. Canadian grocer January-March 1919. many fish concessionswere given to people of rank and evenof nobility, all along the Gaspe coast andeven on the north shore. The MinganEstate is on the shore, a relic of the oldregime. * Still, in spite of the wealth of thewaters contiguous to Magdalen Islands,to the shores of the Gaspe Peninsula andnorth shores the fisheries of this Provincehave not developed and have not contri-buted to the wealth of Canada in thesame proportion as the newer Provincesof Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, andlater still, the Province of British Colum-bia. This is due to two dist
. Canadian grocer January-March 1919. many fish concessionswere given to people of rank and evenof nobility, all along the Gaspe coast andeven on the north shore. The MinganEstate is on the shore, a relic of the oldregime. * Still, in spite of the wealth of thewaters contiguous to Magdalen Islands,to the shores of the Gaspe Peninsula andnorth shores the fisheries of this Provincehave not developed and have not contri-buted to the wealth of Canada in thesame proportion as the newer Provincesof Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, andlater still, the Province of British Colum-bia. This is due to two distinct condi-tions and considerations. First, thechange in the habits of the consumingclasses, which prefer fresh,1 or frozenfish to cured or prepared fish, and second-ly, the lack of transportation and effective transportation is es-sential to the fish industry; in fact it isthe life-blood of the industry. Before the completion of the ,most of the fresh fish that came to thismarket was shipped from Portland and. J. A. PAULHUSPresident of the D. Hatton Co., Montreal. Boston. But as soon as the seaboardfishing centres of the Provinces of NovaScotia and New Brunswick were in directcommunication with interior markets, abig change took place. A large develop-ment of the fisheries by the Provincesfrom the seas was started and kept un-til it has reached the wonderful stageof progress where it is to-day. By comparison, last years catch offish in Nova Scotia was valued at $14,-168,319; in New Brunswick at $6,143,-088, while in Quebec it was valued only at$3,144,378, or exactly half of the Pro-vince of New Brunswick and not quiteone-quarter of value of the fisheries ofNova Scotia. Province of Quebec fisheries are iso-lated from the best markets. The bestfishing grounds of the Province, thoughnot farther situated from Montreal thanthe fishing banks running east and westof Nova Scotia, have no direct communi-cation by rail to consumers of the largeinterior cities. For
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