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 326 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — SASKATCHEWAN

Lieutenant-Governor. — His Honour H. W. Neiclands (appointed 1921). The members of the Ministry are as follows : —

Premier, Minister of Raihcays, and Minister of Education. — Hon. W. M. Martin.

Attorney General. — Hon. W. F. A. Turgeon.

Minister of Highicays. — Hon. S J. Latta.

Minister of Public Works. — Hon. A. P. McNab.

Minister of Agriculture and Provincial Treasurer— Wow. C. A. Dunning.

Minister of Telephones and Provincial Secretary. —

Minister uf Municipal Affairs. — Hon. George Langley.

Area and Population. — The area of the province is 251,700 sq. miles, of which 243,382 sq. miles are land area and 8,318 sq. miles water area. The population in 1911 numbered 492,432 (291,730 males and 200.702 females), or 0'58 to the square mile. In 1901 the population was 91,279, showing an increase by 1911 of 439*48 per cent. The population in 1916 was 647,835 (rural, 471,673; urban, 176,162). Population of principal cities (1916): Regina (capital), 26,105 ; Moosejaw, 16,889 ; Saskatoon, 21,054 ; Prince Albert, 10,000 ; North Battlefoid, 5,000 ; Swift Current, 5,000 ; Wey- burn, 5,000.

Instruction. — The province has one University, the University of Saskatchewan, established April 3, 1907. The right to legislate on matters relating to education is left to the province. In 1915 there were 119,000 pupils in the elementary, and 3,600 in the high schools.

Finance. — Revenue and expenditure for 4 years : —

.Revenue

Expenditure

Revenue

Expenditure

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

1913

. 4,668,753

. 4,656,800

1915

. 4,687,933

. 5,060,234

1914

. 5,866,220

5,396,380

1916

. 5,631,910

. 5,529,610

The capital expenditure on public works and on the buildings of the University of Saskatchewan amounted to the end of 1915-16 to 8,901,354 dollars.

Production and Industry. — Total area under field crops in 1920 was 17,348,000 acres. Value produced, 1920, 271,000,000 dollars. The yield and acreage of the principal crops, in 1920, were as follows :— "Wheat, 10,061,000 acres, 113,135.000 bushels; oats, 5,107,000 acres, 141,549,000 bushels; barley, 519,000 acres, 10,502,000 bushels ; flax, 1,141,000 acres, 5,705,000 bushels; potatoes, 54,000 acres, 6,861,000 bushels; hay and clover, 235,000 acres, 328,000 tons. There were (1919) 1,078,000 horses in the province, 374,000 milch cows, 1,005,000 other cattle, 147,000 sheep, 432,000 pigs; poultry, 8,516,000. Output of creamery butter: 1918, 5,009,000 lb., valued at 2,221,000 dollars.

Total value of minerals, 1918, 895,000 dollars, mainly coal.

The total value of the fisheries in 1916-17 was 232,000 dollars.

In 1918 Saskatchewan :iml 1,422 industrial establishments, wiih a capita of 39,47<",000 dollars, employing 8,188 men ; salaries and wages, 8,496,000 dollars ; cost of materials, 30,452,000 dollars ; value of products, 50,097,000 dollars.

Commerce and Communications.— Total expprtein 1817-18 amounted

to 17,924,000 dollars; total imports to 16,753,000 dollars. There were (1917) 6,124 miles of steam railway in oporation in the province, and 186,115 miles of telephone wire.