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David, two children, boy and girl; M. and Mme. Eteveneaux, three children, one boy and two girls; M. and Mme. Borioud; M. and Mme. Libeau, two children, one boy and one girl; M. and Mme. de Malmanche, two children, one boy and one girl; M. and Mme. Breitmeyer, four children, two boys and two girls; M. and Mme. Gendros, one girl; M. and Mme. Rouselot; M. and Mme. Guindon; M. and Mme. Bernard, one nephew; M. and Mme. Benoit. Unmarried: Masset, Picouler, Vidale, Ledue, Michel, Fleuriot, Dupas, Veron, Dulac, de Malmanche, Gendros, Francois.

The Germans were:—Waekerle, Courtenaire, Pitre, Woolf, Petit-Horlote, Josephe.

Two children died on board ship, but were buried in Pigeon Bay.

The French settlers who landed from the Comte de Paris were all good, law-abiding settlers, were very industrious, and have never been a burden to the State. Although, for the most part, they were satisfied with small blocks of land, they farmed these well, and grew large quantities of fruit. There were amongst them tradesmen of all classes. A few of them having acquired sufficient wealth to keep them during the remainder of