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Hon. Louis V. Sicotte 17th August, 1853, to 26th August, 1853. 



" A. N. Morin 31st August, 1853, to 26th January, 1855. 



" Jos. Cauchon. 27th January, 1855, to 30th April, 1857. 



" E. P. Tach6 16th June, 1857, to 24th November, 1857. 



" L. V. Sicotte 25th November, 1857, to 1st August, 1858. 



" A. A. Dorion 2nd August, 1858, to 6th August, 1858. 



" P. M. Vankoughnet 7th August, 1858, to 18th March, 1862. 



" George Sherwood 27th March, 1862, to 23rd May, 1862. 



" William McDougall 24th May, 1862, to 29th March, 1864. 



" Alex. Campbell 30th March, 1864, to 30th June, 1867. 



" Stephen Richards 1st July, 1867, to 25th July, 1871. 



" Matthew C. Cameron. . .25th July, 1871, to 21st December, 1871. 



" Richard W. Scott 21st December, 1871, to 30th November, 1873. 



" Timothy Blair Pardee. . .4th December, 1873, to 19th January, 1889. 



" Arthur S. Hardy 19th January, 1889, to 21st July, 1896. 



" J. M. Gibson 21st July, 1896, to 21st October, 1899. 



" E. J. Davis 21st October, 1899, to 22nd November, 1904. 



" A. G. McKay 22nd November, 1904, to 8th February, 1905. 



" J. J. Foy 8th February, 1905, to 13th May, 1905. 



" F. Cochrane 13th May, 1905, to 11th October, 1911. 



" W. H. Hearst 12th October, 1911, to 22nd December, 1914. 



" G. H. Ferguson 22nd December, 1914, to 13th November, 1919. 



" B. Bowman 14th November, 1919, to 11th July, 1923. 



" Jas. Lyons 16th July, 1923, to 28th February, 1926. 



" G. H. Ferguson 28th February, 1926, to 18th October, 1926. 



" Wm. Finlayson 18th October, 1926. 



A perusal of this list discloses such well-known names as Peter Robinson, 

 the first Commissioner, who was instrumental in establishing an Irish settlement 

 in the neighbourhood of what is now known as the city of Peterborough, named 

 after the honourable gentleman. When considering the present-day point of 

 view regarding immigration, with its attendant incidents, it is worthy of note 

 that the first Commissioner in the summer of 1825, two years prior to his appoint- 

 ment, was the means of bringing from the old land no less than 2,024 settlers, 

 all these taking up their pioneer work in the Peterborough section. 



D. P. Papineau, of Lower Canada, was the brother of the famous Louis, 

 though the very antithesis of the latter, being of a retiring disposition and very 

 conservative. The great and only Sir John A. McDonald, though his Com- 

 missionership was of short duration, frequently reverted to his experiences in the 

 administration of the natural resources and humorously recounted the 

 many opportunities in this, the early period of his long and remarkable public 

 career, of adjudicating upon the petty though interesting cases of land disputes. 

 Hon. A. A. Dorion later became Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec. The 

 Confederation Commissioner was a hardy, robust type, Hon. Stephen Richards, 

 and was followed by Hon. Matthew Crooks Cameron, Richard W. Scott, T, B. 

 Pardee and A. S. Hardy, later Prime Minister of the Province. In later years 

 we meet Hon. J. M. Gibson, now Sir John, E. J. Davis, still enjoying excellent 

 health and the head of a large industry. Hon. A. G. McKay and Hon. J.J. Foy, 

 both then standing high in the legal profession, graced the Commissioner's 

 chair, the latter having been for several years Attorney-General in the Govern- 

 ment of Sir James Whitney. Hon. Frank Cochrane, the practical business man 

 from Nipissing, administered the Department for over six years when he entered 

 the Federal field as Minister of Railways and Canals. Hon. W. H. Hearst, now 



