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m.; French sta. for observing transit of Venus in 1874. [on R. Trent 2424. of Cantire whisky one of Ayr Burghs 8235 also t. Tasmania, So. Australia,; 91 m. 5 N. m.; Hobart E. Adelaide dist.,; dist., 2200. 1500;; also; t. peninsula 90,413 also c. cap. of State, on C. Bay logwood, wax,; cigars; 16,000.; Brit, fleet under Admiral Duncan beat De Winter in 1797 also t. Victoria, 123 m. from Melbourne, 2000 also N.; suburb of Sydney, 3000. 376,191 also c. ftd. in Prov. C., 53 m. N.E. Naples 14.584. N. of C., 1894 ft. Brit, colony, between Arctic Ocean and U.S.A. 2800 m. from E. to W., and 2000 N. to S.; in extent; nearly as large as Europe; including Upper JC. West) and Lower Canada (C. East) (or, as they are now called, Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia, and ; New Brunswick, which in 1867 were federated into the Dominion of C.; Manitoba and the NorthWest Territories (formerly belonging to Hudson Bay Company), Prince Edward I si., British Columbia, and Vancouver Isl. being subsequently added the Dominion now includes all Brit. N. America, except; Newfoundland and its dependency Labrador each of these divisions is self-governing on subjects allowed by central govt., therein differing from U.S.A., where each state is supreme in itself except on certain subjects, which the States agreed to surrender to the central govt. cap. of the Dominion and seat of C. Parliament is Ottawa,; 126 m. W.N.W. from Montreal Canada was colonized by French in 1608, ; and was ceded: to Britain in 1763 Prov. Quebec is still largely French and Roman Catholic;; the country is rich in minerals, and its lakes and rivers help greatly to develop commerce; Manitoba and N.W. very fertile in corn could supply Europe the country is sparsely populated; for its extent; during; last decade increase of population was only n*6 p.c., whereas in previous decade the incr. was 17*3 p.c.; the population in 1891 was 4.829,411. and Indian terr. to Arkansas R. 900 m. [2098.