TABLE showing the Total Commerce of New Brunswick with all Countries for Eight Years, and showing the Commerce with the United States separately for the same years. The values are in pounds sterling. The number and tonnage of the vessels belonging to the Province for the same years are shown in the following: The principal exports of the colony in the years 1860-61-62 were the following: In the Superior Schools, Greek was taught in 2, Latin in 15, French in 9, and the Mathematics in all. Besides the foregoing, there is a Training School for educating teachers, into which 167 applicants were admitted after passing an examination, at which 27 applicants were rejected. There are also 12 Grammar Schools, in which there were, in 1862, 397 pupils. Latin and the Mathematics were taught in all these schools; Greek in 7; and French in 8. MILITIA OF THE PROVINCE.-The return of the enrolled militia for 1862 is as follows: Volunteers. 1st Class.-Single men, and widowers without children... Stores, barns, &c.......... The increase of population in the Province in the 10 years from 1851 to 1861 was 30.05 per cent. Of the whole population, 49.76 per cent. are agricultural, or very nearly one-half. 21.71 per cent. are laborers; 15.90 per cent. are mechanics and handicraftsmen; 4.48 are engaged in commerce; 3.93 in the fisheries and at sea; 1.85 are professional; and the remainder miscellaneous. Agriculture (1860). Wheat, bushels.. 66 bushels..... Oats, acres...... bushels..... Buckwheat, acres ...... 1,738 66 18,859 bushels 2d Class.-Married men, and widowers with children... Indian corn, acres...... 86 6,131 bushels... 3,714 Potatoes, acres... 66 bushels... 279,775 5,227 94,679 96,268 2,656,883 41,936 904,321 635 Flax (scutched), lbs.. Butter, lbs.......... 129,948 Wool, lbs......... 122,099 Pork (slaughtered), lbs...... Maple sugar, lbs..... 252,047 Hay, tons...... 199,445 17,420 3,944 57,504 37,667 4,041,339 4,501,477 218,067 633,757 9,692,169 230,066 324,169 [The materials and documents from which the 52,602 foregoing article on New Brunswick is compiled were courteously furnished by the Lieutenant1,112 Governor, through Hon. S. L. Tilley, Provincial 1,591 Secretary, Captain Harry Moody, Aide-de-Camp, 85,238 and J. Q. Howard, Esq., U.S. Consul at St. John, 57,730 to each of whom the publisher and editor make 42,776 grateful acknowledgments.] Newfoundland. One of the British North American colonies. Settled, 1608. Area, 35,850 square miles. Population, by census of 1857, 122,638. Dimensions of the Island: extreme length, about 420 miles; extreme breadth, about 300 miles. Astronomical position, between latitudes 46° 40′ and 51° 39' north, and between longitudes 52° 44′ and 59° 31′ west from Greenwich. Seat of Government, St. John's. GOVERNMENT, January, 1864. Governor, Commander-) His Excellency Sir Alexin-Chief,and Vice-Ad- ander Bannerman, Knight. THE NATIONAL ALMANAC. presentative of the sovereign. The Executive Council is chosen by the Governor from the majority side of the Legislative Assembly, the views of which majority control the policy of the Government. COLONIAL LEGISLATURE.-The legislative power of the Colony is exercised (subject to the revision of the Crown) by a Legislature, composed of a Legislative Council and a House of Assembly. The former consists of not over 15 members, appointed by the Crown, to hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure; and the latter consists of 30 members, chosen every four years by the qualified electors of the Colony. Householders for one year are voters. The qualification for a member of the House is that he shall have been a householder for two years and possess property of the clear value of £500, or have a net annual income of £100. Officers of the Legislative Council, Hon. Lawrence O'Brien, President; Hon. George H. Emerson, Clerk and Master in Chancery. Officers of the House of Assembly, Frederick B. T. Carter, Esq., Speaker; John Stewart, Esq., Clerk. The next election for members of the House is to be held in November, 1864. FINANCE, COMMERCE, BANKS, &c.