during the winter to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; and 
     
     large quantities of smelts, etc, go to Boston and other 
     
     American cities. 
     
     FOREIGN EXPORTS 
     
     The total value of Foreign Exports for the year ending 
     
     31st December. 1898, (in addition to Canadian export and 
     
     home consumption) was as follows:— 
     
    
   
   
    
     Total Fisheries - ~ 35 506,501 
     
     Forest - - - - 597 
     
     Animals and their produce 474,644 
     
     Agricultural products, etc. - 343,305 
     
    

    
     Total $ 1,325,047 
     
    
   
   
    
     An estimate of the shipments of Eggs, for 1898 is 1,550,000, 
     
     dozen, valued at $147,250, which amount is included in the 
     
     foregoing. Much produce and live stock is carried by steamer 
     
     and small craft to different Provincial ports, statistics regarding 
     
     which it is difficult to obtain. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IMPORTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The imports for the year ending 3tst December, 1898, as 
     
     nearly as can be determined, amounted in value to $477,269. 
     
     Owing to the manner in which the Customs Returns, as 
     
     published, are made up, it is impossible to ascertain the 
     
     actual imports of the Island. Large quantities of goods are 
     
     purchased duty paid in Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, St. John and 
     
     other Canadian points and consumed in Prince Edward Island, 
     
     for which this Province does not receive credit. 
     
    
   
   
    
     PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND'S MARKETS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The question of increasing the trade relations of Prince 
     
     Edward Island with the outside world, more particularly the 
     
     marketing of its agricultural products, is a very important one. 
     
     The present Federal Government is inaugurating a complete 
     
     system of Cold Storage, which will enable Canadian produce 
     
     to be delivered in England in good condition. In the benefits 
     
     of this, Prince Edward Island has already participated, ocean 
     
     steamships fitted with cold storage having made three trips 
     
     between the Island and Great Britain in the {all of 1898.