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first rector of Trinity Church. The service was largely attended, the 

 historic building being crowded by members of the Loyalists' Society 

 and other descendants of loyalists. The service was conducted by the 

 chaplain of the society, Eev. W. 0. Raymond, LL.D., Rev. Watson 

 preaching the anniversary sermon. 



The society has recently sustained a severe loss by the death of 

 William Bayard, Esq., M.D., who had been most active in the work of the 

 society from its o^rganization, first as vice-president, secondly as presi- 

 dent, and of late years as honorary president. Dr. Bayard, who, at the 

 time of his death, had Completed seventy-five years of active practice as 

 a physican, and was in the 93rd year of his age, was (in many respects a 

 remarkable man. 



Among the active workers of the society may be mentioned Rev. W. 

 0. Raymond, LL.D., the chaplain, already mentioned, who, at the time 

 of writing this report, is on his way to the Pan-Anglican Conference in 

 London, England, and who proposes during his stay in London to copy 

 some of the valuable records in the British War office, and which records 

 include the lists of loyalists who were conveyed to St. John at the close 

 of the Revolution in 1783, by direction of the British Government. 



Other work in connection with the preservation of loyalist records 

 and tradiitiions is bedng oarried on by Dr. R. Jack, the hisitorian of the 

 society, and includes a list of loyalists, with notes, in so far as obtain- 

 able, who settled in New Brunswick. This list has been published in 

 instalments during the past three years in the Record, the official publi- 

 cation of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. It is 

 intended to follow this work by one more in detail, published in two or 

 more volumes, the materials for which are already well in hand. 



XXI — From The Women's Wentworth Historical Society, Hamilton, Ont. 

 through Miss Minnie Jean Nisbet. 



Officers for 1908-9. 

 President — Mrs. John Calder. 

 1st Vice-President — Mrs. John S. Hendrie. 

 2nd Vice-President— Mrs. R. R. Waddell. 

 3rd Vice-President — Mrs. John Crerar. 

 4th Vice-President — Mrs. John M. Gibson. 

 5th Vice-President — Mrs. Thos. W. Watkins, 

 Secretary — Mrs. Bertie Smith. 

 Treasurer — Miss Mary Gartshore. 

 Historian — Miss Minnie Jean Nisbet. 

 Auditor— W. H. Ballard, Esq. 

 Salioitor — Frank R. Waddell, Esq. (City Solicitor). 



