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two hundred and fifty copies. All the members of the editorial staff, 

 none of whom were at that time over 18 years of age, took an active 

 interest in its promotion. The magazine was issued monthly for a 

 year, with commendable promptitude, and, by earnest dunning sufficient 

 subscriptions were collected, which, with the assistance of the very 

 generous advertising patronage received from persons interested in the 

 welfare of the school, sufficed to meet all liabilities, with a surplus of 

 $8.15 in the treasury. 



Mr. M. Chamberlain was much interested in the undertaking and, 

 in addition to his subscription, aided by literary contributions. 



Messrs. Manchester, Robertson & Allison, Daniel & Boyd, through 

 Hon. John Boyd, afterwards Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 

 and Henry Jack were the principal advertisers, paying at the rate of 

 $40.00 per page per annum. 



The venture was an ambitious attempt at schoolboy journalism and 

 created no little interest among the friends of the students. 



The work was taken up during the f olldwing school year by an 

 entirely new staff consisting of Frank B. Ellis, now on the staff of 

 The St. John 'Globe, G. S. Sinclair, H. E. Goold, and L. M. Jewett. 

 Among the principal literary contributors during the second year were 

 G. S. Sinclair, now an Episcopal minister in the State of New York; 

 G. M. Hayes, at present of the Finance Department, Ottawa; T. M. 

 Dieuaide, who is to-day upon the staff of The New YorTc Sun, 

 F. S. Hartley, now a Baptist minister at Fredericton, N.B. ; W. C. Cross 

 and E. A. Powers. 



In January, 1891, the first issue of Canada was published by Mat- 

 thew Richey Knight, at Benton, N.B. The publication was issued 

 monthly at 50 cents per annum, the price being afterwards raised to one 

 dollar. Each number contained twelve pages, about 9 x 12 inches in 

 size in double columns. 



It claimed to be " A Monthly Journal of Religion, Patriotism, 

 Science and Literature," and it appears to have made a vigorous bid 

 for popular favour. Many club offers were made, and it was announced 

 that ever}'' postmaster in Canada and the United States who sent 

 twenty-five cents in stamps would receive Canada for a year, and 

 would be appointed sole agent for his locality in addition to other 

 inducements which were enumerated. 



The magazine contained little, if anything of historic interest or 

 permanent value. 



The editor appears to have been addicted to the writing of 

 poetry, for in addition to numerous other advertisements to which his 

 name is appended, there is an announcement that " the poems of ten 



