§ MR. HAWESsaid, in answer to Mr. Reynolds, the House was no doubt aware of the distressing circumstances connected with the emigration to Canada last year. The character of that emigration would be perceived from the one fact that out of about 90,000 emigrants who went to Canada last year, no less than 15,000 died on board the vessels, or immediately after 968 their landing. Under these circumstances, it was not to be wondered at that many applications had been made, on the part of the colonists, to be protected from a recurrence of such disasters. His noble Friend (Earl Grey) felt it to be his duty to make various suggestions, which were submitted to the House of Assembly in Canada, as well as to the other North American colonies, and adopted by them. Under the regulations thus come to, different rates of taxes on emigrants were to be adopted. In cases where the emigrants were landed in a perfectly healthy state, no alteration was to be made in the whole charge of one dollar for each emigrant. If the vessel went into quarantine, that charge was to be doubled, and if the quarantine was of long continuance the tax might be still farther increased; but in no case was it to exceed 20s. for each person. The tax would also be doubled in the case of very aged or helpless emigrants, and also in case of arrivals after the 20th of October. The great object of these precautions was to compel those who had the charge of sending out numbers of emigrants from these countries to take the necessary precautions for preventing a recurrence of the dreadful scenes of last year.