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JEY If File E-EfsEEvL i Hs ; iF oh ett At | il at done as much as we year, then off again out. The third year | L/S CCE all your time as you [p= : your crop, which if | E : is good, This mop, Mis. | tuto. before we - origaged belore ee | house, hot EE ta t o., i op it lane: go to open bins, Why? | #54 t saves building a s 08 We | a8 800D as I i 3: i £ i allow, but should it of necessity | =o "os ro hace Lo me the the vier os take good care to ; dmile at the l Cl ean. As: for the classing of | ou (page h Shiurdity tatements, whent, etc., second quality, this is | goo settlers usually in medium-sised | hardly. tou Sn agree, fees | In frame houses few small out- | Tol mew will grade better buildings. Now give the Whig wecond quality. be readers a small to what our | than » every od hausep avd buildings are like. The | ands exposed datiom, tains veven rooms, but thers | © VIS Toh tatoos are many farm that ean boast | Jini, 3 Settlers Se Ter Aumther,_ there toe may twenty-five ot Weick nd stous. and the most Bi aptass of the nesssiery som realms of the There (oe lo many built of logs, | the readers of and it would do t a world of | iy letter. He good to inside y wee the | from Winnipeg : comfort that therein. from level prairie, the railway about the wa , we have numerable small *h | three oa under cover, ' thousands ys Y ae ad Ly mk nore, thn sgl |e sn in later on be states, | Bil 4%! we stable jiotsgss while "he saw i. ol-hieeet aad for railway housing JW one-half * A ie oust Many, of the | tar of Too Eni 1 should tke to | 1:50 care Ee t wi ¥ 8 can ang" Sania so at the same iat covered with two and aushaif fest out loft in' many io'} of snow ? a i if tf § Bl : i 3 if 2 4 i : if & : hh Hi i fs $5 a ¥ f xi 1 : £ if g ; ir hf Pi Hi 123s 2 fe he i i "4 immigration continues to flow. + a PRET H £ 15s # § HH] ; i i § the financial situation States, where our re somewhat disappoint to the low rates previously money in New York. All is was chamged in 1906, and that of our resources which is held in New York has been employed at very profitable rates. Greater activity was the feature of trade during the year 1606 the world over, with a conse ivf ® ef igs Uni £ KH Fa RE with this the earning power of our agency has returned. But naturally the greater part of our increased pro- fits has arisen from the prosperity of the Dominion. This has' continued with the steady, irresistible impulse of a great and growing nation. There is, at present at least, no sign of slackening in the womderful progress of that great country. The tide of Offi- cial returns for the year ending June 30th, 1906, give a total of 189,064. Of these, 86,796 were from Great .Bri- tain: and Ireland, 44,349 from Europe, and 57,910 from the United States, the total increase over the previous twelve months being 43,000.. One of the great industries of Canada is lum- oF . agriculture, the lag have seen from Wi 000, the territory is tions. Es 8 oe "5 oF 'THE: . > : fata ght a UST wave 2 insane "21th first importance. aah Siedediy Presented to the Proprietors at their Seventy-First | crbly Jaeger thai" Wat; There In Yearly General Meeting. + : total of 90,000,000 -hushele- of wheat as the crop of the past sgagon, This is larger than the crop of.the.previous season by 4,000,000 bushels, sand the quality of the past seaSon's'wheat is | excellent--in fact, a record. From the Agent-General's report we, learn. that the total value of minesals: produced in' British Columbia is edtimated at $22,460,000 for the yeat, Showing an increase 'over 1905 of pearly principal increase: copper. The gold won in the Yukon returned officiglfy 282,000, against $7,110,000 mn 1905. Although this shows a eontinuons de cline in 'the value of : gold produced, there appears, from the 'Stdtement of the. Commissioner 'ol 'that district," to be a prospect of a revival of this in- dustry, - considerable