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Guernsey people was made at Murray Harbour in 1788. The Western coast had a scattered population of Scotch, English,

Irish and French.

In 1780, the Legislature, on the suggestion of Governor Patterson, passed an act changing the name of St. John to that of New Ireland, but this was disallowed. The original name was retained until 1799, when, on account of the in— convenience arising from the fact that towns in two neigh— boring colonies bore practically the same name, and also out of compliment to the Duke of Kent, father of the late Queen Victoria, it was changed by an act of the Colonial Legislature to Prince Edward Island. The Duke at that time was commander of the forces at Halifax, and he had built a fort and established a garrison at Charlottetown.

Like the rest “of the Maritime” the Island of Prince Edward received its quota of loyalists. When Shelburne, in Nova Scotia—that great city that was to be,—founded after the close of the Revolutionary War by those who were not satisfied with the new order of things—collapsed, about one hundred of its inhabitants came to Prince Edward Island, settling mostly on the south shore. Many well-known families of to-day—thrifty and prosperous citizens of such fine farming districts as Bedeqne, Pownal, Vernon River, etc., are descendants of those who in 1783 preferred George of England to his namesake of Washington.

Prince Edward Island remained a separate Province from the ist of May. 1769, until July rst, 1873, when it be- came part of the Dominion of Canada. An agitation for the establishment of responsible government started in 1834, resulted in this being granted in 1851, since which time the Executive has been recognized as responsible to the Legisla- ture. Some Acts of very great importance were afterwards passed, among others being those providing for the establish- ment of a uniform rate of postage, the assimilation of the currency, and free education; and in 1853 a measure was

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