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mark of the times of Simcoe and Brock, and the war of 1812, will now 

 be preserved as a memorial to the patriotism of our early heroes. 



Similar work is still in hand for the repair of the fortresses at King- 

 ston, and the rescue of Fort Maiden at Amherstberg and its setting apart 

 as a public park. 



The Education Department of Ontario has taken increased interest 

 in the Society, and Mr. Clarkson W. James, Secretary to the Minister, 

 lias been appointed secretary of the Society. With added means and in- 

 creased vigour, we may look forward to enlarged developments. 



The festival of the Tercentenary at Quebec has promoted much in- 

 creased study in Ontario of the early French annals of Quebec; a corre- 

 lative interest in the annals of Ontario will no doubt have developed also 

 among our French Canadian brethren. 



Our province through Lake Nipissing and the French Eiver was one 

 of the main routes for the adventurers to the Northwest. We claim 

 Champlain as one of our forerunners by his travels and discoveries in 

 our country, and Ontario was the centre of the devotion and martyrdom 

 of the noble Jesuit Fathers. 



It is our earnest endeavour to supplement the wider work done by 

 the Eoyal Society of Canada. 



Ottawa, May, 1909. 



XIV. — From The Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute through 

 Me. James H. Coyne, F.E.S.C. 



During the year 1908-1909 the Institute has shown considerable 

 activity. 



Thirty men and five ladies have been added to the membership list, 

 which now includes 95 men and 110 ladies, or in all 205. 



The annual picnic was held at Port Stanley on June 30, 1908, at 

 the old Bostwick homestead. An open meeting was held in the Public 

 Library Auditorium on 4th February, when the President delivered an 

 address on the Quebec Tercentenary Celebration to a large audience. 



'The following is the programme of papers read and addresses de- 

 livered : — 



1908. 

 June 30. — (At the picnic on Hill Crest, Port Stanley.) 



The President : " Early references to Kettle Creek and the 

 site of Port Stanley down to the arrival of the first settler." 

 Judge Ermatinger: "Lieut.-Col. John Bostwick and the 

 Bostwick family." 



