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lakes in the upper portions of the watersheds of the majority of the 

 rivers, and hence little facility is offorded for the natural storage of 

 waters for the purpose of equalizing the flow during the low-water 

 periods.'' To emphasize this point I refer to the diagram, Figure 10, 

 which shows the comparative power available at Hopewell, all fresh- 

 water powers in New Brunswick, Grand Falls (the largest single 

 fresh-water power) , and Musquash (the first public development in 

 the Province) — these are all on a 24-hour basis. 



Nova Scotia is similarly placed as regards fresh-water powers, and 

 the total estimate for the Province is only 128.000 horsepower ; there- 



Fig. 10 



fore the single plant at Hopewell would be almost equal to the com- 

 bined fresh-water powers of the two Provinces. 



Were we able to harness the power that is daily wasted in the two 

 great eastern arms of the Bay of Fundy we could have the use of 

 3,500,000 horsepower, but this is a dream for the future and is not 

 a practical proposition for to-day. The theory of the thing is the 

 same as for the Hopewell plant, but the execution and cost would be 

 impossible at present. 



The Hopewell plant is to-day a good commercial proposition. 

 Special engineering problems are attached to it, but they are only 

 those that attach to any special plant. The difficulties are small in 

 comparison to many recent engineering works that have been success- 

 fully carried out, and I trust that the near future will see this great 

 plant in daily operation. 



