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THE BRITISH EMPIRE : — NEW BRUNSWICK

Lieutenant-Governor. — Hon. W. Pugsley.

The members of the Ministry are as follows (April 1917) : —

Premier and President of Council.— Hon. W. E. Foster.

Attorney-General. — Hon. J. P. Byrne.

Minister of Public Works. — Hon. P. J. Veniot.

Minister of Health. — Hon. Dr. W. F. Roberts.

Provincial Secretary and Treasurer. — Hon. J. E. Hetherington.

Minister of Lands and Mines. — Hon. C. W. Robinson.

Minister of Agriculture. — Hon. I). W. Mersereau.

Ministers without Portfolio. — Hon. J. E. Michaud, Hon. C. W. Magee.

Agent-General in London — Vacant, 37, Southampton Street, W.C. 2.

Area and Population. — The area of the Province is 27,985 square miles, of which 27,911 square miles are land area. There are 73 million acres of Crown lands, principally lumber lands. The population in 1911 num- bered .351,889 (179,867 males and 172,022 females), which is 12-61 per square mile. In 1901 the population was 331,120, showing an increase by 1911 of 6-27 per cent. The rural population in 1911 was 252,342 (253,835 in 1901) ; the number of houses in 1911, 60,930 (5S.226 in 1901) ; the number of families in 1911, 67,093 (62,695 in 1901). Population of the principal cities :— St. John, 61,380; Moncton, 14,000; Fredericton (capital), 8,000.

Instruction. — Education is free and undenominational. The University of New Brunswick, at Fredericton, founded in 1800, has (1919) 250 students. There were (1919) 71,000 pupils and 2,107 teachers in the 1,959 public schools. Total 1 expenditure on education in 1918, 1,530,256 dollars.

Finance. — The finance for four years is shown as follows : —

Year

1916 1917

Revenue

Dollars

1,580,419 1,572,813

Expenditure

Dollars 1,568,342 2,166,905

Tear

1918 1910

Revenue

Dollars 2.357,909 2,168,822

Expenditui

Dollars 2,496,508

Bonded debt, October 31, 1919, 18,585,000 dollars.

Production and Industry.— New Brunswick is productive in agricul- ture, manufacture, and mining. The total area under field crops in 1920 was 1,253,834 acres. Value produced, 1920, 46 million dollars. In 1920 the acreage of spring wheat was 29,000 and the yield 464,000 bushels; 309,000 acres, 9,118,000 bushels : barley, 8,200 acres, 194,000 bushels; buck- wheat, 66,000 acres, 1,510,000 bushels; potatoes, 78,000 acres, 15,570,000 bushels ; turnips, &o., 20.C00 acres, 7,071,000 bushels ; hay and clover, 726,000 acres, 872,000 tons. Tin number of cattle in the Province (1919) was 365,000; of horses, 78,000; of sheep, 213,000; of pigs, 105,000; poultry, 797,000; total value of live stock (1919), 27,430,000 do In 1919, 916,000 lbs. of butter were produced, valued at 505,000 do ami 1,256,000 lbs. of cheese, valued at 348,000 dollars.

The capital invested in the fishing industry is estimated (1916-1. 4,488,000 dollars ; men employed on the fleets and inland waters, 19