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1855. 1856.

1859. 1860. 1860. 1860. 1860. 1861 . 1862. 1864. 1866. 1867. 187 1 . 1 871. 1873. 187 5. 187 5. 1875. 187 5. 1877.

1879.

1879. 1885.

1885. 1887. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1896. 1899. 1905.

1906.

Charlottetown incorporated (April).

Provincial Normal School established.

Death of Bishop McDonald (December).

Purchase of Selkirk estate.

Visit of Prince of Wales.

Prince of \Vales College established.

First Land Commission met (September).

General census taken.

Legislative Council made elective.

Confederation conference at Charlottetown, September 1.

Great fire in Charlottetown.

Death of Hon. T. H. Haviland, senior.

Railway construction begun (April).

Resolution re Railway submitted to House of Assembly.

Prince Edward Island enters Dominion.

Prince Edward Island Railway opened (April).

Land Purchase Act passed.

Death of Hon. George Coles (August).

Death ofJames Douglas Haszard (August).

Public Schools Act passed, and the Department of Education instituted.

Prince of Wales College and Normal School amalgamated.

Ladies admitted to the Prince of Wales College.

Cape Traverse Branch Railway opened.

Arbor Day established for schools.

Provincial Teachers' Association founded.

St. Dunstan's College affiliated with Laval University, Quebec.

Amalgamation of House of Assembly and Legislative Council.

Land tax system introduced.

Provincial Teachers' Association incorporated.

New Prince of Wales College erected.

Hillsborough Bridge and Murray Harbour Branch Railway com- pleted and opened for traffic (November).

Prince of Wales College enlarged.