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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ...Show synopsisThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ... the very people of whom the Empire stood in most need were allowed to drift into a foreign State. So far, the question of the preference for the United States has only been treated in a broad sense. As may be judged, there were many minor issues which diverted the stream o British emigration from Canadian shores. The state of the currency, for instance, was so unsatisfactory in British North America that commerce became seriously handicapped. In the early years of the nineteenth century, transactions were seldom effected with the assistance of specie, but card money,1 as the paper currency was then called, was used instead. English money gradually found its way into both the upper and lower provinces and the United States coinage was not unknown along the Canadian frontier, but the supplies of these were limited. As a result, people were forced to adopt a system of barter; farmers took household commodities in exchange for their produce, and labourers were given board, lodgings, and stock as a reward for their labours. The system enabled the bare necessities of life to be obtained but seriously crippled all efforts of thrift. 1 Cf. Chapter IX. 2 Sometimes the purchasers were kept waiting as many as six weeks whilst their grants were being conveyed to them. Whilst contrasting the progress of emigration to Canada and the United States in the opening years of the nineteenth century, it is necessary to mention that certain Acts of Parliament restricted the exodus of British people to the States and so gave a possible preference to British North America. To trace the history of these preventive Acts, it is necessary to go back to the time of Charles I. In this reign, a proclamation was issued to suppress "the disorderly transporting of His Majesty's ...Hide synopsis
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. Many of the earliest books...New. This item is printed on demand. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions,
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. Publisher: London G....New. This item is printed on demand. Publisher: London G. Routledge Publication date: 1913 Subjects: Canada--Emigration and immigration History Great Britain--Emigration and immigration History United States--Emigration and immigration History Notes: Th.
Description:Cloth, church name stamps on endpaper and title page, contents a...Cloth, church name stamps on endpaper and title page, contents a bit toned, light wear, good.
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This is a reproduction of...New. This item is printed on demand. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or wer.
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This scarce antiquarian...New. This item is printed on demand. This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this wor.
