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Prince Edward Island. DOWNING STREET,

No. 9. 6th February, 1868. SIR,

I have the h0nor to inform you that Her Majesty will not be advised to Exercise Her Power of disallowance in respect of the Act passed by the Legislature of Prince Edward Island, Cap. 1, of 1867, entitled " An Act for raising a Revenue,” a transcript of which acccompauied your Despatch, No. 58, of the 5th of June last.

I have, &c. &c. 650.

(Signed) BUCKINGHAM & CHANDOS, Lieut. Governor Dundas, &c. &c. &c.

Councll Office, 19th FEBRUARY, 1868. PTS Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Con nci

.L has been pleased to make the following appoint- ments, viz :—

Mr. John Hughes to be Commissioner of Highways for the First District of King’s County, in the place of Mr. Daniel Sinnot.

Mr. James McKay, jnr., of Head of Saint Peter’s Bay, to be a Commissioner for the Recovery of Small Debts for the Court at Saint Peter’s Bay, in the place of Peter McCallum, Esq-Lure.

CHARLES DESBRISAY, C. E. C.

Colonial Secretary’s Oflice. MARCH 5, 1868.

The following letter, dated February 1st, 1868, from George Lawson, Esquire, L. L, 1)., Secretary of the Nova Scotia Provincial Industrial Exhibition, has been received at this Office. and is published for the infor- mation of the inhabitants of this Island.

A list of Prizes can be seen at this Office and at the

oflicepf the Queen’s Printer. GEORGE COLES.

Ofice q/’ the Nova Scotia Provincial Industrial Ex- hibition of 1868.

HALIFAX, lst February, 1868.

SIR,

I have the honor to inform you that it is intended to hold a Provincial Industrial Exhibition in the City of Halifax during the Second week of October next, at which Prizes to the amount of $10,000 will be distri- buted. The competition is limited to Nova Scotian productions, except in the case of Prizes for Models of Vessels, which are open to the world; but the Judges will have the power of granting a limited number of medals, diplomas, 0r honorary prizes for articles re- ceived from other countries; we are therefore desi- rous of making the Exhibition known beyond the limits of the Province, and with this view, I have forwarded by mail to your address, a number ofcopies of the Prize list. May I request that you will do us the favor to have these placed into the hands of gentlemen in your Province, who are interested in Agriculture, Arts or Manufactures.

l have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obt. Serv’t. GEORGE LAWSON, L.L. D, Secretary. The Hon. Provincial Secretary, P. E. I.

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General Order. MILITIA DEPARTMENT, 3rd March, 1868.

BY HIS EYCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. Queen’s County Regiment of Volunteer Militia:

Bonshaw Rifle Company: Sergeant J. Rodd to be Ensign, vice A. Morrow, left the District.

MILITIA.---Major Donald McDonald, from former 3rd King’s County Regiment, to be Lieut.-Col. unat- tached.

4th King’s Co. Regiment of Militia: Acting Captain Emanuel McEachcrn to be acting Major.

To be acting Captain : Angus Gillis, vice Alexander Gillis, transferred to Sedentary Militia.

To be acting Licutenants: Ensign Angus Morrison, Joseph McPhec, vice John McPhec and Lauchlin McPhec, transferred to Sedentary Militia at their own request.

To be acting Ensigns: Sergeant James Moynagh, James Leslie, vice M. Conway and J. McCormack, re- resigncd. James McPhec vice A. Morrison, promoted. Angus McPhec vice R. McPhec, transferred to the Sc- dentary Militia. John Gillis vice James McIntosh, resigned. By order.

(Signed) A. J. DOUGLASS SMITH. Col. Inspector of Militia.

Col. Secretary’s Office. MARCH 5, 1868. N conformity with the Act 12 Victoria, cap. 20, inti- tuled "An Act to revent Pedlars travelling and selling within this Islan without liCense,” the folllow- ing persons have reCeived Licenses to practice as Hawkers and Pedlars within this Island, for one year from the date of their respective Licenses, viz :— 1867. July 20, No. 8, George W. Millner, with a Beast. Aug. 22,No. 9, Edward Lane, do. do. 1868. Jan. 7,No. 10, James McVean, do. do. Jan. 14, No. 11, Henry Coombs, do. do. Jan. 30, No. 12, Henry Coombs. do. do. GEORGE COLES, Col. Sec’y.

IN THE SURROGATE COURT or AND FOR PRINCE ED— WARD ISLAND, 31st Vic., A. D. 1868.

In Re-Estate of Peter McLellan, late of Burnt Point, near Georgetown, in the said Island, Farmer, De- ceased, Intestate.

By the Honorable Charles Young, L.L.D., Surrogate Judge of Probate, do, do, (ye. , HEREAS, upon reading the petition of Margaret MacKenzie, Administratrix of the said Estate, now on file, setting forth that the personal property of the said deceased was insufficient to pay off the debts due by the said estate, and praying that license may be granted to her to sell the real estate of the said deceased for the payment of the said debts; and also upon reading a certified copy of the inventory of the real and personal property of the said de- ceased, also on file, and annexed to the said petition; Now. THEREFORE, I Do ORDER, that the parties inter- ested in the said Estate do appear before me in the Court House of the Colonial Building, in Charlotte- town, in the said island, on FRIDAY, the TWENTY- SEVENTH day of MARCH next ensuing, the date hereof, at eleven o’clock in the morning of the same day, to shew cause, if any they can, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted. And I do fur- ther order that a true copy of this order he ublish- ed in the Royal Gazette newspaper of the sai Island. for at least three consecutive weeks from the date hereof, so that all parties interested in the said estate may have notice thereof.

Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this Twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our "Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty—eight, and in the thirty-first year of Her Majesty’s reign.

. CHARLES YOUNG. Surrogate- . Richard ,Reddin, Proctor. , , mar 5,8i.