. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. rest. Iturns, BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. 173 The following is a comparati/e statement of the quart
. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. rest. Iturns, BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. 173 The following is a comparati/e statement of the quarters whence these emigrants came during the last nine years:â England and Wales Ireland Scotland Hamburgh and Gibraltar Nova Scotia, Newfound- land, West Indies, & Havre de Grace 1829. 1830. 1831. 1832. 1833. 1B34. 1836. 1837. 1 ! 3,565 6,799 10,343 17,481 9,61418,300 34,133 28,204 2,643 2,450 5,354 15 123 451 424 546 5,198 6,799 12,013 19,206 4,196 4,591 345 339 3,047 7,108 2,127 225 12,188 5,580 12,590 14,.538 2,224 1,509 235 274 485 .. 28,000 50,254 51,746 21,752 30,935 12,.^)07 27,722 21,90l| It will thus appear that considerable fluctuations have taken place in the tide of emigration. In 1831 and 1832 it was at its height; but the ravages of the cholera in the latter year, the influx of a number somewhat too great to be immediately disposed of, and the contradic- tion of tli,e flattering reports previously circulated, caused a signal re-action. In 1884 these impressions .subsided, and an increase took place, though not to the former extent. In 1835 there was another fall, partly perhaps from the same causes as before, and pro- bably also from the flourishing state of trade at home. In 1836 the numbers were again augmented, and chiefly consisted, so far as England was concerned, of set- tlers from the agricultural counties of Norfolk, Suflblk, and Hampshire. In 1837 the amount was somewhat diminished, though still nearly double that o
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