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     men, 81 women and 151 children—256 at Lennox Island 
     
     and 60 at Morell. In 1871, they numbered 323 ; in 1881 
     
     281 ; and in 1891, 315. At the Lennox Island Reserve 
     
     are many well-furnished homes, a school attended by 24 
     
     children, and a fine church, where on St. Anne’s Day 
     
     elaborate services attract visitors. All the members of 
     
     this band are Roman Catholics. The Indians are quiet 
     
     and inoffensive, and for the most part temperate. Leaving 
     
     the modes of living, and habits of their forefathers, and 
     
     adopting the customs of the pale~face, they seemed to 
     
     have become less healthy and to be in danger of dying out. 
     
     But latterly they have been holding their own. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The principal occupations are farming, basket-making 
     
     and fishing—cod and eels in summer and smelts for 
     
     shipment to the United States during the winter. Fair prices 
     
     are obtained, and considerable money is made by the Indians. 
     
     Those residing on the Reserves, keep horses, cows, pigs, 
     
     sheep and poultry and are well provided with farming 
     
     implements. In the year 1902 there were 264 acres under 
     
     cultivation, including made pasturage, 304 cleared including 
     
     natural pasturage, and 144 farming implements. Of live 
     
     stock they had 88 and poultry 203 ; and a total value of real 
     
     and personal property of $41,000. In 1901 they harvested 
     
     2718 bushels of grain and roots, and 108 tons of fodder. The 
     
     total value of the farm produce including hay was $1,698, 
     
     and the total income of the Indians from hunting. fishing 
     
     and other sources was $18,402. The present chief of the 
     
     band is John Sark. 
     
    
   
   
    
     System of Government. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Dominion of Canada is a self-governing dependnecy 
     
     of the British Empire, the system of government estab- 
     
     lished under the British North America Act of 1867 being 
     
     a federal Union (the first of the kind in the Empire.) 
     
    

    
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