increases in the numbers of horses, sheep and pigs, but a slight decrease in cattle in Lot 27 in 1871; decreases were also recorded for production of wheat and barley. Cloth continued to be manufactured at 'home, though slightly more non-fulled than fulled cloth. No major natural disasters were reported for the decade, nor did pests and disease seem to be problems. Remarks by John R. Calhoun , representative for the Fourth District, in the House of Assembly in 1878, that his district was the most heavily taxed in P.E.I. (76.750 per head).and received the least in benefits ($1.12 per head) might fit&ato be taken as a positive economic indicator. (35) Two items are less positive: in 1870 two residents in Somerset received relief money from the public treasury; and in 1879 one resident's farm was sold at a mortgage sale. (36) Between 1870 and 1878 farmers at Somerset won fifteen prizes in the top threeo class® for their horses at the irince County agricultural exhibitions; (37) part of this success can, no doubt, be attributed to having in the village an imported, pure bred racing stallion, called "Abdallah Messenger",owned by John O'Ronaghan ; (38) but several draft horses among the winners indicates concern with the best farm horses, as well as horse racing; this entertainment takes on great importance in Somerset in the following decade. A final item of interest for the 1870's, and one probably indicating economic prosperity in the village,was the addition of a tower and spire to St . Kalachy 's church, in 1872y (39) 5 2.