eers under Col. Richard Moody was therefore sent
out to establish a site for the capital of the newly-
formed colony together with a police and judiciary
system to meet the present needs. Development
increased in spite of the lack of funds and general
hostility of the Island. But this complete isolation
was short-lived, for in 1866, two years atter the forma-
tion of the Mainland territory, the two opposing
colonies joined hands under one government.

It had been expected that the union of the two
colonies would result in a great reduction in govern-
ment expenses, by the combining of two complete
sets of officials into one. But the old evil continued
and taxation increased until the colonial debt
amounted to a fabulous figure in proportion to the
population of the new colony and its ability to pay.

In 1868, there arose an agitation on the main-
land, sponsored by one, Amor de Cosmos, for the
inclusion of the colony into the Dominion of Canada.
However, the present Governor and Council rejected
all such proposals, until the people, awakening to
anew sense of colonial democracy, held public meet-
ings throughout the territory and finally succeeded
after the death of Governor Seymour, to induce his
successor, Anthony Musgrave, to forward a petition
for its inclusion. All the terms and arrangements

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