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ala September, 1870, is eligibly situated at the Charlottetown, May 10, 1800. | Qo -ner of Richmond and Great George — | Streets, Charlottetown. About two hun-

THE RAILWAY.

Not many months will, we venture to

predict, pass away ere the p: ople of this

Island at its P ’

the great boon conferred upon the Pro

vince by the Liberal-Conservative party,

estimate proper value

: Jone | uader the Leadership of James C. Pope

and George W. Howlan. Jespite alarm

ioe rumors, emanating from official as !} as unofficial sources ; from Mr. Swin- | yord as well as Mr, L, H. Davies ; from

the Local Opposition Press 2s well as|

from 1 railway is already well patronized by the Since it was opened,

gnorant, dissatisfied croakers—the

travelling public. the traffic has largely inerea ed. On the 26th April the first train ran between Char- | lottetown and Georgetown. The passen- gers numbered but twenty.

| very

| ments. Ingress and egress to and from each

| the rooms are pictures and mottos calculat- |

’'S SCHOOL.

LOOL,

Sr. Patrick’ established by His

Lordship the Bishop of Charlottetown, in

dred pupils —many of them the children of peor persons The

course of their studies is divided into three

now attend it. departments - the Preparatory, the Inters | mediate and Commercial } partment there is a schoolroom and a teach-

and for each des

er.

The School-rooms are on the second flat of the building. Glass partitions, running north and south, divide the flat into three compart-

compartment is secured by a hall running the length of the building. This hall is 10t pa: itioned off in the ordinary way. On the side next the schoolrooms is a stout 1 the rooms

strong railing. So that each o!

get the full benelit of botu rows of double windows with which the building is travers- ed ; and light and ventilation - es sential to mental and physical growth and strength— |

Around the walls of eacl

1 of |

|

are secured

On April 27th they numbered 43 | ed to stimulate, discipline, and eleyate the | — oY | minds of children, The desks are p i —_— a - lin rows. ‘T'wo pupils sit at each desk. The ve can 93 several teachers occupy raised seats at the | ws oa - 159 east side of each room. The headsmaster | ” ‘4th " 160 | or Principal, has the first room , -_ by ‘ Geth " 32! means of the glass partitions, the whole | oth ° 336 | school—botb teachers and masters are at wth 202 | all times directly under his eye. In the) Sth . 215 | Principal's room is a library of three hun-

The total amount collected up to Friday was, for passengers,$1025.5)'; for freight, | $509.55.

For these statistics we are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Roper of the Railway

Department.

staff is not yet properly organized, that | : served

there is no time table, no telegraph, and few trained officials in whom the public can place confidence ; when we remember that a systematic attempt has been made to seare people from the railway—the large increase in the passenger traffic, and the highly favorable impression the railway has made on those who travel upon it— strangers as well as natives—is highly

gratifying. Concerning the freight traf-

| dred volumes — selected especially with a |

When we consider that the |

fic, we have not any definite or reliable information. Ithas, we understand, been | fully as large as was anticipated. As soon as the ‘spring ships’ arrive it will (if the tariff be not considered too high, ) largely increase for at least a month ; in mid-summer, we may fairly calculate on the arrival of many strangers, who will make use of the railway; in the fall there will, undoubtedly, be a heavy local traffic both in freight and passengers ; and, as this is the most densely populated the “ way

Province in the Dominion, traffic” will probably be large and con- tinuous. Altogether, there is every rea- son to anticipate the fulfilment of Mr. Pope’s prediction, that our Island railway will, if properly managed, pay as well, as any railway in the Dominion.

