56 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

It receives a grant of $100.00 from the Department of Agriculture. Its membership is composed of one delegate for each institute in good standing and one additional delegate for every twenty-five members thereof in good standing with two delegates from each of the following Associations : “ The Fruit Growers’ Association of Prince Edward Island," “The Farmer’s and Dairymens'Associa- tion of Prince Edward Island,” and ”The Prince Edward Island Poultry Association.” The Provincial Seed Fair is managed by a committee appointed by this Institute. At the Annual Meeting, 1915, the following officers were elected :

President—D. N. McKay

Secretary—E. B. McLaren

Vice-Pres. for Queen’s—Rev. P. D. McGuigan

Vice-Pres. for King’s—D. F. McDonald

Vice-Pres. for Prince—Robt. Agnew

Directors—Walter Simpson, E. j. Giddings, E. B. McLaren, Rev. P. C. Gauthier, G. W. W. Cameron.

There were in operation throughout P. E. Island in 1914 Farmers’ Institutes as follows :