itain seven to one, and Gourlay has estimated
the return of Upper Canada at _twenty to one_. Many state that Upper
Canada is _unrivalled_ in comparison with any other piece of land of
equal extent."

_Q_. "Are you aware of the extent of exportation of agricultural
produce from Canada?"--_A_. "I am; I can state it from memory. The
largest quantity of wheat exported in any year was in 1831, and I think
amounted to 1,300,000 bushels."

_Q_. "Can you make the same statement with reference to corn and
provisions as to other articles?"--_A_. "Canada exports a great deal of
corn."

_Q_. "Which Canada?"--_A_. "Both Upper and Lower Canada."

_Q_. "Does Lower Canada grow corn enough for her own
consumption?"--_A_. "I should think Lower Canada did, and more."

_Q_. "Does Upper Canada?"--_A_. "Upper Canada a great deal more."

_Q_. "Have you the amount of the exports?"--_A_. "I have the exports
of 1833; the two Canadas exported 650,000 bushels of wheat."

_Q_. "How much flour?"--_A_. "About 91,000 barrels."

_Q_. "Have you any account of the imports of flour from the United
States into Lower Canada?"--_A_. "I have not with me but can give it
very nearly."

_Q_. "Do those exports of which you have spoken just now comprehend the
United States flour?"--_A_. "No, they are exclusive of Colonial
production."

_Q_. "Is not Lower Canada, as well as Upper Canada, in the habit of
supplying herself, to a certain degree, with American flour and wheat,
and exporting her own produce, on account of the state of the corn laws
last year?"--_A_. "Yes, it is done to a certain extent. I have some
indication as to the quantity which comes from the United States into
Upper and Lower Canada being small. In the returns of the traffic last
year through our Welland Canal, about 265,000 bushels of wheat passed
through, of which 18,000 British and 22,000 American only went to
Montreal. All the rest went to Oswego, for the New York market: but the
destination in future will probably depend upon whether the internal
communication is improved in those colonies, and on the state of the
market in New York and in the Canadas."

_Q_. "If there is sufficient capital, is there any reason to suppose it
would not be beneficial to engage in both?"--_A_. "I do not think it is
a question concerning the abundance of capital, but the good to be
derived from the preservation of the Canada timber trade by enormous
protecting duties. I