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a graduate of Macdonald College, Guelph, is now in charge of the newly 

 organized Women's Institutes of the Province of Alberta. Miss Dunbrack 

 has occupied the same position in New Brunswick for some time. Mrs. 

 McCharles is the president of the Home Economics Club of Manitoba. 

 Miss Salisbury is Secretary. The work is done by women lecturers of 

 the Agricultural Colleges in Saskatchewan. Mr. Greenway, of the Agri- 

 cultural College, acts as supervisor, but it is expected that when this 

 province comes into line with others in Women's Institutes, some change 

 will have to be made; either an Advisory Board, as in B.C., will be ap- 

 pointed or a woman officer in the Department. Considerable interchange 

 of experiences and methods in vogue was made among these women 

 officers and it was a pleasure to meet these women, most of them with 

 fine executive ability, with keen local pride in their work and with special 

 educational equipment. And it would seem as if the proper outlet had 

 been found for the activities of these specially trained and capable women 

 in the official positions they are now occupying in Departments of Agri- 

 culture and Extension of College work among farm women. 



INTEREST IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Your delegates found that a great interest was displayed ia British 

 Columbia. The fame of the Province seemed to have spread all over 

 the continent and indeed the delegates from all over Europe and Asia 

 seemed equally conversant with the fact that the far western Province 

 of the Dominion is of unusual value to the country life movement. No 

 doubt the wonderful fruit exhibit of the Province and its beautiful arrange- 

 ment contributed largely to this interest. There was a great demand 

 for literature from the Province and a list has been forwarded to the 

 Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of some women who were 

 specially anxious to receive our literature. The strength, too, of our 

 delegation gave the idea that great interest existed in B.C. for the work 

 among country women. Then, too, the organization of our central 

 workers seemed to attract attention. The fact that an Advisory Board 

 of four women were connected with the Department of Agriculture seemed 

 to many of the workers to present an effective solution to the problem 

 of central workers and official connection. It was explained that the 

 geographical conditions of the Province made a division of this sort 

 practicable. 



MiRS. WATT'S ADDRESS. 



The address of the Secretary of the Board on the Women's Institute 

 movement in B.C. was historical, and explanatory, but there was no time 

 to make any reflections on this movement or to enter into any discussions 

 with other Institute workers or to point out our ideals in this regard. 

 It was unfortunate that -this paper came. last thing in the 'Convention on 

 the closing day and every one was tired and there was no time left for 

 discussion. The same treatment was meted out to Mr. Putnam, but on 

 making representation to the Secretary we succeeded in getting his most 

 important address put on earlier. 



It was freely commented on all sides that not sufficient time or 

 attention was given to the work of Institutes at this Congress. It was 



