Leading journalists from Canada took a prominent part in Imperial the proceedings of the Imperial Press Conference, which was Press Confer- held in London as the capital of the Empire from June 7-26. The conference discussed questions of much interest, especially those relating to imperial defence.

ence.

Canada was represented by the Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux at Champlain the Champlain ter-centenary celebrations held in the United ter-centenary States on July 7 and 8 at Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburg,

in United States.

New York.

Monday, October 25, was observed as a day of general thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest and all other thanksgiving. blessings with which Canada has been favoured during the year.

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Jan. 14. To be members of the Privy Council: Raoul Privy Dandurand and Robert Franklin Sutherland. June 2. William Councillors. Lyon Mackenzie King.

The Senate.

House of
Commons.

Obituary

notes.

New Senators appointed and sworn in were the Hon. Noë Chevrier of Winnipeg, the Hon. Valentine Ratz of Parkhill, Ontario, the Hon. Arthur Boyer of Montreal the Hon. Benjamin Prince of Battleford, Saskatchewan, the Hon. Edward Matthew Farrell of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and the Hon. William Roche of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Twelve vacancies occurred in the House of Commons during the year, and the following members were elected to fill them, viz John Best for Dufferin, Ontario; Martin Burrell for Yale, Cariboo, B.C.; Frederick Tennyson Congdon for Yukon, Yukon Territory; James McCrie Douglas for Strathcona, Alberta; Edmond Fortier for Lotbinière, Quebec; Arthur Samuel Goodeve for Kootenay, B.C.; Edward Kidd for Carleton, Ontario; David A. Lafortune, K.C., for Montcalm, province of Quebec; James William Maddin for Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia; Duncan Campbell Ross, for Middlesex West, Ontario ; the Hon. William Templeman for Comox-Atlin, B.C.; Oliver James Wilcox for Essex North, Ontario.

The following deaths occurred during the year: March 18. The Hon. Sir James Robert Gowan, K.C.M.G., aged 94. May 6. The Hon. Daniel Lionel Hannington, judge of the superior court of New Brunswick. June 16. The Hon. Joseph Rosaire Thibaudeau. July 15. The Hon. William Dell Perley. July 21. Wilbert McIntyre, M.P. for Strathcona, Alberta. August 9. J. F. Whiteaves, LL.D., F.R.S.C., assistant director, Geological Survey. August 22. Robert Reid, commissioner, Transcontinental Railway. August 31. The Right Hon. Sir Samuel Henry Strong, formerly chief justice of the supreme court of Canada, aged 84. September 4. The Hon. Donald Ferguson. October 1. The Hon. John Joseph Curran, judge of the superior court of Quebec. October 7. Brigadier-General Lawrence Buchan, C. V.O.,

justice of the court of king's bench. November 17. The Hon. Alfred Rochon, judge of the superior court of Quebec. vember 18. Dr. John Barr, M.P. for Dufferin, Ontario.

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Dec. 3. Thomas Wilson Paterson, of Victoria, B.C., to be Lieut.-Governor of the province of British Columbia.

By proclamation dated November 19 the act respecting the court of appeal of British Columbia was ordered to come into Court of force on November 23. Appeal, B.C.

Dec. 24 1908. The Hon. Henry George Carroll to be a puisné judge of the court of king's bench in and for the province of Judicial Quebec in the room and stead of the Hon. Jean Blanchet, appointments. deceased.

Dec. 30 1808. François Siméon Tourigny of Three Rivers to be a puisné judge of the superior court in and for the province of Quebec in the room and stead of the Hon. Mr. Justice Carroll, transferred to the court of king's bench.

Feb. 27 1909. The Hon. Francis Alexander Anglin to be a puisné judge of the supreme court of Canada in the room and stead of the Hon. James Maclennan, resigned.

Mar. 22. Wilfrid Mercier of Montreal to be a puisné judge of the superior court in and for the province of Quebec in the room and stead of the Hon. Mr. Justice St. Pierre, transferred to the district of Montreal.

