JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS, OI 
50,000. ‘The scavenger bird of Jamaica, John Crow as they call him, 
a beautiful large bird, keeps things sweet in the city, as they pick up 
all garbage. It is a crime to injure these useful birds. 
I speedily sent-my credentials to His Excellency the Governor, 
Sir Henry Blake, a splendid man, one of the best Governors Jamaica 
ever had. I was summoned to King’s House by telephone almost 
at once, and from that moment until I left the representative of the 
Queen showered attention on the representative of Canada. The 
Exhibition was, considering all things, perhaps the most wonderful 
thing of the kind ever held. Just fancy, away right under the sun, 
all the nations of the earth except China represented, and in a place 
to be reached only by long voyages. The main building was 510 
feet long and 81 feet wide, cruciform in shape, with minarets 74 
feet high. It was a “thing of beauty.” Besides the main building 
there were dozens of other buildings. Canada could not get half its 
exhibits in the space allotted in the main building, and had another 
one entirely for surplus exhibits. 
Prince George of Wales, now Prince of Wales, opened the 
Exhibition. His landing from the “Thrush” was a grand sight. 
He passed through an avenue of war ships to the landing. The 
streets were lined with troops, white and native, the latter brave 
fellows. They fought like tigers in the Ashantee war. Many had 
medals, and I was told some had the Victoria Cross. After the open- 
ing ceremony I left the dais to receive His Royal Highness in the 
Canadian court. Well do I remember how his face lighted up as he 
read on our banner: ‘The Dominion of Canada welcomes the grand- 
son of Britain’s Queen.” When leaving our court he said “‘ Canada 
has done nobly.” We carried off 94 gold medals, 74 silver, 15 bronze 
—183 medals in all ; 37 honorable mention, 2 honorary diplomas for 
special services rendered, one being to myself, which adorns the 
walls of my hbrary. As you know, my mission was to extend trade. 
I am glad to say in that respect it was a success. To give you an 
idea of methods adopted, I may tell you that I took out a baker 
with me, and had bread baked from Canadian flour, giving it to the 
visitors daily. Thus it was that our flour found its way to all the 
West Indian Islands, and better flour than that made from Manitoba 
No. 1 hard wheat they never had. One day it was understood that 
Scotch scones were to be baked and distributed to the crowds. The 
