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sparse population extend nearly all the way along the 

 northern shores of the Bay of Fundy, from St John to 

 St Andrews, a distance of sixty-five miles. It is repul- 

 sive, therefore, to the emigrant, and will be occupied and 

 tilled much more slowly than some of those inland parts 

 of the province of which I have already spoken, 



Dr Peters had two farm-servants, to each of whom he 

 paid £40 a-year without board. Mr Macarthy, on the 

 dyked land, gave his head-man £30 currency in money, 

 with a house, fuel, potatoes, and a cow ; and to his other 

 men from £15 to £25, besides their board. But in St 

 John, and the adjoining counties, wages are lower than 

 in any other part of the province, because so many 

 (especially of the Irish) emigrants linger here — as they 

 do elsewhere — near the port they arrive at, and work 

 for smaller wages rather than proceed into the interior, 

 where better land and better wages are to be obtained. 



The following table exhibits the average rate of wages 

 for agricultural labour in the several counties of the 

 province, in addition to board, washing, and lodging, in 

 sterling money : — 



The wages at the present time in Berwickshire (Scot- 



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