sentences:  But, the shortage of work at sea meant that unemployment remained a problem.Surplus labour was drifting in from the countryside, and many English people also took up begging in London.Lacking the resources to set up any new industry, the Committee took heed of such individuals as Richard Weaver who was "willing and desirous to go to Halifax and other Parts of Nova Scotia where there is a fairer Prospect of Employment" (see Black Nova Scotians).