The exceedingly high tariff which the Dominion Government have thought fit to | establish will, however, be a drawback. While business men can obtain freight accommodation from steamers and sailing packets at less than half the rates charged by the railway, chey will not-be likely to employ more cars than they absolutely require. In Nova Scotia and New Bruns- | wick, the tariff lately imposed on Govern- | meat Railways, has created great and | widespread dissatisfaction. It may be| sately assumed that the maintenance of our railway will not cost half as much as that of | the railways of these sister Provinces, and yet our people have been inflicted with | the same almost unbearable burden of tariff.. This is not right. On the strict- est commercial principles it is not right. Why should we, who are favored by | nature, we who have a cheap railway, be | obliged to pay as much as those whose railways, built on the broad guage, run | through hundreds of miles of rock, over steep hills and deep ravines? We feel | certain our people do not require any | special privileges. We believe they would not ask a single farthing from the taxpayers of Ontario, or Quebec, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, Manitoba or British Columbia, towards the mainten- ance of their railway. But they will ob- ject to the imposition of a special tax towards defraying the losses on other

lines of Government Railway in the Do-| minion ; and they will ask that the tariff |

of the railway, built with their money only, be so fixed that the line will afford to them the largest amount of accommo- dation consistent with the payment of working expenses.

Before concluding this article, we may remark — without impugning Mr. Me- Kechnie, who is, we understand, a first- class officer —-that it is full time a railway time-table was issued, the staff properly organized, the telegraph line put up, and the postal arrangements com- pleted. Was not Mr. Swinyard sent here last August for the express purpose of organizing a staff and making arrange- meats? Surely time enough has elapsed since then !

“ -_>- — -_— SOURIS BREAKWATER.

Two hundred and eighty fect of Souris |

Breakwater has been built. Eight hund- red and ninety-six feet are to be added by the Dominion Government. The addition is to extend westward from the western end of the present structure. The lower pertion of the work, up to a height of two feet above low-water mark, is to be constructed in sixteen lengths or cribs. Each length or crib is to be fifty-six feet long and forty-six feet wide, and to be built plumb from the bottom. Above the before-mentioned level, the work is to be continuous over the whole length. It must stand, at the time of completion and acceptance by the Dominioa Government, five feet above high-water mark—spring tides. The present breakwater is to be

built up to a corresponding height for a distance of two hundred feet; and then it is to slope down gradually to its ype level. Should the contractor build any of the eribs on the ice, he is to do so at his own risk. Payments will be made during the progress of the work—ten per cent being reserved until its completion and acceptence. The coutract is to be completed on or before the first of June, 1877.

NEW HOTEL.

We understand there is some prospect of the erection of a large hotel on the cor- ner of Great George and Water Streets. The Steam Navigation Company offer the vacant lot, including the Revere House ; and an effort is being made to form a com- pany to erect the building. We hope some public spirited individual will take hold

“ts {7.00€8,

| is thereiore pa

| ment were examined.

}in the branches in which they had been

view to the entertainment and instruction of beys. These books are lent to these who have honorably passed out of the school. | Chus the very strong bond of attachment which is formed between nearly every boy | vat mater, is strengthened and pre- | Ihe scrupulously clean. ink, no notches or carved figures on the desks, no disgusting mind-and-~moral-de- basing pictures and writings on the walls. From such things even the out-buildings

and his a! rooms, we may observe, are

There are no spots of

of St. Patrick’s School are, happily, free.

The department of study comprises :--

l. Preparatory Department. — \eligious Instruction, Spelling, Reading, Rudiments | of Grammar, Writing, Geography and Arith- metic.

2. Inte Instruction, Sacred History, Spelling, (with written exercises), Reading, Grammar, His-

mediate Depa tment, — Religious

tory, (modern) Geography, Writing, Ariths metic and Vocal Music,

3. Commercial Department.— Religious In- struction, Book-keeping by single and | double entry, with the latest and most prac. | tical Business Forms, Commercial Corress | pondence ‘in French and English, Penman- |

| ship, Grammar, Composition, History, (An. |

cient and Modern), Geography, Use of}

Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry

Trigonometry, (plain and |

Mensuration,

| spherical); Linear Drawing, Surveying, Na»

vigation, Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, | French, Voca! and Instrumental Music.

