In the absence of such necessary infor mation for forming a correct judgnwnt of the relative advantages of the two methods of raising a rate, that on the land seems most likely to produce an adequate fund; and may further be considered the most eligible, as being capable, by a small oc casional increase, of rendering that portion of the land fund reserved for emigration purposes beneficially operative, which seems to be little probable for some time to come, unless aided by some auxiliary fund,

As the revenue of the province improves, these rates might be dispensed with, but in its present state some assistance to what the revenue can spare seems to be imperatively called for ; and indeed, if care is taken that the money so raised is judiciously «x pended, every pound p;iid in the share of rate will double its amount in the increased

value of property in the district from whence it is derived, by reason of the facility of access consequent upon the improved roads.
Information should also be obtained by the council in relation to the Post Office establishment, so that the income and ex penditure of that. branch, and the cost to the province of conveying the mails may be ascertained. Provincial separation, it i« true, has been already talked of, but it is not likely very soon to arrive, and were it present there is no reason to suppose that it would destroy, or even lessen the com mercial relations of the various communi ties one with another.
A more frequent postal communication between the northern provinces has long been considered very desirable here, and no change is likely to render it less so' than it is at present.
