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shire England, on August 21, 1847, 

 and was consequently in his sixty- 

 sixth year. On first coming to Can- 

 ada as a young man he was connected 

 with banking and was accountant of 

 the Quebec Branch of the Bank of 

 British North America, and later the 

 manager of the Merchants Bank in 

 that city. About twenty-five years 

 ago, severing his connection with 

 banking he went into the pulp and 

 lumber business, at first in connection 

 with the extensive interests of the late 

 Mr. G. B. Hall who had limits and 

 mills in several parts of the Province 

 and he continued to develop this busi- 

 ness. Of late years he was identified 

 with a number of important affairs 

 being amongst other things a director 

 of the Quebec Bridge Co., Lake Su- 

 perior Corporation, Canadian Elec- 

 tric Light Co., Quebec Auditorium, 

 Montmorency Cotton Mills, Co., Riv- 

 erside Manufacturing Co., Sherbrooke 

 Lumber Co., Quebec Woodpulp Asso- 

 ciation. He was also on the Senate 

 of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, and 

 was for a time Mayor of Montmor- 

 ency. 



He married in 1877 the daughter of 

 the late G. B. Hall of Montmorency 

 Falls. Mrs. Price died in 1907. There 

 are now left to mourn his loss two 

 daughters, Mrs. J. Hamet Dunn, Lon- 

 don, England, and Mrs. Jamieson, 

 Halifax, and one son Mr. A. Bertram 

 Price of Montmorency Falls. Mr. W. 

 C. J. Hall is a brother-in-law and Mrs. 

 Fred. Peters of Quebec is a sister-in- 

 law. One son, Lawrence, a most pro- 

 mising young engineer was killed in a 

 mining accident in 1909, from the 

 shock of which tragedy Mr. Price 

 never fully recovered. 



At their home, 'The Cottage,' 



Montmorency Falls, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Price entertained many of the most 

 prominent people in Canada and the 

 United States, and also some of the 

 foremost people from the British 

 Isles. 'The Cottage' is noted for its 

 magnificent old fashioned garden in 

 which Mr.- Price took keen delight. It 

 was a source of great happiness to him 

 that while Their Royal Highnesses the 

 Duke and Duchess of Connaught and 

 the Princess Patricia were in resid- 

 ence at Quebec last summer they 

 spent many pleasant hours in this 

 famous garden. 



Mr. Price was always an en- 

 thusiast on the subject of forest 

 conservation and one of the earliest 

 members of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association. He was the President of 

 the Association in 1908 on the occa- 

 sion of the Convention in the City of 

 Montreal. There were several burn- 

 ing issues in the air at that time of a 

 political nature which were indirect- 

 ly related to forestry and which some 

 with good reason feared would result 

 in wrangling and ill feeling. 

 The matter looked decidedly ser- 

 ious, but through the firmness and 

 tact of the presiding officer the dif- 

 ficulty was successfully surmounted. 



With the passing of Mr. Price an- 

 other gap is made in the line of the 

 Old Guard of promoters and charter 

 members of the Association. The Can- 

 adian Forestry Association and the 

 cause of forest conservation loses one 

 of its most rational and most enthusi- 

 astic supporters. To his sorrowing 

 family in their hour of bereavement 

 The Canadian Forestry Journal de- 

 sires to convey its deep and heartfelt 

 sympathy. 



