Eastern Judicial District: Judges, Honorables H. W. Whitla, J. G. Cory, L. P. Roy, D. A. Stacpoole, J. Bernier.

Western Judicial District: Honourable S. E. Clement.

Central Judicial District: Honourable G. Barrett. Northern Judicial District: Honourable F. E. Simpson.

Southern Judicial District: Honourable G. T. Armstrong.

Dauphin Judicial Council: Honourable A. L. Bonny castle.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Situation and Area.

British Columbia is the western province of the Dominion of Canada, situated on the north-west coast of North America, and comprising the territory bounded on the north by the 60th parallel, on the east by the 120th meridian to the 54th parallel, and the Rocky Mountains to the 49th parallel, on the south by the United States, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean to the 55th parallel and Alaska to the 60th parallel.

The length of the coast line in a direct line north and south, is 541 miles, but the total length, following the sinuosities of the coast, is 4,334 miles, exclusive of islands. The coastline of Vancouver Island is 1,884 miles, and the length 285 miles. The area (including Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Island) is 366,255 square miles. The distinguishing physical features of British Columbia are the rich valleys which produce in abundance all kinds of agricultural produce and intersect the country in parallel lines, the general direction being north and south; the extensive plateaux of the central interior; the vast forests of commercial timber; the great mountain ranges, and the deeply indented seaboard. The population, at the census of 1891, was 98,173; 1901, 178,657; 1911, 392,480; 1921, 524,582; 1931 (census figures). 694,263.

History.

Vancouver Island was granted to the Hudson's Bay Company under certain conditions in 1849, and the same year it was made a Crown colony. British Columbia was constituted a Crown colony in 1858, in consequence of the large immigration on the discovery of gold in the Thompson and Fraser Rivers. In 1866 the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island were united under the former name, and in 1871, British Columbia entered the Dominion of Canada as a Province. The Province is represented by six

members in the Senate, and fourteen members in the House of Commons of Canada.

Constitution.

The Provincial Government is administered by a Lieutenant-Governor and an Executive Council, or Cabinet, of nine Ministers, members of the legislative assembly of 48 inembers, on the British system of ministerial responsibility. The House of Assembly is elected for five years, every male and female adult (British subjects) having resided six months in the Province and duly registered, being entitled to a vote. In 1917 the franchise was extended to women. Members of the Legislature receive a sessional indemnity of $2,000, and a mileage allowance for travelling expenses.

Crown Land and Surveys.

The area of the Province of British Columbia is 234,403,200 acres (new official estimate given by the Chief Geographer).

Of this area 15,062,684 acres are Crown Granted, of which 6,639,841 acres are included in railway grants, about 6,189,098 acres are in process of alienation, which includes about 4,355,329 acres held at the present time under timber licenses and leases and 918,652 acres under grazing or coal leases. About 23,000,000 acres are estimated to be available for agriculture and 160,000,000 acres for grazing purposes, and 13,790,763 acres are under park and forest and game reserves.

A total of 33,498,386 acres have been surveyed, 9,000,000 acres of which are surveys of timber areas 500,000 of mineral claims and 189,800 acres of coal Petroleum and natural gas leases.

Approximately 4,600,000 acres of surveyed land is available for free pre-emption. Geographic and land maps can be optained on application to the Department of Lands; also maps, handbooks, and descriptive matter from the Bureau of Provincial Information.

Agriculture.

Agriculture in British Columbia has progressed steadily during the past four years. Mixed farming, stock raising, dairying, fruit-growing, poultry raising and truck gardening are the principal sources of agricultural production in the province. Preserving of fruit and vegetables has become quite an industry in the last year or two. The total value of farm products in 1937 was $50,024,542; live stock $4,139,000; poultry products $4,359,000; dairy products $12,842,650; fruits $7,656,319; vegetables † $2,473,991; field crops $16,613,250; hops $475,700; grains $5,688,500; wool $155,000; honey $214,121.

The stand of merchantable timber in the Province of British Columbia is estimated to reach the enormous total of 276 billion feet board measure which is over half the total of all Canada.

British Columbia occupies an especially advantageous position for supplying the overseas markets. It has vast quantities of timber unsurpassed in size, quality, and suitability for the manufacture of all kinds of dimension timber, lumber, piling, railway ties, pulp, paper and other products. The principal export timber trees of British Columbia are Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock, and Sitka Spruce or Silver Spruce. The total production from British Columbia forests during 1937 was $80,872,000, including sawn lumber to the value of $40,638,000, shingles $6,875,000,* pulp and paper $17,214,000.*

Water Resources.

