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Rh present king of England was entertained during his visit to Fredericton.

I had a delightful sail on the steamer Victoria, down the river to the city of St. John, an important seaport with extensive maritime and manufacturing interests, sawmills, shipyards and iron foundries. St. John is a railway center, having the eastern transportation and shipping business of the Canadian Pacific.

The Intercolonial Railway has its headquarters at Moncton. Across Northumberland Strait is the Province of Prince Edward Island. The capital and principal city is Charlottetown.

South across the Bay of Fundy is the Province of Nova Scotia, which, with the other two mentioned, constitute the Maritime Provinces. Its capital and chief winter port is Halifax, which has the principal naval station, and is the