Che special object of the latter depar. | ment is to prepare young gentlemen for | the counting room, and particular attention

Tuesday and Wednesday. On the latter even- ing the students in the Commercial Depart- bishop, the Vicar General, and several Priests, Henry Lawson, Esq.. P.

OUR LIGHTHOUSES.

—--- \ lhe jinister of Marine and | Fisheries reports that “during the past sea- son the lighthouses in this division have been visited by the General Superintends arrangements

Deputy

ent and

made to have repairs performed on the

of Lighthouses,

lighthouses most urgently requiring them. The necessary supplies for the lighthouses have been delivered at each station by the government As stated in the report of last year, the light» houses and lighting apparatus were found by the Superintendent to be very inferiory

schooner Nickerson.

+

| assistants, our rivers might teem with fish.

SPEi:LING

COMPETITION AT SUM.

Oj TR FISHERIES. —-. MERSIDE. ; INGAND, | THE AUSPICKS OF THK TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION. fr is greatly to be regreited that no | measures have been to ken by the Domin- [vom our own Correspondent.]J

| ion Government to protect the Salmon and | Trout Fisheries of this Island, Under the |

be &

Novice had been given that there would competition of spelling between

supervision of an active Inspector 88d) twenry picked children of Summerside

From Supplement (No, 5) to the Report of

Grammar school, | picked from the Eastern District Sum-

and twenty children

the Minister of ‘iarme and Fisheries, We | mers'de school and the school at Wilmot

learn that Senator Haythorne has been in | communication with the Department on the subject. Senator Haythorne states ; |

“ The writer took an opportunity, before |

and to require a large amouut of repairs and improvements, and the following is a summary of the work performed at each

station, and of the improvements required.

BLOCK HOUSE POINT, CHARLOTTETOW \

HARBOR,

the setting in of last win spawning grounds in Winter@iver, in order to form an adequate opinion of the results arrived at. The spawning season how- ever, was then over, and the fish were ly- ing in numbers in deep pools, waiting for a freshet to carry them down to salt water. Their work was apparent in many places,

to visit the |

id to the commercial studies. | - . Se ; 100 feet apart. Last week a public examination of the|,. |. ; | lighting apparatus | pupils was held on the evenings of Monday, |

His Lordship the |

The buildings at this station are so much decayed by age as scarcely to merit repair,

and it was thought advisable to perform only slight temporary repairs, till arrange- to erecta new light

It is proposed to

ments could be made house and dwelling. the white light to all points of

erect a tower of

£> as ] show a fixed

approach, and to show also a powerfal red | laced | light in the direction of the outer buoy on | Governor Island reef. It is also proposed |

to place a bell buoy on this reef.

POINT PRIM LIGHTHOUSE,

‘This lighthouse is built of brick, and the | i t /not think that river has been well attend. . j ed to; it might be as good for salmon as pairs have been made to the founda-| :

walls were found to be in good condition, Re tion of the tower, and also to the lantern, but it will be necessary ere long to provide old and cannot be depended on, Some new lamps and reflectors were provided, and some minor repairs also performed on the lighthouse in addition to those stated. Che dwelling house was found to be unfit for occupation, and the necessary steps

| were taken to put it in good condition.

MURRAY HARBOR RANGE LIGHTS.

A new lantern, ijamps and reflectors were |

supplied to this station, but it is proposed to erect two open framed towers,one on the wharf and the other on the beach, in place oi the present arrangements, and to place both lighthouses in charge of one person instead of two as at present.

PANMURE HEAD.

The tower of this building consists of a large framed building, and during the past season it has been thoroughly repaired and painted. The copperand iron work in the lantern has also been repaired, and new lamps and reflectors supplied, and alse ex- tensive repairs made in the dwelling house.

ST, ANDREW'S POINT.

The tower and lantern were repaired, and new lamps and reflectors supplied. new breastwork has also been built on both

sides of the lighthouse,

TRACADIE RANGE LIGIITS.

