17 they took an Indian canoe with two Canadians to paddle them, and lastly they procured Caleches and arrived in Quebec on the 2nd of August, ten days ahead of the Canceaux. What became of the open boat and the other members of the party is not stated. General Murray , supposing him lost, was much pleased with his arrival, and a few days afterwards appointed him one of His Majesty's Council for Quebec . Here Captain Holland met Captain Dean , of the Mermaid , who had that summer been on the Island and told him that it would be necessary to take all sorts of materials and provisions with him, as there was nothing left on the Island but a detachment posted at who were indifferently provided, and could not furnish them with lodgings. Holland brought with him to Quebec dispatches from the Secretary of State, Royal Instructions to Governor Murray and the Great Seal of the Province. In conformity with his Instructions , General Murray appointed a Legislative Council, which was convened on August 13th, 1764. Holland was appointed a member of this Council. On August 24th Holland was appointed a General Commissioner of the Peace for Quebec and for , and in the following year Commander of the Peace for these two districts. On September 8th he appointed John Collins of Quebec as his deputy, a position he held under Holland until his death on April 15th, 1795. Collins was a merchant in Quebec who acted as Surveyor- General during Holland's absence in England . The Canceaux had been undergoing repairs since her arrival in Quebec , and no doubt Holland and his assistants were fully employed in securing the necessary supplies and equipment for the surveying operations. The following extracts are from an address by Fred de St . C. Brecken to the Antiquarian Society in June, 1899, and give an outline of the survey of the Island of St . Jean ( Prince Edward Island ). "On the fall of , in 1748, Lord Rollo , with the 35th Regiment and two battalions of the 60th, was sent to " Isle St . Jean," where he received the submission of the inhabitants, and tried to remove them, but with small success, for out of more than 4,000 he could catch but 700. According to Admiral Boscawen 's official report, the inhabitants were then as follows: Point le Prince, 700; N.E. River , 2,000; St. Peters , 700; , 500; West and North River , 200; total, 4,100." The Admiral's letter further contains "that by the best accounts he can get the Island of St. John ( P.E.I. ) has been the only supply for Quebec of corn and beef since the war, except what has been brought from Europe, having at present about 10,000 horned cattle; and many of the inhabitants declare that they can grow each of them 1,200 bushels of corn annually. They have no other market for it but Quebec . It has been the asylum for the French inhabitants from Nova Scotia , and from this island has been constantly carried on the inhuman practice of killing the English inhabitants of Nova Scotia for the sake of carrying their scalps to the French, who pay for them. Several scalps were found in the Governor's quarters when Lord Rollo took possession." The Canceaux had to undergo some repairs, so that it was the 14th September before she sailed again and, owing to contrary winds, she only arrived at the northwest part of the Island on 5th October. As might be expected, Captain Holland had at this time no clear conception as to the size of the Island, or the