. Sessional papers of the Dominion of Canada 1901. t ifl : CO CO tf •uo5in^ t- X o CM CO I-H ?eiqumjoo H^i^Pa 3 -1- lO ^ •i^Jo;uj8X ^saM-m-iox CO GO Bq01IUBJ\[ O ?n in _ CO CO 00 -?i^a[Q COC<1 s s§ 1 ^ i •soxuBqoaj^ ? •«T; ^uJauaf) 1-1 w CT cc I :o Sl&UWBJl CO CO •si^iox T-l --- CO fe ^ go CMt-H pH fe s ^ I- C<1 00 (N CI to OiCO CD IN I-H OO 50 w w .-. ^O - ! 5=; -a S OO s g N ii i P i-T. 25-ii-8J 116 DEPAHTMEXT OF THE INTERIOR. ii 64 VICTORIA, A. 190t GEISTERAL EEilAEKS. A report covering simply the first six months of the year, which includes thecomparatively dull months of Jan
. Sessional papers of the Dominion of Canada 1901. t ifl : CO CO tf •uo5in^ t- X o CM CO I-H ?eiqumjoo H^i^Pa 3 -1- lO ^ •i^Jo;uj8X ^saM-m-iox CO GO Bq01IUBJ\[ O ?n in _ CO CO 00 -?i^a[Q COC<1 s s§ 1 ^ i •soxuBqoaj^ ? •«T; ^uJauaf) 1-1 w CT cc I :o Sl&UWBJl CO CO •si^iox T-l --- CO fe ^ go CMt-H pH fe s ^ I- C<1 00 (N CI to OiCO CD IN I-H OO 50 w w .-. ^O - ! 5=; -a S OO s g N ii i P i-T. 25-ii-8J 116 DEPAHTMEXT OF THE INTERIOR. ii 64 VICTORIA, A. 190t GEISTERAL EEilAEKS. A report covering simply the first six months of the year, which includes thecomparatively dull months of January and February, is not one from which an accu-rate opinion can be drawn as to the ultimate results of the years work. At the be-ginning of the season the prospects of a large immigration from the Western Stateswere very bright, but with the opening of spring, which was uncommonly early thisyear, the appearance of grasshoppers in some localities, and the great drought whichbefell the province—a calamity which, in even worse shape, afflicted the neighbouringStates, from which we draw a large percentage of homesteaders and purchasers ofland—had a very dampening effect, and prevented large numbers of American farmersfrom coming to this country. Crippled themselves by a failiu-e of crops, many would-be settlers are compelled for the present to remain where they are, and a good manynegotiation
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