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An able French Acadian, Senator Pascal Poirier, a Fellow of the first 
section has, at the request of the Council, paid a visit to the ruins of 
the historic town and fortress of Louisbourg, on the eastern Atlantic 
coast, and will lay before the Society the results of his interesting 
and valuable investigations. 
Senator Poirier also in the Senate drew “the attention of the 
Government to the state of dilapidation and ruin in which the ancient 
fortresses, the old battlefields and historic sites of Canada are to 
be found” and inquired “whether the Government propose to take 
some measures for their preservation.” After his interesting speech, 
replete ‘with valuable historical facts and some remarks on the same 
subject by Senators Church and Macdonald (Prince Edward Island), 
Hon. Mr. Scott, leader of the Government in the Upper House, spoke 
as follows: —“ My hon. friend from Acadia has brought under the 
notice of the Senate a most important subject, and I am quite sure that 
his remarks, and the remarks of my hon. friend from Lunenburg and 
my hon. friend from Charlottetown, will be read with very much 
interest by the people of Canada. He has chosen a most opportune 
period for bringing it under the notice of the Senate and the people 
of this country, inasmuch as just at this moment there is a patriotic 
sentiment prevailing over Canada, and I think an anxious desire that 
we should preserve those monuments which point to the heroism of 
those who have gone before us, and to whose services we practically 
owe the preservation of Canada as our country to-day. I will have 
very great pleasure in drawing the attention of the Minister of Militia 
to the remarks made by the hon. gentlemen who have spoken on the 
subject, and I have no doubt that the people of Canada would approve 
of a very liberal expenditure for the preservation of those monuments. 
In drawing the attention of the Minister of Militia to the motion, 
he informed me that he was giving it attention, and that the present 
year a considerable sum would be spent to preserve monuments in 
and around Quebec. How many other places he intended to spend 
money on I am unable to say, but I think, after reading the patriotic 
speeches made by my hon. friends opposite, he will be disposed to 
ask for a more liberal grant than he originally intended.” 
12. ARCHIVES. 
Owing to the illness of the Archivist, Dr. Brymner, the usual 
summary does not appear in the annual report for the year 1901, 
but the Calendars for Lower and Upper Canada are given. The 
Calendar for Lower Canada contains the correspondence of Lord 
Gosford appointed Governor-General and Commissioner to investigate 