The present lights are placed in small lanterns standing on day beacons 700 feet New lamps were supplied and the lanterns repaired. It is proposed to build two towers at this station, and to show a red light from one and a white light from

apart.

| the other.

LUSTICO.

The range lights at this point are in small lanterns raised on beacons placed Temporary repairs to the made at this station, but the General Superintendent is

were

of opinion that it will be necessary to erect |

a tower at this station, and make other improvements in the interests of naviga-

| tion. D. Cox, |

| Esq.,C. E., several other gentlemen and

NEW LONDON. "he range lights at this station are

a large number of ladies and children were | raised in small lanterns placed on the day

presént. The boys were exercised in arith-

nometry, geography, the uses of globes,sur,, veying the mechanical forces, etc. Questions and problems were given them by the Principal, the Vicar General, and by Henry Lawson, Esq. In each branch they. acquitted themselves well. They could ell the 2. thi ness,they demonstrated that they were well ‘bottomed’ in their studies, Masters

Patrick Corbett, William Corbett and James

t ‘

‘why’ and the ‘ wherefore

ngs, and besides showing great experts

kk § Cox, p Should they go on as they have begun, there can be no doubt that they will one day be distinguished scholars. At the conclusion of the examination Henry Law-

ar cae

ticularly, displayed

son, Esq:, in response to a request of the Bishop, briefly addressed the boys. He said that he was agreeably surprised at their proficiency. The examination had proved to him that they had worked hard under the direction of good teachers. Their per- formances in mathematics had specially surprised and pleased him. He trusted that they would go on—learn all they could and learn thoroughly. The great point is to ‘understand.’ Youth, he remark-~

ed, is the season for improvement. They possessed uncommon advantages. They should struggle upward, At the

bottom of the hill of knowledge they would always be jostled by a crowd of competi- titors ~but there was ever plenty of room at the top. He counselled them to try to get tothe top. The trial would, undoubts edly, cost them labor, and they might not be able to get as high as they anticipated. Still, they should push up, and secure as high a position as they could. His Lords ship supplemented Mr. Lawson’s address with a fewremarks. He said that he, too, had been gratified. He was pleased to know that, although their time had been partially taken up with the study of reli- gion, they had made such marked progress

examined. Ile counselled them always to keep on the path of rectitude. Education, with all its advantages, and all the powers it confers. is buta poor thing if it is not accompanied by virtue. ie trusted they would ever remember the lessons of mo- rality and religion they had received. Both speakers were heartily applauded by the boys. ii ie ili

DISTRESSED SEAMEN.

In his Report the Deputy Minister of Mas rine and Fisheries states, that “In the Prox vince of Prince Edward Island the Expen- diture on account of sick and distressed seamen, for the past fiscal year, amounted to $922.85, while the amount collected was $516.86,

A Marine Hospital is established in Char- lottetown, and Dr. F. P. Taylor was ap- pointed Medical Superintendent on the 5th May last, at a salary of $300 per annum. The average number of patients attended to in this lospital is nearly three per week.

The provisions of the Sick Mariners’ Acts were only extended to the Province of Prince Edward Island on the Ist July last, but the Act providing for the extension of these Acts to that Province, also declared the duties which had been collected under them during the previous year, to haye been lawfully demanded and paid.”

Tue Dreper.—Capt. Williams informs us that the dredge will commence work at the Railway wharf this week.

ee

‘Mr. Locay, of Pictou, will rebuild his tannery.

ar The appointment of Judges to the Su- preme Court will not take place till Sep.

i

cleverness. |

| beacons. A new lantern, with lamp and metic,algebra, geometry, mensuration, trig-

reflector, was supplied at this station, but it would appear that a tower is required to be built, as in the case of Rustico.

FISH ISLAND, MALPEQUE BAY.

