Excerpt from Canada, a Memorial Volume: General Reference Book of Canada, Describing the Dominion at Large, and Its Various Provinces and Territories; With Statistics Relating to Its Commerce and the Development of Its Resources The Object Of this work is to give such a description Of the various provinces and territories of Canada that the world may realize, more fully than it has yet been able to do, the progress this Dominion has made politically, commercially and industrially, and the unmeasured expanse of power, wealth and happiness to which its people seem destined to attain in the nearing age. Such a book of reference is more particularly demanded, because of the interest now taken in Canada by people of other countries - an interest due, among other causes, to the recent achievement of great public works of an international character, the latest of which is the establishment of direct steamship connection with China and Japan with a line in course Of formation to Australasia to the opening up for settlement of new regions continental in their Character; and to the springing up of new streams of foreign trade as a result of the great Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, where, under the masterful manage ment Of Sir Charles Tupper, our able High Commissioner for Great Britain, Canada made such a profound impression. The first 160 pages are a reprint of the excellent handbook recently published by the Dominion Government, this portion of the work being from the able pen Of Mr. George Johnson, chief statistician at Ottawa. The tables and statistics of this part are brought down to the end of the fiscal year 1888 in an appendix by the present compiler. This includes an account of the principal steamship and railway systems of Canada, a chapter on Longevity in the Maritime Provinces, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.