Some time ago, a Royal Commis. sion got to work in the Maritime Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Is-Innd, the object being to study the problems of this eastern region of Canada, and to determine what action the "Dominion Parliament should take to meet its needs, With the exception of an increase in the annual subsidies, little has been done yet, but it is rather interesting to note that the officials of the provinees concerned have taken active steps to attract settlers, and in other ways are going about the settling of their own difficulties.
Nova Scotia lies about half-way' between the great territories of Western Canada-and the consuming. Populations of Europe; it is within day's journey of all the great cen~ tres of the eastern United States, and is thus in a strategic position' for both Empire and. American, trade. As the province is near the sen, its climate is much more temerate than that of the rest of Canada, with the exception British' Columbia; neither the extreme heat nor the the interior are experienced, the rainfall is always suffice Opportunities for those who wish to take up farming are_plenti There are upwards of 1,500 vacant farms in the province, in' addition to those which are now occupied but are for sale. As a fruit-growing district, Nova Scotia is famous, the Annapolis valley being known' far and wide for its apple crop. It is said that the province produces more apples for export than all the rest of the British Empire put together. Organized marketing of commodi ling increasing favour the east and the United Fruit Com-anies, the Mai Egg Exchange and various livestock isted the small farmers to realize on their produce with much greater safety.
The Government of the province is looking eagerly for immigration, but it is not the intention to urge all and sundry to come. Those who are mentally or physically unfit need hile people of "uncer-troublesome breeds who, are unable to work with patience and energy" will not be welcomed, The province maintains an Agricultural College and an experimental farm, and from these centres gives every possible encouragement to the individual settler, who he can always obtain information about his crops and his troubles on application. Many indications point to a refilling Of the choice land in the east, now
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