10 A PI EP AT 



[tia the principal market for 



1 1 live stock of Prince Ed- 



! land, and the eastern part of Nova Scotia. 



divided into nine Districts, which return 



I > the House of Assembly. The 



I I consists of nine members, who arc Executive 



and I. and are appointed by the Crown. 



The Ch I • of the island, the Hon. Francis 



B [ri i gentleman, and a Roman Cath>lic. 



M . M ij -t/s Customs, John Kent, 



E [., is an [rish gentleman, and a Roman Catholic. 



There of the Stipendiary Magistrates 



Iii-h R >man Catholics. The other principal offices of 



the G nt are filled by Protestants. Mr. Kent, 



be n the lea ling politician of the 



rmcr, a gojd speaker, 



and a Q] in lerable tal ut. 



The carl group of rocks abound on the 



if th • island, where there is a coal field 



thirt , and marble in abundance. Copper, 



and lead Lave been discovered in different iarts 



Of tl; 



Mr. : I surprised at the resources 



and trade, for - > small a population, and said he won- 



could live in so cold a country. I 



