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Georgetown, and have served under fourteen of that number. T may 

 hold my own opinion of their respective merits as Chief Magistrates of 

 the city, but that of course 1 must keep to myself, as a matter of 

 municipal policy as much as persona] convenience; but this I will say, 

 that 1 found them all honourable gentlemen, having the interests of the 

 city and the welfare of the community closely at heart ; and my personal 

 relations with each and all wore uniformly cordial and in every respect 

 satisfactory. 



The most picturesque of the Mayors 1 have known was the late 

 Colonel Imlach, Commandant of the old Militia, for many vears a 

 familiar figure in Georgetown. 



A memorial bust o\' this gentleman may be seen in the entrance hall 

 »f the Victoria Law Courts, but it loses, in great part, its identity witl 

 he original, lacking his high-crowned and characteristic headgear. 



The Colonel was popularly known as " Old Blazes/' due to the cus- 

 omary fervency of his language ; and if he had been presiding over some 

 ■ecent meetings of the Council it is easy to imagine what would have 

 ►een the vigorous terms of his rulings, and the consequent heat of the 

 unwinding atmosphere ! 



The most serious rebuff received by me from the Mayor and Town 

 'ouncil was when, by solemn resolution, the following harmless para- 

 raph was struck out of my animal report for 1891 as being ultra vires : 

 •■ Referring to the building scheme of the Society for the Protection of 

 children for the erection of improved dwellings for the working- 

 classes, alluded to in my last annual report, I have now the pleasure 

 of announcing that actual building operations have been commenced 

 on one of the selected sites : and it now rests with the people of 

 Georgetown to further develop the scheme by subscribing to the bonds 

 of the Society, and so placing it in funds for extending its building 

 operations. The encouragement of this and other kindred Associa- 

 tions for the amelioration of the sanitary conditions, and improving 

 the hones of the masses of our people, is a worthy and proper object 

 for the attention of the Municipal Authority.*' 



However. I had the satisfaction of knowing afterwards that many of 

 le Councillors expressed regret at having voted as they did under a mis 

 'prehension : and I know that 1 had the sympathy of the Press and 

 at oi many influential citizens of Georgetown in my simple effort to aid 

 e laudable objects of a purely philanthropic institution. 



I will conclude what 1 fear may be considered a prosy and uninter- 

 fcing paper by wishing my old friends and patrons, the Mayor and Town 

 >uncil of Georgetown, continued success and the support and encour 

 ement of the citizens in the administration of the municipal affairs of 

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