ere sent out, and
in 1906, 58. The party of 58 was composed of five Irishmen, one
Welshman, three Scotchmen, and forty-nine Englishmen. These men go to
work on different farms in Canada, and some sent out in previous years
now have homesteads there. In the colony there are five departments,
viz.: the market garden, the brick-making department, the dairy
department together with the piggery, the poultry department, and the
Inebriate's Home. There is also a store which has an income of $1,000.00
a month. The market garden is one of the best industries, most of the
produce being sold in the town of Southend, four miles distant. In the
busy season, as many as 100 workers are found in this department. There
are four large conservatories, especially for tomatoes and flowers. A
good many potatoes are raised, and there is a good deal of land in
berries and orchard. There are three brick-yards with the latest
improved kilns and machinery. These yards have been a very heavy expense
and have not been satisfactory. For instance, in 1898, the year's sale
of bricks amounted to L4717, while the expenditure of this department
was L5563, this latter sum including the expense of repairing the drying
fields, which that year were injured by a flood.[22] In the dairy
department about twenty-five head of cattle provide the colony with milk
and butter, while sometimes milk is sold at Southend. In the piggery the
number of hogs runs from 200 to 500. The poultry department is given
over to prize poultry breeding and has been successful in winning some
noted prizes. The Inebriate's Home is licensed for twenty male
inebriates who are charged from 25s. to 30s. per week. Between 60% and
70% are stated to be reclaimed after an average period of eight months'
treatment. In addition to these departments it might be noted that there
is a school on the colony with an attendance of 100, some of whom come
from outside the colony, and a good sized hall, seating about 400, where
gatherings are held for social and religious purposes.

For the feeding and lodging of the colonists, large preparations are
made. They are graded according to their position in the colony, and an
opportunity is given them to rise from the lower to the higher grades.
The superintendent stated that this plan was found useful in stimulating
ambition. There are two dormitories, both clean and well-kept, but the
higher grade with better bedding and surroundings than the lower. This
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