EMIGRATION FROM ICELAND
The total depopulation of Iceland appears to be threatened. A scheme has been set afont m Manitoba (o transport thither the 75.000 Icelanders still remaintog m their nariva country, together with their fl'cks and herbs. This would be an ex due a* complete as wj.b that of the Children of Israel from Egypt There has been a t-teady fl >w of loe'andlo emigration to O»u*da for the last fifteen years, yet the population is Bald to bo sf lll too lar^e for the resources of the Island. The wiping oat of so Interesting a people wonld be a matter of universal regret ; but Iceland, although the conditions of life are hard, will doubtless still continue to have attractions for a substantial remnaDt, eapeoiaily when the superfluous p tpuUtioa is drawn off. The Icelanders settled In Manitoba havi grown so nooaprous and prosperous that they are able to support several newspapers printed m their own language*. The colonies of Gltcll, Thfnojvalla, and New loeland are m a m b* flourahlns; coqdltloo, and are already sending offshoots Into other parts of the Canadian North- West under the anspiQ9B of the loelandio Soolety.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1781, 5 March 1888, Page 2
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193EMIGRATION FROM ICELAND Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1781, 5 March 1888, Page 2
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