RKMA11KS ON EMIGRATION. 449 Whether emigration on the plan formerly recom¬ mended by the committee of the House of Commons, or as lately proposed in Parliament, be ever carried into effect or not, voluntary emigration, at the ex¬ pense of the emigrants themselves, will still continue to go on in the usual way ; and as the majority of those who leave the United Kingdom for , will have been brought up to occupations not only different from each other, but unlike those which they will probably follow afterwards, it will be of great consequence to prepare themselves in the best possi¬ ble manner for the new life they are about to com¬ mence. With respect to the advantages which our possessions present, and the prospects they afford to new settlers, it may be observed that the upper or inland, and the maritime colonies, have each their respective advantages. Canada , however, will likely continue to be the country that will absorb the greatest number of emigrants. But from all I have been able to learn, and from the opinions of the most thinking men of practical experience and local knowledge, I conclude, that from 2 to 500,000 set¬ tlers might be sent at little more than half the ex¬ pense, and with equal if not greater advantage to the emigrants, to Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , , and the district of Gaspe. The lower colonies are never subject to however, could only be effected, if emigration at the public expense be carried into operation. VOL . I. 2 F