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Council, under the administration of Lord Elgin, and transfer of that department from the imperial control 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 Elizabethtown, 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 arriving 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 Merrickville ; 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 removed 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 anemometer, 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 phenomena 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 Brockville, 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 Legislapetition. Another election was held in October, 1872, when he was again triumphant. He was appointed a member of the Executive Council, Novemture of the air; direction and velocity of the wind ; description of upper and lower clouds, and from | a4 He retained the portfolio of Provincial Secretary and Registrar until April 4th, 1874, when he became.
