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4 STATISTICAL YEAR-BOOK. GOVERNORS OF NOVA SCOTIA-Continued. 1791. Richard Bulkeley. 1834. Sir C. Campbell. 1792. Sir John Wentworth. 1840. Lord Falkland. 1808. SirG. Prevost. 1846. Sir J. Harvey. 1811. Sir John Sherbrooke. 1852. Sir John G. le Marchant. 1816. Earl of Dalhousie. 1858. Earl of Mulgrave. 1820. Sir J. Kempt. 1864. Sir Richard G. MacDonnell, 1828. Sir Peregrine Maitland. 1865. Gen. Sir W. F. Williams. 1832. Thos. Jeffrey. GOVERNORS OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 1784. Thomas Carleton. 1824. Gen. Sir H. Douglas. 1803. Gabriel Ludlow. 1829. Wm. Black. 1808. E. Winslow. 1831. Gen. Sir A. Campbell. 1808. Lt.-Col. Johnstone. 1837. Gen. Sir J. Harvey. 1809. Gen. M. Hunter. 1841. Col. Sir W. Colbrooke. 1811. Gen. M. Balfour. 1848. Sir Edmund Head. 1812. Gen. Geo. Stracey Smyth. 1854. Hon. J. H. T. Manners Sutton. 1823. Ward Chipman. 1861. Hon. A. H. Gordon. 1824. J. M. Bliss. 1866. Major-Gen. Hastings-Doyle (acting). GOVERNORS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 1770. Walter Paterson. 1837. Sir Charles A. Fitzroy. 1786. Lt.-Gen. Edmund Fanning. 1841. Sir Henry Vere Huntley. 1805. Col. J. F. W. Debarres. 1847. Sir Donald Campbell. 1812. W. Townshend. 1851. Sir Alexander Bannerman. 1813. Chas. Douglas Smith. 1854. Sir Dominick Daly. 1824. Colonel John Ready. 1859. George Dundas. 1831. Sir Aretas W. Young. 1868. Sir R. Hodgson. 1836. Sir John Harvey. 1870. Sir Wm. C. F. Robinson. GOVERNORS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1858. Sir James Douglas. 1869. Anthony Musgrave. 1864. Frederick Seymour. 5. Principal events in the history of Canada arc 1534 July 4. Landing of Jacques Cartier in the neighbourhood of the Miramichi River. The Bay of Chaleurs was so named by him on account of the great heat of the weather. 1535 July. Second visit of Cartier. August 10. Cartier anchored in a small bay at the mouth of the St. John River, which, in honour of the day, he named after St. Lawrence. The name was afterwards extended to the gulf and river. 1540 Third visit of Cartier. 1542 -43. The Sieur de Roberval and his party wintered at Cap Rouge. 1598. The Marquis de la Roche landed 40 convicts on Sable Island, where they were left for five years without relief, and only twelve were found alive at the end of that time. 1603 First visit of Samuel de Champlain to Canada. 1605 Founding of Port Royal (Annapolis), Acadia (derived from an Indian word "Cadie," a place of abundance), by the Baron de Poutrincourt. 1608. Second visit of Champlain. Founding of Quebec, the first permanent settle ment of Canada. The name is said to be an Indian one, "Kebec," a strait. 28 settlers wintered there, including Champlain. 1611. Establishment of a trading post at Hochelaga. 1613. St. John's, Newfoundland, founded. .