Middlesex, E. Middlesex, N. Middlesex, W. Monck Muskoka Norfolk, N. Norfolk, S. Northumberland, E. Northumberland, W. Ontario, N. Ontario, S. Ottawa Oxford, N. Oxford, S. Parry Sound Peel Perth, N. Perth, S. Peterboro, E. Peterboro, W. Prescott Prince Edward Renfrew, N. Renfrew, S. Russell Simcoe, E. Simcoe, W. Members. Jas. Henry Metcalfe. Peter Graham. (Vacant). W. C. Caldwell. Wm. Lees. Robt. Henry Preston, M.D. W. W. Meacham. William Garson. Wm. Ralph Meredith, Q.C. R. Tooley. John Waters. Hon. Geo. W. Ross, LL.D. G. F. Marter. Isaac J. Gould. Hon. Oliver Mowat, Q.C. S. Armstrong. Kenneth Chisholm. Thomas Ballantyne. Henry Edward Clarke. J. S. Cruess. Lt.-Col Jas. E. Morin. J. T. Gilmour. ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. Attorney-General, Hon. Oliver Mowat, Q.C., $5,000. Deputy Attorney-General, J. R. Cartwright, $3,000. Chief Clerk, J. Lonsdale Capréol. Inspector of Legal Offices, J. Winchester, $2,000. Master of Titles, J. G. Scott, Q.C., $3,600. PROVINCIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT. Provincial Secretary and Registrar, Hon. J. M. Gibson, LL.B., $4,000. Assistant Secretary and Deputy for Signing Marriage Licenses, G. E. Lumsden, $2,200. Deputy Registrar, J. F. C. Ussher, $1,400. Inspectors of Public Institutions, Dr. W. T. O'Reilly and R. Christie, each $2,200. Inspector of Registry Offices, E. F. B. Johnston, $1,500. Inspector of Division Courts, J. Dickey, $1,600. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. Commissioner, Hon. C. F. Fraser, $4,000. Secretary of Public Works, Wm. Edwards, $1,900. DEPARTMENT OF CROWN LANDS. Commissioner, Hon. A. S. Hardy, $4,000. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Minister of Education, Hon. Geo. Wm. Ross, LL.D., $4,000. Deputy ditto, J. G. Hodgins, LL.D., F.R.G.S., $3,000 Secretary of Education, Alex. Marling, LL.B., $2,200. Provincial Secretary, Hon. C. A. E. Gagnon, $4,000. Superintendent Public Instruction, Hon. Gedeon LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (24 Members). SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, S. S. Hatt. ONTARIO. Témiscouata Three Rivers Verchères Yamaska } J. McIntosh. Benjamin Beauchamp. L. P. Pelletier. J. E. Girouard. E. J. Flynn, LL.D. Hon. C. A. E. Gagnon. L. Forest, J. S. Hall, Q.C. H. B. Tourigny. W. J. Poupore. R. F. Rinfret dit Malouin, Hon. Joseph Shehyn. T. C. Casgrain, Q.C. E. Lareau. Hon. H. Mercier. Hon. F. G. Marchand, N.P. Deputy Provincial Registrar, J. C. Langelier, $2,000. Auditor of the Province, Gaspard Drolet, $2,400. Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands, E. E. Taché, Assistant Commissioner of Public Works, S. Lesage, $2,400. Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture and Coloniza- Director of Botannic Garden, Professor Penhallow, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Hon. G. Secretaries to the Department of Public Instruction, JUDICIAL AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS. Puisne Judges, Queen's Bench: : Hon. U. J. Tessier, Hon. A. Cross, Hon. L. F. G. Baby, Hon. L. R. Church, Hon. J. G. Bossé, $5,000 each. Chief Justice, Superior Court, Hon. F. G. Johnson, Quebec, $6,000. Puisne Judges, Superior Court: L. E. N. Casault, A. B. Routhier, M. Doherty, Recorder of Montreal, B. Testard de Montigny. Judge of Sessions of Peace, Montreal, L. A. Desnoyers, Joint Sheriff, Quebec, Hon. C. Alleyn, Q.C1, E. Ditto, Montreal, Hon. P. J. O. Chauveau, Q.C., Clerk of Appeal, L. Marchand, Q.C., $2,000. Clerk of the Crown and Clerk of the Peace, Montreal, Clerk of the Crown, Quebec, W. E. Duggan. NOVA SCOTIA. Situation and Area. The Nova Scotia is a peninsula between 43° 46′ N. lat., and 61° 67' W. long., connected with New Brunswick by an isthmus about 14 miles wide; its length is about 300 miles, and its breadth about 100 at its widest, with much variation. island of Cape Breton, separated by the Gut of Carso, forms part of the province. It contains an area of 20,907 square miles, about one-fifth part Assistant Secretary of Province, P. J. Jolicoeur, Q.C., of which consists of lakes, rivers, and inlets of $2,400. OFFICERS OF DEPARTMENTS. the sea. History. Nova Scotia was discovered by John Cabot in 1497; it was colonized by the French in 1598; was taken by the English, and a grant of it made to Sir W. Alexander by James I. in 1627. In 1632 it was restored to France, with Quebec, by the treaty of St. Germain-en-laye, but again ceded to England at the Peace of Utrecht in 1714. After the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, a settlement of disbanded troops was formed there by Lord Halifax, and the city which now bears his name is the capital of the province. Cape Breton was not finally taken from the French until 1758. From 1784 to 1819 it formed a separate colony. Description. The harbour of Halifax has an area of about 10 square miles, is open at all seasons, and its navigation is scarcely ever interrupted by ice. This harbour is not surpassed by any in the world, affording safe anchorage for, it is said, 1,000 ships. The British Government has an extensive dockyard at Halifax, which is its principal naval station in North America. The other chief towns are Annapolis, Yarmouth, Pictou, Windsor, and Sydney (in Cape Breton). The climate is remarkably healthy, and more temperate than that of any other part of the Dominion, but fogs prevail on the coast. The mean temperature at Halifax is 65°, the extreme range being from 11° below zero to 88°. average annual rainfall is 50 inches, evenly distributed. The Coal and iron ore are plentiful, and gold also has been discovered, and is yielding fair returns; but the greater portion of the inhabitants are employed in agriculture and the growth of fruit. The superior fisheries, together with the ship-building and timber trades, give occupation to many. Constitution. Nova Scotia is represented in the Dominion Parliament by 12 Members in the Senate and 21 Members in the House of Commons. The local government is administered by a Lieut.