NKWFOUNDLAND. 



493 



mounted to $424,619.38. Of this amount 

 !<l I l.uti^. ; I wua l>orne by the Provincial Govern- 

 ment ami 'X>,.");)0.67 was raised by assessment. 

 'I'lie average cost per pupil was $6.98. 'i'lie aver- 

 , Liries of teachers, as shown in the report 

 df the chief superintendent, arc as follow : 



Kir-t-class male teacher $680 75 



class inalu teacher 809 94 



Third-rind* male teacher 1426 84 



lass female teacher 885 81 



: i'lus It-mule teac-her 288 64 



Thinl class female teacher 190 79 



The chief superintendent also furnishes the 

 following statistics in reference to school at- 

 tendance during the two terms embraced in the 

 report : 



under the Bait act, subject to the allowance of them; 



provisions l>\ the IiniM i:al < i>>\ criiiin-iii : ami it make* 

 provision for the salary of an inspector of outjx.rt 



CLASSIFICATION. 



Proportion of population at school 



Number of pupils under five years of 



Number between five and fifteen 



N uiiiluT over fifteen 



number of pupils daily pres- 

 ent iluring the time schools were in 

 e ssion 



Half yw to l!alfy*rto 

 OK. 31,1891. Jun 30.1882. 



1 in 6-71 



298 



68,788 

 2,186 



mjm 



1 in 5-28 



56,612 

 8,841 



85,220 



Agriculture. A lively interest in the indus- 

 try of butter and cheese making has been awak- 

 ened in the province during the past year. The 

 Government, through the employment of skilled 

 lecturers, has encouraged the formation of dairy 

 associations throughout the farming districts, 

 and about 80 of these societies have been organ- 

 ized. A creamery at Kingsclear, in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of Fredericton, recently equipped, 

 li.-is manufactured 20 tons of butter, 11 tons of 

 which have been profitably shipped to England. 



The Secretary for Agriculture says, in his re- 

 port of the crops, that hay was a full crop, sum- 

 mer wheat about 60 per cent., oats 75 per cent., 

 barley 80 per cent., potatoes 75 per cent., rotting 

 after storing in many districts, other roots about 

 ?") per cent., apples 75 per cent., and small fruits 

 75 per cent. 



Trade. The volume of trade in 1892 amount- 

 ed to $11,450,991. being: Goods exported, $6,- 

 183,056; imported, $5.267,935. The duty col- 

 lected amounted to $1,010,179. Of the exports, 

 goods to the value of $2,623,132 went to the 

 British Empire, $3,112,637 to the United States, 

 $447,287 to other countries. These are classified 

 as follow: Product of the mine, $74,200; ii<h- 

 eries, $661,000; forest, $4,582.500; animals and 

 their produce, $154,600; agricultural products, 

 $161,000; manufactures, $542,000; miscellane- 

 ous, $7,700. Of the imports, goods to the value 

 of $1,977,715 came from the British Empire, 

 $2,712,846 from the United States, and $5?7.:!7 4 

 from other countries. The trade of the province 

 in 1892, compared with the two preceding years, 

 shows a decline. 



NEWFOUNDLAND. During the legislative 

 n of 1892 several useful acts were passed. 

 The following is a summary of the more impor- 

 tant of these : 



The Revenue act continues that of 1891, with cer- 

 tain executions. It provides tluit the. duty on Span- 

 ish wines in Newfoundland shall bo reduced when 

 Spain reduces the duty on codfish to five shilHn<rs 

 and sixpence sterling. It indemnifies the (lovern- 

 ment for duties exacted under section 18 of 54 Vic- 

 toria, cap. iii, and also for license money collected 



The Act respecting the Labrador fishery provide* 

 that the ow i - U eon\ eying finlierineri ! 



Labrador shall take them Imck to th<- port from which 

 they failed, and, tailing in this, that they hhall be re- 

 sponsible to the owner* of such vcnseU an may take 

 them home for their passage money. The <],. 

 or hirer of a voM'l shall, for the patpOM of this act, 

 be deemed the owner. In case of a vessel tieintr l<nt, 

 the owner shall bo liable for the pa^i-i home of the 

 crow, to the extent of twenty-five cents p. r (quintal 

 upon the fish, four dollars per ton upon the oil, and 

 twenty-five cents per barrel upon thenerring of such 

 crew. 



The Act to regulate the prosecution of the seal 

 fishery directs that no steamer shall leave port for 

 the seal fishery before 6 o'clock A. M. of March 12, 

 and that no seals shall be killed before March 14 or 

 after April 20 in any year. It prohibits a steamer 

 making second trips unless compelled to return to 

 port for repairs, when she shall not be deemed to have 

 gone on a second trip if she leaves port before March 

 25. The penalty for a breach of this law is a fine of 

 $4,000, and the sealing master violating the law shall 

 not be competent for two years to take charge of a 

 steamer. 



The Act to consolidate and amend the acts for the 

 encouragement of education appropriates $20,000 for 

 the augmentation of the salaries of teachers who have 

 received certificates of qualification, and also provide* 

 for the establishment or a teachers' pension fund. 



The Act to amend the law for the solemnization of 

 marriage enables commissioners and staff officers of 

 the Salvation Army, when duly licensed by the Gov- 

 ernor, to celebrate marriage. 



The Act respecting hawkers and peddlers provides 

 that no foreign peddler or hawker shall do business in 

 the colony without having secured a license, the fee 

 for which is to bo $50. 



The destruction of a large portion of the city 

 of St. John's, by fire, on July 8, 1892, necessitated 

 a special session of the Legislature, during which 

 four acts were passed. The first of these re- 

 lated to the rebuilding of the city, the plan to 

 be adopted, the straightening of streets in the 

 burned district and giving them a uniform width. 

 and also the provision for compensation to be 

 awarded by arbitrators. The second act pro- 

 vides that where a building lease shall be for less 

 than ninety-nine years the tenant shall be com- 

 pensated for improvements he may make, the 

 amount to be determined by arbitration, the 

 award to be the value to the incoming tenant of 

 the improvements made. The third act pro- 

 vides for the formation of jury lists as if the fire 

 of July 8 had not occurred. The last act amends 

 the Revenue act by admitting iron and steel 

 buildings, iron and steel beams, joists, pillars, 

 columns, doors, sashes, shutters of iron, steel, or 

 composition and cement, plaster and brick, and 

 also sewing and knitting machines, at 10 per 

 cent, ad Valorem. 



The Fisheries. The staple industry of New- 

 foundland is the cod fishery, which is carried on 

 upon the banks, the shores "of the island, and the 

 Atlantic coast of Labrador, which is under the 

 jurisdiction of the colony. In 1891 (the latest 

 date for which returns are available) the total 

 export of dried codfish was 1.244,834 quintals, 

 the value of which was $4,864,525. Of this quan- 

 tity, 297,259 quintals, value $832.324. were ex- 

 ported from Labrador. In addition, boneless 

 codfish to the value of $20,000 was exported. Of 



