The
Healthiness Of The Climate Has Been Already Remarked Upon, But It Is An
Important Consideration, As The Bracing Atmosphere And Freedom From
Diseases Allow To The Hardy Adventurer The Free Exercise Of His Vigour And
Strength.
Communication with England is becoming increasingly regular.
During the
summer months screw-steamers and sailing vessels ply between Liverpool and
Quebec, from whence there is cheap and easy water communication with the
districts bordering on the great lakes. From Quebec to Windsor, a distance
of nearly 1000 miles, passengers are conveyed for the sum of 31s., and
have the advantage of having their baggage under their eyes during the
whole journey. The demand for labour in all parts of Canada West is great
and increasing. The wages of farm-servants are 4l. per month with board:
day-labourers earn from 4s. to 5s. per diem, and in harvest 10s.,
without board. The wages of carpenters and other skilled workmen vary
according to their abilities; but they range between 7s. and 12s.
6d. per diem, taking these as the highest and lowest prices.
The cost of living is considerably below that in this country; for
crockery, cutlery, &c., 50 per cent. advance on home retail prices is
paid, and for clothing 50 to 75 per cent. addition on old country prices,
if the articles are not of Canadian manufacture. The cost of a comfortable
log-house with two floors, 16 feet by 24, is about 18l.; but it must be
borne in mind that very little expenditure is needed on the part of the
settler; his house and barns are generally built by himself, with the
assistance of his neighbours; and a man with the slightest ingenuity or
powers of imitation can also fabricate at a most trifling expense the few
articles of household furniture needed at first.
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