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Commerce and Communications.— The trade ot Prince Edward

Island is chiefly with the other provinces of Canada and this inter-provincial trade does not appear in the trade statistics. In 1919-20 the exports to other countries amounted to 369,723 dollars ; the imports entered for consumption to 917,857 dollars. In 1920 the province had 279 miles of railway as compared with 267 in 1907. Terminal stations have been constructed at Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, and a car ferry steamer of great power is in operation, connecting the Govern- ment Railway in Prince Edward Island with the Intercolonial Railway on the maiulaud. During 1919 by means of a third rail, the Hue from Charlotte- town to B >rden and Summerside was widened to the gauge of the continental standard. Daily steamship communication with the mainland was su fully maintained for the first time during the winter of 1 1? 1 7— 1 S, and has untinued without interruption. In 1920 there were 3,273 miles of telephone wires, 200 urban and 3,073 rural.

Books of Reference.

Reports of various Government Departments. Bulletin Til. Fifth Census of Canada (Aericulture).

Handbook on Prince Edward Island. Issued by the Department of the Interior, Ottawa.

Campbell (D.), History of Prince Edward Island.

Croitkiil (\V. H.). Handbook of Prince Edward Island.

Pollard (J. B.), Historical Sketch of Prince Edward Island.

Sut'ierland (G.), Geography, Natural and Civil History of Prince Edward Island.

See also under Canada.

QUEBEC.

Constitution and Government.— Quebec was formerly known as Xew France or Canada from 1608 to 1763 ; as the Province of Quebec from 1763 to 1790 ; as Lower Canada from 1791 to 1840 ; as Canada Ka-t from 1841 to 1867; and when, by the union of the four original provinces, the Confedera- tion of the Dominion of Canada was formed, it again became known as the Province of Quebec.

The Provincial Government is in the hands of a Lieutenant-Governor and a responsible Ministry, assisted b} r a Legislative Council of 24 members, appointed for life, and a Legislative Assembly of 81 members elected for 5 years. Quebec is the only Canadian Province in which women are not ichiscd oi eligible for election to the Legislature. Last election, June, 1919 : — Liberals 72, Conservatives 7, Labour 2.

Lieutenant-Governor.— Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, P.C., G.C.M.G. (appointed October 23, 1918).

The members of the Ministry (January, 1921) are as follows : —

Premier and Attorney-General. — Hon. L. A. Taschereau.

Minister of Lands and Forests. — Hon. H. Merrier.

Provincial Treasurer. — Hon. Walter G. Mitchell.

Provincial Secretary. — Hon. Athanase David.

Minister of Agriculture. — Hon. J. E. Caron.

•,ter of Colonisation, Mines and Fisheries. — Hon. J. E. PerreaulL

MiniMer of Public Works and Labour. — Hon. A. Galipeau.

Minister of Roads. — Hon. J. A. Tessier.

Ministers without Portfolio.— Ron. N. Pirodeau, Hon. N. Scguin, Hon. lohn C. Kaine, and Hon. J. L. Perron.

Agent-General in London.— Kon. Lt.-Col. P. Pelletier, 38, Kingsway, W. C.

Area and Population.— The area of Quebec is 706,834 sq. miles,

r f which 69", 865 square miles are land area and 15,969 square miles water

rea. The population in 1911 (covering the area of Quebec prior to 1912,

\ lamely, 351,873 square miles, Ungava having been annexed in 1912), nam-

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