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THE TOURIST'S MARITIME PROVINCES

Distance, Montreal–St. John via Canadian Pacific Railway, 483 miles.

Fares on Canadian railways approximate three cents a mile.[1] Each passenger is entitled to a free baggage allowance of 150 pounds. The railway coaches are similar in arrangement to those of the United States. With very few exceptions, train service is suspended throughout Canada on Sunday.


Customs.

Travellers entering Canada submit their baggage for inspection at ports of entry or frontier stations, unless, by special request, it has been bonded through to some other Customs station. Canadian Customs inspectors will examine baggage at Portland, Maine, and at the Central and Dearborn R. R. stations, Chicago, and bond it through to the passenger's destination. Hand baggage is inspected at frontier ports.

Personal effects, including wearing apparel, are admitted free of duty, also 40 cigars and 100 cigarettes in open packages. A deposit is required on fire-arms, fishing tackle and like importations, but is returned if the traveller leaves Canada within six months.

United States Customs officers will examine bag-

  1. The reader is referred to the pamphlet, "Summer Excursion Fares," issued by the Canadian Government Railways, Moncton, N. B., as to fares to and in the Provinces, local steamer rates, routes, etc.