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PREFACE

TO THE SEVENTH EDITION.

CONTENTS OF APPENDIX

PREFACE.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

A FEW HINTS ON GARDENING.

A P P L E S.

P E A R S.

C H E R R I E S.

P L U M S.

W I L D F R U I T S.

PEACHES. [13]

FERMENTATIONS FOR BREAD.

B R E A D.

BROWN SUPPORNE.

MILK PORRIDGE.

FARMERS' RICE.

B I S C U I T S.

R U S K S.

TO MAKE AMERICAN CRACKERS.

C A K E S.

INDIAN RICE.

BUCKWHEAT.

OATMEAL PANCAKES.

OATMEAL PORRIDGE.

MILK-PORRIDGE WITH OATMEAL

OAT CAKE.

INDIAN-CORN.

POTATOES.

P U M P K I N S.

S Q U A S H.

CUCUMBERS AND MELONS.

TOMATOES.

PRESERVED GREEN FRENCH BEANS.

LIMA BEANS. (Time to sow, 18th to 25th May.)

SUBSTITUTES FOR TEA AND COFFEE.

A FEW REMARKS ABOUT BEER.

BEET-MOLASSES.

MAPLE-SUGAR.

CURING OF MEAT.

L A R D.

VENISON.

B E E F.

CANADIAN PARTRIDGES.

P I G E O N S.

BLACK SQUIRRELS.

CANADIAN HARE.

WILD DUCKS.

WILD GEESE.

ESSENCE OF BEEF.

FISH.

SOAP MAKING.

CANDLE MAKING.

MANAGEMENT OF WOOL.

DYING.

RAG-CARPETS.

WOOLLEN HOME-SPUN CARPETS.

KNITTING.

THE DAIRY.

C H E E S E.

P O U L T R Y.

F I R E.

A FEW WORDS ABOUT AGUE.

DYSENTERY IN CHILDREN.

BEES.

J A N U A R Y.

F E B R U A R Y.

M A R C H.

A P R I L.

M A Y.

J U N E.

J U L Y.

A U G U S T.

S E P T E M B E R.

O C T O B E R.

N O V E M B E R.

D E C E M B E R.

EXTRACTS FROM "LETTERS FROM CANADA."

THE GRAVES OF THE EMIGRANTS.

A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS.

MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE BACKWOODS.

INDIAN SUMMER.

THE SCOTTISH EMIGRANT'S SONG.

CONCLUSION.

APPENDIX

INFORMATION FOR EMIGRANTS.

1854.

ROUTES, DISTANCES AND RATES OF PASSAGE.

EQUIVALENT VALUE OF CURRENCY AND CENTS, FROM ONE COPPER TO ONE DOLLAR.

TABLE FOR CALCULATING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STERLING MONEY AND CURRENCY.

COMPARATIVE PRICES AT FOLLOWING PERIODS IN TORONTO MARKET.

PROGRESSIVE VALUE OF FARMING STOCK

WAGES IN CANADA.

USEFUL TO FARMERS.

Government Emigration Department.

CERTIFICATE.

GENERAL TABLE OF LAND MEASURE.

TABLE OF THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF AN IMPERIAL ACRE OF LAND.

LENGTH OF A MILE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

The following Table gives the M -- E -- A -- N ---- T -- E -- M -- P -- E -- R -- A -- T -- U -- R -- E of the various places named.

TABLES,

INTEREST TABLE.

TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND OTHER PAYMENTS.

DEATHS AND CAUSES OF DEATH IN 1853.

USEFUL INFORMATION.

REGULATIONS FOR THE POSTAGE OF BOOKS, MSS. &c., IN ENGLAND.

WEIGHT OF WATER ON LAND.

CONDITION OF CANADA.

TABLES SHOWING THE POPULATION OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA, AND THE UNITED. STATES, THE RATIO OF DEATHS TO THE NUMBER LIVING, AND THE AVERAGE. PRODUCE OF WHEAT IN UPPER AND LOWER CANADA.

Upper Canada .

Lower Canada .

United States .

TABLE OF EXPENSES, INCOME OR WAGES.

Tariff of Duties.

FREE GOODS.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

EXEMPTIONS.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION DEPARTMENT

CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT.

TABLE SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE METEOROLOGY AT TORONTO, U. C., AND HIGH-FIELD HOUSE, NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND, FOR THE YEAR 1854.

COMPARATIVE METEOROLOGY. (See for Table .)

TABLE SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES FOR THE YEAR AND DIFFERENT. SEASONS, AND ALSO THE EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE AND CLIMATIC DIFFERENCES. FOR VARIOUS PLACES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND UPPER CANADA.

GENERAL ABSTRACT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE &c., COLLECTED FROM THE CENSUS. REPORT 1851-2.

BOOK POST.

THE FUTURE OF WESTERN CANADA.

OUR RAILWAY POLICY—ITS INFLUENCE AND PROSPECTS.

FREE GRANTS IN CANADA.

THE FREE GRANTS.

PREPARATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE VOYAGE.

TORONTO MARKET REPORT.