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of lives and goods. Arrangements were there- 

 fore made that the majority of the stockholders 

 of both companies should meet in London. 

 This convention had its first meeting on the 19th 

 of May, 1821, and several other assemblies of 

 the two factions took place before all the points 

 at issue were mutually agreed upon. 



By wide mindedness and a liberal amount of 

 give and take between the two contending par- 

 ties a full understanding was agreed on. One of 

 the points upon which a strong objection was 

 made was the sinking of one of the identities, 

 but this knotty point was eventually settled. A 

 coalition of the two companies was formed un- 

 der the title of "The Hudson's Bay Company," 

 the first official year of the joined parties dating 

 first of June, 1821, and the first governor, Mr. 

 George Simpson, afterwards "Sir George." 



Mr. Simpson was knighted by Queen Vic- 

 toria for having traveled from Montreal to Lon- 

 don by land with the exception of crossing Beh- 

 ring Strait and the English Channel by boat. 



Sir George Simpson held the position of 

 Governor of the fur trade of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company for very many years and was followed 

 by Governors Dallas, McTavish, Graham and 

 Sir Donald A. Smith (now Lord Strathcona) 

 after the latter's term of office the title of this 

 position was altered to "The Commissioner." 