There is probably no area on the continent of America so favoured in water power resources as between six to eight million horsepower is known as developed is 718,497 horsepower. The development available for development. The total power of hydro-electric power has been left to private enterprise, but the administration of the water resources is vested in the Water Rights Branch of the Dept. of Lands. Electrical energy for the Cities of Vancouver and New Westminster and the adjoining municipalities in the Frazer river delta is supplied from the two Buntzen-Coquitlam stations and the 202,000 h.p. developed and an ultimate capacity of three Alouette-Stave-Ruskin stations with a total of 343,000 h.p. In addition there is under construction the Bridge river development with an ultimate capacity of 600,000 h.p. which will also serve this

area.

Vancouver Island is served from the Jordan river The City of Victoria and the lower end of and Goldstream developments of 40,000 h.p.

In the interior the chief water power developments electrical energy, mainly for electrolytic refining of are on the Kootenay river where 226,000 h.p. furnishes metals at Tadanac, as well as serving many towns in the southerly portion of the Province. The principal industrial developments on the Coast are at Powell River and Ocean Falls where some 100,000 h.p. is utilized in pulp and paper mills.

In regard to irrigation, such is largely practised south of the 51st parallel of latitude. Water has been recorded for upwards of 600,000 acres of brought under cultivation. The fruit areas depend lands, of which approximately 100,000 have been upon irrigation.

The

to considerable extent these is the Okanagan Valley, which now has a largest and one of the most important of Through cooperation in production and marketwell-established fruit and vegetable industry. ing, those areas dependent upon irrigation are becoming very attractive.

Fisheries.

Superintendent Public Libraries Act, W. Kaye Lamb. Director Provincial Museum, Frank Kermode. King's Printer, C. F. Banfield.

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Acting Civil Service Commissioner, A. N. Baker.
Commissioner of Superannuation, A. N. Baker.
Division of Tuberculosis Control, Dr. W.
Hatfield, M.D., Medical Director.
Division of Venereal Disease Control, S. C. Peterson,
M.D., Director.

Superintendent of Welfare, J. H. Creighton.
Superintendent of Neglected Children, Miss I. Harvey.

Department of Agriculture.

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. K. C. MacDonald. Deputy Minister, J. B. Munro.

Department of the Attorney-General. Attorney-General, Hon. G. S. Wismer, K.C. Deputy Attorney-General, Col. Eric Pepler. Legislative Counsel, A. V. Pineo.

Registrar of Companies, H. G. Garrett.

Superintendent of Insurance, H. G. Garrett. Superintendent of Brokers, E. K. de Beck. Commissioner of Provincial Police, Lt.-Col. J. H. McMullin.

Department of Education.

Minister of Education, Hon. G. M. Weir.
Deputy Minister and Superintendent of Education,
S. J. Willis.

Assistant Superintendent of Education, D. L.
MacLaurin.

Director of High School Correspondence Instruction, J. W. Gibson, M.A.

Director of Elementary Correspondence School, Miss A. B. Miller.

Organizer of Industrial Education, J. Kyle. Inspector of High Schools, Albert Sullivan, J. B. De Long.

Registrar, J. L. Watson.

Department of Finance.

Minister of Finance, Hon. J. Hart.
Deputy Minister, H. N. Wright.

Inspector of Trust Companies and Assessor of Probate
and Succession Duties, A. C. Campbell.
Surveyor of Taxes, T. Cole.

Commissioner of Income Tax, C. B. Peterson.

Controlling and Audit Branch.
Comptroller-General, A. J. Craig.

Deputy Comptroller-General, Geo. Marshall.
Purchasing Agent, A. V. Hamilton.

Agent-General, London,

W. A. McAdam (acting) British Columbia House, 1-3, Regent Street, London, England.

Department of Fisheries.

Commissioner of Fisheries, Hon. G. S. Pearson, Assistant to the Commissioner, G. J. Alexander.

Department of Labour.

Minister of Labour, Hon. G. S. Pearson.

Deputy-Minister, Adam Bell.

Department of Mines.

Minister of Mines, Hon. W. J. Asselstine.
Deputy Minister, Dr. J. F. Walker.
Chief Inspector of Mines, James Dickson.
Provincial Mineralogist, P. B. Freeland.

Department of Municipal Affairs.
Minister of Municipal Affairs, Hon. A. W. Gray.
Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Inspector
of Municipalities, E. H. Bridgman.

Department of Public Works. Minister of Public Works, Hon. F. M. McPherson. Deputy Minister and Chief Engineer of Public Works, A. Dixon.

Department of Railways. Minister of Railways, Hon. G. S. Pearson. Deputy Minister and Chief Engineer, G. P. Napier.

Department of Trade and Industry. Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon. W. J. Asselstine.

Deputy Minister, E. G. Rowebottom.

