I knew, of course, by what we had overheard said by the prison-guards, that the Governor-General was extremely anxious to recapture the girl with whom, I frankly admit, I had now so utterly fallen in love.

" "But, Excellency, the Governor-General has issued orders for the prisoner's arrest and deportation to Helsingfors.

Wrote to Secretary of State for the Colonies forwarding copies of despatches to the Governor-General.

The prince Albert of Saxe-Teschen, and the archduchess Maria Theresa, his wife, were at this period joint governors-general of the Austrian Netherlands.

At the news of these successes, the governors-general quitted Brussels in all haste.

'It is a singular coincidence,' said Lord Elgin, in a speech at Benares a few months before his end, 'that three successive Governors-General of India should have stood towards each other in the relationship of contemporary friends.

Would to Heaven we had such governors-general in all the European colonies in the vicinity of the United States!'

It is a singular coincidence that three successive Governors-General of India should have stood towards each other in this relationship of age and intimacy.

The Duke of Wellington thought he had brought him to make his brother Governor-General for his life, retaining the succession for his children.

It was natural that that party should still feel some soreness at the utter failure of their recent attempts and the disappointment of their hopes; and affairs took the longer time in being brought into perfect order and harmony through a strange mortality which took place among the first Governors-general.

The commandant assured him that such a journey was already impossible; that the governor-general, from whom he had brought letters, ordered him to show all possible kindness and service, "and the first and best service," said he, "is to beseech you not to attempt to reach Okotsk this winter.

This assured a better functioning of the military machine, but put the governors-general in a position to pursue a policy of their own, even against the central government.

The institution of governors-general further promoted this decentralization: the governor-general surrounded himself with a little court of his own, drawn from the local gentry and the local intelligentsia.

In spite of the protest of many of the ministers, who pointed to the result of the settlement policy of the Later Han dynasty, the eastern Turks were settled in the bend of the upper Hwang-ho and placed more or less under the protectorate of two governors-general.

Spain was fortunate in its selection of Governors-General sent out at this time.

Another, Mr. M.M. Ballou, says that "probably of all the governors-general that have filled the post in Cuba none is better known abroad, or has left more monuments to his enterprise, than Tacon.

The yellow Palace, for many years the official headquarters and the residence of successive Governors-General, stands opposite, and speaks for itself.

To Governor-General Tacon seems due much of the credit for the improvement beyond the walls.

" At twelve o'clock, noon, on the 20th of May, 1902, there was gathered in the State Apartment of the Palace occupied by many Spanish Governors-General, the officials of the United States, the elected officials of the new Cuban Republic, and a limited number of guests.

[Footnote 1: It is hardly necessary to point out that this is the taker of Arcot, the victor of Plassey, and even now second to none but Warren Hastings in the splendid roll of Governors-General.] Don't let me forget to tell you, that of all the friends you have shot flying, there is no one whose friendship for you is so little dead as Lord Hillsborough's.

All other governors-general had taken the oath of office at Manila.

It has been faithfully observed by all Governors-General....

" Up to the time of the appointment of Governor-General Harrison the provisions of the Civil Service Act and rules were firmly supported by all of the governors-general and secretaries of departments, and the annual reports of the governor-general uniformly expressed satisfaction with their practical operation.

Probably the most popular and influential of Canada's governors-general was Lord Dufferin, another Irishman.

I, Father Roman, a poor anchorite of the order of St Jerome, by command of the most illustrious lord admiral, viceroy and governor-general of the islands and continent of the Indies, do here relate all that I could hear and learn concerning the religious opinions and idolatry of the Indians, and of the ceremonies they employ in the worship of their gods.