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Show WESTERN CANADA'S IMMIGRATION. Rapid Settlement of the Wheat Fields Lying North of the 49th Parallel. (Trom the ChlniRu Ileeord Ileruld) 'Canada bus anticipated a very henvj immigration this )cifr, and sho now has figures (o show that alio Is actually getting It lu a way to meet nil her expectations in the flrst four months of this year tho doors of tho Dominion opened to 40,072 poisons, according to a report prepared by tho committee on agriculture and colonl zatlon of tho Catiodlan parliament. This Is almost twice us large as the Immigration In tho corresponding months last )ear, and fully threo times as large as In 1901, the respective respec-tive figures being 22,482 and 13,393. "Most of those newcomers have been attracted by the wheat lauds ot tho Northwest territories They have moved direct to Winnipeg and tbby hnvo turned that i Ity into n grcnt camp, In which they havtl been titling thcmsolvcs out for the last stago ot thell advent ire for now homes. "Of tho Immigration of this spring a little over a third lias como from Great Britain, tlio figure being 1G.457 This is threo times as largo as the British Immigration of tho cot responding respond-ing months of tho preceding )enr, and it -Is within 2.C00 of tho number of immigrants that tho United Stitns at tracted fiom Cleat Britain and lie-Innd lie-Innd in Mia nnmo leilod this spring As to the remainder ot the Immigration Immigra-tion Into Cnmiw.i 13,7 id settlers came from tho United States, a SO per cont lncrcaso over the ptecedlng )ear, and 10,445 from Continental Durope, a 40 per cent Increase. "These 40,072 Immigrants Into Canada Can-ada may appear trifling In coinpatl-son coinpatl-son with 297,070 persons who entered the United Sta'tes In tho same period, but they aro proportionately moro "important "im-portant to tho country Canada's pop ulatlon is ono fifteenth of ours, but her Immigration Is now two fifteenths ns Inrgo as ours. It Ih worth remem boring also that Canada's Immigrants Mru almost cntlrel) Anglo Saxon nnd Teutonle races, whllo our Immigrn tlon Is now two thirds made up of Homanco and L'lav elements " "Speculation Is natural as to tho futuro of Cntinda In her relations to the United States whon hor Northwest North-west tetrltorlcd are tilled up, but tho one nbsolutel) certain fact of the near future Is thnt the United States Is to nave n great computltor In tho gtaln markets of the world " Tlio nbovo editorial at title taken fiom tho columns of tho Chlingo Her ord-Herald of May 20th, shows thq condition of tho Canadian immlgta-tlon, immlgta-tlon, which ns pointed out, has hail a constant growth a marvellously lu creasing growth for tho past six or seven )cnrs, until this year. It Is confidently con-fidently ns3tincd the lncrcaso to Canada's Can-ada's population, by way of Immigration, Immigra-tion, will exceed 100.00U. This Is accounted ac-counted for by tho great agtleultiiral resources which abound there aIt Is no fairy tnlo, but tho tnater-of fact oxporlenco of tho tens of thousands bear ample testimony to tho wealth and .riches In store for all who choose to accept Of tho opportunltli s of fot ed. Thoso who wish to learn moro of tho country can securr lllnoti oil nt lases, pnmpl-luts, etc giving full und tellRblmlstn Issued under government nuthorlt), by appl)lng to any of tho authoiled agents of the Canadian government. These agents whose names appear below will quote ou the exceptional!) low tales that tako )ou to the froo grant lands of West em Canada and tender )ou any other assistance In their power- Benjamin Davles. Great Falls Mon tana |