otia; Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by
Akins.

=Rouvier.= =Ch= Clerk, goes to France, 121; returns with letters, 135.

=Rowan, Sir William.= Born in Ireland, 1789. Entered the army as ensign,
1783; saw service in various parts of the world, including Spain,
France, and North America; secretary to Lord Seaton in Canada,
1832-1839; major-general, 1846; Commander-in-chief of the forces in
British North America, 1849-1855; administrator of the government for a
short time during the absence of Lord Elgin. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._

=Roy, Louis.= =S= First printer in Upper Canada, 172; acts as king's
printer, 173; succeeded by G. Tiffany, 173.

=Royal, Joseph= (1837- ). Born at Repentigny, Quebec. Educated at St.
Mary's College, Montreal. Entered into newspaper work; established
_L'Ordre, Le Nouveau Monde_, and assisted in founding _La Revue
Canadien_. Called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1864. Removed to Manitoba,
1870; founded there _Le Metis_. Elected to the first Legislative
Assembly of Manitoba, 1870; held many offices in successive
administrations until 1879. Member of the House of Commons, 1879-1888;
lieutenant-governor of the North-West Territories, 1888-1893. Member of
the Royal Society of Canada, 1893; editor of _La Minerve_, Montreal,
1894. =Bib.=: Begg, _History of the North-West_; Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Royal American Regiment.= =Hd= Afterwards 60th Foot, Haldimand
lieutenant-colonel in, 1, 9, 11; recruiting for, 12; Washington suggests
change of uniform for, 16; Haldimand exchanges from 2nd to 4th
battalion of, 17; at Oswego, 29; at Montreal, 50; Haldimand made
colonel-commandant in, 83, 313; discipline in, 94. =WM= On British left,
189; one battalion of, guards communication with landing-place, 189.

=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.= Founded by the Marquis of Lorne
(afterwards Duke of Argyll), in 1880, the first exhibition being held in
Ottawa the same year. The first president was L. R. O'Brien. In
furtherance of its objects the Academy established a national gallery in
Ottawa, to which it has contributed a number of paintings, and which has
also received some assistance from the Dominion government, though its
support is very inadequate. The Academy has held a number of exhibitions
in the different Canadian cities; and supports classes for drawing from
the living model. =Bib.=: Johnson, _First Things in Canada_.

=Royal Highland Emigrants.= =Hd= Regiment raised in Canada, 111,