Canada; its Defences, Condition, and Resources Being a third and concluding volume of "My Diary, North and South"

CHAPTER XIV.

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Rapid Increase of Population--Mineral Wealth--Cereals--Imports and Exports--Climate--Agriculture--A Settler’s Life--Reciprocity Treaty--Report of the Committee of the Executive Council--Mr. Galt--Senator Douglas--A Zollverein--Terms of the Convention--Free Trade, and what is meant by it--Mr. Galt’s opinion on the subject--Canadian Imports and Exports 241