April 27. The Hon. John Donald Cameron to be a judge of the court of appeal for Manitoba with the style and title of judge of appeal in the room and stead of the Hon. Frank Hedley Phippen, resigned.

May 22. Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe of Winnipeg to be a puisné judge of the court of king's bench, Manitoba, in the room and stead of the Hon. John Donald Cameron, promoted to the court of appeal.

May 28. Jeremiah H. Barry of Fredericton to be a puisné judge of the supreme court of the province of New Brunswick in the room and stead of the Hon. Daniel Lionel Hannington, deceased.

Lieut.Governor of B.C.

May 28. Harrison A. McKeown of St. John to be a puisné judge of the supreme court and judge of the court of divorce and matrimonial causes for the province of New Brunswick in the room and stead of the Hon. George Frederick Gregory, resigned.

Sept. 6. François Octave Dugas, K.C., of Joliette, Quebec, to be a puisué judge of the superior court in and for the province of Quebec in the room and stead of the Hon. Charles Chamilly DeLorimier, transferred to the judicial district of Montreal.

Oct. 21. The Hon. Robert Franklin Sutherland, K.C., of Windsor, Ontario, to be a judge of the supreme court of judica

and a member of the exchequer division of the said high court of justice.

Nov. 16. The Hon. Sir Louis Amable Jetté, K.C.M.G., to be the chief justice of the court of king's bench for the province appointments. of Quebec in the room and stead of the Hon. Sir Henri Thomas

Judicial

Taschereau, deceased.

Commissioners.

Nov. 16. The Hon. Albert Malouin, a puisné judge of the superior court in and for the province of Quebec, to be transferred from the district of Arthabaska to the district of Quebec in the room and stead of the Hon. Sir Louis Amable Jetté, appointed chief justice of the court of king's bench for the province of Quebec.

Nov. 17. The Hon. François Simon Tourigny, a puisné judge of the superior court in and for the province of Quebec to be transferred from the district of Rimouski to the district of Arthabaska.

Nov. 17. Louis Rodolphe Roy, K.C., of Quebec, to be a puisné judge of the superior court in and for the province of Quebec in the room and stead of the Hon. Mr. Justice Tourigny, transferred from the district of Rimouski to the district of Arthabaska.

Nov. 30. James Alexander Macdonald, K.C., of Rossland, B.C., to be chief justice of the court of appeal for British Columbia with the style and title of Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal so long as the present chief justice of the supreme court of British Columbia continues to hold such office and thereafter with the style and title of Chief Justice of British Columbia.

Nov. 30. The Hon. Paulus Æmilius Irving, the Hon. Archer Martin and William Alfred Galliher, of Vancouver, B.C., to be justices of appeal of the court of appeal for British Columbia.

Nov. 30. Denis Murphy of Ashcroft, B.C., to be a puisné judge of the supreme court of British Columbia in the room and stead of the Hon. Mr. Justice Irving, promoted to the court of appeal for British Columbia.

Nov. 30. Francis Brooke Gregory of Victoria, B.C., to be a puisné judge of the supreme court of British Columbia in the room and stead of the Hon. Mr. Justice Martin, promoted to the court of appeal for British Columbia.

Feb. 6. The Hon. Sydney Fisher, the Hon. Clifford Sifton and Henri Sévérin Béland, M.D., to be commissioners to represent the government of Canada at the conference on the conservation of the natural resources of the American continent, convened by the President of the United States to meet at Washington on February 18. Robert E. Young, D.L.S., to be secretary to the commissioners.

Mar. 16. Edward Ernest Prince, B.A., F.R.S.C., Commissioner of Fisheries and International Commissioner, Thomas

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 trade 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 Kailway: 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.

Dragoons.

Minister of
Labour.

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 Parinelee, to be King's Printer and Controller of Stationery in the room and stead of Samuel appointments Edward Dawson, C.M.G., retired.

Official

William McMahon, Superintendent of Printing, to be Assistant King's Printer and Controller of Stationery.

Jan. 25. Charles Jerome Jones, B.A., I.S.Ů., 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