Skction II., 1905 [31] Trans. K. S. C. 



IL— The late Arthur Harvey, F.R.S.C., and R.A.S.C. 

 By Stephen Blackburn. 



(Communicated by Dr. S. E. Uawson. ) 



In the " prefatory note '' to the Biljliography of the memljers of 

 the Royal Society of Canada, hy the late Sir John Bourinot, Honorary 

 Secretary of the Eoyal Society, it is stated that " it is proposed to pub- 

 lish each year a similar bibliography of the work of the members of 

 the Eoyal Society and to include the publications of deceased members." 

 This object is indeed a worthy one; first, to afford a brief memoir 

 of those members who have departed this life, and also to present to 

 posterity a résumé of their writings. In the endeavour to present an 

 adequate sketch of the career of Arthur Harvey, it is difficult to separate 

 his domestic and personal record from his public career. Hence, it 

 has been found impossible within the compass of a few pages to do 

 more than offer a passing review of the main incidents of Mr. Harvey's 

 life, supplemented by a list of his printed compositions. 



In the " Transactions of the Eoyal Astronomical Society of Canada 

 for the year 1904" (published April, 1905), there appears a short 

 sketch of Mr. Harvey's active and useful life, setting forth the chief 

 facts concerning his early career. 



Mr. Harvey was born in England on the 23rd of April, 1834; he 

 was educated principally in France and the Netherlands; was a fellow 

 of Trinity College, Dublin, in 1853 and took a special course in actual 

 science in 1855. He arrived in Canada in 1856, and was, for a time, 

 engaged in editorial work in Quebec and Hamilton, and was associated 

 with Sir Alexander Gait in preparing the Canadian budget of 18G3. He 

 was afterwards secretary of the commission sent to Washington by the 

 five provinces of Canada to negotiate a renewal of the Eeciprocity Treaty. 

 At the request of Sir William P. Howland he examined the subject of 

 interprovincial trade and its probable development on the removal of 

 tariffs and on the completion of the Intercolonial Eailway. On behalf 

 of Sir A. Gait he also collected and collated the statistics of the several 

 provinces in view of the approaching confederation (since accomplished) 

 and with the leave of the Government, a great part of this work was 

 published in the Year Book of British Xorth America for the j^ears 

 1867, 1868, 1869. These labours i\Ir. Harvey always considered his 

 ^' magnum opus," as they entitled him to be regarded as the fatlicr of 

 Canadian statistics. Under Sir John Eosse the chief work accomplished 

 by Mr. Harvey was the suggestion and preparation of the first Canadian 



