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... Fisheries Exhibition , 1883 ; Royal Commissioner Colonial and Indian Exhibition ; and Executive Commissioner for West Indies and British Hon- duras Section , & c . ) . THE WEST INDIES : GENERAL By Mrs. ERNEST HART ( Author of ...
... Fisheries Exhibition , 1883 ; Royal Commissioner Colonial and Indian Exhibition ; and Executive Commissioner for West Indies and British Hon- duras Section , & c . ) . THE WEST INDIES : GENERAL By Mrs. ERNEST HART ( Author of ...
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... fisheries are productive and a great source of wealth and the 70,000 fishermen engaged in the industry form an immense reserve of naval strength . Canada con- tains an abundance of the chief economic minerals and of the precious metals ...
... fisheries are productive and a great source of wealth and the 70,000 fishermen engaged in the industry form an immense reserve of naval strength . Canada con- tains an abundance of the chief economic minerals and of the precious metals ...
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... Fisheries - Manu- facturing industries - Foreign trade of the Dominion and its distribution Population and origins of the people - Social Economy - Indians - Immigration and the duty of directing British emigration to the British ...
... Fisheries - Manu- facturing industries - Foreign trade of the Dominion and its distribution Population and origins of the people - Social Economy - Indians - Immigration and the duty of directing British emigration to the British ...
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... fisheries . They provide employment for many thousands of hardy fishermen , who form a great reserve of maritime and naval strength for the Empire . Canadian codfish is well known in Europe and South America , and large quantities of ...
... fisheries . They provide employment for many thousands of hardy fishermen , who form a great reserve of maritime and naval strength for the Empire . Canadian codfish is well known in Europe and South America , and large quantities of ...
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... fisheries is nearly $ 22,000,000 per annum ( excluding the consumption of the Indians ) , they employ 70,000 men , and the capital invested in the shape of boats and nets is $ 10,000,000 ( £ 2,000,000 ) . Since the Con- federation it is ...
... fisheries is nearly $ 22,000,000 per annum ( excluding the consumption of the Indians ) , they employ 70,000 men , and the capital invested in the shape of boats and nets is $ 10,000,000 ( £ 2,000,000 ) . Since the Con- federation it is ...
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