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elsewhere cannot be overestimated. Merchants who send money from the island to procure manufactured goods which they can obtain to equal advantage at home are enemies to the material progress of the island. Is furniture required? Men like Messrs. John Newson, Mark Butcher, or John E. Ferguson can supply it. Are carriages or wagons needed? Visit Messrs. McKinnon & Fraser’s establisln‘nent, or that of Messrs. J. 8.: R. Scott. Are castings needed? Messrs. DIeKinnon & McLean, or Mr. Edward Morrisey can accom- modate customers. Are window-sashes or similar wood- work in request? Lee & Gale are prepared to execute orders. Is tobacco required? Messrs Hickey & Stewart and Charles Quirk produce a superior article. Are mowing- machines needed by our farmers? l\Ir. Archibald “Thite makes them in great numbers and of excellent design and quality. Is well-made cloth required? It can be supplied in abundance by the manufacturing establishment of Mr. John D. Reid, Tryon. The men of whom these and similar firms consist are practical tradesmen, who are not ashamed to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow, and who naturally look to their fellowdslanders for that support to which their skill and enterprise entitle them.

The railway, under the management of Mr. Mechhnie, prospers beyond the most sanguine expectations of its pro- moters. It was opened in the month of April, 1875. We give a statement of traffic earnings from the date of its opening till the close of August, 1875 :—

No. I’assengers.’ VAimount. Freight. Mails. Express. Total. 47,847 $35,655 $14,381 $1,737 $1,391 $53,164

Mr. Stronach manages the mechanical department effi- ciently, and the amount paid annually in wages is such as confers signal benefit on Charlottetown.