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LEFT SARTO 255 SASKATCHEWAN the opera "Armida" (1786) and a "Te Deum." He died in Berlin, July 28, 1802. SARTO, ANDREA DEL, one of the most distinguished painters of the 16th century; born near Florence, Italy, July 16, 1487. His proper name was Andrea Vanucchi, the appellation del Sarto (of the Tailor) being: applied to him from the occupation of his father. He painted many frescoes in his nathe city, and Francis I. induced him to go to France in 1518. He soon returned to Italy, and having appropriated large sums ANDREA DEL SARTO which had been given him by his royal patron to purchase the pictures of great masters in Italy, he could not go back to France. Among his most important easel pictures are the "Sacrifice of Abraham" and the "Marriage of St. Catherine," in the gallery of Dresden; "The Madonna di San Francesco," an "Annunciation," and an "Assumption of the Virgin," at Flor- ence; a "Deposition" from the Cross; a portrait of himself and "Virgin and Child with St. Joseph." He is best known in galleries by his "Holy Families." He died of the plague in Florence, Jan. 22, 1531. SARTORITE, an orthorhombic mineral, occurring only in crystals in cavities in the dolomite rock of the Binn valley, Switzerland. SARTTM, an important settlement of the early Britons, in Wiltshire, about a mile and a half N )f Salisbury, then a Roman station, ana afterward the resi- dence of the West axon kings till Eng- land became one kingdom. Till the time of Henry III. it wa > an important city, but it is now chiefly known for the privi- lege it enjoyed for more than 500 years of sending two mei.ibers to Parliament ifter it had ceased to be inhabited. It headed the list of "rotten boroughs," and was disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832. SASIN, the common Indian antelope, Antilope bezoartica (or cervicapra) : fe- male destitute of horns, those of the male spiral, wrinkled at the base, annulated in the middle and smooth at the tip; adult males dark above, white beneath, the nose, lips, and a circle round each eye white; brushes of hair on the knees ; females and young males under three years old tawny above, white beneath, with a light silvery band along the sides. SASKATCHEWAN, a province of Can- ada which receives its name from the Saskatchewan river, which flows through the northern part. It comprises the for- mer territorial districts of Assiniboya East, Assiniboya West, Saskatchewan, and the eastern portion of Athabaska. Prior to Sept. 1, 1905, it was a part of the Northwest Territories. From that date it became a separate province. It has an area of 251,700 square miles. In 1921 the population was 761,390. The area of the arable land is estimated at 57,884,160 acres. Production and Industry. — Saskatche- wan is the largest wheat producing coun- try in the world, growing between 117,- 000,000 and 118,000,000 bushels annually. The estimated acreage of wheat in 1919 was 10,587,363, of oats 4,837,747, of bar- ley 492,596, of flax 929,945. The value of the entire grain crop in 1919 was $305,- 613,961. The total production of grain in the same year was 210,529,016 bushels. The chief mineral product is coal. There were in 1919 over 50 coal mines in oper- ation, producing about 400,000 tons. The estimated coal resources of the Province are 59,812,000,000 metric tons. There were in 1917 1,436 manufacturing estab- lishments, employing 7,097 persons. The value of the product was $40,657,746. In 1918-19 the total imports were valued at $17,388,037, and the exports at $20,707,- 513. There were 587 bank branches in the Province in 1919. There are about 125,000 pupils in the elementary schools and about 4,000 in the high schools. Since 1905 the government has spent over $13,- 000,000 for educational purposes. There are over 6,000 miles of railway, a longer mileage than any other Canadian prov- ince except Ontario. Lumbering is one of the principal industries. The value of the product in 1918 was $2,122,307. The chief cities are Regina, 40,000 ; Saskatoon, 30,000; Moose Jaw, 22,000; and Prince Albert, 6,500. The provincial govern- ment is vested in a Lieutenant-Governor and a Legislative Assembly of 62 mem- bers, elected for five years. Women were given the franchise in 1916.