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     The long and vexed agitation of the Land Question 
     
     is in course of settlement, and the Freehold system is 
     
     about to supplant the tenant system. The nervous 
     
     feeling about draining the country of its cash is about 
     
     to give place to a more independent possession of the 
     
     needful; and Steam Communication will e’er long be 
     
     a daily privilege with the neighboring Colonies. The ‘ 
     
     Telegraph will add its quota of improvement, when 
     
     fully organised. The finest Fisheries in the world, 
     
     will become attractive, when capital finds a resting 
     
     place on its shores, and the Islanders will obtain 
     
     a prosperity, never before dreamt ofin their Philoso- 
     
     phy. For these reasons, a good deal of matter is 
     
     withheld from this Edition of “The progress and 
     
     prospects of Prince Edward Island in 1861.” But 
     
     the author hopes to enlarge his sphere of observation, 
     
     and when the occasion suits again, to appear in a 
     
     larger, fuller, and more acceptable form of publica- 
     
     tion. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In bringing this manual to a conclusion, the author 
     
     feels indebted to many friends for promises ofsupport; 
     
     he is thankful for every kindness shewn him, and 
     
     anticipates a friendly verdict, if not on the merits of 
     
    
   
   
    
     , a small and unpretending production, at least on the 
     
     disinterested and unaided creation of itsgpages. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Prince Edward Island has ever been to the writer 
     
     a place of interest, he has been connected with the 
     
     Island long enough to have been born there and 
     
     grown to manhood, and although, many hardships 
     
     and much sorrow has careered him through his con- 
     
     nection with the place, he never leaves it without 
     
     mingling the regret of departure, with a desire to 
     
     return. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In bidding the reader ADIEU, the author will be 
     
     forgiven if he re-produces a few lines he years ago 
     
     wrote upon his Island home.