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tails of one of the most important and [remarkable periods that have, so far, occurred in Canadian history. Subsequently, in the

year 1895, he gave to the public the “Confederation Documents," _

in which were set forth the various movements that had their consummation in the Union of the British colonies of North America and the formation of the great DominiOn of Canada as. a free nation under the aegis of the British Crown.

In the year 1901 he was deputed by Sir John MacDonald to

make arrangements for the tOur of the Prince and Princess of. . Wales throughout Canada and to accompany the royal pair from

Victoria to Halifax. He then became personally acquainted

with the man who is now at the head of the British Empire. Evi-

dently he was ever afterwards regarded by the King and the Queen as their friend. At the end of the tour appreciation of the service he had rendered them was shown by the bestowal upon

him of the title of C.M.G. 'In 1906 there was added the title of

(I. S. O., in 1908 C.V.O., and in 1912 he was created K.C.M.G.

In addition to these honors, bestowed by the British King, the

Emperor of Japan recognized his friendly services by giving him _ '

the title of “Grand Cordon of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun” and the Japanese Order of the “Sacred Treasure.”

In the early part of his residence at Ottawa he became a member of the Roman Catholic Church, of the tenets of which he was throughout the remainder of his life a staunch upholder. He was married to Miss Henrietta Taschereau, daughter of Sir

Henri Taschereau, Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec, and, together with his widow he leaves. five sons and a daughter to

mourn the loss of a loving husband and father.

As a young man in Charlottetown, SirJoseph Pope was noted for the thoroughness of his studies and his work. It is to this fact, united with a charming manner and great patience, that he owed

and deserved, the success of his life.

XI——-—Robert Harris, R.C.A., C.M.G.

Concerning the poet Pope it was written: “He lisped in

“numbers and the numbers came ;” and it may be as truly remarked