-The revenue of the Colony for the year 1862 was £116,929; and the expenditure for the same year was £138,056. The revenue is derived entirely tron customs, there being no other tax of any kind. The colonial debt is £173,612. The value of the exports from the Colony (1862) was £1,171,723; and of the imports, £1,007,082. The number of ships owned and registered in Newfoundland was (1863) 1386, measuring 87,030 tons. The number of arrivals was 1345; departures, 1159; vessels built during the year, 26. Of the imports in 1862, the value of £345,797 was from the United States; and of the exports, £47,729 was to the United States. There are two banks at St. John's,-the Union Bank, capital £50,000, and the Commercial Bank, [1864. A census of Labrador, taken by James L. Prendergast, Superintendent of Fisheries, estimates the number of residents from L'Anse Sablon to Sandwich Bay at 1650, of whom 1331 are Protestants and 319 Catholics. tarian, so far as the Church of England and the Catholic (called St. Bonaventure College). Wesleyan Academy. General Protestant Academy, and several other schools. In Harbor Grace and Carbonear (the two next towns in population to St. John's) there are grammar schools established by act of the Legishave a number of schools in the Colony. There lature. The Colonial Church and School Society Act, 21 Vic. cap. 7, provision is made for the are very few private schools. By the Colonial training of teachers, and also for two inspectors, -one Catholic and one Protestant,-who make an annual inspection of schools; but education, from the smallness of the teachers' stipends in the outports, and the peculiar pursuits of the people, is not far advanced. The following will show the condition of the schools, 1863: 1864.] COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. IMPORTS, EXPORTS, SHIPPING, &c., 1862.-In the year named, the gross value of the exports was $5,646,961, and the gross value of the imports was $8,445,042. The number of registered vessels was 3408, measuring 277,718 tons; and the number built during the year was 201, measuring 39,38 tons. This is all the information of recent date that could be obtained from Nova Scotia. The same means were used to procure it from this province as from the others, but without avail.] Prince Edward's Island. One of the British North American colonies. Area, 2137 square miles. Population, 1861, 80,857. Settl'ed, 1715. Conquest from the French, 1758. Dimensions of the island,-length, about 140 miles; Astronomical posibreadth, from 15 to 34 miles. tion, between 45° 34′ and 47° 10′ north latitude, and between 61° 58′ and 64° 38' west from Greenwich. Seat of Government, Charlottetown. GOVERNMENT, January, 1864. Lieutenant-Governor, His Excellency George [George Dundas, Esq., formerly an officer of the Rifle Brigade; retired from the army, 1844; represented Linlithgow in Parliament, 1847-1858.] Executive Council, or Ministry. Hon. Hamilton Gray, President; Hons. Edward Palmer, James Yeo, John Longworth, James C. Pope, David Kaye, James McLaren, Daniel Davies, and William Henry Pope. Clerk of the Executive Council, Charles Des Brisay, Esq. Assistant Clerk, Donald Currie, Esq. Principal Executive Officers. Colonial Secretary.......... Hon. Wm. H. Pope. Treasurer ....George Wright, Esq. .... Hon. Edward Palmer. Attorney-General..... Lands and Surveyor- Hon. John Aldous. Postmaster-General......... Lemuel C. Owen, Esq. The Lieutenant-Governor is appointed by the Crown, and is the royal representative in the colony. The Executive Councillors are appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor from the majority side of the Colonial Parliament, and they are responsible for the Government while in office. qualified electors of the colony, by districts, to serve for a term of four years. No propertyqualification is required to enable persons to vote for members of the Assembly. Officers of the Legislative Council,-Hon. Donald Montgomery; Clerk, James Barrett Cooper, Esq. Officers of the House, Hon. T. Heath Haviland, Speaker; Chief Clerk, John McNeill, Esq. Supreme Court. Chief-Justice. ...... Hon. Robert Hodgson Besides the foregoing tribunals, there is an Instance Court of Admiralty, of which the ChiefJustice of the Supreme Court is Judge; a Court of Probate of Wills, &c., of which Hon. Charles Young is Surrogate; and a Court of Marriage and Divorce, composed of the Lieutenant-Governor and Executive Council. The terms of the Supreme Court commence on the first Tuesday in January and May, and on the last Tuesday in June and October.. ECCLESIASTICAL.-Church of England,-The Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, Right Rev. Hibbert Binney, D.D., has jurisdiction of the island. Catholic Church,-Right Rev. Peter McIntyre, D.D., Bishop of Charlottetown. FINANCE, COMMERCE, &C.