The Province of New Brunswick thas been in the public mind during jing days of Mr. Baldwin's Canadian visit, but it has also been Srought to the attention of the people of other provinces by the issuing of a report by Dr. G. C. Creelman, who was appointed by Mr, E. W. Beatty to conduct an me 10 the resources the Province, at the request of Mr. Baxter, the Premier. Dr. Creelman' is an expert in agriculture, and, during the time of his investigation, he visited every important settle-, the province. Ie says that the province has, three great assets, feed climate, good sol and good people.
For many years, Now Brunswick: thas been thought of primarily as a lumbering province, but now it is emerging from the lumbering stare its development and the great ced is for development of its geod Innd: Certain parts are suitable for the raising of potatoes and this type of culti~-tion is being carrie' on with great success, but in every. area there is room for improvement in methods of cultivation, "ud the breed of livestock. The vestigation was instituted chiefly with the object of providing the government departments with me formation which would help them in securing the right type of migrants. The information now is ailable, for the government offi cals, and for the new settlers whom the good land is ready to receive, Big Debt Reductions The prosperous condition of Canada is shown in the figures. published by the Province of Quebec fand by the Dominion Government. Daring the past. year, the public debt of the Province of Quebec was reduced by almost five million dollars. The total receipts for the year amounted to $55,000,000, an unprecedented amount the increase being. due to large payments received from the various waters powers of the province and the Public' Charities Fund, which latter alone yielded almost' two million dollars to the provincial treasury. The largest item of expenditure was an amount of five end a half million for road:
From this, it will be seen that roads of the province are receiving, a great deal of attention. Many new rouds are being constructed and old ones are being improved. The changes in recent years have been So great that a visitor of ten years age sourcely would recognize many places he had seen on his former visit.
White the net debt of the Province of Quebec has been materially reduced, the net debt of the Dominion of Canada has been reduced by" 80 millier within the present year, This fact gives some indica tion of the generally. satisfactory condition of business in the country, and has served to increase Canada's prestige abroad.
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