The lighthouse at this station is a slight wooden structure not worthy of repair, and the dwelling house has been abandoned as as unfit for use. New lamps and reflectors | were supplied to this lighthouse, but it | will be necessary to erect a new lighthouse,

|

| dwelling and oil store at this station, and also to establish a beacon range light. LITTLE CHANNEL.

The range lights at this station are of the most temporary description, and it will be necessary to erect a small tower and dwelling, and also an oil store. and to place arange lighton a moveable frame.

CASCUMPEC.

The lighthouse at this point is placed on Sandy Island It consists of a small tower showing a white fixed light. There is also a dwelling house and a small beacon showing a red light, but the buildings are

repairs. Some improvements were made to the lighting apparatus, but a new light» house and other buildings would seem also to be required at this station.

NORTH CAPE.

This is one of the most important light stations on the Island. The tower isa good substantial building, and there is a small dwelling house for the use of the keeper. The present illuminating ap- paratus consists of a dioptric light of the fourth order, but the light is not of the power and character that its importance demands, and it is proposed to replace it with a powerful revolving white light on the catoptric principle. Some slight re- pairs were performed at this station.

SUMMELSIDE OR BEDEQUE HARBOR.

The lighthouse at this station is situated on the Queen’s Wharf, Summerside ; but the tower is so low that the light is often obstructed by vessels, A tower with open framing below, sufficiently high to showa light 52 feet above the wharf is required ut this place.

SEA-COW HEAD.

The lighthouse consists of a heavy framed octagonal building with stone foundation Considerable repairs to the foundation were carried out, the tower painted and repaired and a new copper ventilator supplied to the lantern. A dwelling house appears to be required at this station for the keeper.

CRAPAUD,

This light is only of a temporary charac, ter, the lantern being raised on a pole’*ith guide rods. A new lantern, lamps and reflectors were supplied at this station, but it will be necessary to erect a tower here also.

Appropriations were made by Parlia- ment at its last session for the construcs tion of a lighthouse on Wood's Island, and tenders will shortly be.invited for this work. An appropriation was also made for the erection of a lighthouse on West Point, and it is probable that this work will be under contract during the ensuing sea~ son of navigation.

During the past season a number of Harbor Masters have been appointed for ports and harbors in this province, in acs cordance with the provisions of the Act passed at the last session of Parliament relating to Harbor Masters ; and the buoys at these ports have been placed under their charge, but it will be necessary that in future new arrangements be made for the oversight of the extensive buoy seryice on the Island.

The total expenditure for maintenance of lighthouses, buoys and beacons in Prince Edward Island for the year ended

.

of and push the enterprise.

* ie ace oe

tember,

. -

30th of June last, was $3,357.71.”

| are an easy prey to poachers, and it is from

height ot 30 feet, to

' well looked after. . | a new lantern, as the present one is very fs

: ‘ane to the same eilect, and considers |} success Certain

} |

all so decayed by age as to be unworthy of

Gravelly reaches, for a distance of several chains were burrowed up to form 4 suit~ able place of deposit for the spawn, which would vivify about the ensuing month of April or May. At these seasons the fish

September to February that the duties of the water bailiffs require to be diligently and faithfully performed.

‘As to the results obtained in the other rivers named in the statute—Dunk River, and Morell and Midgell -—-the writer cannot | speak from personal observation, but he | has communicated with Senator Mont gomery respecting the results obtained in Dunk River. ihe Senator writes. ‘Ido

any river we have on the Island if it was ’ Respecting the Morell, a former member of Parliament—James Hogan, Esq. —a reliable person, writes if proper measures are adopted.

“It may be stated that the rivers of this

Island are peculiarly well adapted for | breeding salmon; the smallest brooks are ' never dry, being fed by perennial springs, | and the courses of the rivers being short, | they are not sudject to heavy freshets, | which might disturb or carry off the spawn ; moreover, the red sandstone gravel of the reaches frequented by the fish is soft, and easily burrowed up by them.