amounts of cap fal having been invested in hydraulic works, which are supplanting the old system of shaft sinking. On the Pa- cific' Coait the Commission: appointed by the Minister of Marind 'atid Fishes. ies reported most favorably on' the condition' of the canneries in, the Fras: er River district. The publigation 'of its report should go fiir "to allay any fears on the part of consumers of ed whi h, { oe asd ch ete shgendes 'tars, and 'the election of J. H. Mayne Glancing now at' our balance. | sr # ni LAE : pk athe «ve $4,000, ing in| sum, as before, absorbs £30,000, and at $5, al en ARE + Be count the sum . of £20,000, thereby +7] writing it down to £167,768, The sc- tual dence dictates should be provided out this coild not be Pringhty- ing pide] of profits. Every year we are opening therefore, the amount of lumber cut] pew branches, neceMsitéting. the 'con- in the Ottawa mills was 35 per cent. below the average. As a set-off to this there is an unusual demand Yor lu: ber at ever-increasing prices, so that the industry is prospegous. "Rs r struction of bank buildings, and it is neccesary to improve and enlarge some of our existing premises. We cannot but keep step with the wonderful pro- gress of the Dominion, nor can we rest, satisfied with some of the buildings the same time, you can rest assured that our expenditure on 'premises is no more than is absolutely necessary. Subject to your concurrence, we have made the usual appropriation to the officers', widows' and = orphans'. fund, and to officers' pension "fund, and on this occasion we agk you to sanciion a bonus to the staff of 5 per cent. on their salaries. A dividend for the half. wear at the rate of 6 per cent. per an- we have now the pleasure of adding » bonus of 1 per cent.i making 7 per cent. for the year. We think you will concur in- the wisdom, : on general grounds, of waking thie extra distri- bution in the shape of bonus, and not 'as increased ' dividend, taking further into consideration the fact that rates for money have been unusually high and _ lucrative. during the past Swelye months. This will add. £10,000 ta the amount. required 'for - the 'Wali-year's distribution in April next, which will be 'thus £40,000, ant will Jeave a sum of £19,610 to be carried to nbyh ' dec- count. * Richard H. Glyn seconded: the resgl- utian, 'which was carried unanimously. Messrs. J. H, Brodie, Xx. H. Gyn, and F. Lubbock were re-elected disec- Camugbel 1 to Ell the vacancy caused by rustling grounds « XY { ehr th th of H. R. Farrer wi . ' tive eattle and a get hundreds of A he bering. Our report from Ottawa tells | sheet, the profits for the half-year, af- Bed o y . -" on y that the working class pant, Joar all ho 110 buy ta work | us that the quantity of logs cut dur- | ter making cur usual liberal, provision | Messrs. G. Speath_and N. E. Water- alle of s. They are in no ot or 8 Plow and A ing 'the previous winter was about 'an | for bad and doubtful debts, amount haute. sure A inted Mudicgre, Jada y then any of the | 0 Ta hick will 80 eg uiie | average; . but owing to the scarcity [10 £67,255. Adding - thereto . the Te a cho hatman. fi opportunities * are | harvest ond ring cone on he | Of water in the rivers a great deal of | amount 'carried : forward in Jupe last ings. re 4 bdo tv. ts Some ME te BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ro does. not . "num. / BALANG EET, Sist DECEMBER, 1906. i Tra if the | ber tha each i ia ; :, "Dr. { ¢ SWE hy ' Cr. "ini i » waste hd is| To Jupital Td srg 4,866,606.67 | By Gash > and: Specie at FETE 10d 1 . come suares i i Taka, § : ) i of at alone to settle there, ha To' Reserve Fund ...... YT Paliy 2,238,666.67 | By Cath at cat ral i he. aith i - ro come and see what a To Deposits and Current Accounts... 