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2240 Ibs., up to 250,000 tons, sold in each or any year, 

 and about 3d. per ton on every ton over that quantity. It 

 is payable only on the round coal sold ; slack and coal 

 used by agents, workmen, and engines, being exempt. A 

 statement is required quarterly, of all coal worked and 

 sold, and of the expenditure in extending the works ; also 

 payment of the royalty incurred. The other conditions of 

 the lease are of the usual character with respect to a 

 proper working of the mine, the right to examine the 

 workings, and books of accounts, surrender of the lease, 

 right of transfer, &c." * 



Coal and iron have been the making of England, and 

 there is no reason why they should not make a second 

 England of Canada. Nova Scotia is rich in iron of a very 

 superior quality. I again take the liberty of borrowing 

 some figures from Professor How's ' Mineralogy of Nova 

 Scotia ' to show the relative value of English and Nova 

 Scotian iron : 



s. d. 

 Staffordshire pig iron averages 4 10 per ton. 



Ditto bar iron 900 

 Nova Scotian pig iron 700 



Ditto bar iron 15 10 



There is said to be only one iron in the world a 

 Swedish ore superior to that found at the Londonderry 

 mines, Nova Scotia, in the manufacture of steel. 



Nova Scotia is essentially a maritime province. A great 

 extent of coast-line (it is almost an island), magnificent 

 harbours, a central position, vast supplies of coal and of 

 timber, all these advantages favour both ship building and 

 ship owning ; while the large proportion of the popula- 



* Report of Commissioner of Mines. 



