194 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     “Ascending the throne when but a little over eighteen years 
     
     of age, in the words of another, ‘ She has reigned for the girls 
     
     of the kingdom; a mother with sons she has reigned for the 
     
     boys; the mistress in a home she has realized that the pure 
     
     home is the strength of the state; a leader in society she has 
     
     felt that society must be kept pure, and has done her best to 
     
     make and keep it so; her standards have been high, and have 
     
     been well enforced.’ ” 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the course of his speech the Lieutenant Governor said: 
     
    
   
   
    
     “I am glad to be able to say also that we are making this 
     
     Diamond Jubilee with substantial tokens which the youngest 
     
     child here may remember. 
     
    

    
     “ rst. Through the munificence and charity of a number 
     
     of our citizens there will be erected this year a new General 
     
     Hospital to be named the Victoria Jubilee Hospital. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “2nd. The Government are erecting a wing to our Asylum 
     
     which will afford commodious arrangements for our insane. 
     
    

    
     “3rd. We have also let the contract for a new Prince of 
     
     Wales College. 
     
    

    
     “4th. The opening and dedication of this Victoria Park 
     
     Roadway with its grand Terrace and Breastwork. 
     
    

    
     “ Looking back at our own history during Her Majesty’s 
     
     reign, have we not reason to be thankful. We had many 
     
     troubles to encounter and hardships to endure. We can now 
     
     listen to a learned lecture on the troublesome days of the 
     
     tenant league and smile at its recital. 
     
    

    
     “Our people are contented and happy in the ownership of 
     
     their farms. We have schools and churches on every hand, 
     
     and we are making rapid strides in agriculture. The laws of 
     
     the land are obeyed throughout the Province. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “ We stand in point of education and morality the equal of 
     
     any Province of the Dominion. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “When our famishing brethren of India were known to be 
     
     suffering from want and starvation, our people forwarded to 
     
     them the magnificent donation of $6,000.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Governor Howlan also presented John Sark, Indian chief 
     
     from Lennox Island, with a gold medal and a watch, which 
     
     were much admired and appreciated by the chief and the 
     
     noble red men and dusky maidens who accompanied him.