As  yet  this  colony  has  not  exported  any  mineral  products,  but  a  cargo
of  native  copper  has  recently  reached  Montreal  from  Lake  Superior,  to  be
sent  to  England.  Th is  copper  is  from  the  Bruce  mines  on  the  northern  shore
of  Lake  Huron,  and  is  of  the  like  quality  with  that  found  on  the  southern
side  of  Lake  Superior,  within  American  territory,  which  has  already  been
reported  upon  to  Congress.
There  is  much  iron  of  fair  quality  in  Canada.  The  principal  furnaces
are  on  the  St.  Maurice  river  in  Lower  Canada,  and  at  Marmora  in  Upper
Canada.  At  these  furnaces  stoves  and  other  articles  are  cast  for  domestic,
use,  but  nothing  whatever  has  been  exported.  At  St.  Maurice  some  bar
iron  has  been  manufactured.
No  coal  whatsoever  has  yet  been  discovered  in  any  part  of  Canada,  and
that  extensive  country  must  therefore  ho  dependent  on  some  other  land
for  the  necessary  supply  of  this  description  of  fuel.
Small  quantities  ol  gypsum  from  the  Grand  river,  on  Lake  Erie,  have
been  sent  by  inland  navigation  to  some  of  the  States  bordering  on  the
great  lakes,  where  it  is  used  lor  architectural  and  agricultural  purposes.
THE  MAGDALEN  ISLANDS.
These  islands  occupy  a  central  position  in  the  great  sheet  of  water
known  as  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence.  The  Magdalen  islands,  with  the
Bird  and  Brion  islands,  were  granted  by  the  British  government,  for  dis-
tinguished services,  to  the  late  Admiral  Sir  Isaac  dtim,  by  whom  they
were  bequeathed  in  strict  entail  to  Captain  John  Town  send  Colli  n,  E.
N.  (the  present  proprietor)  and  bis  heirs  male  forever.
