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The Earlier Days Of The French Colony Are Depicted Therein; And With An Accuracy No Less Commendable Than Useful.

In fact the book is eminently a readable one, the object of the publication being to extend the knowledge which all of us ought to possess of one whose life glorified God, and whose advent to our shores was a very benediction."

JAMES JOSEPH GAHAN.

Quebec, 27th January, 1881.

We copy the following from the Quebec Gazette, 10th October, 1793: -

THE VARIATION OF THE NEEDLE AT QUEBEC.

"For the information of the curious, the particular benefit of Land Surveyors, and safety of seafaring people, please to insert in your Gazette, that from critical observation on the variation of the needle at Quebec, it is found to be on the decrease, or in other words to be again returning to the Eastward, - a proof of which is, that in 1785, when the Meridian line on Abraham's Plains was ascertained by me, the variation was found to be 12 degrees, 35 minutes West; whereas at present the variation is no more than 12 degrees, 5 minutes West, having in the space of eight years diminished half a degree.

I am sir,

Your most obedient humble servant.

(Signed,) SAMUEL HOLLAND.

Quebec, 8th October, 1793.

How do matters now stand, Commander Ashe?

"VARIATION OF THE NEEDLE AT QUEBEC."

(To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle.)

DEAR SIR, - "For the information of the curious, the particular benefit of Land Surveyors, and safety of sea-faring people," I will endeavor to explain how our compass variation stands.

With regard to the reprint from the Quebec Gazette of 1793, in the Chronicle of the 23rd instant, in which Major Samuel Holland observes that he had passed our Maximum Westerly Variation, it is very likely that such was the case, as I find that Major Sabine in 1818, found the Variation for London to be 24 deg. 30' West, and in 1822 to have retrograded to 24 deg. 12': this was not only the case in England, but all over Europe where observations were taken, so that there is no doubt that the same disturbing influence was affecting the needle here in 1793. Whatever that influence is, it must shortly alter. Major Samuel Holland's observations have affected us in the opposite direction, for in 1860 Captain Bayfield found the variation for Quebec to be 15 deg. 45' West, with an annual increase of 5', which would give the present variation as about 17 deg. 0' West. This agrees very closely with observations taken here last November for deviation, which with range of only 7 deg. 30', gave a mean result of 17 deg. 3' 9" West. I am, &c,

E. D. ASHE, Commander R. N.

Observatory, Quebec, Feb. 23rd, 1876.

OUR CITY BELLS - THEIR NAMES.

1st. Bell, Louise; 2nd, Olivier Genevieve; 3rd, Pierre Marie; 4th, Marie- Joseph-Louise-Marguerite; 5th, Jean-Olivier, &c.

"Now, on the gentle breath of morn, Once more I hear that chiming bell, As onward, slow, each note is borne, Like echo's lingering, last farewell." (The Evening Bells, of the General Hospitals: by ADAM KIDD.

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