“If at any future time fish breeding should be attempted in a systematic way, unequalled facilities would be found for forming breeding ponds, at a very incons siderable expense, by damming up the smallest streams. In one important re- spect the Act referred to requires amends ment—the close time should be extended until February, instead of the first day of January.

“Winter River and the other streams referred to are at present practically with- ont protection, for though the Act 32 Victoria, Cap. 27, stands unrepealed, no funds have been voted to put it in opera- tion. It would be a matter of much regret, particularly to those who have taken an | interest in the protection of these valuable | fisheries, should the results which have | been attained by several years of watching be neutralized, Some temporary expedi- |ent therefore, seems to be required to meet the peculiar circumstances of the case. The writer presumes that very general powers are vested by the Dominion Fishery Laws in the Minister of Marine and Fshers ies, and may be made applicable to this Province by Order in Council. If, by virtue of those powers, the rivers’ referred to could be treated as protected for breeding purposes, and the provisions of the Act | 37th Victoria, continued until a better and | more efficient system could be devised and adopted, the object of protecting the spawn~ ing fish from their present danger would | be accomplished.”’ | | In his annual Report, Mr. F. Whitcher, | | Commissioner of Fisheries, states that ‘fry from the present stock of Salmon eggs laid down last fall will be apportioned among streams in New Brunswick, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Ontario. PBe- tween three and four millions of young fish will be distributed in this manner.’ It is also stated that ‘a sum of $405 was spent during the fiscal year to pay the salaries of 18 water bailiffs and contingent expenses’ in this Province!

DEEP SEA.

D. Currie Esq., Collector of Customs at Charlottetown, reports as follows .— ‘‘Hfon. A. J. Sara, Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Sin :—I have the honor to send you heres with a tabular statement of the quality and

Distr.ct. At the appoinied time—7th inst.,

at 2 p.m.—the parties arrived, attended by a larye concourse of people, among whom

wo noticed, ‘ion. John Lefurgy and Rev. Mr. McKay, who duly appointed Dimmock Arch bald, Esq., chairman, John McRae,

Secretary, and D,J. Enman, Referee. Spel-

ling began with a close contest ; Children from the Eastern District and Wilmot did well, and maintained their standing against the Grammar scholars until near the last when at the close Masters Wm. Stavert and Colin » cLellan were the only occu- pants of the ground ; and they, of course, bore off the laurels, In reading, too, at the request of the audience, the contest was close. Misses Schurman and Waugh, Wilmot were the acknowledged best. The latter, although in spelling were partially beaten, because of sickness, are intent on trying it again in spelling, reading or ariths metic, and do challenge the Summerside Grammar School to another contest.

The goods entered for consumption in Canada, exclusive of British Columbia, for March, amounted in value to $9,109,583; duty collected, $1,367,431.81.

It is supposed that Dr. Rastorel and companions, the French Communists, who escaped from New Caledonia perished on the water, as no tidings of them yet are received, and fragments of the boat are found,

A committee of the Prussian Diet has prepared a bill declaring the old Catholics entitled to a share of churches, cemetries and revenues, pro- portionate to their numbers as compared with other Catholics,

The Sunes’ special despatch from Berlin reports that the Belgian Minister of Justice has made an explict statement that the Belgian Courts are incompetent to take up the proceedings against Duchesne, and that the statement has been transmitted to the Berlin Government.

The Baie Verte Canal proyect.—Mr. H. G. G. Ketchum, of Fredricton, N. B., proposes to have a ship railway constructed instead of the Baie Verte Canal. A _ rail- way with all necessary lifts and appliances for carrying the largest ships across the isthmus, would, he estimated, cost inside of $2,500,900.

