_50_.

These shipments were very successful, and it is expected that _the great boon of direct steamship service between this Province

and the Old Country will be afforded permanently. The shipments by these steamers were as follows.——

S. S. “ Lake Winnipeg” for Liverpool, 23rd September:

4431 boxes Cheese 21 barrels Apples 414 boxes Butter 18 boxes Losters 777 cases Eggs 5 barrels Oysters 478 bales Hay 690 Sheep and Lambs 177 sacks Oats 5 head Cattle 4 Horses

Total value of Cargo $35,148

S. S. “ Lake Winnipeg” for Liverpool, 12th November:

2337 boxes Cheese 1482 cases Canned Meats 1044 packages Butter 51 boxes Hog Products 1204 cases Eggs 4o barrels Vegetables 1009 bales Hay 18 boxes Potatoes

249 barrels Apples 1228 Sheep

169 boxes Lobsters 91 head Cattle

54 barrels Oysters 8 horses

Total Value of Cargo $60,000

S. S. “Gaspesia” for Liverpool, 25th December:

1265 cases Canned Meats 24 boxes Lobsters

626 boxes and tubs Butter 238 barrels Apples 6 tons Poultry 300 tons Hay

100 tons Bacon 10,000 bushels Oats 96 carcases Mutton 138 bags bones 25 dressed Hogs 1 barrel Oysters 6 quarters Beef 1 bag Seed 10 barrels Pork 1286 Sheep

105 boxes Cheese 85 head Cattle

Total Value of Cargo $50,756.70

TONN AGE STATISTICS

The following table shows the Tonnage of Vessels, British and Foreign, employed in the coasting trade which arrived at and departed from Prince Edward Island from 1876 to 1898: