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In New Brunswick, because of expansion into new 

 areas the loss is slighter, yet even here there is a loss 

 in more than half the counties. In Westmoreland the 

 falling off is 13 per cent. ; in Charlotte, 13 ; in King's 

 and Albert, 17. The loss in townships is startling. 

 Hampton, in King's, loses 40 per cent. ; Hillsborough, 

 in Albert, 41 ; Sussex, in King's, 45 ; Madawaska and 

 St. Francis, in Victoria, 47 and 53 respectively. 



In Quebec, though there is a rural gain amounting 

 over the whole Province to 4 per cent., yet there is a 

 shrinkage in twenty-seven counties; in some severe: 

 Montmorency, for instance, meets with a loss of 11.7 

 per cent ; Chambly and Vercheres, 11.9 ; Yamaska, 

 12 ; Kichelieu, 20.2 ; and Laval, 23.7 per cent. 



The contrast between rural loss and urban gain in 

 certain counties is as vivid in other Provinces as in the 

 case of Ontario. King's County, Prince Edward Island, 

 lost 3,178 in rural population while gaining 1,089 in 

 urban. In Nova Scotia the respective loss and gain 

 were: in Cape Breton, South, 1,173 and 19,438; in 

 Cumberland, 1,713 and 6,088 ; in Inverness 2,630 and 

 3,848 ; in Pictou, 5,885 and 8,284 ; in Shelburne and 

 Queen's, 3,329 and 3,112 ; and in Yarmouth, 1,211 and 

 1,562. Charlotte, in New Brunswick, lost 2,999 in 

 rural population and gained 1,713 in urban, while in 

 King's and Albert the loss and gain were 5,666 and 

 3,371, and in Westmoreland, 4,319 and 6,880. 



In Manitoba the receding of the tide has just set 

 in. Lisgar records a loss of 7.5 per cent. ; a score of 

 districts show recession. Were it not for expansion 

 over new territory towards the north, the whole Pro- 

 vince would show decline in rural population. 



