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ROYAL SCMTIETY OF CANADA 



I might also refer to the Tobins, once conspicuous in public affairs, 

 as the annals of the old council chamber show ; to the Powers, one of 

 whom is now an enerj^etic and able member of the upper house of the 

 Dominion ; to Jud,i,'e McKeagncy, of Sydney, who died a member of the 

 supreme court ol" Manitoba. Martin J. Griffin, formerly a clever 

 journalist, ami now an accomplished librarian of the dominion parlia- 

 ment, is of the same origin. Archbishop Connolly, that generous, whole- 

 souled, hospitable prelate, was not a Nova Scotian by birth, but he always 

 identified himself with its best interests and must claim honourable 

 mention here. The present archbishop, Dr. O'Brien, is a native of 



SIR KDWARI) KKNNY, KNT. 



Prince Edward Island, but we must also place him on the list of those- 

 adopted sons of Nova Scotia who have won a reputation not only in the 

 church but in letteix. The present lieutenant-governor, Mr. Daly, 

 bears also an honoured Irish name, long identified with colonial history, 

 and all Nova Scotians will admit that the province was exceptionally 

 favoured when he was chosen to preside at government house with that 

 ability, dignity and discretion, which j)lace him deservedly in the fore- 

 most rank of dignitaries who have filled the same position since it was 

 opened to the laudable ambition of Canadians by the formation of the 

 Dominion. 



