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two days nearer to each other by the 'All-Red ' line of steamships, 

 destined to knit together more closely the distant portions of the 

 Empire. Like busy shuttles ceaselessly weaving the web of traffic/ 

 a fleet of the very best steamships of modern days will soon ply to 

 and fro, reducing as far as possible the natural disadvantages of 

 distance. The settler will soon think little less of the broad ocean 

 separating him from home than if he lived across the Solent. 



Lest any might imagine that the writer may be unduly prejudiced 

 in favour of Nova Scotia, the following encomium pronounced on 

 this lovely province of the Dominion by His Excellency Earl Grey, 

 Governor-General of Canada, on the occasion of his last summer's 

 tour, is worth quoting as unbiassed confirmation : 



' To-day brings my visit to Nova Scotia to an end. It is with 

 great regret that I leave the shores of this beautiful province. I 

 have seldom enjoyed a day's travel more than yesterday, when I 

 motored over sixty miles through the famous Annapolis Valley 

 which lies behind you. 



' The rich crop of potatoes and other vegetables, the heavily 

 loaded orchards, the prosperous and comfortable homesteads, the 

 soft and refreshing air, the evidence of general well-being, and the 

 absence of any sign of hardship or poverty all these things caused 

 me to realize more vividly than I had ever had occasion to realize 

 before, how great are the privileges enjoyed by the people of Nova 

 Scotia, and what desirable advantages your province offers to those 

 who, coming from across the seas, seek to create a new home under 

 the free and happy flag of Britain on this side of the Atlantic.' 



No other land under the ' old flag ' shows such a generally 

 comfortable manner of living among its inhabitants. 



Nova Scotia contains large tracts of woodland which produce 

 timber for manufacturing into lumber for exportation. Large 

 quantities of pine, spruce, hemlock, hardwood, deals, scantling, 

 staves, etc., are annually shipped from the different ports in the 

 province to the West Indies, United States and Europe. 



A large proportion of the Nova Scotian farms, unlike those in 

 Great Britain, contain a wood lot, and this is a great advantage 

 to the farmer. He has arable land enough for raising all necessary 

 crops, including hay ; pasture land enough for the requirements of 

 the stock he keeps, and wood land enough to supply all necessary 

 fuel, fencing, and building timber. Although the coal supply in 

 the province is abundant, farmers usually provide their fuel from 

 their own wood lot, and do so in winter months when farm work 

 does not press upon their time. When the farm embraces 200 

 acres or more, the wood portion is often large. These wood areas, 

 combined with the larger forests owned by the lumber manufac- 



