264 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — MANITOBA
from TtHe .lauiK- Cac]ie to Barkle}' Sound on the west coast of Vaneouvor Island within four years from June 1910.
The number and tonnage of vessels entered and cleared at Britisli Columbia ports in 1911 was as follows: — Entered, 31,004 vessels, of 12,948,907 tons, and cleared 31,041 vessels, of 12,861,470 tons.
Books of Reference.
The Official Reports of the various Departments. See also under Canada.
Manitoba.
Constitution and Government. — Manitoba was known as the Eed Eiver Settlement before its entry into the Dominion in 1870. The Provin- cial Government is administered by a Lieutenant-Governor and a Legislative Assembly of 41 members elected for four )ears.
Lieutenant-Governor, — His Honour Sir Douglas C. Cameron. The Members of the Ministry are as follows: —
Premier, Provincial Secretary, Commissioner of Railways and Com- missioner of Provincial Lands. — Hon. Sir R. P. Roblin, K.C.JM.O. Minister of Education. — Hon. G. E. Coldwell. Minister of Public Works. — Hon. C. H. Campliell. Attorney-General. — Hon. Jas. H. Howden. Provincial Treasurer. — Hon. Hugh Armstrong. Minister of Agriculture. — Hon. Geo. Lawrence.
Area and Population.— The area of the Province is 2.51,832 square miles. Area of lake surface (1911) 6,019,200 acres. In 1912 its boundaries were extended to the shores of Hudson's Bay. (See map Stateman's Year Book, 1912). The population in 1911 was 455,614 (250,056 males and 205,558 females), which is 6*18 per square mile. In 1901 the population was 255,211, thus showing an increase by 1911 of 78*52 per cent. The rural population in 1911 was 255,249 (184,738 in 1901). The number of houses in 1911 was 84,511 (49,784 in 1901); the number of families in 1911 was 89,861, (51,056 in 1901). Population of the principal cities (1911):— Winnipeg (capital) 136,035: Brandon 13,839; Portage la Prairie, 5,892; St. Boniface, 7,483.
Instruction- — Education is locally controlled, as in all the provinces and is supported by local taxation and Government grants. Winnipeg has an Agricultural College, opened 1906, with 230 studen'ts. The University of Manitoba, founded in 1877 in Winnipeg, has 500 students. There are 2,526 teachers and 71,031 pupils in the public schools.
Finance. — In 1911 the revenue was 4,454,190 dollars; expenditure 4,002,826 dollars, leaving a surplus of 451,364 dollar.^.
The assessed value of all property was 357,832,111 dollars.
Production and Industry. — Manitoba is essentially fitted for agri- culture, more particularly for grain production. In 1911, 3,339,072 acres produced 61,058,786 bushels of wheat; 1,628,562 acres produced 73,786,683 bushels of oats; 759,977 acres produced 23,999,239 bushels of barley; flax, L205,727 bushels from 85,836 ^cres; rye, 136,064 bushels from 6,167 acres.