“Dog on Ir.’,—In twenty-one counties in Georgia very careful agricultural statis= tics were collected last year, in compliance witha State law. In these counties the whites had 35,697 sheep ; the negroes bare- ly 265. They own 4,211 dogs, or about twenty times as many dogs as sheep to supply them with wool for clothing and mutton. It is difficult to discover any way in which Southern agriculture may prosper while a savage taste for dogs and guns is so powerful. not only with persons of color, but with millions of the white race. In the twenty-one counties referred to,° the whites keep seventeen thousand six huns dred and ninety seven dogs, — Southern Watchman,

Dr, Carpenter, an eminent English saran, who has been engaged in hydrographic re- searches in the employ of the Royal Navy, has made a discovery which is analogous to that of Harvey. He has found that the ocean, like the blood in the animal system, circulates regularly. The poles supply the place of a heart, and the motive power

| in the action of heat and cold. The intense-

ly cold water of the Artic and Antartic regions is continually moving towards the Equator, the warmer water from which lati- tude flows northward and southward. It is singular that the same important item of scientific information was contributed by a Russian named Leus fifty years ago, but dropped entirely out of the history of science. Ilis theory is expressed in terms almost identical with those used by Dr. Carpenter, though the latter could not have known of the existance of such a theory.

The death of Lord Hobart, Governor of the Province of Madras, in British India, is announced, British India proper is di- vided into nine Administrations for the

value of fish exported from Prince Edward Island in 1874 I had no time to make | | up the figures myself, but 1 have checked | | them and find them correct. Neither am | I ina position to prepare @ report on the

subject worthy of your Department. I

was absent when your telegram reached

Charlottetown, and since my return I have

been all but laid up after so much cold

and fatigue. Your printed report for

1873 I have not yet received, and hence am

unable to compare the last and previous

year. I have glanced cursorily over the

returrs for 1872 as published in our local

records —1873, for statistical comparison,

not being reliable, as half the reports were

under the ‘locel’ arrangement, and the

other half under the Dominion, when no

account was taken of shipments to Canada,

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick—and find

the quantity of mackerel exported in 1874

to be threefold of that of 1872. For the

latter year the total value of fish exported

is $128,777; for 1874 the sum is $288,863.

In codfish I observe a falling off in the past

year as compared with 1872, of nearly 50

per cent, both in quantity and value. In

the article of canned fish, on the other

hand, there is an increase of nearly 30 per

per cent, which shows that this isa grow-

ing industry. During the past year there

were engaged in it Harry S. McNutt, Esq.,

at Malpeque; Hon. J. C. Pope, at Cas-

cumpec; Messrs. Matheson & Brown, at

West Point ; Hon. D, Davies and Mr.John

Cairns, at Murray Harbor; Mr. Mathew

Waddell, at Rollo Bay; Messrs. George

Wilson & Co., at Rollo Bay; and Messrs.

Shanks & Smith, at Little Sands and Rollo

Pay.

In 1874, the catch of mackerel was the largest ever known in Prince Edward Iss land. The fish was inferior in quality, and mostly ‘shore caught.’ The proportion of number ones was comparatively small.

The latest catch was, |am informed by Mr. Churchill, of Rustico, about equally divided into ones, twos and threes. In money value, however, the enormous quan- tity made up for more than was lost in quality and price.

Oysters, of which there is a large quantity to be had in the Island waters, do not figure largely in the returns. They are shipped to, and consumed in, the Domin. ion and do not therefore appear on our books as an export.

The figures I send you show that the fisheries of this section of the Dominion proved highly successful in 1874.’

The quautity and value of fish caught and exported from this Province in the year 1874, are shown by the following

table :-— . Year Article Quantity Value

1874 Mackerel 27,317 $221,761

“ Herring 280 4,966

“ ~ Codfish—salted 7,413} 29,018

“ Salmon—canned 4,978 9,389

Salmon—pickled 10} 114

“ Lobsters—canned 1443 10 592

“ — Oysters—fresh 146 256

‘Sea Fish—not pickled 18 7,157

“ Other kinds 32 4,300

“Fish Oil 2,805 1,310

$288,863

The value of our exports of fish is thus set down :—

Great Britain, $27,015 West Indies, 11,378 United States, 250,214 Newfoundland, 228 St. Pierre, 28

