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issue of the charter of New Scotland, by King James I of England 

 and VI of Scotland, A.D. 1621. 



The birth of an idea which lived, and had its final fruition in 

 the taking of this Post and conquest of Acadia in the reign of Queen 

 Anne. 



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This tablet placed here by the Bench and Bar of Canada, A.D. 

 1921, marks the two hundredth anniversary of the establishment 

 and sitting (in this Fort), A.D. 1721, of the first Court administering 

 English Common Law within what is now the Dominion of Canada. 



"Law Hateth Wrong." Wingate Maxims, No. 146. 



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This tablet, erected A.D. 1921, under the auspices of the Historical 

 Association of Annapolis Royal, commemorates the one hundredth 

 anniversary of the arrival in this town of Thomas Chandler Hali- 

 burton, who lived here eight years and began in this place his great 

 career in Law, Literature and Public Life. 



The ceremony of unveiling was performed by the Hon. Mac- 

 Callum Grant, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Many people 

 were present, and the weather was all that could be wished for. 



Mr. Justice Chisholm, President of the Nova Scotia Historical 

 Society, presided at the evening meeting, when lengthy papers were 

 read on "The Royal Charter of Sir William Alexander," by Dr. 

 Alexander Fraser, Archivist of Ontario; "The Relations of the British 

 Dominion of Virginia with the Dominion of Canada," by Dr. John 

 Murray Clark, K.C., of Toronto; and "On the Courts and the 

 Commonwealth," by Dr. Charles Morse, K.C., of Ottawa. 



Mr. Justice Longley moved a vote of thanks on behalf of the 

 visitors. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. A. CRUIKSHANK. 



VI — Museum Accommodation 



In pursuance of the resolution passed at the last meeting request- 

 ing the Government to approve of the appointment by the Society 

 of a committee to draw up a plan of organization for an adequate 

 Canadian National Museum, the Council have to report that on 

 February 1st, last, representations were made to the Hon. W. L. 



