.CHAPTER VIII.

HE newly appointed Lieutenant Governor, William F. C. Robinson, Esquire, arrived on the 7th October. 1870, and was sworn into ofl‘ice at the Council Chamber. His Honor was the fourteenth, and the last Governor of the Island, who received his appointment direct from the British Crown. His administration, however, witnessed the consummation of the Union, which it was hoped would conduce to the strength and the harmony of the British Provinces in North America, and enhance the liberties of the people.

The Industrial Exhibition opened on the 14th at the drill shed. His Honor the Governor was received at the entrance by a guard of honor comprised of the city volunteer rifles, under Major Hensley. A salute of 15 guns was fired at Fort Edward by the [st Artillery, Major Morris,——these were the first military honors paid the new Governor since his arrival here. The origin of this Exhibition was chiefly due to the old Agricultural Society—which had been in operation since the year 1827. In addition to the improvements in “live stock and products of the soil,” liberal premiums were ofl'ered as an encouragement to local industries. These premiums, though small at first, increased from year to year, until such an abun- dant yield of home-made articles had accumulated for exhibit that a more extensive building, than was heretofore provided, became desirable. Accordingly, the new drill shed was obtained {or that purpose ; when the Industrial Exhibition—as