A Return showing the Number of Steam-Ships Afloat and Building, together with the Number of Effective Sailing-Ships, on the 1st of February, 1863. COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. One of the British North American provinces. | didate being a British subject and holding a Area, about 350,000 square miles. Population, limited amount of property. Three years' resi census of 1861, 2,506,755. Dimensions not pre- dence entitles a foreigner to all the rights of a cisely established, but the length usually stated native-born citizen, and aliens can buy, hold, and is about 1300 miles, with a breadth varying from sell real estate. 100 to 300 miles. Astronomical position, between latitudes 41° 47′ and 52° 40′ north, and between longitudes 61° 54′ and 90° 20' west from Greenwich. Seat of Government, Quebec. The Governor-General is appointed by the Crown, and is the Royal representative in the Colony. He selects the Executive Council from the majority side of the Provincial Parliament, and they are responsible for the Government. THE PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT.-The legislative authority of the Province is exercised by a Provincial Parliament, consisting of a Legislative Council and a Legislative Assembly. The former is composed of Councillors, 70 in number, of whom 48 are chosen by the qualified electors for a term of years, and 22 are at present appoinsel for life. The Assembly is composed of 130 members, chosen from districts by the qualified electors thereof. Speaker of the Council, Hon. Ulric Joseph Tessier; Clerk of the Council, &c., J. F. Taylor, Esq.; Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Lewis Wallbridge; Chief Clerk, W. B. Lindsay, Jr., Esq. CITIZENSHIP. All public offices and seats in the Legislature are open to the ambition of any can JUDICIARY.-Court of Error and Appeal.-Constituted for the hearing of appeals in civil cases from the Courts of Queen's Bench, Chancery, and Common Pleas; and appeals in criminal cases from the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas From the judgment of this court an appeal lies to Her Majesty in Privy Council, in cases over £1000, or where annual rent, fee, or future rights of any amount, are affected. Judges-Hon. Archibald McLean, President; Hon. Wm. H. Draper, C.B., Chief-Justice of Upper Canada; Hon. P. M. M. S. Vankonghnet, D.C.L., Chancellor of Upper Canada; Hon. William Buell Richards, Chief-Justice of the Common Pleas; Hon. J. C. P. Esten, Vice-Chancellor; Hon. John Godfrey Spragge, Vice-Chancellor; Hon. John Hawkins Hagarty, D.C.L., Judge Court of Queen's Bench; Hon. Jos. Curran Morrison, Judge Court of Queen's Bench; Hon. Adam Wilson, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; Hon. John Wilson, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Clerk and Reporter, Alexander Grant. Court of Queen's Bench.—The jurisdiction of this court extends to all manner of actions, causes and suits, criminal and civil, real, personal, and mixed, within Upper Canada; and it may proceed in such, by such process and course as are provided by law, and as shall tend with justice and despatch to determine the same; and may hear and determine all issues of law, and also with the inquest of twelve good and lawful men (except in cases otherwise provided for) try all issues of fact, and give judgment, and award execution, thereon, and also in matters which relate to the Revenue (including the condemnation of contraband or smuggled goods), as may be done by Her Majesty's Superior Courts of Law in England. Chief-Justice -Hon. William Henry Draper, C.B. Puisie Judges -Hon. John Hawkins Hagarty, D.C.L., and Hon. Joseph Curran Morrison. Clerk of the Crown and Pleas-Charles Coxwell Small. Reporter-Chris. Robinson, Q.C. Court of Common Pleas.-This court has the same powers and jurisdiction as a court of record, as the Court of Queen's Bench. Writs of summons and capias issue alternately from either court. Chief-Justice-Hon. Wm. Henry Draper, C.B. Puisne Judges-Hon.William Buell Richards and Hon. Jos. Curran Morrison. Clerk of the Crown and Pleas-Lawrence Heyden. ReporterEdward C. Jones. Court of Chancery.