23,001,115.45 Notile 0%. "i... 12,810,441.05 to speak of the June the west is " To Notes in Circulation ..... ...... ~ 3;510,503.99 nivel ---- "IT166,559.97 do sre al i. duns by paper reports. To Bills Payable and other Liabilities, r- . . J By Invesements :-- > tatoes and to ap h ountiy 2 Yhis win N cluding Provision for Contingencies....., 155583.453.T0 Consols £303, i CRE bags for seed. Now, ey Myon Ay 0 Rebate ACCOURt ...... cou. wesecsscsnn 1,595.10 1 . 000.at 85.$1,253,110.00 ; fromen to. Who's place that . hy To Liabilities on Endorse- ak "RP srs | National War Do folate, bave grip, but all over the continent a POOLE oper sugeis' peivss messes $137,388.2 ' Loan, £50} il = "1a gry i a the stood 'out ae, the most ey ere i Slfiee oh To Liabilities under 'Guar- 3 . 900 94 0, I BIAu0 00 1,472 410.00 ru #4 any yen ¥ been < cleared antee in respect of which ate 3 . A240. Miu ! frost, he can. avowd them Than Dave bw on te , no Claim is. ancipated 900,000.00 Ponpinign. at Connda BLS : fromen. Teuly, $e Stmnger i (hvaye] the necsssary precautions againet a | Any * To Profit and Loss Account -- Other Securities. ... ... ... 568,666.10 , Jeicomms, hod. 1 he fide had f severe ome, the complaints of | prove, Balance brought forward 2 15 Y 3 ar 2.729 792 47 'bread out here, and where frozen shortage of fuel, ete. » ask from 30th June, 1906... 330,257.23 J By. Bill Receivable, Loans on Secur- » bread a is carelessness some. | 1" oonclusio on fe and we. Dividend paid October, : ity; and other a0COURLS ..............cco.oiois 29,104;178.78 where that can also be avoided. Grant 20 he Net dor, Yotrssiet, but xe Baar knew 1906 ..0. i os cee 146,000,00 By Bak Preepieas, olor 0 Lpaion rites, ~Frosen bread a cold | jin -- id and above all don't | done. well, gob, ; Pr and at abe. ee at 767,508.00 dacen yo {inten it from hearsay. --A NEW roald att Net profit for the half-year mont requized by Act of .Parlia- § T 'Do. and Raps From Saskatoon. Neepawa, --(To the Ed s » o i Hlaathen ay hgtoon; Mech Ronis She Bilt: tor) ; 1 have just read in an issue, of . story ? | ter written by Grant Pyke, of Walle are Hint Sets & Jana lot moment | Island, in your ise of February | jp. hy po al there are not such cases, but, | 14th. 1 was raised near Kingston, in . tey. Now, I umerous are they ? And have | the vicinity of Mr, Pyke's house, I ivy in he Foon for ten in a great measure brought | wish to state correctly the way 1 1 ears, and annd that! io fod privation them- | have found the North-West Territory | Jo Mr in ire roud hot Jreparing the ainoe residing here for shout one year, -- aah an properly, for a hard winter. [and can say without any hesita 1 ell here ! fan states: "The new settler is upu: { know more about this country than world, and get: Bachelor, forty. to fity miles | Ny. Pyke. Any person residing hero | word, and go True, but he per-|and reading Mr. Pyke's letter will wealthy--the homesteads ? 1 will | come to the conclusion that be has | T88 SAV! ho ae, [3 Ep 8, Fond |e pe you : 70 to4ihem. My parents and family come etativy Ventilation possible For Thousands Living 7 £77 In Tenement Houses. i FRE fi in §7E TH SY FIEEEc Bat ending this date, after deducting all = current charges, amd providing for bad and doubtful debits we. si nail vn 30 $511,566.63 Deduet : Transferred to Bank Premises Account Transferred to 5 Reserve Fund . Transferred to Officers' Wi- dows' and Or- 97.333.33 4,826.82 Staff Bonus ..... 19,466.67 A <== 221,460.15 Balance available for HOTEL KINGSTON - - ONT Has undergone alterations and April Dividend and Banus ........... 200,106.53 00 Josoinii] We have examined the above Balance Sheet with the Books in Lohdon, and the Certified Returgs.fpom he * Branches, and find it to present a true statement of the Bahk's affairs. ment for Security of 'General Bank Note Circulation 162,802.75 Note The, latest monthly Return re- ceived from Dawson is that of the 30h" November, 1006, and the fig- ures of that Return are introduced into this: Account. . 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