-For the year ending January 31, 1863, the revenue of the colony was £25.861 sterling, and the total expenditure was £34,451 sterling. At the close of the same year the public debt was £54,803 sterling. The exports for the year amounted to £150,549, and the imports to £211,240. In 1860, sixty-six vessels were built, of the aggregate value of $309,225. There are two banks at Charlottetown.-the Bank of Prince Edward's Island, and the Union Bank. The capital of the latter is £30,000, $120,000. COLONIAL LEGISLATURE.-The legislative power of the colony is exercised (subject to the revision of the Crown) by a Legislature composed of a Council and a House of Assembly. Formerly the members of the Legislative Council were appointed by the Crown for life: but they are now (since Feb. 1863) elective. They are 13 in AGRICULTURE.-By the census of 1861, it appears number, chosen by the property-holders of the that in 1860 the products of some of the staples colony for a term of eight years.-6 of those now were as follow:-Wheat, 346,125 bushois; barley, in office to retire at the end of four years,-so that one-half the Council may be renewed every 223,195 bushels; oats, 2,218,578 bushels; buckfourth year. The members of the House of As-wheat, 50,127 bushels; potatoes, 2,972.235 bushels; sembly are 30 in number, and are chosen by the turnips, 343,784 bushels; hay, 31,100 tons. The number of horses was 18,765; of neat cattle, 60,015; of sheep, 107,242; and of hogs, 71,535. COUNTIES, TOWNS, AND POPULATION.-The island is divided into three counties,-Queen's county, Prince county, and King's county. The whole population of the colony, according to the census of 1861, was 80,857, of whom 40,880 were males, and 89,997 were females. Divided according to their religious faith, there were 44,975 Protestants, and 35,882 Catholics. The population of Charlottetown was, by the same census, 6706. Georgetown, in King's county, has a population of about 800. EDUCATION.-The Prince of Wales College, established at Charlottetown in 1860, is the most important educational institution of the colony. It is supported from the public revenue. St. Dunstan's College is a private establishment near Charlottetown. In 1856, a normal school for the training of teachers was established. The num ber of common schools in the same year was 260, and of pupils, 11,000. In 1861, there were 302 public school-houses, and 280 teachers; but we have no returns of the number of pupils for that year. The amount of money disbursed from the Colonial treasury, in 1862, for public education, was £11,000 sterling,-say $55,000. In 1863, an act was passed by the Legislature transferring a portion of this expense to the people individually. [For the materials from which the foregoing article is compiled, and for much more interesting matter which limited space compels us to omit, the publisher and editor are indebted to His Excellency Lieut.-Governor Dundas, and to Donald Currie, Esq., Assistant Clerk of the Legislative Council.] Vancouver's Island and British Columbia. British North American colonies. Area, 236,500 square miles. Population (estimated), 95,000. Situation,-west coast of America, north and west of Washington Territory. Seat of Government, Victoria. Governor, James Douglas, Esq., | C.B.; appointed Governor of Vancouver, May 16, 1851, and of British Columbia, Sept. 8, 1858. Of the population, about 20,000 are estimated to be on Vancouver's Island, and about 75,000 in British Columbia. British Colonial Governors. RETURN of the Names of all Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, and Persons administering the Govern ments of the different Colonies, stating their Salaries, in British Money, the Dates of their Appointments, the Places of their Residence, and the Countries or Districts over which they preside. vernor-in-Chief... Viscount Monck.... Nov. 2, 1861.. Quebec. Nova Scotia......... Lieut.-Governor The Right Hon. the £7,000 Sept. 14, 1861 Fredericton... mander-in-Chief.. } man, Kut....... Feb. 14, 1857 St. John........... don, C.M.G.. 3,000 1,500 2,000 mander-in-Chief.. 2,746 Bermuda ............ Governor and Com George Ord, R.E. Feb. 16, 1861 St. George's.. Vancouver Island. Governor and Com-James Douglas, mander-in-Chief.. British Columbia.. Governor and Com Esq., C.B..... mander-in-Chief. Esq., C.B... vernor-in-Chief... ling, K.C.B...... Feb. 14, 1857 Kingston Council of Gov't. Alex. W. Moir, Esq. Aug. 4, 1862. Grand Turk 5,000 800 1,800 2,000 4,000 * The Governor of British Columbia has received for the past year a special allowance of £1200 from the Colonial revenue. † Was Superintendent of Honduras from November 29, 1856, to February 12. 1862. |