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Society is indebted for a valuable report made by Messrs. Dearie and 

 Kavanagh upon the settlements existing in 1831 upon the valley of 

 the Upper St. John and its tributaries. This paper with an introduc- 

 tion by Archdeacon Raymond and annotations by Placide P. Gaudet, 

 the learned Acadian genealogist, is important for its detailed account 

 of the Madawaska and Aroostook region at the time of the interna- 

 tional boundary dispute. 



A third paper has been contributed by Professor W. H. Siebert, 

 of the University of Ohio, on the Loyalists of Penobscot and their 

 Settlement at Passamaquoddy in the County of Charlotte, N.B. 

 To this there is added an interesting appendix by the Secretary of 

 the Historical Society. A copy of the collections will be sent to the 

 Royal Society in due course. 



XVII. — The New Brunswick Loyalists' Society. 



Presented by Ven. Archdeacon Raymond, F.R.S.C, Delegate. 



Since the last report of this Society was presented, meetings have 

 been regularly held with a good attendance, and a growing interest of 

 the members has been displayed in the objects the Society is designed 

 to promote. 



A special effort has been made to arouse public interest in the 

 preservation of the spot where lie the ashes of the founders of St. John. 

 For many years their resting place, in the very heart of the city, has 

 been neglected and has been to some extent a place of resort for loiter- 

 ers and persons of ill repute. The city authorities led by our energetic 

 and capable mayor, who is himself of Loyalist descent, have now 

 determined to take immediate steps for the protection and beautifying 

 of the spot. The Loyalists' Society is to be congratulated upon the 

 result of its persistent efforts. 



The annual commemoration of the Landing of the Loyalists on the 

 18th of May was observed by the general flying of flags throughout the 

 city, the firing of salutes and the proclaiming of a holiday in the public 

 schools, as in former years. The anniversary service in Trinity Church 

 was unusually impressive. Seats were reserved for the Lieutenant 

 Governor of the Province, the Mayor of the City, and members of the 

 Loyalists' Society, and a sermon appropriate to the occasion preached 

 by the Chaplain. The spacious edifice was crowded to the doors. 

 The meeting on the following evening, the 18th of May, at the Assem- 

 bly Rooms of the York theatre, was a brilliant close to the commemora- 

 tion. The rooms were beautifully decorated by Loyalist Chapter of the 

 Daughters of the Empire. The president of the Society, D. J. Seely, 



