-26- fuel and light was provided, the Governor's salary paid, also that of his private secretary, the orderly and one or two servants. The aides de camp were chosen from the military, a position much thought of. A sentry marched backwards and forwards before the door and another at the lodge gate. He one dared enter the grounds without permission* His Excel¬ lency, Sir Henry Vera Huntley was the Lieutenant Governor from 1841 to 1847* Every year on the Queen's birthday he held a levee at Government House , followed in the evening by a state dinner or balls The second Gulnare was built in the summer of 1845. She was a two top-sail schooner launched from a ship¬ yard on the shore, at foot of Prince and Great George Streets| her tonnage was 170 tons. Many ladies ?/ere present at the ceremonial affaire The naval officers in Charlotte Town at that time were Captain Bayfield , Commander Bedford , Lieutenant Orlsbar , Mr. Forbes , master, and Dr. Kelly , who were all Royal Navy Officers. In the summer of '44 Captain Bedford returned to England with his family. Captain Orle- bar took his place9 and Lieutenant Hancock came to the Is¬ land? he and Dr. . Kelly were unmarried, the older officers being married. Captain Bayfield took the house on the corner of Uuston ano >ueen Streets which had been occupied by the Countess of Westmorland and her daughter Lady Georgians Fane, both of whom had returned to England * The Countess, 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. F.C.Y .) He after¬ wards moved to a house on 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 fifty-five feet long, and about thirty-five feet in ¥ddth, situated on Queen. Square at the north side of the 1$59 Market House and about 30 feet in from Queen and Grafton Streets . 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 chamber. Over the hall were the galleries for each House , and as they were small, few people could be admitted. The building was afterwards used for post office, court house and police court. It was eventually moved to (approximately 125 Buston) and made into tenements. The other buildings on were the round Market House , St . Paul's Church and St . Paul's Sunday and