ABBREVIATIONS 



ABBREVIATIONS 



M. A. Master of Arts ; Military Academy. 



Maj. Major. 



Man. Manitoba. 



Mar. March. 



Mass. Massachusetts. 



M. B. or Mus. B. M usicae Baccalaureus, Bach- 

 elor of Music. 



M. C. Member of Congress ; Master of Cere- 

 monies ; Master Commandant. 



M. C. E. Master of Civil Engineering. 



M. D. Doctor of Medicine. 



Md. Maryland. 



Mdse. Merchandise. 



Me. Maine. 



M. E. Methodist Episcopal ; Military or Me- 

 chanical Engineer. 



Messrs. Messieurs, gentlemen. 



Mex. Mexico, or Mexican. 



mi. Mile. 



Mich. Michigan. 



min. Minute. 



Minn. Minnesota. 



Miss. Mississippi. 



Mile. Mademoiselle. 



mm. Millimeter. 



Mme. Madame, Madam. 



Mo. Missouri ; month. 



Mont, or Mon. Montana. 



M. P. Member of Parliament ; Member of Po- 

 lice ; Methodist Protestant. 



M. P. P. Member of Provincial Parliament. 



M. R. Master of the Rolls. 



Mr. Mister. 



Mrs. Mistress. 



M. S. Master of Science ; Memoriae sacrum, 

 sacred to the memory. 



MSS. Manuscripta, manuscripts. 



Mus. D. Musical Doctor ; Doctor of Music. 



M. V. O. Member of the Victorian Order. 



X. North ; noun. 



N. B. New Brunswick ; nota bene, mark well, 

 take notice. 



N. C. North Carolina. 



N. D. North Dakota. 



N. E. New England ; northeast. 



Neb. Nebraska. . 



Nev. Nevada. 



N. F. Newfoundland. 



N. H. New Hampshire. 



N. J. New Jersey. 



N. M. New Mexico. 



no. numero, number. 



non. seq. Non sequitur, it does not follow. 



Nov. November. 



N. P. Notary Public. 



N. S. Nova Scotia. 



N. S. W. New South Wales. 



N. W. T. North West Territories. 



N. Y. New York. 



N. Z. New Zealand. 



O. Ohio. 



Oct. October ; octavo, eight pages. 



O.K. (Slang). All right or correct. 



Okla. Oklahoma. 



O. M. Order of Merit. 



Ont. Ontario. 



Ore. Oregon. 



oz. Onza, ounce. 



p. Page ; part ; piano, softly. 



Pa. or Penn. Pennsylvania. 



P. C. Privy Council. 



I' K 1. Prince Edward Island. 



Penn. or Pa. Pennsylvania. 



Per cent. Per centum, by the hundred. 



Ph. B. Philosophiae Baccalaureus, Bachelor of 

 Philosophy. 



Ph. D. Philosophiae Doctor, Doctor of Philos- 

 ophy. 



pk. Peck. 



P. M. Post meridiem, afternoon, evening ; 

 Past Midshipman ; postmaster. 



P. O. Postofflce. 



Pop. Population. 



pp. Pages; pianissimo, very softly. 



P. P. C. Pour prendre conge, to take l<-;i\>. 



Prep. Preposition. 



Pres. President. 



Presb. Presbyterian. 



Prof. Professor. 



pron. Pronoun. 



pro. tern. Pro tempore, for the time being. 



Prox. Proximo mense, next month. 



pt. Pint ; part. 



P. S. Postscriptum, postscript. 



pwt. Pennyweight. 



Q. E. D. Quod erat demonstrandum, which 

 was to be proved. 



qt. quart. 



Que. Quebec. 



q. v. Quod vide, meaning which see. 



r. Rod. 



reed. Received. 



Rev. Reverend. 



R. I. Rhode Island. 



R. N. Royal Navy. 



R. N. W. M. P. Royal North West Mounted 

 Police. 



R. R. Railroad. 



R. S. V. P. Repondez, s'il vous plait, answer, 

 if you please. 



Rt. Rev. Right Reverend. 



Ry. Railway. 



S. South ; shilling. 



Sask. Saskatchewan. 



S. C. South Carolina ; Supreme Court. 



Sc. B. Scientiae Baccalaureus, Bachelor of 

 Science. 



scr. Scruple. 



S. D. South Dakota. 



sec. Second. 



Sept. September. 



Serg. Sergeant. . 



sq. Square. 



Sr. Senior. 



S. S. Sunday School. 



St. Street; saint. 



S. T. D. Doctor of Sacred Theology. 



Supt. Superintendent. 



Tenn. Tennessee. 



Ter. Territory. 



Tex. Texas. 



Treas. Treasurer. 



Twp. Township. 



U. C. Upper Canada. 



Ult. Ultimo mense, last month. 



U. S. A. United States of America ; United 

 States Army. 



U. S. M. United States mail. 



U. S. N. United States Navy. 



U. S. S. United States Senate ; United States 

 ship. 



Ut. Utah. 



