of Selkirk, Manitoba, to be commissioners to inquire into and report upon the existing requirements and conditions of the fisheries in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the said Edward Ernest Prince to be chairman of the commission. Sept. 18. Jabez Bowen Hugg of Winnipeg to be a member of this commission in the room and stead of Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe, resigned. Aug. 24. The Right Hon. Lord Balfour of Burleigh, K.T., the Hon. William Stevens Fielding (Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada), the Hon. William Paterson (Minister of Customs of the Dominion of Canada), Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder Bart., D.S.O., M.P., and Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., to be commissioners to inquire into the question of trid relations between the Dominion of Canada and the West Indian Colonies. Hubert Russell Cowell, B.A., to be secretary to the commission. Nov. 9 1908. The dignity of a knighthood of the United Imperial Kingdom was conferred upon Hugh Graham of Montreal and honours and (July 28 1909) upon the Hon. Richard William Scott, K.C., decorations. LL.D., member of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada and lately Secretary of State of Canada. June 25. To be Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George Edmund Leslie Newcombe, K.C., LL.B., Deputy C.M.G. Minister of Justice of the Dominion of Canada, Matthew Joseph Butler, Deputy Minister and Chief Engineer of Government Railways and Canals, Dominion of Canada. Nov. 9. William Wallace Cory, Deputy Minister of the Interior, Dominion of Canada. Aylesworth Bowen Perry, Commissioner of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, Dominion of Canada. June 25. To be members of the Imperial Service Order : William John Gerald, Deputy Minister of Inland Revenue, I.S.O. Dominion of Canada. George Ross, Chief Post Office Superintendent of the Post Office Department, Dominion of Canada. The following have been awarded the Imperial Service Medal instituted by His Majesty the King for the recognition of long Service Imperial and meritorious service on the part of members of the civil Medal. service not belonging to the administrative or clerical branches : Jan. 6. Charles John Clarke, section foreman, I. R.; Thomas Henry Hill, keeper of the light at Lancaster, Ontario; Frederick Lay, lockmaster, Welland Canal; Andrew McCabe and John George McDonald, enginemen, I. R; George Shannon, assistant keeper of light at Grosse Point, Valleyfield; Edward Shaw, crossing watchman, I. R. April 6. Workmen of Intercolonial Railway: Stanislas Bedard, Daniel Culligan and Joseph Guillemette, section foremen, Thomas Hibbits, carpenter; James Francis McShane, letter carrier, Post Office Department; Albert Pearl, keeper of the light at Tancock, N.S.; Albert Root, keeper of light at Rockport, Ontario; Workmen of the Intercolonial Railway: David Proulx, section foreman, Cyprien Rouillard, trackman, Robert Williams, brakeman and John Wilson, checker. June 25. George Price Barrett, messenger, office of the king's printer for New Brunswick; John McNab, hospital attendant, Department of Public Works, Nova Scotia. Oct. 1. Ludger Renois, Post Office Depart Jan. 12. Gen. H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, K.G. has been Hon. Colonel- pleased to accept the Honorary Colonelcy of the Royal Canadian cy Royal Canadian Dragoons. Minister of Dragoons. June 2. William Lyon Mackenzie King, C.M.G., M.A., LL.B., to be a member of the King's Privy Council for Canada and to be the Minister of Labour. Jan. 18. Charles Henry Parmelee, to be King's Printer and Official Controller of Stationery in the room and stead of Samuel appointments Edward Dawson, C.M.G., retired. William McMahon, Superintendent of Printing, to be Assistant King's Printer and Controller of Stationery. Jan. 25. Charles Jerome Jones, B.A., I.S.U., chief clerk in the Governor General's offices, to be Assistant Secretary to His Excellency the Governor General. Philippe Pelletier, chief clerk in the Department of the Secretary of State, to be Under Secretary of State. Arthur Leonard Fitzgerald Jarvis, I.S.O., Secretary, Department of Agriculture, to be Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Ernest Frederick Jarvis, Secretary of the Department of Militia and Defence, to be the Assistant Deputy of the Minister of Militia and Defence. Laurence Fortescue, I.S.O., chief clerk and accountant of the Department of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, to be Assistant Controller of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Mar. 16. Gerald H. Brown, to be the Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour. June 2. Joseph Pope, C. V.O., C.M.G., I.S O., Under Secretary of State and Deputy Registrar General of Canada, to be from June 1 the Under Secretary of State for External Affairs Thomas Mulvey, B.A., K.C., of Toronto, to be from June 1 the Under Secretary of State and Deputy Registrar General of Canada in the room and stead of Joseph Pope, appointed Under Secretary of State for External Affairs. Rear Admiral Charles E. Kingsmill to be from June 1 Honorary Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the Governor General. Nov. 4. George J. Desbarats, B. App. Sc., M. Can. Soc. C.E., to be Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries in the room and stead of Lieut.-Col. F. Gourdeau, retired. Nov. 12. Major the Earl of Lanesborough, M.V.O., Coldstream Guards, to be from December 15 Military Secretary to His Excellency the Governor General. Dec. 22. Lieut.-Col. and Hon. Col. S. B. Steele, C.B., M.V.O., to be Honorary Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the |