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a mile better for the construction of the road 

 through this whole section of country than if it 

 were undertaken as a Government work. Of 

 course, he was assuming that the road was 

 going to pay; but if it did not pay, the Govern- 

 ment would be in a better position to that extent 

 than if they built it themselves, because they 

 would be getting the road on the most favorable 

 terms for the smaller sum per mile. He might 

 add, that the contract would never have been 

 entered into if the Government had any doubt 

 that the earnings of the road would pay the tri- 

 fling and moderate sum of $350 per mile, which 

 was all that the obligations of the Government 

 involved." 



On March 26, 1902, a report of a special com- 

 mittee of the House was presented by E. M. Mac- 

 donald. It said, among other things : " The estab- 

 lishment of bait-freezers has helped to develop 

 the fishing industry, and in order that the people 

 of central Canada and the central United States 

 may be reached with our fish products we re- 

 quire certain advance steps to be taken. From 

 the facts before us we are of the opinion that the 

 following improvements are required: First, the 

 establishment of refrigerators at the different rail- 

 way terminals, to which fish could be sent for 

 shipment at all times. Second, the adoption of 

 improved cold-storage cars, and better attention 

 paid to icing cars in transit. Third, Government 

 assistance for experimental car lots of fresh fish 

 to be sent directly to Chicago or other Western 

 points, under the supervision of an expert. 

 Fourth, the establishment of a large freezer at 

 different points to provide bait." 



Agriculture. The agricultural societies in 

 Nova Scotia numbered 151 in 1901, with 8,500 

 members, having subscriptions of $10,771 and a 



Government grant of $10,000. Special attention 

 was paid during the year to dairying, and re- 

 ports of operations published on Apr"!! 5, 1902, 

 showed a production of 316,180 pounds of cheese 

 worth $30,087, and 542,626 pounds of butter, val- 

 ued at $53,222. In his annual report, the pro- 

 vincial Secretary of Agriculture said that the 

 fanners were giving more attention to the raising 

 of horses, and that the outlook for cattle, sheep, 

 and swine was most satisfactory. 



Crown Lands. The receipts from this source 

 of revenue in the year ending Sept. 30, 1900, were 

 $45,581 the largest since 1872. The estimated 

 returns for 1901 were $35,000; the actual receipts 

 were $91,548. In his annual report, dated Oct. 1, 

 1901, Mr. Longley made the following statements: 

 " The result of the new policy of issuing leases 

 instead of gi'ants has appeared to increase the 

 demand for land on the one hand, and at the 

 same time it has made it easy to issue leases for 

 large areas. The result of these leases is not to 

 tie up the lands for any private parties perma- 

 nently, but only for a term of twenty, or possi- 

 bly forty years, and care is taken that when 

 large areas are leased it shall be in the further- 

 ance of some lumber industry which is calculated 

 to advance the industrial life of the province. 

 The very large leases applied for last year and 

 this year are in connection with the development 

 of the pulp industry in Nova Scotia. Two or 

 three years ago a large lease was issued in the 

 counties of Inverness and Victoria to a company 

 who have undertaken to erect large pulp-mills 

 and- create a great industry in that section. The 

 applications for large areas made during the fiscal 

 year just closed are chiefly for lands in western 

 Nova Scotia, with a view to the further develop- 

 ment of the same industry." 



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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. Adams, 

 harles Kendall, educator and historian, born 

 in Derby, Vt., Jan. 24, 1835; died in Redlands, 

 Cal., July 26, 1902. He was graduated at the 

 University of Michigan in 1861, and studied in 

 Germany, France, and Italy. He became Assist- 

 ant Professor of History in the University of 

 Michigan in 1863, and in 1867 was made full 

 Professor, holding the chair until 1885. From 

 1881 to 1885 he was non-resident Professor of 

 History in Cornell University, and in 1885 he suc- 

 ceeded Andrew D. White as its president. He 

 resigned in May, 1892, and two months later ac- 

 cepted the presidency of the University of Wiscon- 

 sin, serving till his resignation in October, 1901. 

 He was president of the American Historical Asso- 

 ciation in 1890. He was the author of Democracy 

 and Monarchy in France (1874) ; Manual of His- 

 torical Literature (1882) ; British Orations (1884) ; 

 and Christopher Columbus. He was editor-in-chief 

 of Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia (1892-'95). 



Agnew, Daniel, jurist, born in Trenton, N. J., 

 Jan. 5, 1809; died in Beaver, Pa., March 9, 1902. 

 He was graduated at the Western University of 

 Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar in 

 1829. He practised in Pittsburg, and subsequent- 

 ly in Beaver, where he rapidly achieved a high 

 reputation as a real-estate lawyer. In 1833 he 

 joined the Whig party, and through his gift of 

 oratory soon became a leader. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Constitutional Convention in 1837-'3S, 

 and aided in framing a series of amendments to the 

 Constitution of 1790, which subsequently became 

 a part of it. In June, 1851, he was appointed 



president judge of the 17th Judicial District of 

 Pennsylvania, and in October following he was 

 elected for a term of ten years. He was reelected 

 without opposition in 1861, and in 1863 was 

 elected to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 

 where he served as Associate Justice till 1874, 

 when he became Chief Justice, and continued in 

 that office till the expiration of his term in 1879. 



Anderson, John F., military officer, born in 

 Wiscasset, Me., about 1834; died in Portland, 

 Me., April 19, 1902. He removed to Boston in 

 early life. When the civil war broke out he was 

 commissioned major of the 24th Massachusetts 

 Regiment, and later he was promoted brigadier- 

 general of volunteers. After the war he was in 

 business in Boston for many years. 



Andrews, Charles Bartlett, jurist, born in 

 Sunderland, Mass., Nov. 4. 1834; died in Litch- 

 field, Conn., Sept. 12, 1902. He was graduated 

 at Amherst College in 1858; studied law and \va- 

 admitted to the bar in Litchfield, where he after- 

 ward practised. He was elected to the State 

 Senate in 1868 and 1869, and to the House of 

 Representatives in 1889; was Governor of the 

 State in 1879-'81 ; judge of the Superior Court in 

 1882-'89: and chief justice of the Supreme Court 

 from 1889 till his retirement, Oct. 1. 1901. 



Andrews, George Pierce, jurist, born in 

 North Bridgeton, Me., Sept. 29, 1835; died in New 

 York city, May 24, 1902. He was graduated at 

 Yale University in 1858; was admitted to the bar 

 in 1861 ; and soon afterward was appointed As- 

 sistant United States District Attorney, which 

 office he held six years. From 1872 till 1884 he 



