Bushels.      Population.      Bush. per head. 
Pr.  Ed. Island   1847     219,787        62,678             3.50
Newfoundland     1850     297,157       276,117             1.08
New Brunswick    1850     206,635       193,800             1.06

The Eastern States in 1849 raised 1,090,896 bushels.  Population 2,668,106, or 0.41 each.

The population of Upper Canada is 952,904, and allowing five bushels for each, 4,760,020 bushels; and for seed at one and a half bushels per acre 1,173,173 bushels = 5,933,193; leaves for export 6,761,668 bushels.  More than sufficient to supply the consumption of the whole of the Eastern States.

“Were the population of Lower Canada to consume flour at the given rate, it would require—­

                                    Bushels.
  890,261 at five bushels each 4,451,305
  Seed 640,000
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                                   5,091,305
  Grown 3,075,868
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                                   2,015,437

Leaving a surplus of wheat in Canada 4,746,231 bushels, or at four and a half bushels for each, equal to 1,054,718 barrels of flour.

Professor Johnston in his report on New Brunswick, furnishes some valuable information as to the produce there.

The following table of average weights indicates a capacity in the soil and climate to produce grain of a very superior quality:—­

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COUNTIES    | Wheat | Barley | Oats | Rye | Wheat | Maize
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Saint John      |61     |   —­   |41    |  —­ |   50  |  —­
Westmoreland    |60     |   48   |351/2   |  —­ |   48  |  59
Albert          |58     |   50   |343/4   |  50 |   45  |  —­
Charlotte       |59     |   45   |39    |  —­ |   57  |  59
King’s          |591/2    |   48   |37    |  —­ |   48  |  60
Queen’s         |581/2    |   50   |361/2   |  53 |   43  |  61
Sunbury         |57     |   55   |38    |  53 |   47  |  57
York            |63     |   50   |38    |  —­ |   51  |  60
Carleton        |64     |   —­   |38    |  —­ |   52  |  65
Kent            |63     |   —­   |37    |  —­ |   50  |  —­
Northumberland  |62     |   53   |37    |  —­ |   45  |  57
Gloucester      |63     |   51   |39    |  —­ |   —­  |  —­
Restigouche     |63     |   48   |42    |  —­ |   —­  |  —­
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The general average weights for the whole Province are, for

Wheat           60 11-13 lbs. 
Barley          50       "
Oats            38       "
Rye             521/2      "
Buckwheat       48 8-11  "
Indian Corn     591/2   "
Potatoes        63       "
Turnips         66       "
Carrots         63       "

The annexed statement shows not only the average yield per acre of each description of crop, but affords an opportunity of contrasting it with the like products in the State of New York:—­