appoints delegates to confer on question of, 125;
sullen on completion of, 129; result of first general election in, 141;
selection of routes for Intercolonial through, 152; boundary dispute,
152; low tariff in, before Confederation, 218; supports Mackenzie in
election of 1878, 228; assents to resolution in favour of unrestricted
reciprocity, 298. _See also_ Acadia; Nova Scotia; St. John; De Monts;
Champlain. =Bib.=: Hannay, _History of Acadia_ and _History of New
Brunswick_.

=New Brunswick, College of.= =W= Early history of, 10. _See also_ New
Brunswick, University of; King's College (New Brunswick).

=New Brunswick, University of.= =W= Established as provincial
university, 1859, 51; formerly King's College, previous history, 86;
part of Madras school property handed over to, 88. =T= History of,
48-49. _See also_ New Brunswick, College of; King's College (New
Brunswick).

=New Brunswick Land Company.= =W= Involved in crown lands dispute, 26,
29, 36.

=New Caledonia.= =D= Traversed by Mackenzie, 56; origin of name, 56;
extent of district, 56; so named about 1806, 59; described, 97; furs and
other products of the district, 99. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of the
North-West Coast_; Morice, _Northern Interior of British Columbia_.

=New Company.= =F= Name given to trading Company formed by inhabitants
of Canada in 1645, 36.

=New France.= Name given to the French possessions in North America,
otherwise known as Canada and Acadia. First discovered by Jacques
Cartier in 1534. First settlement made in Acadia by De Monts, in 1604;
and in Canada, by Champlain, in 1608. =Index=: =E= Government of,
171-172; feudal tenure, etc., in, 171-185. =Ch= Population of colony in
1629, 208; births, deaths, and marriages, 209; restoration of, demanded
by French king, 212; ceded back to France, 213; limits of, not clearly
defined, 222; colony based on religion, 255. _See also_ Canada; Acadia;
Quebec; Port Royal; Montreal; Cartier; Champlain; Monts; Frontenac; La
Salle. =Bib.=: Charlevoix, _Histoire de la Nouvelle France_; Lescarbot,
_Histoire de la Nouvelle France_; Cartier, _Voyages_; Champlain,
_Voyages_; Parkman, _Works_.

=Newfoundland.= Discovered by Cabot in 1497. Sir Humphrey Gilbert
established a short-lived colony on the island in 1583. Another attempt
was made in 1610, by the Company of London. A more successful effort at
colonization was that of Lord Baltimore in 1621. For a time the colony
was governed by the so-called "F