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CANADA.

Name

Horse- power

Guns

Tonnage

Prince Alfred.

75

3

456

Rescue. .

65

3

275

Britomart.

60

2

226

Cherub.

60

2

226

Heron.

60

2

226

Minstrel

60

2

226

Napoleon III.

300

2

211

Lady Head.

158

2

168

Besides the above, the Government of the Dominion owned the ' Daring ' and the ' Druid,' two fast steamers, employed on coast service, not fitted with guns, but available as gunboats. — (Commu- nication of the Dominion Government to the Statesman's Year~ book.)

Population.

The population of United Canada in the year 1800 was estimated at 240,000; in 1825 it amounted to 581,920; and in 1851 to 1,842,265. The area and population of the Dominion of Canada, according to the last census, taken in January 1861, are as follows: —

Ontario .... Quebec .... Nova Scotia New Brunswick

Total.

Area

Population

Eng. sq. miles

121,260

210,020

18,671

27,037

1,396,091

1,111,566

330,857

252,047

376,988

3,090,561

The probable population of the Dominion, calculated on the basis of the registries of births and deaths, and the returns of immigra- tion and emigration, is given as follows, for the end of each of the three years 1869 to 1871 : —

Provinces

1869

1870

1871

Ontario .... Quebec ....

Nova Scotia Now Brunswick

Total.

1,962,067

1,354,067

382,365

319,027

2,047,334

1,387,884

389,343

322,398

2,136,308

1,422,546

396,449

327,800

4,009,526

4,146,959

4,283,103