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 entering the United States, at St. John, Quebec and Montreal railroad stations. Baggage not bonded through from these points will be examined at the international boundary or port of arrival. Residents of the United States may bring in articles for personal use, or souvenirs or curios not bought on commission or intended for sale to the value of $100, exempt from duty. But all articles must be declared. Each passenger over 18 years of age may bring into the United States 50 cigars, or 300 cigarettes, or 3 pounds of smoking tobacco for his personal use, free of duty in addition to the $100 exemption.

Non-residents of the United States must declare all articles aside from personal effects.

Provincial Railways and Steamers.

The most extensive rail system in the three Maritime Provinces—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island—is the Intercolonial road, operated by the Canadian Government. It may truly be said to have "founded confederation," for previous to its construction the Provinces had no rail connection with other parts of the Dominion, whose inhabitants the haughty Provincials dubbed "Canadians." Seventy years ago, Nova Scotia's orator-journalist, Joseph Howe, made bold to predict in a speech delivered at Halifax that "some of his hearers would live to hear the whistle of a steam engine among the passes of