Terr rragrLt Seer REF? 3455 rp - a ~ - - - - --- - - - 4 ww # » 5 -- *'he Tim (1) General view of 'the Quebec Harbor, The Em- press of France at the outer dock. (2) Biggest raid ever known in Dublin, Anxious aged women trying to pass the soldiers. (3) Burial ground of Germany's naval power. Great artillery from fortress of Wilhelmshaven being taken to the shops to be cut to pieces and melted, (4) A whist drive on a British man-o'-war in pro- gress. A popular amusement for the sailors, (5) The Turkish nationalist delegation leaving the peace conference at St. James Palace, (6) The Cambridge University steeplechase at Tot- tenham for the Ladies' Cup. Won by 8S. Sanford, on "Luck." (7) Reschid Pasha who is attending the Turkish peace conference in London. (8) Lloyd George on his way to St, James Palace for peace conference, A TTY - LLU THT WAH UBT EARLE ERE AT IY ITI (1) Drying fish at Digby, Nova Stotia is a lar, ying coast-wise to the other Marij- time Provinces of Canada, and the surrounding sea is plentifully stock- ed with all varieties of food-fish ¢ommon to northern waters, Its sea- ward side, for its entire length of] i 800 miles, slopes gradually to a low shore, facing to the south-ea washed by the Atlantic ocean; it is easy of approach, well provided with navigation aids: not wanting im com- niodious harbors and abounding in andy coves, the bases of operation for the mosquito fleet (shore boats of all kinds). The climate is some- what milder than that of other localities in the same latitude on this side, and fishing of cne sort ar an- other is carried on the whole year round. - The fi lowin ers cod, lobsters season), hafibut, pollock, smelt, swordfish and tuna, ides certain bait fish, oysters and clams, the last two being cultivated only in a few sections, But capable shore-belt only and the and inner unds a jority | a lobsters. est months, because the ice-forming winds, which are gly from the north, blow direct] off shore and are never 'of long duration. Gener. ally speaking, the rotatioh of fish. previoully alluded to as OF Vessels, the former taking place every. year with the passin, Seasons, consists of ground- fish, aE ras and salmon; in sprin, first-named continue through summer with the addition of t which they manage! haddock, halibut and pollock later; number approximately 20,000 while | in the fall months (haddock persist the latter,' frequenting bankers is Lunenburg, the real fish- ery emporium of Atlantic Canada, outer (ing) herring, mackerel (southward anks, may be set down at about | migration) oysters, swordfish, tina 5,000. The home port for the grand | and some other species, and in the winter, cod, halibut, and hake by the in-shore 1! and smejt fishing g Gloucester (the notable Streams. Open lobster seasons are New England head Sentra), both in | fixed by law and differ according to units and production, ust now members of the €rews are often part owners in thf vessels which they man: a sort of co-operative system which accounts for the successful voyages. single trip takes up several weeks, ' Of the annual lobster catch, sec- ond largest in value and importance, alf is canned of more extensive development. The i inner banks yield a similar crop with the exception of netfish and crus- e the outlying areas are iefly for cod, Baddock and seines and and sometimes for tuna as well, For the inner and outer bank: in use are the here exceptionally high rices are obtained, In districts not conditions east and west, none eg. ceeding three months in length The total yearly value of Nova Scotia's fisheries i8 estimated now at $15,000,000 in round numbers, - is sum represents the value of the fish when rought to - land or, in other wor 8, it is the aggregate earnings of the whole number of fishermen. It wip be observed that the per capita amount is $600 byt, in many instance indivi 4d Temots from the foreign market, | bo. selves are the own individual g market prices and without the iddlemen other than gners and commission This is a point of vant. age hich constitutes he ai 3 Fae. or Prosperity of the "shore Settlements in Nova Scotia. On the south shore, the weather never severe enough to suspand s in | fishing Operations 'for more than a day or so at a ¢ the harbor and roadstesds kesping open ir roe ents famil Id be ] work . amily wou Nearly three times the amount of the rate per head. The calling, as conducted in Nova Seotia, taking one season with another, ma be considered as Jairly remunerati with an undoupted ature devel ment which will raise sth higher standard j field of labor. that the