I68 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     with. On the zrst August the marksmen of the various corps 
     
     assembled at Kensington Rifle Range in order to test their skill 
     
     and bear away a prize,—ot' which there were seventy. Major 
     
     Dogherty, of the Engineers, was in charge of the field during 
     
     the contest. Ranges were 400, 500 and 600 yards. At the 
     
     close of the third day’s shooting, Private Lawson, of No.4 
     
     Company, was declared winner of the first prize. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Situated on the west of the Malpeque Road, near the city is 
     
     a neat edifice, dedicated as the Church of Christ. It was 
     
     erected during this year, having a capacity to seat about six 
     
     hundred people. Services under the jurisdiction of its Elders 
     
     are held on Sundays at 11 a. m., 2.30 and 7 p. m. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Among other matters of importance this year also witnessed 
     
     the establishment of County Exhibitions. The Provincial 
     
     Government in aid of those institutions voted a handsome sum, 
     
     viz: Queen's County $650; Prince County $500; King’s 
     
     County $500. 
     
    

    
     The Drill Shed at Summerside having been fitted up for the 
     
     occasion, the Exhibition of Prince County was opened there 
     
     on the rst October, by the Lieu-Governor, Hon. T. Heath 
     
     Haviland. 
     
    
   
   
    
     King’s County Exhibition was opened at Georgetown, on the 
     
     3rd October, and Queen’s County Exhibition was opened at 
     
     Charlottetown on the 8th of the month. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Exhibitions of live stock, farm, garden and dairy products, 
     
     and manufactures, are, and have been for a number of years, of 
     
     annual occurrence. Great public interest is taken in these 
     
     shows, and the Provincial Exhibition is, from an agricultural 
     
     point of view, superior to any annual show of the kind in 
     
     Eastern Canada. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Legislature met this year, 1880, on the 13th February. 
     
     The guard of honor was commanded by Capt. Samuel McRae, 
     
     it was attended by the militia band as usual. The and Battery 
     
     of Artillery, Major Morris, fired the salute at Fort Edward. 
     
     The anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Victoria’s birthday 
     
     continued to be marked with every demonstration of loyalty 
     
     and respect. On that day and Dominion day, the 24th May 
     
     and rst July, the city artillery fired Royal salutes of 21 guns 
     
     each. The annual training of militiahad now commenced, 
     
     and on the 20th August the Kensington Rifle Range was alive