$288,863

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Our own opinion is that fair criticism al- ways turns out best in the end, and that it pays any journal to follow that course, | There is no harm in giving credit toa pub, | lic man on the opposite side of politics if he is fairly entitled to it,any more thanthere is in administering an occasional sharp re. buke to another on one’s own side if he deserve it. The promotion of the public welfare is the first and most important function of journalism, and to this all others are subordinate. Country first, is the mote to of the true patriot and the honest man,

purposes of government, the expression ‘Presidency’ being no longer applicable to the present condition of things. The Su- preme Government is vested in the Viceroy and Governor-General, whose headquarters are at Calcutta. Only the Provinces of Madras and Bengal are presided over by Governors, the title of the officer adminiss tering the government of the remainder being that of + Lieut. Governor’ only, and andin some cases ‘Chief Commissioner.’ The Province of Madras is larger than Great Britain and Ireland together, with a popula tion of 32,000,000 but it is remarkable for having no natural harbor accommodation throughout a coast line of 1,730 miles. For its commercial importance the city of Ma-

dras is itself very unfortunate.in this essen~ }

tial requirement of shipping. The Gov- ernor is assisted by a Council of three members and bya Legislative Council.

Mr. Disraeli regrets no doubt by this time that he tampered with such a burning question as Tenant-right in England, and that he so far committed himself as to bring ina Bill—and a very unsatisfactory one it has proved—on the subject. His unfortunate Bill instead of mollifying the the tenants, roused them up and a Tenant- right agitation of alarming magnitude is the consequence. leviewing the situa- tion, an English contemporary assures us that “the farmers are declaring everywhere against the Tenant-right Bill, which they say is worse than useless. The Cheshire, Lancashire, Devonshire, Leicestershire, Glocestershire, and several countries they have publicly met and passed resolutions against it. In Cheshire the scene was a striking one, as the Duke of Westminister himself presided at the meeting, and the room was full of Leighs, Eger» tons, Tollemaches, and members of other old country families. They ‘ens deavoured at first to support the Bill, and then to prevent a division, but it was all ofnouse. The farmers were thoroughly roused, insisted on a division, and led by Mr. Latbam,a Liberal landowner, thorough~ ly defeated their own landlords."’ The action of the tenants is described as a regu. lar revolt, and the Bill was suddenly assums ed the proportions of been the most im- portant of the session. The agitation is on the increase; and whatever the result, it must damage Mr, Disraeliin the eyes of all classes in England.—Toronto Nation.

We are always glad when we can put in a good word forthe dogs. It givs us great pleasure, therefore, to reproduce the fol- lowing story from the Spectator, which will not fail to rise the dog in the eyes of many as a reasoning and remorseful animal. ‘R. W.,’ for so he signs himself in narrating the circumstance, was accustomed to wash the feet of two Skye terriers in a tub every morning before his breakfast. One morn- ing, when he took up one of the terriers to carry it to the tub, it bit him so severely that he wasobliged tolet goit. Nosooner was the dog at liberty, than he ran down to the kitchen and hid. For three days he refused food, declined to go out with any member of the family, and appeared very dejected, with a distressed and unusual expression of countenance. Any one but ‘R. W.’would have concluded from all these ominous symptoms that the dog had gone mad, and thereupon would have shot it and made his own will. ‘R. W.’ knew better; he’ knew the poor creature was merely doing penance for its sins; and so it turned out. “On the third morning,” says the writer, ‘upon returning with the other dogs, I found him sitting by the tub, and upon coming towards him, he ims mediately jumped into it and sat down in the water. Atter pretending to wash his legs he jumped out as happy as possible and from that moment recovered his usual spirits.’ The master considers this a clear instance of reasoning on the part of the dog. The mind of the animal was torn With anguish at the thought of its cruelty and base ingratitude towards his master, and these feelings it evinced in the manner describeu ; and if human beigns would only take a lesson form the little Skye the world would be much happier.

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