^{FN1 Ch42} See, Haliburton's extensive table tipped in at p. 388, vol. 2. [History of Nova Scotia (Halifax: Joseph Howe, 1829)]

^{FN2 Ch42} It was not simply a case of American fishermen versus Nova Scotian fishermen. Nova Scotia was full of people who had families which fled the United States at the end of the American Revolution: "Loyalists." "In the realm of foreign policy the United States was constantly attacked by the Halifax press throughout the period 1827-40. The United States was felt to be an aggressive and expansionist power." (R. H. McDonald, "Nova Scotia Newspapers View the United States 1827-1840," NSHQ, #6:1, p. 9.)

^{FN3 Ch42} Murdoch, vol. 3, p. 415 & 421.

^{FN4 Ch42} Dalhousie Journals (Oberon Press: In 3 vols.: 1978, 1981, & 1982), Vol. 1, p. 34.

^{FN5 Ch42} The Dalhousie Journals, Vol. 1, p. 111.

^{FN6 Ch42} Butler, "The Early Organisation and Influence of Halifax Merchants," NSHS, #25, p. 11 & p. 13. "I [Dalhousie] am convinced the Province will creep on in poverty, until Government shall alter the present Colonial system of trade, & open ports to the flag of other nations." (The Dalhousie Journals, 1817 entry, Vol. 1, p. 73.)

^{FN7 Ch42} See D. C. Harvey's article, "Nova Scotia and the Convention of 1818," Extracted from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, (Ottawa: Vol. XXVII: 3rd Series, Section II: 1933), pp. 57-73.

^{FN8 Ch42} R. H. McDonald, "Nova Scotia and the Reciprocity Negotiations, 1846-1854: A Re-Interpretation," NSHQ, #7:3, p. 211.

^{FN9 Ch42} David E. Stephens, in his article, "Forgotten Trades of Nova Scotia," sets out barrel sizes at page 81 (NSHQ, #2:1). There was quite a variety of sizes depending on what was in the barrel. For example: beer, 36 gallons; Herring, 32 gallons; and, oil, 50 gallons.

^{FN10 Ch42} From the Acadian Recorder, May 9, 1818 (See Murdoch, vol. 3, p. 424.)

^{FN11 Ch42} See Murdoch, vol. 3, pp. 445-6. A "shook," incidently is a "set of staves and headings sufficient for one hogshead, barrel, or the like, prepared for use and bound up in a compact form for convenience of transport. Boards for boxes prepared or fitted for use and packed in the same way bear the same name"

^{FN12 Ch42} John G. Langley, Steam Lion: A Biography Of Samuel Cunard (Halifax: Nimbus, 2006), p. 87.

^{FN13 Ch42} A. H. U. Colquhoun, The Fathers of Confederation, No.28 in the 32 volume series on the history of Canada edited by Wrong and Langton, (Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co., 1914-6), p. 14.

^{FN14 Ch42} As quoted by R. H. McDonald, "Nova Scotia and the Reciprocity Negotiations, 1846-1854: A Re-Interpretation," NSHQ, #7:3, p. 210.

^{FN15 Ch42} Ibid., p. 223.

^{FN16 Ch42} Wm. Lawson Grant, The Tribune of Nova Scotia (Toronto: Glasgow, Brook; 1921), p. 69.

^{FN17 Ch42} R. H. McDonald, "Nova Scotia and the Reciprocity Negotiations, 1846-1854: A Re-Interpretation," NSHQ, #7:3, pp. 216-7.

^{FN18 Ch42} MacMechan, The Winning of Popular Government, No.27 in the 32 volume series on the history of Canada edited by Wrong and Langton, (Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co., 1914-6), pp. 148-9.

^{FN19 Ch42} MacMechan, The Winning of Popular Government, p. 152.

^{FN20 Ch42} Debates as reported in Novascotian, Dec. 13th, 1854.

^{FN21 Ch42} Coal production "increased from an annual output of somewhere under 50,000 tons in 1854 to a total of 651,256 in 1865." (D. A. Muise, "The Federal Election of 1867 in Nova Sotia," NSHS, #36.)

^{FN22 Ch42} "Nova Scotia and the Reciprocity Negotiations, 1846-1854: A Re-Interpretation," NSHQ #7:3, p. 227. Incidentally, if one is interested in more detail in respect to The Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, then the work by Donald C. Masters (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1963) should be consulted as it is represented to be a standard work on the subject.