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Committee of the Council, on whose instruction the General Secretaries 
had previously ascertained the names of those who, out of a selected list, — 
desired to join the party. The remaining fifty were to be Canadian and 
American Members invited by the Local Executive. | 
The special train left Winnipeg, on the Canadian Pacific line, at mid-— 
night on Thursday, September 2. It consisted of nine sleeping-cars, two 
dining-cars, and a baggage-car, this being the heaviest train which it was 
possible to handle over the mountain section of the line. It was in charge 
of Mr. H. W. Brodie, Assistant Passenger Agent for the Western Division, 
to whom, with his assistant, Mr. W. Trapp, the party owed much for the 
comfort of the journey. 
On September 3 a stop of five hours was made at Regina, Saskatchewan. 
Here the party was received by his Honour Amédée E. Forget, Lieutenant- 
Governor of the Province, and the gentlemen were entertained to luncheon 
in the City Hall. His Worship the Mayor, Mr. Williams, welcomed the 
party, and the City Clerk, Mr. J. Kelso Hunter, read a civic address of 
welcome. The President replied. The Hon. Walter Scott, Premier of the 
Province, then spoke on behalf of the Province, and Major MacMahon 
responded. Meanwhile the ladies had been entertained by Madame Forget 
at Government House, and the party subsequently reassembled at the 
barracks of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, where it was received by 
the officers of that force. 
A further stop was made in the evening at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 
where the party was conducted to an archway emblematic of the agricul- 
tural prosperity of the region, and an address of welcome was given by 
his Worship the Mayor, Mr, J. E. Hopkins, and responded to by the 
President. The party was subsequently entertained to dinner, when 
speeches were delivered by Mr. Thomas Miller, President of the Moose Jaw | 
Board of Trade; Mr. Wm. Knowles, M.P.; Mr. E. N. Hopkins, President 
of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association; Mr. E. J. Chegwin; 
Mr. G. E. Tuxford; and Mr. H. McKellar, Commissioner of the Board of 
Trade ; and, on behalf of the Association party, by the President, Dr. W. N- 
Shaw, and Sir Duncan Johnston. 
At Gleichen, on Saturday afternoon, September 4, a number of Blaek- 
foot Indians met the train, and were received by the party. A collectiom 
was subsequently made for them, and forwarded to the Hon. David Laird, 
Indian Commissioner. It was expended in a gift of tea, sugar, and tobacco, 
for which the Head Chief of the Blackfoot Tribe, Yellow Horse, conveyed 
his thanks to the Association through the Commissioner. 
At Calgary, Alberta, which was reached later in the afternoon, con- 
veyances were provided to conduct the party on an inspection of the city 
and its environs. The visitors were subsequently entertained to dinner, 
when speeches were delivered by his Worship the Mayor, Mr. R. R.- 
Jamieson; the Hon. W. H. Cushing, Minister of Public Works for the 
Province of Alberta; and Mr. R. B. Bennett, K.C., M.P.; and, on behalf 
of the party, by the President, Dr. A. D. Waller, Major MacMahon, and 
Sir William White. 
On Sunday, September 5, the train entered the Rocky Mountains, and 
halts of several hours were made at Banff, where the party lunched at the 
finely situated hotel of the railway company; and at Laggan, where con- - 
veyances were in waiting for a drive to Lake Louise. On September 6 a 
stop was made at Glacier, in the Selkirk Range, and the glacier and other 
points of interest were visited on foot. 
Vancouver was reached on the morning of September 7, and the party 
immediately embarked on the steamer for Victoria. Here a reception and 
conversazione were given in the Parliament Buildings by the Provincial 
Government, assisted by the Natural History Society. On the following, 
