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Council, under the administration of Lord Elgin, and
transfer of that department from the imperial con¬
trol to that of Canada. In 1853, Mr. Morris was
appointed Speaker of the Legislative Council, which
Morin administration, in 1854.
appointed a member of the Executive Council, and
Speaker of the Legislative Council on the advent of
the Brown-Dorion administration, and retired when
Sir Edmund Head refused to dissolve the House.
Mr. Morris continued to discharge his duties in the
Legislative Council, acting in concert with the
Liberal party, with which he was always identified.
V. H. MOORE, M. D.
Dr. Moore was born in the Township of Elizabeth¬
town, February 4th, 1848. His father, Richard
Moore, was born in the County of Wexford, Ireland,
in January, 1800, and emigrated to Canada with his
parents when twelve years of age, the family locating
at New Dublin.
Richard married in 1821, Ann Barry, who was born
in the County Down, Ireland, 1802, her parents ar¬
riving in Elizabethtown in 1816. Mrs. Moore's
mother lived to the ripe old age of one hundred
years and four months, dying in 1867. The fruit of
Richard’s marriage was eight children, six of whom
Survive.
The subject of this sketch is the youngest child.
He was educated at the Brockville Grammar School,
and studied medicine with Doctor Weir, of Merrick¬
ville ; entering the University of Queen’s College,
he graduated in March, 1870, and was admitted as a
member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
for Ontario in April of the samé year. He first
located in London, Ontario, but in a short time re¬
moved to Brockville, where he has since continued
to practice his profession.
Dr. Moore has always taken the liveliest interest
in educational matters, and has proved an excellent
representative upon the High School Board. In
1872, he became a member of the Medical Board
for the Examination of Pensioners, of which he is
at present the Chairman. In 1874, he received the
appointment of Surgeon for the 4rst Battalion.
BROCKVILLE OBSERVATORY.
This observatory of the Meteorological Service of
the Dominion of Canada, in connection with the
Signal Service of the United States, is under the
charge of Mr. W. R. Bigg, I. P. S.
what direction moving ; state of the weather ; depth
on the level of rain or snow. The maximum and
minimum temperature are taken once a day, and
a record is also kept of occasional phenomena, such
as the aurora, solar and lunar corona, solar and lunar
halo, rainbow, thunder and lightning, hail, frost, etc.
The observatory is situated in latitude 44° 35" N.,
and in. longitude 75°41’ 50” W. The surface of the
St. Lawrence at Brockville is 232 feet above tide
water at Three Rivers, and as the observatory is 35
feet above the river, the total height of the station
above sea level is 267 feet.
The instruments in use at the observatory are of
the best kind, having been thoroughly tested at the
head office in Toronto, and consist of a marine
barometer, with attached thermometer, an anemo¬
meter, a wind vane with drum, rain guage, and
standard maximum and minimum thermometers.
The daily observations are taken at 7.39 A.M.;
4.39 P.M.; and 9 P.M. Daily probabilities of the
weather for the ensuing twenty-four hours are
placed conspicuously in the Post Office.
To such an extent is the signal service now carried
that a record, for every day of the year, of every
city and station of importance in the world, is now
published, containing the state of the barometrical
pressure, temperature of the air, state of the weather,
humidity of the air, direction and velocity of the
wind, and, in short, of all the atmospherical pheno¬
mena and observations taken at each of the stations,
A copy is kept on file at each station, so that should
HON. C. F. FRASER, Q. C.
Mr. Fraser is the son of Mr. J. F. Fraser, of Brock¬
ville, at which place he was bornin 1838. He studied
law with the Hon. A. N. Richards, Q. C., and was
called to the Bar of Upper Canada in Trinity Term,
1865. He first entered public life in 1867, when he
small majority. At the succeeding general election
he was a candidate in South Grenville, but was again
defeated. Upon the death of the sitting member,
Mr. Clark, Mr. Fraser was returned to the Legisla¬
petition. Another election was held in October,
1872, when he was again triumphant. He was ap¬
pointed a member of the Executive Council, Novem¬
ture of the air; direction and velocity of the wind ;
description of upper and lower clouds, and from
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He
retained the portfolio of Provincial Secretary and
Registrar until April 4th, 1874, when he became.