83 @fie Garden of 
     
    
   
   
    
     still less of pine, larch, maple, poplar, beech, birch and 
     
     cedar. An approximation of the area of forest and woodland 
     
     in 1894 was: forest and woodland, 797 square miles; wood- 
     
     land, 39.85 per cent. Much of this, though wooded, is 
     
     covered with small growth only. 
     
    

    
     By an act of the legislature passed in 1903, a forestry 
     
     commission was appointed for the purpose of the protection 
     
     and afforestation of such crown and private lands as may be 
     
     suitable for timber culture and forestry. The first report of 
     
     the commission was made in 1904. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Drainage, Dyking, &c.—--Acts were passed in 1881, 
     
     1895, and 1898, for the appointment of commissioners of 
     
     sewers, and the reclamation of the large tracts of marsh 
     
     land that exist throughout the province, for the purpose of 
     
     rendering the same available for cultivation. 
     
    

    
     As a result of such legislation, aboideaux (which have 
     
     been more or less successful) have been constructed at the 
     
     under-mentioned places : 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LOCATION i LENGTH DRAINING 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Mount Stewart . . 100 feet A 500 acres 
     
     Fullerton's Marsh 1 300 “ 120 “ 
     
     Dunk River ...... i too “ 220 “ 
     
     Pisquid River. . . ., ...... not ‘complete 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Elbe fisheries 
     
    
   
   
    
     The fisheries of Prince Edward Island, particularly on 
     
     the north coast, are exceedingly valuable, and this industry 
     
     must always remain one of the standard resources. The 
     
     inclinations of the people, however, are so decidedly agri- 
     
     cultural that the culture of the deep has not hitherto 
     
     received the attention it deserves. 
     
    
   
   
    
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