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ernors, including my old friend Ivt.-Gov. Mclnnes of British 

 Columbia and the latest appointed, Sir Oliver of Ontario. 

 From them we have drawn the place-names of about 60 of 

 our electoral districts and of several scores of our minor sub- 

 divisions. 



Halifax, Osborne, Walpole, Pelham,Hardwicke,Granville, 

 Newcastle, Rockingham, Carleton, Dundas, Shelburne, 

 Grenville, Lansdowne, Liverpool, Eldon, Elgin, Canning, 

 Goderich, Melville, Grey, Fox, Palmerston, Melbourne, 

 Brougham, Wellington, Eyndhurst, Peel, Lytton, Stanley, 

 Gladstone, Salisbury, Hartington, Russell, Bright, Clarendon, 

 Beaconsfield, Spencer, Pembroke, Oxford, Bedford, Dunk, 

 Sandwich, Mulgrave, Clarence, Somerset, Egmont; Aberdeen, 

 — these and several scores more are place-names of Canada 

 given because those for whom they were named were Lords 

 of the Admirality, Colonial Secretaries, Premiers, Secretaries 

 of War, Governors, or other high officials of the Empire. In 

 connection with these names there is wide scope for historical 

 reminiscence having a distinctively Canadian flavor. 



In the same way and for the same reasons, the sovereigns 

 of Great Britain and their sons and daughters are memorized 

 in Canadian place names. We have King's Counties and 

 Queen's Counties and Georgetowns and Williamsburgs, and 

 Louises and Albert Edwards and (illustrative of the compara- 

 tive youth, as well as of theaboundingloyalty of the country,) 

 we have 30 Victorias and Victoria Beaches, Peaks and Dales. 



F'rom. F'rench statesmen, governors, etc., we have bor- 

 rowed our place-names of Jacques-Cartier, Roberval, Cham- 

 plain, Montmagny, Coulonge, Lauzon, Frontenac, Vaudreuil, 

 Longueuil, Beauharnois, LaTour, Chambly, Bonaveuture, 

 Montcalm, Marguette, Provencher, Laval, Iberville, Levis, 

 Lotbiniere, Richelieu, Charlevoix, Montmorency, Nicolet, 

 Soulanges, Vercheres — the mention of which names calls up 

 the long succession of able men justly held in sweet remem- 

 brance by our French brothers. 



I do not know how better to illustrate this feature of 

 our place-naming than to take British Columbia and New 

 Brunswick as examples, presenting each in the form of a 

 monograph. 



