I07 



St. George's Society in 1840. He served on the 

 Charitable Committee in 1854-5, was elected Vice- 

 President 1856-57, presiding at the anniversary din- 

 ner in 1857, at which Lord Napier was present, and 

 was elected President in 1861, and held office until 

 1866. Realizing the responsibilities of wealth he 

 gave $5,000 in 1865 to the Permanent Fund of the 

 Society, upon the condition that a similar amount 

 should be raised by the members. The offer was 

 promptly and liberally responded to, and by the time 

 the list was closed a sum of $15,314.38 had been 

 raised. 



On his retirement from the Presidency he contin- 

 ued to be a firm friend of the Society, and upon his 

 death, which occurred on May 4th, 1882, resolutions 

 expressive of deep regret and sympathy were adopted 

 and forwarded to his bereaved family. 



SIR EDWARD MORTIMER ARCHIBALD. 



Sir Edward M. Archibald was born in Truro, 

 Nova Scotia, on May loth, 18 10. He read law 

 there with his father, an eminent Colonial Jurist, 

 and entered the British service as Registrar of the 

 Supreme Court of Nova Scotia when only twenty- 

 two years of age. Subsequently he became Regis- 

 trar and Clerk to the Local Legislature, and then in 

 succession Attorney General, Advocate General, 



