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     to necessitate alanding and shipping place for the settlement 
     
     and its vicinity, which requirement was granted in 1840 by the 
     
     Government erecting a public wharf. Some six years following 
     
     this event a line of sailing packets as traders to the mainland 
     
     was established, thus giving it a fresh start on its march to 
     
     prosperity, so that Green’s Shore became the chief emporium 
     
     of the County. The steady inorease ofa small but energetic 
     
     population rendered necessary the enlargement of the bounds 
     
     of what might then be termed a village; by mutual consent 
     
     therefore some adjacent land was taken up, streets and building 
     
     lots laid off, and the foundation of that which subsequently 
     
     became the second town of the colony, both in population 
     
     and commercial importance, was happily laid, and now hails as 
     
     Summerside. Such were the elements that marked its rise and 
     
     progress at the outset; its prosperity, interest and harmony 
     
     seemed forever assured. 
     
    
   
   
    
     When the first official report of the state of Education, by 
     
     Mr. John McNeill, School Visitor, made its appearance, we 
     
     learn that there were 51 schools and 1,669 scholars throughout 
     
     the country. In this year a steamboat, called the Cape Breton, 
     
    
   
   
    
     was associated with the Para/2071M: in the mail carrying service 
     
     of the Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On the 11th July, 1834, a detachment of the Rifle Brigade, 
     
     commanded by Captain Foy, arrived from Halifax to relieve 
     
     that of the 83rd Regiment under Captain Emslie. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Bill authorizing the building of an oflicial residence on 
     
     Government farm, having passed the Legislature, and sufficient 
     
     means for that purpose being placed at the disposal of the 
     
     Government, a commodious edifice, with coach house and ‘ 
     
     stables, together with a farmer’s cottage and military guard- 
     
     house, were accordingly erected during the summer of 1835, 
     
     and were considered highly creditable to the colony. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Of the various official residences of different governors here- 
     
     tofore, Governor Patterson on his arrival first resided at Fort 
     
     Amherst, from where he removed to a house on Queen Street, 
     
     Charlottetown. Governor Fanning during his administration 
     
     occupied the whole block situate within Great George, 
     
     thhmond, Prince and Sydney Streets, having his mansion 
     
     erected upon the south corner; the remainder of this estate 
     
     betng utilized as an orchard and garden. The dwelling-house 
     
    

    
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