Wealth of Canada.—

Evening Post, Issue 107, 13 June 1865, Page 3

Wealth of Canada.—

- The chief wealth of Canada, 'of course, is derived from its agricultural resourcts Ten millions acres of land are in cultivation, yielding in 1861 twentyseven million bushels of wheat and sixty-two of other grain, besides two and a quarter million pounds of flax, the first being 79, the second 106, and the third 972 per cent ( in advance of the produce of 1852. Next in importance to corn and flax is the timber of the country, nearly a million tons being shipped each year to England alone. Eight hundred ships are annually ladon at Quebec with timber from Ottawa, valued at two million and a half dollars. The number of seamen necessary ti. man the fleet which carries the lumber from Quebec to European markets* and those engaged i& exporting the same to Chicago and other Federal States, approach nearly to twenty-five thousand men. Then there are minerals without limit, from copper, iron, zinc, and lead, to granite, marbles, manganese, and cobalt, as well as peat, petroleum, and ashphalte ; and the sea is as full of wealfh as the land.—" Day's Canadian .Pictures," Amenities of Official Correspondence. —The following is taken from the Darling Downs Gazette: — "We have been much amused by the perusal of the following correspondence between the Postmaster of Toowomba and the distinguished individual, whoever he may be, who has charge of the de. pnrtment of the Postmaster Genet al in the city of Laidley. It is really too good to withhold it from the public— ' Memo—Do you seal the bags yon dispatch from your office with the office seal ? It never comes to this office io. 'Wo had no Mail at all last night from Lnidley.— G.M., P.M.' Reply— ' The P.M. at Laidley cannot bother himself with sealing the mall bags with the office peal. Perhaps the P.M. in Toowomba will be ki"d enough to send a man down to this city to attend to this particular department." Valuable Reflection.— A man may be ever so poor, he may b3 ercr so unfortunate, but he need never be hard up for candles, so long as he makes light of his sufferings. A new arrow is spoken of as the invention of Dr. Croft, of London, which has been tried and approved by some of the best shoes. The peculiarity of the " Alexandra Arrow " lies in the arrangement of the feather, after the fashion of an Archimedian screw. By this n rotary motion is given to the arrow, the alleged advantages being great velocity and directness of flight. It is indeed, as though the bow wan rifled. Strange that the idea was not thought of before A Welsh judge, celebrated as a suitor for nil sorts of places and his neglect of personal cleanliness, was thus addressed by Mr. Jekyll :— " As you have asked the Ministry for everything else, ask them for a piece of amp and a nail-brush."