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steamers. would not only lessen the time of travel to the upper provinces, 550., but 1would give a greater impetus to trade, and to the passenger traffic in par- ticu ar. Mails are despatched daily to the Mainland, and weekly to Great Britain, while advantage is taken of intervening opportunities via New York. There are excellent postal facilities throughout the Province,-post offices being establish- ed at intervals of three or four miles, and of these there are 297, or one for every four hundred inhabitants. There is direct telegraphic communication by submarine cable, and tele- graph oflices are established in all the principal towns and villages, and along the line of railway. In addition to this a Telephone Company, which opened an exchange in Charlottetown in 1835, has extended its operations into some parts of the country. ‘ Besides the internal communication furnished by the railway, several small steamers and sailing packets, most of them subsidized, more or less, by the Government, offer means of coast and river transit. In the summer there is no more enjoyable trip than a sail, either to Crapaud or Orwell and back, by the Inland Navigation Company’s steamer from Charlottetown, and a much better idea. and a nearer view, of the shore farms are obtained, than is possible from the Pictou boat. One or more of the denominations mentioned in the population statistics have places of worship in almost every district. Seven Newspapers are published in the Province, five of which are weeklies and two dailies, which latter issue weekly editions also; three of the former are located in Summerside, the remainder in the Capital, where, also, the Royal Gazette appears. The people are, on the whole, contented and prosperous, and the farmers, though few of them can be called wealthy, constitute the most independent portion of the population. The amount to the credit of depositors in the Dominion Savings Bank on the 30th June 1887, was $2,305,535.09. or $19.37 for every man, woman and child in the Province. The amount on deposit in the five other banks doing business, as well as the capital invested in commercial ventures, which is very considerable, must also be taken into account. The Law Courts of the Province consist of:- 1. Court of Chancery, of which the Lieutenant Governor is ex-oflz‘cio Chan- cellor, and the judicial powers of which are exercised by a Master of the Rolls and Vice Chancellor.

2. Court of Divorce, of which the Lieutenant Governor and members of the Executive Council are Judges.

3. Supreme Court presided over by a Chief Justice and two Assistant Jud es.

This cgurt besides its sessions in Charlottetown sits, for the trial of civil and criminal suits, twice a year, both in Summerside and Georgetown, the

chief towns of the other counties. 4. County Courts, of which there is one in each county, presided over by Judge. ~

Each of these, which are for civil suits only, has five circuits distributed over the county.

5. Court of Probate of Wills, with one Judge.

6. Stipendiary Magistrates and Justices of the Peace.

CLIMATE.

The climate of Prince Edward Island is remarkably healthy. The cold [is certainly more severe, and lasts for a longer period than in England, but the atmosphere is dry and salubrious, and the summer is of such brightness and beauty as amply to compensate for the winter. The weather generally becomes unsettled in the early part of November and sometimes sharp frosts, With falls

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