Fig. 2586. C. C. James, M. A. 



C. C. JAMES, M. A. 



DEPUTY MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE FOR ONTARIO. 



IT is a fortunate thing for a province or 

 a country when its chief officers are 

 honest, progressive, courteous and 

 obliging. Such an officer is C. C. James, 

 Deputy Minister of Agriculture for the Pro- 

 vince of Ontario. 



Mr. James was born in Napanee, the 

 county town of Lennox and Addington, on 

 the 14th June, 1863. His parents were both 

 born in Canada. His paternal ancestors 

 were natives of the county of Wexford, Ire- 

 land ; and his mother was a descendant of 

 the Canniflf, Dulmage, and HuflF families. 



who, with many other United Empire Loyal- 

 ists, came to Canada after the revolutionary 

 war of 1 776- 1 783 and settled around the Bay 

 of Quinte. 



Like most of our prominent Canadians, 

 Mr. James commenced his education in the 

 public school of his native town. He took 

 a complete course in the Napanee High 

 School, which at that time was one of the 

 leading schools of Eastern Ontario, and sub- 

 sequently entered Victoria University, Co- 

 bourg. At the university he was known as 

 a hard working and successful student, 