-Governor, advised by an Executive Council of nine members (three of whom are departmental heads), responsible to the Legislature, which consists of a Legislative Council of 21 members appointed by the Governor for life, and a House of Assembly of 38 representatives elected by manhood suffrage every four years. The members of the legislature are not paid. Education. The present system of elementary education was established by law in 1865. The central control is vested in the Council of Public Instruction-a body identical in membership with the Executive Council of the Province. The local management of schools is vested, so far as the ordinary school sections or districts are concerned, in a Board of Trustees chosen by the ratepayers of the section or district. But in incorporated towns, the powers of trustees are exercised by the Town Council, or a committee thereof. In 1888 there were 2,074 schools in operation, with a gross attendance of 105,231 pupils. Education is compulsory, i.e., non-attendance exposes to pecuniary penalties between the ages of 7 and 12. The total cost of education is $675,995. There is an examining university at Halifax, and five sectarian colleges. 1858 Earl of Mulgrave, now Marquis of Normanby. 1864 Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, K.C.M.G., C.B. 1865 General Sir W. F. Williams, Bart., G.C.B. Lieutenant-Governors since Confederation. 1867 Major-Gen. Sir C. Hastings Doyle, K.C.M.G. 1870 Sir Ed. Kenny (administrator). 1873 Hon. Joseph Howe. 1873 Sir A. G. Archibald, K.C.M.G., Q.C. 1883 Matthew H. Richey, Esq., Q.C., D.C.L. 1888 Hon. A. W. McLelan. SEAT OF GOVERNMENT-HALIFAX. Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. A. W. McLelan, D.C.L., $9,000. Private Secretary, Lieut.-Col. H. W. Clerke, $1,250. Provincial Aides-de-Camp, Lieut.-Colonel H. W. Clerke, Major Merger, 66th Fusiliers, and Captain Silver, 63rd Rifles. JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Chief Justice, Hon James McDonald, $5,000. Hon. H. McDonald, H. W. Smith, R. L. Weatherbee, J. N. Ritchie, Chas. J. Townshend $4,000. DEPARTMENTAL CHIEFS AND OFFICERS. Provincial Secretary, Hon. W. S. Fielding, $2,500, with $800 as Premier. Deputy ditto, H. Crosskill. $1,600. Attorney-General, Hon. J. W Longley, $2,500. Deputy Commissioner and Inspector of Mines, E. Chief Clerk of Mines and Minerals, C. H. Carman. Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hon. J. W. Longley. Queen's Printer, Hon. C. E. Church. Superintendent of Education, D. Allison, LL.D. DOMINION OFFICIALS IN NOVA SCOTIA. Assistant Receiver General, and Manager, Government Savings' Bank, J. R. Wallace, $2,200. Inspector of Fisheries, $1,800. Collector of Customs at Halifax, Hon. Wm. Ross, Controller of Shipping, C. Almon, $1,800. Chief Accountant and Secretary, Thos. Foot, $1,600. NEW BRUNSWICK. Situation and Area. New Brunswick is situated between 45° 5′ and 48° 5' N. lat., and 63° 47' and 67° 53′ W. long.; its area is about 27,105 square miles, or 17,000,000 It is connected with Nova Scotia by a low acres. isthmus. History. New Brunswick, in the early part of the last century, belonged to the French, and was called by them New France. At the peace of 1763, New Brunswick, with the rest of Canada, was ceded by France to Great Britain, and was annexed to Nova Scotia until 1785, when it was erected into a separate Colony. It was first colonized by British subjects in 1761, and in 1783 Judge of Vice-Admiralty Court, The Chief Justice, by disbanded troops from New England. $600. COUNTY COURT JUDGES. J. W. Johnston, G. A. Blanchard, M. B. Desbrisay, IMPERIAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT (Halifax). Aides-de-Camp, Lieut. A. E. Jenkins, R.B., Prince Assist. Quartermaster-General, Col. James Goldie, Assist. Military Secretary, Major Mansel, R.B. R.E., Lieut.-Colonel O'Brien, R.E. Climate. The mean temperature of St. John is 40°, the The average annual rainfall is 35 inches, and the extreme range being from 11° below zero to 82°. snowfall 158 inches, the latter extending from November to April inclusive. Industries. Coal is abundant; antimony, iron, and gypsum are to be found also in very large quantities. A great portion of the country is covered by dense forests of fine timber, the cutting and working of which--or "lumbering "-furnishes remunerative employment to many. Wheat, Indian corn, barley, and oats, are the principal cereals raised. The fisheries are extensive, both sea and river. Fredericton, 80 miles inland, is the capital (pop. 7,000), but St. John, on the mouth of the |