108 LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED. 



other Journal, bxit they are of such length and so peculiarly local, 

 that they are well nigh unintelligible even on the spot. At this 

 distance I can hardly think they would be found interesting or useful 

 by the members of the Athenaeum, especially if they had the means 

 of applying to the condensed Reports in a New York Paper. I would 

 venture, therefore, respectfully to recommend to the Committee to 

 order, simply, The New York Enquirer, Tri-v/eekly, and Niles' 

 Weekly Register. I remain, most truly yours, Basil Hall." 



After the War which was wound up by the Treaty of Ghent, 

 Gov. Gore returned to Upper Canada, as has been already intimated. 

 On his final retirement in 1818, Sir Peregrine Maitland succeeded. 

 But there was a brief interregnum, when President Smith, as senior 

 member of the Executive Council, was at the head of affairs. I 

 shew Col. Smith's hand subscribed to a document which records the 

 allowance made to a Lieutenant-^ Governor or Administrator, in 1820,- 

 " in lieu of fees." Col. Smith's proportion for four months is nicely 

 calculated down to nve-tenths of a farthing, sterling, — an expression 

 more dignified than half a farthing would have been. The Prince 

 Regent and Carlton House suddenly come before us in the paper. 

 "Upper Canada, Receiver-General's Office, York, 30th June, 1820. 

 Received from George Crookshank, Esq., Acting Receiver- General 

 of Upper Canada, the sum of One hundred and Ffty-seven Pounds 

 nineteen shillings and four pence and five-tenths of a farthing, ster- 

 ling, dollars at 4s. Qd., being one moiety of a part of the One Thousand 

 Pounds, sterling, per annum, in lieu of fees which have hitherto 

 formed a part of the emoluments of the Lieutenant-Governor of this 

 Province, from the 8th TMarch to the 30th June, 1820, inclusive, as 

 established by His Majesty's warrant, under the sign-manual of His 

 Royal Highness the Prince Regent, bearing date at Carlton House 

 the 29th September, 1812, having signed five receipts of same tenor 

 and date. — Samuel Smith, Administrator." 



My first auto-graphic relic of Sir Peregrine Maitland will be a 

 certificate under his hand and seal, guaranteeing the trustAvorthiness of 

 an attestation given by a Notary Public at York to another document. 

 I select this particular paper because it brings under view a group of 

 names familiar to the early people of Toronto, two of them also, in 

 addition to Sir Peregrine's, autographically inscribed. First we have 

 a copy of a Power of Attorney from William Halton to Duncan 

 Cameron to draw certain moneys. The accuracy of the copy and 



