APPENDIX F CI 
(a) Collecting and preserving manuscripts, publications and other 
historical data. 
(b). The publication of eight volumes of its “collections”? together 
with other works such as the “Loyalist Centennial Souvenir” and 
the “ Winslow Papers.” 
(c). The placing of fitting memorials, marking epochs in our pro- 
vincial history, such as the Champlain statue in St. John and the 
memorial cairn and tablet at Caton’s Island. 
(d). The celebration of such notable anniversaries in connection 
with our local history as the centenary of the Landing of the Loyalists 
at St. John and the tercentenary of the discovery of the port and 
river of Saint John by Champlain and de Monts. 
_ During the past year the Society has continued the work of col- 
lecting and binding the muster rolls of the British American Regiments 
which served on the side of the King in the American Revolution. 
This unique and valuable collection of rolls will include some 25,000 
names of officers and men, enrolled in about forty different military 
corps. Proposals have been made to obtain these valuable documents 
by individuals and societies in the United States, but have been re- 
spectiully declined. A few months ago the Pennsylvania Historical 
Society offered to copy and publish the rolls in full at its own expense; 
but this offer too was declined, our own Society preferring to keep the 
control in its own hands. 
During the past year the Society has held eight meetings at which 
much interesting business has been transacted. Papers prepared by 
those whose names follow were presented and read. 
October 3rd, 1911.—“The U. E. Loyalists,” by Judge McDonald of 
Brockville, Ontario. 
January 2nd, 1912.—“The Ashburton Treaty,” by Lt.-Col. Mills. 
April 30th, 1912.—“The Story of New Ireland,” by.Ven. Arch- 
deacon Raymond. 
A memorial cairn and inscribed tablet at Caton’s Island were un- 
veiled, with fitting ceremonies on the 19th of August last. The island 
is the site of the first European settlement within the confines of New 
Brunswick. This settlement was made in 1611 by a number of fisher- 
men and traders from St. Malo, France. The island lies in the “ Long 
Reach” of the River St. John about twenty miles from the city of St. 
John. The members of the Society and their friends proceeded thither 
in the steamer ‘Governor Carleton” and on their arrival found a large 
number of people of the surrounding countryside assembled to honour 
the occasion. The land on which the memorial is erected has been 
