New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-08
TRADE or NOVA SCOTIA.

In looking the statistical returns al before the
Legislature during the last session, we're struck
with the annually increasing dsproportion between
trade with the mother country and our trade with
the United Stotes The time when our exports 20
Great Britain had formed very large proportion of
the whole; but the time IL past. The Brti.h lssnds
take from bat t6l ,762 out Of ( 26i 2lS ster
ling thong We take from them E529 73l out OF an i'm
portation of { 65 lis Bat twentieth part of the
staples that We seud abroad find market in what
cell our mother country while a third Of all tina.
comes from thence, and is paid for by what
We coItrve 10 sell eswhere. II these returns
curae il would appear that we rurSe our mother and
and III at she sucks considerable eXeIt. Giving
heI credit for the ships she purchases and for the
whole OF her military expenditure, and there Will, we
suspect be very large balance 10 our credit az the
close Of our annual transactions. But ports out o:
- import anything from the old cou0iry, and bat
rs send ANYTHING there. With 10 Of our -eaports she
has no intercourse But 81 vessels cleared for Great
Britain IN 1858, measuring 4 ,Oi5 uns, and manned by
1851 men.
Turning to our trade with the United States the
trast il very striking. t. convey staples into that
country 3,5 vessels were required, measuring 26i-
94l tuns and navigaed by l5,12 sailors. The trade
itself wou1 appear TO he fairly balanced. Our
imports from the United States, being EjSi 3D. exceed
our British importaions by f53,9il, but shen they
take from ti0S 6i5 worth Of commodities or nearly
seven tines the amount which We send to the old
country. We suspect that our exports 10 the Unied
States ere much larger than would appear in the
turns We know that the export of potatoes must be
nearly double, and we believe that if our statistics
were gathered from the entries at the American Gus
tom Houses they wonld he found accurate than
our own. Thu Is wholesome trade, in which nearly
all our ports participate.
There il another striking contrast. IL - between
our trade 20 the West In6ies aud our trade To the
Biiish North American Provinces. To the former
there we're cleared, 1885, but BIZ vessels measuring
"a 81 tuns, and manned by ,i9I men, whLe :, lbl
weut out~ard 10 the North American Coiohle.,
ms assuring 21l 999 TINS and manned by L. Oi9 men.
We have been cuIious 10 see how each great dlvi-
sion Of sealine is Advancing IN navigation, and In
glancng the returns II e impossible not to marx
the decided superiority which these ports fronting on
the Atlantic maintain those which are closed tor
a portion year by frost For instance Arichat,
OF yarmouth, owns and employs more vessels tnan al
the Gulf ports put together. There are fur ports that
stand out preonneuty distinguished above all the
ohers-these are Halifax, Yarmouth, Lnnsnburg and
Archa Halifax owns the greatest number OF vessels
$751; but Yarmouth beats her in tunnage, her 10 sail
nea.uriug 50 0c0 tups and valued at 1881 265 while
our tunnage ia only - g6 and value but t2fD 657.
Arcnat and LuIeLburg both beat Yarmouth in num-
beT having respectively 5 aud 30 vessels, bat the
greater part o these fishing crafts, while large
proportion of the Yarmouth vessels engaged in the
carrying trade. The western seapOts from Yarmouth
to Chester, inclusive, own the most shipping In num-
Der 60 tuupsge 81 $50, valued at t4g9 06i. The
eastern ports, from Halifax 10 Guysboro inclusive,
but 400 vessels, valued at 1854 and measur
ing ~, sos tuus.
Cape Breton AIichat eXceptedl does not 20 ahead in
maritime pursuits a. We think 1t ought considering
tbs, il is not only surrounded by the sea- but absolutely
surrounds part Of il, taking the Atlantic prisoner
il were and folding Neptune 10 her own bosom. The
Sydney Coal TRACE employs good number of vessels,
but all the other ports in the island bat oil vessels
or less by u than the single port of Darlington. La-
nenburg beats all the fishing counties in the value of
her craft owning 30 vessels, most of them new and Of
beautiful models, valued at 10000. The rugged
shores Of Shelbune COun'y are also making rapid
strides 10 navigation. Darlington owns her y sail,
Ragged Islands % and Old Shebune Is, the combined
value berg nearly the as those Of Lunenburg.
From the Gut u CalsO round b Pus~ash, nav CATION
is sflec;ed by the Frost and eXcep, at Picou, the seat
of the Coal Trade, there but few vessels owned
all that line Of coast.
But perhaps, the most pleasing indications of
mercal activity disclosed by the be found
in the tIede Of the Wesern Bays and Basins, where,
even within memories, navigation, OF native
growth, could hardly be said 10 exist. We remember
when there was bot Nova Scotian square rugged
sci Owned in the Basin OF MInss ADD but one Or two
small craft in the Basin Of Annapolis. Bet Anna
polis ard Yarmouth, including Digby Neck and the
islsnds which are an extension Of that coast line there
are now eleven outports from which had 2iy vessels,
measuring u $50 tuns and v,lued at : u.s. 49, In the
Basin of Mnss and Bay of Fundy including the Parrs-
boro shore 70 Advocate IIarbor anu the Break
waters on the North Mountain, there owned BIZ
vessels, measuring -, az tUIs and valued al t2i3,
95j Transport stands 81 the head Of the st, o~unE
a. go Windsor comes next with 81, CO. On tue
PsIrsboro Il ore there owned % vessels measuring
- SIS and Maitland owns 80, measuring rs $40 tuus.
There IL EiIO1O worth of shipping owned N London
derry, and tll coo worth IN Walton.
Halifax Morning Chronicle