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2 3 o MANUSCRIPT SOURCESthe Report for 1891, pp. 1-200; 1795-1807, in the Report for 1892, pp. 152-285 ; 1807-1813, inthe Report for 1893, pp. 1-119 ; 1813-1818, in the Report for 1896, pp. 1-252 ; 1818-1823, inthe Report for 1897, pp. 253-395; 1824-1828, in the Report for 1898, pp. 397-580; 1828-1831,in the Report for 1899, pp. 581-713 ; 1832-1835, in the Report for 1900, pp. 715-912 ; 1835-1837,in the Report for 1901, pp. 913-1042 ; 1837-1840, in the Report for 1902, pp. 1043-1109.Upper Canada : 1791-1801, in the Report for 1891, pp. 1-177 ; 1801-1807, in the report for1892, pp. 286-399 ; 1808-1813, in the Report for 1893, pp. 1-50 ; 1813-1818, in the Report for1896, pp. 1-79 ; 1818-1823, in the Report for 1897, pp. 1-179 ; 1824-1828, in the Report for 1898,pp. 181-329 ; 1829-1831, in the Report for 1899, pp. 331-390 ; 1832-1836, in the Report for 1900,pp. 391-540 ; 1833-1836, in the Report for 1901, pp. 541-601. The years 1836-1841 have not beencalendared.NOVA SCOTIA STATE PAPERSThis collection (238 vols., 1603-1840) is divided as follows :A. Correspondence, 1603-1815 ....... 158 vols.B. Minutes of the Executive Council, 1720-1785 18C. Minutes of the Legislative Council, 1758-1807 .... 20D. Journals of the Assembly, 1758-1807 34E. Instructions to governors, 1708-1840 6F. Commissions to governors, 1766-1840 ...... 2Series A comprises mainly the official correspondence between the Colonial Office and thegovernors and various officials of Nova Scotia. It includes miscellaneous correspondence,memorials, petitions, returns, statistics, trade reports, land grants, military plans, clergy questionsand Indian papers. It relates to all sides and phases of Nova Scotia history.The first two volumes deal with the early English occupation and activities in the peninsula,and set forth the British and French claims. The copies of the series now on the shelves do notextend later than 1815, but the work of transcription is going forward and the series will be broughtdown to 1840.The A series from 1603 to 1801 is calendared in the Report on Canadian Archives for 1894,pp. 1-573. From 1803 to 1814 there is a brief summary in the Guide to the Public Archives,pp. 181-4.The other series, B, C, D, E and F, are sufficiently explained by their titles.CAPE BRETON STATE PAPERSThis collection (54 vols., 1784-1819) is divided as follows :A. Correspondence, 1784-1819 .40 vols.B. Minutes of the Executive Council, 1785-1806 . 13E and F. Commissions and instructions to governors ... 1 vol.The correspondence contains letters exchanged between the Colonial Office and the governors ;miscellaneous letters ;and various papers relating to the political, economic, religious andmilitary life of the Island.The correspondence from 1784 to 1801 inclusive is calendared in the Report on CanadianArchives for 1895, pp.1-102ṄEWBRUNSWICK STATE PAPERSThis collection (47 vols., 1784-1839) is divided as follows :A. Correspondence, 1784-1828 . 42 vols.B. Instructions to governors, 1784-1839 3 ,,C. Commissions to governors, ...... 1784-1839 2The contents are of the same general description as in the case of Cape Breton State Papers.It is calendared from 1784 to 1801 inclusive in the Report on Canadian Archives for 1895,pp. 1-62.PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND STATE PAPERSThis collection (61 vols., 1763-1839) is divided as follows :A. Correspondence, 1763-1821 36 vols.B. Minutes of the Executive Council, 1720-1798, 1805-1806 . . 10C. Journals of the Legislative Assembly, 1773-1806 . . . . 4D. Journals of the Assembly, 1776-1807 9E. Instructions to governors, 1769-1839 . . . I vol.F. Commissions to governors, .....1769-1839The same remarks apply to the correspondence as in the case of Cape Breton State Papers.It is calendared from 1763 to 1801 inclusive in the Report on Canadian Archives for 1895, pp. 1-83.