scarcity of labor, all promptly found employment either in the factories or with farmers. In Appendix No. 8 will be found a statement of their distribution throughout the province. Appendix No. 9 shows the work performed on the various public buildings. The foundations of the new Parliament Buildings are now completed, and we will soon be in a position to commence the construction of the fourth side of the magnificent square formed by the Departmental buildings. The whole respectfully submitted. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND PUBLIC WORKS, QUEBEC, November, 1882. A. DIONNE, TABLE OF CONTENTS. :0:- PAGES REPORT of the Honorable Commissioner.. iii II. AGRICULTURE-Proceedings of the Council of Agriculture and Report of the Committee. III. DAIRYING-Reports of Messrs. Jocelyn and Barré-Table............... 5 VI. PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION OF 1881.-Report of the Permanent Exhibition Committee..... 93 117 VIII. IMMIGRATION.-Reports of Messrs. O'Neill, Desbarats and Ibbotson. 161 IX. PUBLIC WORKS.-Report of Mr. Gauvreau.. 175 |