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     future possibilities, Prince Edward Island is preéminently 
     
     the oyster province of Canada. 
     
    

    
     An act passed by the legislature of the Island in 1906 
     
     provides for t/ze Rating or granting of areas for the cultiva- 
     
     tion of oysters. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Commerce is maintained principally with the other Mari- 
     
     time Provinces, the United States and Great Britain, and it 
     
     is increasing. The volume of exports is large, embracing 
     
     oats, potatoes, butter, cheese, eggs, live stock, oysters, lob- 
     
     sters, mackerel, and other products of the field and fisheries. 
     
     Considerable pork, beef and mutton is shipped during the 
     
     winter to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; and large quan- 
     
     tities of smelts, etc., go to Boston and other American cities. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Foreign Exports—The total value of foreign exports 
     
     tor the year ending 30th June, 1905, was $654,512.00. It 
     
     is impossible to ascertain the exact amount and value of the 
     
     exports as many products of the Island are taken across to 
     
     the mainland and shipped from Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 
     
     wick ports, to which provinces they are credited as exports. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Imports—The value of total imports for the year end- 
     
     ing 30th june, 1905, amounted to $593,780.00; and of 
     
     imports entered for home consumption, $590,371.00. Owing 
     
     to the manner in which the customs returns, as published, 
     
     are made up, it is diflicult to determine the actual imports of 
     
     the Island, and the above figures must not be taken as 
     
     representing its individual consumption. Large quantities of 
     
     goods are purchased, duty paid, in Montreal, Toronto, 
     
     Halifax, Saint John and other Canadian points and consumed 
     
     in Prince Edward Island, for which this Province does not 
     
     receive credit.