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THE DALHOUSIE REVIEW NOVA SCOTIA CANADA'S EASTERN GATEWAY NOVA SCOTIA is the nearest Canadian Province to Great Britain. As the oldest estab­ lished Province of the Dominion, it has more to offer the newcomer from the standpoint of social conditions, than the newer Provinces of the west. There are other important reasons, however, why British people should settle in Nova Scotia. NOVA SCOTIA has the most basic resources for industrial development of any portion or the American Continent. While her industries are expanding rapidly, agriculture still remains of prime importance and last year the Province was favored with crops to the estimated value of over $26,000,000. ANNUAL WEALTH Returns for 1923 Coal . ......... ................... .... ... ..... .. ..... $36,410,000 Coke and By Products ......... .. ..... ..... .. ...... .. ... 3,286,000 Gold and other Minerals .. ....... .. ..................... 255,000 Gypsum, Limestone, etc .. ... ..... .. .............. ..... 3,195,200 Building Materials and Clay Products ... ................... 1,940,500 Iron and Steel Products ........... ...... ................. 12,620,000 Fisheries .. .. ................ ......................... 11,779,300 Manufactures, Ships and Freights ........................... 53,185,000 Products of the Farm .. ................. ......... .. .. 26,045,100 Products of the Forest ................. ................. 12,350,600 Game and Furs .................... ...... ............... 780,000 Grand Total . ..... ..... ................................. $161,846,700 NOVA SCOTIA has land suitable for Mixed Farming, Market Gardening, Dairying, Sheep Raising and Fruit Growing. Her apples are among the finest flavored in the World. Trees bear from five to ten years after planting and yield profitably for from sixty to one hundred years. Nearly a million acres of land not yet planted are suitable for orcharding. NOVA SCOTIA has strong local markets and unexcelled opportunities for exporting. Her ports, a number of which rank among the most accessible and safest harbors in the World, are near to the great international trade routes. NOVA SCOT[A, unlike the great prairie Provinces of Canada, the development of wbieh depend very largely upon one or two resources, presents the greatest variety of Agricultucal. Industrial and Commercial opportunities of any part of the Dominion of Canada. Full information supplied on application to AGENT GENERAL, Director of Colonization and Development, 33 St. Jarnes' Square, Department of Natural Resources, London, S. W.I., Engiand. Halifax, N. S. ii THE DALHOUSIE REVIEW 1 Graham Bell was Almost One of Ourselves JT is, perhaps, of peculiar interest to Canada and Canadians that the civilized world is paying homage to Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the Telephone. When in 1870 his constitution began to weaken under the trying climatic conditions of Edinburgh, Scotland, his birth place, it was to Brantford, Ontario, he came in search of the vigour that was threatening to leave him. It was at Brantford that he conducted the . researches which put him on the road to his great invention; which he made the centre of development of the Telephone by theoretical reasoning, and there it was the idea of the Telephone was conceived. It was between Brantford and Paris, eight miles away, that the first long-distance message was transmitted. When, in the evening of his days, the inventor sought solace and rest, it was to his beautiful estate of Beinn Bhreagh in Cape Breton he turned his steps. Now, his day's work over, the ashes of the inventor, wh9, by his great achievement, did so much to draw his fellow creatures closer together and to make them happier and their lives better, mingle with the dust of his much beloved Cape Breton. Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company Limited HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA I THE DALHOUSIE REVIEW ill THE DALHOUSIE REVIEW I IDqr 1\grirultural Olnllege TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA OFFERS A. Scholastic Course for those who are applicants for degrees in Agriculture. B. Practical Farm Course, Two Years. C. Series of Practical Short Courses. Several graduates now holding prominent Dominion and Pro­ vincial situations were graduates of Colleges and Universities be­ fore entering the Agricultural College. TUITION FREE to students from the Maritinu! Provinces For Full Particulars write M. CUMMING, Principal TRURO,N.S. I THE DALHOUSIE REVIEW V ial4nunir Juiurrnity HALIFAX, N. S. (With which King's College is now associated). Arts Science 1 Commerce Music EngitJ.eering Pharmacy Law Medicine Dentistry I Valuable Entrance Scholarships: Nine of value $200.00 to $85.00, awarded on results of matriculation examinations, September 22-25, 1925. I Equally Valuable Scholarships: Awarded at end of each year of course. UNIVERSITY HALL, residence for men, on banks of North West Arm, temporarily the home of King's College. SHIRREFF HALL, beautiful new residence for women. REGISTRATION DAYS, September 21st to 26th for all Arts and Science students and first year students in Engineering, Medicine and Dentis. try. September 8th and 9th for all other students. FOR FULL INFORMATION apply in person or by letter to the Registrar. I vi THE DALHOUSIE REVIEW PORT HOPE IDrinity <!!nllrgt ~rqnnl ONTARIO HF.AD MASTER: REV. F. GRAHAM ORCHARD. M.A., CAMBRIDGE, D.D., TRINITY The School Is now In lts 60th year. The lar~c and hand- some new fireproof buiJdjnns arc furnished with all 1 modern appliances for tbe health and comfort of the boys. I All the buildln~s a re h eated by a central heatln~ plant. Pupils are prepare.<! for the Honour and Junior Matriculation exa"!i!'ations of the Universities, the entrance exammat10ns of the Law and Medical school•, the Royal lvhhtary College, Army, Navy, etc. Only boarders are taken and there is a staff of 16 masters for 170 boy<;. • The school premises include upwards of 100 acres of land, which afford Ample Grounds for Cricket. Football, Tennis and Other Ou t-Door Games. Thc.re is also a spacious and handsome brick gymnasium, with playroom for use in bad weather and a new covered skating rink. The new Memorial Junior Scnool, under a separate staff, provides for boys between the ages of ejght and fourteen. /'> ne~ Mernor'al Hospital contains accommodation for over forty patients with separate wards for utfecllous cases. For copits of lilt prosptclus of> ply to /Ju Burstrt. .---------------------------· W~t Jresbytrrittn Q1nllrgr PINE HILL, HALIFAX In affiliation with Dalho.aie Univ.,rsity ROVIDES instruction in the Theological subjects ptescribed for Ministers of the Pr~•byteria o Church in Canada. Residential accommodation is available for 115 men durina both theu: Aru P and Theological courses. Bursaries also are obtainable. Application ior accommodation in th~ Re.ideoce should be matle early to the Dean, Prof. H. A. Kent:. Pine Hill. For further information abqut comscs, con­ ditions, and privileges apply to the Principal CLARENCE McKINNON, PINE HILL, HALIFAX, N. S. Nnutt ~rntitt IDtrqniral Q.tollrgr AFFILIATED WITH ACADIA, DALHOUSIE, KINGS, MT. ALLISON, ST. FRANCIS XAVIER and ST. MARY'S. Offers Courses leading to the Degree of B.Sc. in CIVIL, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL AND MINING E NGINEERING I TWENTY SCHOLARSHIPS COVERING FULL TUITION. TUITION $75.00 per year. 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