Director, Bureau of Trade Extension, W. Lloyd Craig. Director, Bureau of Industrial and Tourist Develop ment, W. Lloyd Craig.

Commissioner, Tourist Development, J. Gordon
Smith.

JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT.
Court of Appeal.

Chief Justice, Hon. A. Martin.
Puisne Judges, Hon. A. Martin, Hon. A. E. McPhillips,
Hon. M. A. Macdonald, Hon. W. G. McQuarrie,
Hon. G. M. Sloan.

Supreme Court.
Chief Justice, Hon. A. Morrison.
Puisne Judges, Hon. D. Murphy, Hon. David A.
McDonald, Hon. A. I. Fisher, Hon. H. B. Robertson,
Hon. A. M. Manson.

Local Judge in Admiralty of the Exchequer Court, Hon. A. Martin.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
Situation and Area.

This island, which was admitted into union with the Dominion of Canada on the 1st July, 1873, is situated almost wholly between 46° and 47° N. lat., and between 62° and 644° W. long. Its area is 1,597,990 acres, or 2,184 square miles: it is about 150 miles long, and 34 its greatest breadth. It was discovered by Jacques Cartier, 1534; it was first settled by the French, but was taken from them in 1758. It was annexed to Nova Scotia in 1763, but, on the petition of the inhabitants, was constituted a separate Colony in 1769.

The population at the last census (1931) was 88,038.

Description.

The climate is milder than in the neighbouring

Cameron.

Department of Lands.

Minister of Lands, Hon. A. W. Gray.

Deputy Minister, H. Cathcart.

Surveyor-General, F. C. Green, D.L.S.
Comptroller of Water Rights and Consulting
Engineer, J. C. MacDonald, M.E. I.C.
Chief Forester, E. C. Manning.

Land Settlement Board.

Chairman, H. Cathcart.

Director, Newman Taylor.

Secretary, C. E. Hopper.

island is generally well wooded and watered, and the soil is fertile.

Besides the usual domestic industries of an agricultural people, there are numerous grain mills, and establishments for canning and preserving lobsters, fish, etc. Many cheese and butter factories have been established. The breeding and raising of silver and black foxes in captivity is an important industry, there being approximately 600 fox ranches in the province.

The waters adjoining comprise by far the most valuable section of the fishing grounds of America, and are very largely resorted to.

The chief towns are Charlottetown (12,361) and Summerside (3,759). A line of railway traverses the island, belonging to, and worked by, the Dominion Government. It is 210 miles in length, including branches. A railway is constructed through Belfast and Murray Harbour (about 50 miles), and one of the longest bridges in Canada is erected across the Hillsboro' River, over which trains and carriages run. Branch railways are built to Montague, Vernon River Bridge and Borden.

Constitution.

Responsible Governinent was established in Prince Edward Island in 1851. There is a Lieu tenant-Governor, appointed by the GovernorGeneral, an Executive Council (the Cabinet) of 9 members, and a Legislative Assembly of 30 elected members. Each member receives a payment of $400 per annum.

The island is divided into three counties, King's, Queen's, and Prince, each of which elects ten representatives to the Assembly. The island is also represented in the Dominion Parliament by four members in the Senate and four in the House of Commons.

Education.

A system of general education is established by law. The central control is vested in a Board of Education of eight members, presided over by the Minister of Education. The local management is in the hands of a chief superintendent. Education is free, non-sectarian, and compulsory between the ages of 7 and 13 years. There were in 1937, 478 schools, with 18,146 pupils. There is one higher college amalgamated with the normal school, and local high schools have been established in Summerside and Montague. In addition to the above there is also a Roman Catholic University not under the control of the Government, and six private schools.

District Judge in Admiralty, His Honour Donald McKinnon.

Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown, R. H. Rogers.

County Judges, C. G. Duffy, A. L. Fraser, D. E.
Shaw, $5,000 each.

Sheriff of Queen's County, J. G. MacFadyen.
Sheriff of Prince County, F. J. E. Wright.
Sheriff of King's County, M. J. Waye.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

Premier, Provincial Secretary-Treasurer, Attorney and Advocate-General, Hon. Thane A. Campbell, K C. Minister of Public Works and Highways, Hon. James P. McIntyre.

President of the Executive Council, Hon. B. W. LePage.
Minister of Education and Public Health, Hon. Mark
R. McGuigan, K.C.

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Wm. H. Dennis.
Without Portfolio-

Hon. Lucas R. Allen, Summerside.
Hon. John A. Campbell, Heatherdale.
Hon. Marin Gallant, Wellington.

Hon. T William L. Prowse, Charlottetown. Clerk, P. S. Fielding.

Provincial Legislature reconstituted in 1893 into one Legislative body, called The Legislative Assembly.