He has laid out, for a house $38 75
For Fuel 30 00
" Furniture 43 00
" Cattle and farming implements 198 00
Cost of living, including price of cow 100 00
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Total $409 75
This sum he will absolutely require to have when he arrives on the land.
To this, in his calculations, he must add his expenses coming here.
Railroad fares from different points will be given in another place.
We have not here made any calculations in regard to the purchase of his
land, in the first place because the lands are different prices in
different colonies, and secondly because most of our settlers with small
means, buy their farms on time, getting very easy terms of payments. All
information in this respect will be found in its proper place, when we
come to speak of our colonies. It must be born in mind (and it may be as
well said here as elsewhere) that the Catholic Bureau owns no lands; we
but control them and hold them at their original prices for our
immigrants. We have also secured advantages in prices and terms of
payment which immigrants cannot get outside of our colonies.
Now having no crop the first year, he works out in the harvest and earns
$60.00.
This he requires now, and more when he puts in his first crop, but, as
he will get time for some, perhaps all, of the following charges, we
will not charge them to his original capital.