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Canada in 1848. Being an examination of the existing resources of British North America. With considerations for their further and more perfect development, as a practical remedy, by means of colonisation, for the prevailing distress in the United Empire, and for the defence of the colony Synge, Millington Henry, 1823-1907

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"In order that British North America be secured, Synge advocated a railway to the Pacific." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 2.

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