APPENDIX F CVII 



Congratulations were sent to Lady Borden and Lady Foster 

 for honors conferred by His Gracious Majesty King George V, upon 

 Sir R. L. Borden and Sir Geo. E. Foster. 



Letters of sympathy with the Society in the death of the President, 

 Mrs. Thos. Ahearn, were received from Mr. Clarence Warner, 

 President of the Ontario Historical Society and from the Women's 

 Historical Society of Toronto. 



The Treasurer's annual statement showed receipts to be $663.74 

 disbursements $604.14, leaving a balance on hand at the close of the 

 year of $59.60. 



A large number of books, papers and pamphlets have been 

 received from Canada, United States and Sweden, and have been 

 catalogued, the Society sending its publications in exchange. 



III. — Annual Report of the Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute, 

 Presented by Dr. J. H. Coyne, F.R.S.C, Delegate. 



Seven regular meetings have been held, the attendance has 

 been well maintained, and valuable papers have been presented. 



Four new members have been elected. Two members, His 

 Honour Judge David John Hughes, and Mr. James E. Orr have 

 died. 



Judge Hughes had almost completed the ninety-fifth year of his 

 age, having been born on 7th May, 1820. For more than fifty years 

 he had filled the position of Judge of the County Court of the County 

 of Elgin. A man of great energy and varied activities, he filled a 

 large space in the public life of the community. Although for a num- 

 ber of years he has been absent from our meetings, he took considerable 

 interest in the earlier work of the Institute, and was for a period a 

 member of its Council. 



Mr. James E. Orr of Westminster had taken an active interest in 

 the work of recording reminiscences of pioneers, and publishing them 

 through the medium of newspapers and magazines, both in Canada 

 and the United States. Many incidents of early settlement and pion- 

 eer life which would otherwise have been lost to posterity have been 

 preserved, through his unassuming efforts, continued through many 

 years and indeed to the very time of his death. 



The Institute was represented by its President at the Annual 

 Meetings of The Royal Society of Canada and of the Ontario Historical 

 Society. 



