooi^Jt \ i» Mr. C. Acton Burrnvrs. Nothiiif^ iioed bo said liorn with roleronoe to the Church and the higher iMhication of Winnipeg the country, us un ji])|)en(Hx is to hv devoted to these HiibjectH. An it may prove ol' interent to thi reader we cannot close tliis chapter withiAit quoting some of the
. Manitoba and the great North-West [microform] : the field for investment; the home of the emigrant, being a full and complete history of the country .... Agriculture; Natural history; Agriculture; Sciences naturelles. 60S MANITDHA AND Til': (!KKAT NOKTII-WKST. onorgctic Socrt'tary ol' tlie Sooi^Jt \ i» Mr. C. Acton Burrnvrs. Nothiiif^ iioed bo said liorn with roleronoe to the Church and the higher iMhication of Winnipeg the country, us un ji])|)en(Hx is to hv devoted to these HiibjectH. An it may prove ol' interent to thi reader we cannot close tliis chapter withiAit quoting some of the remarkH made by Lord DuiVerin, Govt.'rnor-General of Canada, during his visit to the city in August, 1877. In answer to the civic address presented by the city, he said :— " T beg to thank you most warmly for the kind and hearty welcome you have extended to me, on my arrival in youi- nourishing city, which you rightly desigiuite the metroi)olis of the North-West, the living centre which is destined to animate with its vitjil onergies the rich alluvial region wliose only limit seems to be an ever-receding hori- zon. I am not by any means unac(piainted with the record ol' your achievements; indeed, it is probable that there is no Province in the DoiMinion with whose situation I am better accpiainted, so far as inlbrmation in such res- pects cj'ji be obtained fnmi books and Parliamentary pa- pers; and it is t«) perfect verify, and extend that knowledge by personal ' itercourse with your leading citizens, and by an inspection of the richness of your territory, that I have come amongst you I have no doubt that this city and Province generally, nay. the wliole territory of the North- West, is now illuminated by the dawn of a great advance- ment. Althougli it may not be my good fortune personally to preside nnich longer over your destinies, I need not assure you that your future will always command my warmest sympatliies and continue to attract my closest attention, and I tr
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