-This court has the like jurisdiction as the Court of Chancery in England, in cases of fraud, accident, trusts, executors, administrators, co-partnerships, account, mortgages, awards, dower, infants, idiots, lunatics and their estates, waste, specific performance, discovery, and to prevent multiplicity of suits, staying proceedings at law prosecuted against equity and good conscience, and may decree the issue, repeal, or avoidance of letters patent, and generally the like powers which the Court of Chancery in England possesses to administer justice in all cases CARRYING TRADE AND NAVIGATION OF THE PROVINCIAL CANALS OF CANADA. Summary Statement of the Business of the Welland, St. Lawrence, Chambly, Burlington, Ottawa, and Rideau Canals, St. Ours and St. Ann's Locks, showing the Total Quantity of each Description of Property passed through and on the same, and the Amount of Tolls collected, during the year 1862. STATEMENT showing the Number, National Character, and Tonnage (computed from aggregate number of Trips made during the Season of Navigation) of Vessels which passed on and through the Welland, St. Lawrence, Chambly, Burlington Bay, Rideau, and Ottawa Canals, St. Ours and St. Ann's Locks, during the Year 1862, and Amount of Tolls collected thereon. Grand Tot.-Canada & America. 23,488 2,015.342 3,372 391,663 3,149 387,475 2,833 787,916 An Account of the Gross and Net Revenue, from all Sources, of the Provincial Canals of Canada, for the year 1862. Gross Revenue from all sources.. $527,606 88 Loss-Charges for Collectors' Salaries, Look-Tenders, &c..... Do. Repairs and other Incidental Expenses....... $125,017 35 $482,813 53 Net Revenue, all incidental expenses deducted.......... $44,793 35 TABLE showing the Condition and Progress of PUBLIC INSTRUCTION in Canada East, for the years named. EDUCATION-CANADA WEST, 1862.-The summary for Canada West, in the Report of the Chief Superintendent of Education for the year 1862, furnishes the following figures: THE CANADIAN MILITIA (1863).-Returns made in September, 1863, show the total militia in Upper Canada to be 185,152, of all ranks and classes; and in Lower Canada, 119,994-total, 305,146. Division of Population according to Religious Another estimate in the same return makes the Preference (1861). total militia of Lower Canada 190,000. [The documents and materials from which the foregoing article on Canada is compiled were kindly furnished by the Hon. Wm. McDougall, Commissioner of Crown Lands, F. T. Judah, Esq., Clerk of the Crown Domain, Etienne Parent, Esq., Assistant Provincial Secretary, under direction of the Governor-General, and by Charles S. Ogden, U.S. Consul at Quebec,-to each of whom the 61,559 publisher and editor are under great obliga 24,299 tions.] 942,724 258,141 7,751 857 4,927 121 9,357 16,348 482 13,819 16,291 55,947 1,110,664 1,396,091 New Brunswick. One of the British North American provinces. Area, 27,037 square miles. Population, 1861, 252,047. Dimensions: length, north and south, about 200 miles; breadth, 100 to 140 miles. Astronomical position, between latitudes 450 05 and 48° 04' north, and between longitudes 63° 47' and 67° 53' west from Greenwich. Seat of Government, Fredericton. GOVERNMENT, January, 1864. Lieut-Governor, Com- His Excellency The Other Executive Officers. Provincial Treasurer......B. Robinson, Esq. Auditor-General............J. R. Partelow, Esq. Controller of Customs, de.William Smith, Esq Emigration Agent...........R. Shives. The Lieutenant-Governor is appointed by the Crown, and is the representative of royalty in the province. He selects the Executive Council from the majority side of the Provincial Legislature, and they are responsible for the government. Of the members of the Ministry above Ho-named, all are from the House of Assembly, excepting Messrs. Steeves and Mitchell, who are from the Legislative Council. norable Arthur Hamil- THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE.-This body consists of a Legislative Council, of 21 members, appointed for life by the Crown (with the concurrence of the Executive Council), and a House of Assembly, of 41 members, chosen by the qualified electors of the province for a term of four years. The qualification for membership of the Assembly is the ownership of a freehold of the clear value of £300,-about $1200. All elections are by ballot; and every male British subject is a voter who is not legally incapacitated and who is assessed on the registry for real estate to the value of £25, or personal estate to the value of £100, or having an annual income of £100. |