700 PKINVF I-:D\V.\I:I i-LAND. 



PROTESTANT KPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



Resolut ions were ml 



provi- >1 iinlary - 



legal opposition to it till it wa> eliminate.1 



the statute books, and recommending every ,-iT,.n 



tO Secure undeiiotn. 



PI;IN< I i in\ \i:n |s| \M. fi :lf .f 



in the D.. mini. -II ,,f i 



da; are*, 2,133 square miles; population in 

 UML06& 



> eminent. The only inn < nt in this 



; was a local -lt .! mn. T.' 

 \pril.and tin- Liberal GovemneDl "f 



Peters wan sustained, Lu- 



ll was charged ly tin- Oppo- 

 timt in six \ears tli- provincial debt had 

 .i>,d from $.V.(KIO to $400,000. ami the 

 ives, in a manifesto issued by their 1 

 the Hon. l>.m;-l (iordon. promised reduction 

 I* ii'i MII of the jury system. and lepil ad- 



miniM ration and in tin- management of publie 

 .-ether with equalization of taxation. 

 Shortly aller his return to ollice. Mr. I 

 signed in order to ^.. to British Columbia. A new 



with tin- HOD. 

 .nder Baniiennan \Varburton a- Premier. II. 



.mi--ioner of Public \\ .. 

 as ( 'oinmi-sioner of Crown Lands, An- 

 gus McMillan as Provincial T 



.1. \V. EUohards, P.. iijan, IVier MrNmt, 



and A. McLaughlin as inini-tn> without portfolio 



' 



Finance*. The financial statement of the |.r<\- 

 1S97 was as follow- : < irdinary expendi- 

 ture. -.penditniv on capital account, 



$17.1 



495.92 : deficit, $14,1 :{.">.:{."). Thus while then- was a 

 difference of a little more than $3,000 in favor of 

 ; etweeii the receipt* and what is 



i ordinary expenditure, the charges on capital 

 account mad- a difference the other way of $14,000. 

 The debt of the province was a little more than 

 $392,000, and the intere-t charge in 1896 ex< 

 $15.000. While the estimates last year amounted 

 tO $287.63 1.27, the estimate* for this year amount 

 to $306,301. The island Legislature decided to 

 Nod its assistance to cold storage, and the follow- 



- hit ion was adopted : 



/,'.-'./--/. That ii i- advisable that a bill be 

 passed autliori/inu' the Government to promote the 

 introduction in the province of a first class cold- 

 storage system liy some private OOBQ] .-rant- 



ing aid thereto jn the form of an annual ;;rant or 

 bonus, or guarantee of a certain rate of inter 

 :i such other manner as may he d 

 advisable; such assist a nee n,,t to exceed $800 in 

 ne year, and not to be given for more than 



' - ft 1'-. 



It was also de 



*t of anew building for the Prince of V\ 

 -1. 



I dncatinn. The annual report of the Chief 

 Superintendent of Education was a volume of al>out 

 170 pages. It shows the number of -\ t ,,,>\ di-tricts 

 to be : -7. against 463 in 1H96. Three hun- 



dred and twenty-four male and 245 female ten 

 were em ployed, an increase of and a de- 



cre*^ .:d*. There were 22.1 :'. pup i 



rolled, a decrease of 112. The percentage of j 



; attending school was given as 24. The total 

 amou led by the Government in 1896 was 



$124.084.32. an itu-rea- over IMC) of $2.30:5.1. V 

 The average paid by the Government for ea< h puj.il 

 enrolled was $5.60. and by the district $1.57. The 

 average salaries paid were as foil Hass 



male teachers. $440: female teachers, $:, 

 class teachers second-class pass, male, 



$254 ; female, ^ -..-cond-class male teachers, 



$249.82; female, $198. Third-class ma 



:-aire> olilv 



I mil ( iilture. Tin- Fruit (Jrowers* Ass^ 

 ti"ii of p: ; met in April, and 



I.ieu: Jed, A paper on fruit 



cllltir 



read. Another mi : ul-ject was rend ly 



Henry Hurke. of S..uihp. . 



after Which the>e r. ,-d unani- 



nioti- 



Ii, -',/> "/. That in the opinion of this association 

 the encouragement ,,f f r ,,ij culiure l.y local iro\ em- 

 inent aid Would lie a i that 



'al'li-lmieiit of an experimental fruit -' 

 in connection with the Mock farm, under the I 



upeteiit man. wmild 



factor in the develupmeiit of the frui!--ro\sii: 

 dustrv. and one which would meet \\ith the uni- 

 approval <>f the people of this pro\ ince. 



'/. That Ii 



itself on record as I.ein^ strongly in favor of the 

 cold-storap- movement in thi> pio\iuee, and that a 

 continuous chain which will practically bring the 

 ladles of (Jreat Britain and the fruit B 

 Prince Kdward Nlaml together would i 

 lioon t> the horticulturist, and the appl,' 

 miu'hty lever to what is destined to liecome 

 Prince l-Mward I-land'- greatest induslr 



PRul ESTAN1 I.PIs< ni'M. < 111 i:< II IN 



I'lli: I Mli:i> s| \ | | S . The healthy activity 



and sound growth of the Church is shown by a 



summary of statistic- for l^'-'T. giving: The num- 



,58; missionary jurisdictions in the 



I'nited Slates, 21 : missionary jurisdict ions in for- 

 eign land-. rie0tf ami 



cons 4.692), 4,776; '\ :ul mis-i 



candidates for holy onlers. ."i71 ; onlina! 



1 T'.' : ordinal IOB . I!'". : l>apt i^n, 



conflnnaiions 46,099; commnni- -.-. 

 083; man :,".ll ; l.iiri. : Sun. lay- 



school teachers, 47,648; Sunday-x ho ( ,l scholars, 



": total of contributions, $PJ.. 

 The trust funds of the Doinest ic ai 

 sionary Society amount to $l,Ol.V,-ji.is, fi,, m 

 which aD inc(.me of s :\<-d. 



Th- ' mi--ions for the ti-c;d 



including I hose for - '.eous 



Miied to $770.M:;. The 



uons were $856,00488; the amomr from 



t de-i-nated uses was $K 

 in^ r the amount at the disposal of the lioard > 



which $53,000 was invested to j 

 outstanding liabilities and $18,188.86 .- 

 future appfoprialioi:. : QOOnting to $4y- 



600 were permanently invented. The numl 

 parishes and mi ion's contributing was 3,41 



wer than daring the last fiscal year, It was, 

 however, larger than in any previous year ei 



in- 1 s !*-") and 1- 



The expenditure for doine.-tir-mi-.ion worl. 

 eluding $l.:i(>!!.n; for Indian mi in- and $54,- 



8 for colored i 



cials a - (one 



half). $162.211; contribution- returned (one half), 



HI: one half of cost of administration and rol- 



Spirit of 



. sin. \ ]< ' incut, 



an annui' 



Funds 

 amount withdrawn from temporary invest .-cent for 



!<.an returned 

 half), $12.5TMI: transfers. s-s-j.O.-, : pairl for 



cmlowmr-nt of diorcsc of Dallas, $11. ""0; 



making the total expenditure for doim-iic mis- 



^1, and leaving for domestic mis- 



sions and specials at the close of the fiscal year u, 



