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 the largest ship plying between the United States and the Provinces.

The Boston and Yarmouth Steamship Company (Central Wharf, Boston) offers the shortest route between the States and Nova Scotia. During the summer, six to eight sailings a week, both east and west bound, are scarcely sufficient to meet the demands of the tourist traffic. The crossing between Boston and Yarmouth consumes about 17 hours. Distance, 240 miles.

A direct, all-water, bi-weeldy service between Boston and St. John, New Brunswick, is performed by the steel steamers of the Eastern Steamship Corporation (Central Wharf, Boston), with additional Sunday sailings out of Boston from July to September. Distance, 280 miles. Time, 20 hours.

The Coastwise Service of the International Line, administered by the above-mentioned Corporation, is maintained by steamers which call at Portland, Eastport and Lubec, Maine, on the way between Boston and St. John.

The Cascapedia of the Quebec Steamship Company sails fortnightly from Montreal and Quebec for Pictou, Nova Scotia (147 miles by rail from Halifax), via the St. Lawrence River, Gaspé Basin, Percé (Quebec), Summerside (Prince