XCII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
valued members in the person of Willam P. Dole, LL.D., who at the 
time of his death filled very efficiently the office of President. He had 
always been an active member of the Society, of which he was one of the 
founders. 
The Historian of this Society has been engaged for some years in 
the preparation of a Biographical Dictionary of the U. E. Loyalists, but 
is greatly hampered in his work by the lack of available materials in 
Canada, suitable for his purpose. 
The fiances of this Society are in a healthy condition, but the lack of 
a publication fund is much to be deplored. 
D. R. Jack, 
Secretary and Historian, New Brunswick Loyalists’ Society. 
St. John, New Brunswick, September 23, 1910. 
IX —Report of The Nova Scotia Historical Society. 
Presented by Dr. A. H. MacKay, F.R.S.C., Delegate. 
The papers read before the Nova Scotia Society last year were as 
follows :— 
1909 
Mar. 9.—‘‘The Annapolis-Royal Ancestry of the late Sir William 
Fenwick Williams, of Kars,” by Judge Savary. 
Nov. 9.—“The Influence of the United Empire Loyalists on the 
Political Life of the Maritime Provinces,” by Theodore 
H. Boggs, Ph.D. 
Dec. 14.—‘ With the Ist (Canadian) Contingent to Pretoria,” by Major 
H. B. Stairs, D.S.O. 
1910 
Jan. 18.—‘The Hydrographical Surveys of Capt. James Cook,” by 
Lieut. John A. Rupert-Jones, R.N. 
The following Officers were elected at the annual meeting, held on 
February 16, 1909:— 
President.—Professor Archibald MacMechan, Ph.D. 
Vice-Presidents.—Hon. Mr. Justice Longley, Senator Power, Ven. 
Archdeacon Armitage. 
Corresponding Secretary.—Harry Piers. 
Treasurer.—R. J. Wilson, M.A. 
Recording Secretary.—William L. Payzant. 
Auditors.—W. L. Brown, Dr. M. A. B. Smith. 
