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fuel and light was provided, the GovernorVS salary paid, also that of his private secretary9 the orderly and one or two servants. The sides de camp were chosen from the militarys a position much thought ofo A sentry marched backwards and forwards before the door and another at the lodge gates no one dared enter the grounds Without permission» His Excel» lency; Sir Henry Vere Huntley was the Lieutenant Governor from 184I'to 1,847o Every year on the Queen's birthday he held a levee at Government House, followed in the evening by a state dinner or ball. '

The second Gulnere use built in the summer of 1845. She was a two topaseil schooner launched from a ship- yard on the shore, at foot of Prince and Great George Streets; her tonnage was 176 tons. many ladies were present at the ceremonial affairg The navel officers in Charlotte Town at that time were Captain.Bayfield, Commander Bedford, Lieutenant Orlebar, er. Forbes, master, and Dre Kelly, who were all Royal lbmy Officers. In the summer of '44 Captain Bedford returned to England with his family. Captain Orlew bar took his place, and Lieutenant Hancock came to the Is- land; he and Dr. Kelly were unmarried, the older officers being marries. Curtain Bayfield took the house on the corner Of Euston,and Queen.3treets which had been occupied by the Countess of chtmorland and her daughter Lady Georgiana Fans, both of whom had returned to Englan e The Countessg being a landed proprietress, had been living here to look after her estate. Captain Orlebar lived in a house on Kent Street owned by Henry Palmer Esq., (now C.FeC.Y.) He afteru wards moved to a house on Prince Street later occupied by John Higgins.

The Provincial Building was rather unpretentious, Its arched windows and doors were the only indication of its importance. It was a wooden building about fiftyefive feet long, and about thirtyofive feet in width, situated on Queen Square at the north side of the 1859 Market House and about 30 feet in from Queen and Grafton.3treets. This building was divided into two rooms, the Council Chamber and Assembly Room with a hall about eight feet in width between them, and an ante-room off each chambero Over the hall were the galleries for each House, and as they were small; few people could be admittedo The building was afterwards used for post office, court house and police court. It was eventually moved to Huston Street (approximately 125 Euston) and made into tenements.

The other buildings on Queen Square were the round Market House, Ste Paul's Church and St. Paul’s Sunday and