204 HISTORY OF PRINCE ED\VARD ISLAND.

ing extracts from the survey of Captain Holland, in 1765, and exhibiting peninanship and neatness of arrangement of the first order. At this period the number of acres cleared in the three counties was 11,285; houses, 391; churches, 2; mills, 11.

The number of acres of arable land held by all families in 1861 was 368,127. The number held in 1871 was 445,103,——the increase in ten years being 76,976 acres!

Prince Edward Island is the best fishing-station within the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. But this important depart- ment of industry has not been cultivated to anything like the extent it ought,——being mainly carried on with United States capital. The following table from the census of 1870 shows that there had been, from 1860 until 1870,

little, if any, progress :—

1860. 1870.

Fishing Establishments. i 89 176 Barrels of Mackerel cured. . . i 7.163 16.047 Barrels of Herring's or Alewives, . ‘ 22.416 16,831 Quintals of Codtish or Hake, . l 30.776 15,610 Gallons of Fish Oil. . . . . I 17,600 11.662. I l

Boats owned for fishing, 1,230 1,183 Men engaged in fishing, 2,318 1.616

In 1870 the total number of schools in the three counties was 372; and of‘ scholars, 15,000. In 1874 the number of schools was 403; of scholars, 18,233. The salaries of teachers range from $118.56 to $324.44,—only about an allowance

twenty teachers receiving the larger sum, which cannot, by any possibility, command the necessary l talent, and which must be increased it’ the cducatimial ' system is to be put on a proper basis.

The manufactures of the island are such as promise further developn’ient. The importance of diminishing the import of articles which can be produced as cheaply on the island as