NEWFOUNDLAND 



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NEWFOUNDLAND 



NEWFOUNDLAND 



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Newfoundland. 



Ma? of the island discovered by John Cabot in 1497, now a self-governing British dominion, 

 the Labrador coast, its dependency on the mainland 



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Newfoundland all the year round. 

 The fishing grounds on the coast 

 of Newfoundland and Labrador 

 constitute the most productive 

 waters for fish on the W. side of the 

 Atlantic, and the supply is more 

 or less constant. When modern 

 methods are applied to the prose- 

 cution and development of these 

 fisheries, Newfoundland and Lab- 

 rador will play an important part 

 in the food production of the world. 

 In addition to cod the fishing of 

 lobsters and herrings is also largely 

 prosecuted, and the seal fishery 

 which takes place annually on the 

 ice floes is also valuable. X 



Over almost the whole surface 

 of Newfoundland are indications of 

 vast mineral wealth. Copper, 



silver, nickel, gold, iron, asbestos, 

 mica, and other minerals of com- 

 mercial value exist. Copper mines 

 around the N. bays have been 

 worked for many years, and have 

 paid good dividends to the owners 

 of the mines. The copper mine at 

 Tilt Cove was worked for nearly 50 

 years, and had an output of nearly 

 60,000 tons a year, yielding a profit 

 of 22 p.c. annually. The iron mines 

 on Conception Bay are exceedingly 

 rich and extensive. Including sub- 

 marine areas recently developed, 

 there is at present in sight some- 

 thing like 5,000,000,000 tons. Coal 

 is also being developed, and rich 

 seams were reported on as long 

 ago as the days of the navigator 

 Cook (1728-79). 



The Anglo-Newfoundland De- 

 velopment Co. opened in 1910 pulp 

 and paper mills at Grand Falls, 

 which are regarded as the finest in 

 the world. The steel and concrete 

 buildings cover eight acres. They 

 are fitted with the finest ma- 

 chinery, and produce 180 tons of 

 paper and 240 tons of pulp a day. 

 The forest areas from which the 

 pulp is cut cover over 3,000 sq. m., 

 and the enterprise represents an 

 investment of 2,600,000. At 

 Bishop's Falls, 10 m. distant, the 

 Albert Reed Co., of London, built 

 mills on a somewhat smaller scale. 



Agriculture is still in an early 

 stage of development, but much of 

 the soil is extraordinarily fertile, and 

 a rich future awaits Newfoundland 



