I K1NCE EDWARD ISLAND. 



a new scheme of preaching to the m 

 of people ouUidc the churches is callctl. now 

 three year* old. had 1 : i*u at work, and 



congregation* nutnlicring in the ajnrreffate 6,000 

 people, with an annual income of 2,000. I 

 een centers of opcrai ions had been i i 

 the most populous districts of South Wales, and 

 i 2 new ones were to be opened. 

 Mil IVeslMi, ri.u. | M...M I,, \n*lrnlUL 



terian I'n ion of the Presbyterian churches of 

 Australia and Tasmania was agreed upon at a 

 Federal General Assembly held in Sydney in 

 188ft. The acceptance was advised as a basts of 

 onion of the Holy Scriptures as the supreme 

 Mandard and the Confession of Faith as a sub- 

 ordinate standard, with a declaratory state- 

 



I'lCIM I I hWAKD 1M.\M. :u, ,.,^,-n, 

 province of the Domini. -n of Canada; popula- 

 fion. about 110.000. 



ttofernment The Executive Council in 

 V5 was as follows: Premier anil At 



"Ion. !'. Peters; Treasurer and Coin- 

 of Public I. ; lillan; 



Commissioner ,.f Public Works. Hon..!. 1; 

 Ixan: members of Council without portfolio. 

 Hon. D. Farquharson. Il.-n. A. Laird, Hon. P. 

 Sinclair. 11 .:.'.. I. W. Richards, H.,n. G. Forbes, 

 Hon. A. McLanghlin. 



Finance*. The receipts for the year ending 

 Dee. 81. 1804, were as follows: Dominion sub- 

 sidy. $188.039.87 ; public lands, $36,250.08; pro- 

 vincial land tax, $30,499.38; income tax. $6,- 

 281.58; commercial traveler's license, $8.825; 

 incorporated companies, $3,900; ferries, $5,154.- 

 05; protnonotary offices, $2,386.83: registry 

 offices, $5,281.99 ; county courts, $1,887.88 ; mis- 

 cellaneous, $4,5814)7; total, $282,467.98. 



The ordinary expenditure for the year was 

 $380.595.90, and the special expenditure, mainlv 

 for bridge*, was $28,<to9, leaving a deficit of 

 $30,000. The imposition of new taxes, in 1893, 

 on certain classes of trailers, on incomes, on cer- 

 um incorporated companies, and on successions, 

 did not make ends meet, as was hoped. 



Le*llatlon. The second session of the thir- 



ty-srcond Assembly was opened at Charlottetow^i 



v. Hc.wlan. March 21, 1895. .1. II. 



Gmiskey was re-elected Speaker. Thefollow- 



iog act*, among others, were passed : 



of this province to 



of mr*h ImmU. 

 mat the spread of black knot on plum and 



McaU.-Th educational affairs of the 

 re under the control of a Board of 



^U^^, "' ~_.,, ,,.. 



"n appointed by rnment, and 



TIN Government 



1 fn . 1W4wM $122.077. and that of 

 2p*eteilaTeehooW)oard amsments was 

 &f&. J* ~ f^?irted that there were 24.- 



whom 22J221 at- 

 of the 



5 in 1888; 401 teachers. 16,036 

 d an average attendance of 8,709. 



FishcrloR. The pro vine, knl \:>\ 

 in vessels and .17s m boats durin 

 vessels, boats, wharves, nets, itnd p-m -rai !i>l,ing 

 appliances were valued at $46s. ::;<;. a n 

 of $342,000 in eleven years. Th. vain. 

 yield WAS $1 .119,7:18, and th 



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dislrilnitiMii and value of tin- c:r 

 1894 were as follow: Salmon. s-.'.<i-j:> ; i 

 $208,909; hadd-M-k. $.(M'J: l.nkc. $28,8!'.. 

 il'ut, $820; oysters, $96,220; ma. 

 820; ood, $107,800; lobetea, $880.7T<: |..'ii.K-k, 

 $28,899; smelts, $86,68:: 



The registered seagoing tonnage o^^H 

 cargo into and out of the province was l 

 tons during 1894. The imports <>f , : 

 PMH!S iii 1894 were valued at $2i5-l. 

 duty of $H, 



run'i I. si \\ I I |-|s< nl'M. ( III i;< M 

 IN I III I M I ID si \ I I s. 

 the diocesan slat iM jo f.,r IMiJand 1H!>;> 

 i during tho year ii. 

 !.j.i tin- number of deacons ordaii 

 28 fewer than last year. 'I h. -'ii.ial MM 

 is as follows: Number of di< -. -. ") s ; m 

 ary di-tricts in the United Stal 

 ary jurisdictions in foreign land 

 (l>ishops, lit ; priests and deacons, 4,603), 4,6n>| 

 parishes and mission-. I5.ns ; ..ni.iidjr 

 holy orders, 558; ordinations, deacoi 

 dination-. j.rirsi-. 1M : l>apii- 

 firmations, 45,796; connnnni. ai 

 riages, 17,2.">7: burials. :{-j.U77: SMI 

 teachers, 45,685; Sunday-school |i| 

 total of contributions, $13,507,429.70. 



The General Convention met in Minn. 

 Minn., Oct. 2. Little of note in tin way of di- 

 rv.-t legislation was accomplished. 



s were formed by the division of tljo seel 

 of Maryland, California, and Kenti. 

 the erection of the missionary jurisdicti< 

 Northern Texas and Northern Mi<-hi-a' 

 dioceses. Two new missionary j 

 were formed by setting off portions of t! 

 ceses of Minnesota and North Carolina n 

 sionary jurisdictions of Duluth an<: 

 respectively. Wyoming and Idaho 

 independent missionary districts, with the pres- 

 ent bishop in charge of both. Western G 

 was put under the charge of the r.i-hj> 

 vada and Utah, whose title bo< 

 Nevada, Utah, and Western Colorado. I' 

 the territory under the Bishop < 

 was added to Northern Texas, and part t 

 Mexico. The title ol 

 Oklahoma was changed to Missionary 

 Oklahoma and the Indian Territory.' Th- 

 Peter Trimble Rowe was elected* Missi 

 Bishop of Alaska. The revision of the o^^H 

 tut ion and canons was referred back t<> t) 

 stitutional Commission, to report again 

 General Convention of 1898, whi< 

 pointed to meet in Washington the first Wednes- 

 day in October, 1898. The pastoral 1 



t. 18, 1894, which solemnly aflinn- 

 virgin birth of our Ixml and the inspira: 

 the Holy Scriptures as matters of faith 

 no Christian man could question, was n -a: 1 

 by the pastoral issued from Minneapolis* 



Missions. The Board of Mi -i-ting 



of the 2 houses of the General Convention ana 



