NOVA SCOTIA. 



that through it. operation our coal trade 



, . . .,.,.., 



from Yarmouth to Lookpor 

 Knitted to aim-ntl. in uii mij>rtnt 

 vspeotiuf the payment of - 



N! ; :-..- :. ! ; . 



r railway extension ii> 

 of our common road* You will be 

 ral proposed amcnduienta to 

 J and to make some further 



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In accordance with an act of last aemton, arranjrc- 

 eaJ were made for the uk 

 MMnlsJsstio^oraftebie. 

 Mtlaw toe liqaor traffic through .ut 

 Tmeiettrne indicate a tery s&ong pu I . I . 

 la favor of prohibition. Since the tak 

 ''blsottS the dUtpUtcd I--!!. 1 lutivr 



of the Dominion and pnvineiul I.-/!!*!.,- 

 _ ,_^tflfr the enactment of ptohibisoty moaAuroM, 

 ha* been decided by the Supreme Court of Canada 

 Interim which place the aubject beyond pr- 

 aathor 



P. A. Uwrrnce was elected Speaker of the 

 Assembly. Dunn- tho session, which closed on 

 March 20. the principal measures passed were 

 as follow: 



To amend the Keviaed Statutes u Of the SoUinni 

 ssthm of Marriage." 



To amend and consolidate the acta relating to 



To 



liii of the Reviaed Statutes, fifth 



To amend and oooaoUdate the factor's acte. 



For amending and consolidating the act* relating 

 ... , 



To amend and consolidate the acts relating to pub- 

 lic instruction. 



To amend the law respecting compulsory educa- 

 tion of children in the city of Halifax. 



To amend the act respecting succession duties. 



To amend the trustees' act*. 



Respoctin* the sale of intoxicating liquors. 



To regulate the closing of ahops and the hours of 

 labor therein for children and >:. 



To amend the Nova Scotia judicature act (1884). 



To amend the law respecting - 



To provide for the formation of tho Nova Scotian 



To amend the acts for the encouragement of agri- 



rnmenl. ielding, who has 



been Premier nnd )' - tary since 



18B4, appealed to the people again in M 

 19M. and was sustained by a good majority. 

 He is a Liberal, as is his dnVf 1,-v. , 



1 r.-noral, hut they nian- 



ar to bold t ' i r own despite the province I ein^ 

 sUttfr|v Conservative in Dotninion polities. 

 The other members of the executive are: I in. 



irch. Commissiotier of Works and 

 MioM. Hon. T. .1. -hi, son. H..II. A. II. Corneau. 

 and lion. mr. 



.~-ln 1HM the school sect i n.nin,, 

 : the seboob in operaiicm wen 



r 40 morr t hn in the preceding rear. I 

 Mil teacher*, of whom 4& h 



ha.1 



to normal tchoolt. Therr were 

 in UH? common anhools, and 4,WO ii. 



The total j UTan u for 



W0.436. the county funds expended 

 *W07 and the section assessment was 



or $126,- 



fis*sw|sv-.ThenabeTof fbhermon in 



Scotia during 1894 was 5,907 in vess< 

 r71 ii) boats. The value of th 



wharves, fi.-h Kouses, etc., was $8,:>' 

 ami the total yi-ll cf tin- H>lu-nrs was ^0.547,. 

 887, an increase in the year of $11 

 \jM.rts of tin- jip'vini-r in \\^}\ \\fi. 

 ami the (list rihut imi of tln-rai' 



n. $100,48:*; mackerel, $485,2'.' 



.0.:M1 ; hadd..rk. $!' 

 . $1,5804,557; hake. $152.2Lo ; , 

 $175,108; haliliut, > imelts, * 



oysters. $10,048; mix .-llaneous. $52! 



ll.ilil.ix I. \hiliition. 



Hi exhibition was )idd at the provincial 

 eaj.ital under ti 

 er\ .M \diniral Sir .Inhn Iloj.ki: 



ii .n (..iii|iMv,.(l of men in t In 

 The t.uildings cost $6.000, the , 

 amounted to $5,778. The exhibits of I 

 cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, fruits, and n 

 were good. A series of naval and militar 

 s was arranged, which la-ted dm;: 

 u..L Tho total expenditure on the exb^^H 

 was $19.1 



>lii|ipinir. The tonnage carrying in- 

 out of the pp. \iii.-c in 1894 was 2,5" 

 The coasting trade in 1894 w:< 

 a slight increase over the iin---ilin^ 



Finances. Premier Heldin;; dt'livcn 

 l.ud-ret speech on I-Yi-. n. isiir,. The , 

 during the year ending Sept. :io had been fully 

 up to the estimate. The chief items wei. 

 Dominion sul.-idy of .fj:;-,'>i:: : the i 

 from mines of $242,657; from the 11.. -pr 

 Insane. ^4n.-lo:i: and from the \\'e-tcn. 



: lilway less refund of $50,000 loan, tlM 

 021. The total ordinary revenue was s^\ 



The expenditure was $862,84 J 

 a surplus of $25,870.81. The total li.v 

 were given as $3.167,493, and the asv 

 $1,858.182. The estimated revenue f..- 

 was $888,083, and the expenditure > 



>I inerals. The production for t! 



pt -: () . 1*!>4. included I!I.!M .'.in. 

 p.ld. s: {.5 12 tons of iron ore, ',' 

 coal, and an export of gypsum valued at $108,- 

 171. Much Nova Scotian coal u-ed 

 I'nited States. During tlio years 

 mission from 1854 to 1888 this export ran 

 up from i:i.l2o tons to 404/J.VJ. Since ' 

 hasvari.d from 102,000 tons in 18^ 

 in 18JM. Hut the production has steadily in- 

 creased. The numler of pcr.-ons en.: 

 inc the year in the coal mines was .1. 



Kail wars. The year 1894 will 



for the acquisition of the Western ( oimtie> 

 Railway by the Windsor and Annap 

 Company, which lines were imr-ed un< 



it and called the Domin. 

 Railwav. An effort was also made 



.d and traflic to tlic western shore d 

 of the province. The union of the tw. 

 mentioned will enal>! 



more effectively with the water traffic 

 Halifax and Boston, and Annapolis and St, 



During t .nth* from .Ian. 1 ' 



30, 1894, the Nova Scotia railways carried pas- 

 sengers who paid $205,475, freight paying $185,- 

 605, and mails and sundries paying x 

 There were 825 miles of track in 'the pi 

 on June 30, 1894. 



