78 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

plots 0r quarter-plots set forth in each of these plans a separate Index Book and Abstract Book have been prepared. In the index Books, each plot leased is numbered with the corresponding number set forth in the respective plans,—the number referring only to the number of the particular area for which the lease was issued. In the Abstract Books each lease, with all essential particulars re~ garding it, is duly registered. This mode of registration in separate books, which refer to particular bays and areas, gives the searcher for information regarding the leases of bottoms in those areas, a quick insight to the titles and conditions of each, and prevents any intermixture of plots, or uncertain or indefinite idea concerning any area or lease. The numbers on the plan show each particular plot and no other; the corresponding numbers in the books refer to that particular plot and no other.

PRODUCT OF FISHERIES

According to the available returns about $883,000 worth of lobsters, $64,000 worth of codfish, $32,000 worth of hake, $11,000 worth of haddock, $60,000 worth of herring, $81,000 worth of mackerel, $45,000 worth of smelts, $11 1,500 worth of oysters, $76,500 worth of clams, and other fish products, totalling $1,261,- 666, were obtained last year off the coast of Prince Edward Island.

The persons engaged in fishing and curing fish numbered 6,246 as follows :

On vessels ...................... 96 On boats ....................... 3656 On carrying Smacks ............. 12

In fish houses, freezers and canneries. .2500

The value of vessels, boats and fishing gear employed in the P. E. Island fisheries is estimated at $948,667.

LOBSTER CANNERIES.

The Lobster Canneries in operation in P.E. Island during 1915 include those of the following :

KING’S COUNTY

E. S. Johnston, Fortune Harbor John J. McDonald, St. Margaret's John A. King, Boughton Island J. T. McKinnon, Monticello